ManageEngine Applications Manager vs. SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ManageEngine Applications Manager
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
ManageEngine Applications Manager is an application performance management solution that also provides the ability to manage end user experience of enterprise Internet Services and hosted Web Services.
$395
per year per user
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers application and server monitoring capabilities. SAM allows for self-service for easy setup, 1200+ monitoring templates, and customization options, as well as integrate with other SolarWinds products.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Professional Edition
$395
per year per user
Enterprise Edition
$9,595
per year per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ManageEngine Applications ManagerSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsSAM pricing starts at $2,995.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
ManageEngine Applications Manager

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SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
Chose SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
SolarWinds stacks up better than most due to its available ecosystem of tools. As they align, consolidate and integrate, the full value will be realized.
Features
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Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ManageEngine Applications Manager
9.2
13 Ratings
17% above category average
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
6.5
280 Ratings
17% below category average
Application monitoring9.211 Ratings7.0270 Ratings
Database monitoring9.111 Ratings7.0234 Ratings
Threshold alerts8.913 Ratings6.8275 Ratings
Predictive capabilities9.212 Ratings6.0219 Ratings
Application performance management console9.310 Ratings7.3243 Ratings
Collaboration tools9.95 Ratings5.7151 Ratings
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications9.013 Ratings6.5260 Ratings
Application dependency mapping and thresholding9.111 Ratings5.5220 Ratings
Virtualization monitoring8.912 Ratings7.3238 Ratings
Server availability and performance monitoring9.213 Ratings7.0273 Ratings
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.912 Ratings6.8254 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery9.95 Ratings5.7202 Ratings
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User Ratings
ManageEngine Applications ManagerSolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(13 ratings)
8.8
(278 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.9
(10 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.6
(29 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.0
(21 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(3 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
It has strength in collecting information through SSH, WMI, Telnet, SNMP, http, https, MSSQL ports (several types of DB postgresql, db2, SAP MaxDB, HANA which we must monitor).The information it extracts is very useful to us since each type of monitor gives us visibility of what happens internally in them.The truth is that the needs that we have had during these years, ManageEngine Application Manager has been able to cover them especially with business core (ERP) with monitoring of SAP Server and SAP CCMS.
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SolarWinds
It is a well-suited software for monitoring and surveillance of your deployed nodes. The error-readability and filter options for filtering out logs and errors could be improved. But overall, it has a good UI design, is user-friendly, and is very easy to learn and access for new users.
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Pros
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • Intuitive ease of the administration interface
  • Improvements and security fixes that are quickly integrated with frequent updates
  • Visibility into the status of our services and the end user experience (End to End)
  • Reports associated with attributes of services, applications or containers that help us detect certain flaws in our services.
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SolarWinds
  • Monitor Azure Cloud Severs- We use SolarWinds SAM to monitor Active Directory and DNS on Several DCs published on Azure Cloud.
  • Monitor Hyper V and VMware - SolarWinds SAM monitors applications on both Hyper V and VMware, while also monitoring the physical host machines.
  • It also helps us monitor Warranty expiration for physical servers.
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Cons
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • Plugin Quirks where it times out
  • Navigation through some of the screen seems a bit confusing
  • Consistency such as where license info is location between op and app manager are in different places. Better if it were consistent
  • Maintenance schedules in different locations in both Op and App manger product, needs consistency. They are all Zoho products!!
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SolarWinds
  • Custom application monitors can be a little tricky to configure.
  • Logic in custom alerts can be a little hard to follow and figure out.
  • Inability to monitor certificates on custom applications or SQL Server.
  • Can be a little slow at times with on-prem SQL server.
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Likelihood to Renew
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
For the the trust, security and support that ManageEngine Application Manager has given us, for 12 years as clients, has made us very satisfied and grateful for the response times to resolve doubts or needs that we have had.
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SolarWinds
We are heavily invested in Solarwinds products for a reason. They are generally easy to setup and run with, requiring only some interfacing with support or help articles on rare occasions. They do what we bought them to do and we can't ask for more.
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Usability
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
The intuitive ease of the administration interface, the new features, improvements and security fixes that are quickly integrated with frequent updates. Tuning or more detailed reports associated with attributes of services, applications or containers that help us detect certain flaws in our services. The capacity for improvements that are implemented and the ease of integrating new monitors into the product, which we need, gives us the speed and ease of preventing interruptions or events that helps us avoid.
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SolarWinds
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is quite easy to use and super versatile. It allows you to do just about anything you can through premade templates or through scripting. You can use an agent on the servers if you want to, or you can monitor through WMI or SNMP credentials. You can customize thresholds for alerting quickly, and you can configure alerts to be as complex or as simple as you want.
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Reliability and Availability
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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SolarWinds
The tool works and monitors items 24x7, it only requires maintenance a little more frequently due to security fixes in the Windows operating system.
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Performance
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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SolarWinds
The graphical interface and the performance of the database leave a little to be desired, they could be better explored.Some functionality and screens do not work well depending on the browser used. The integrations never had any problems or caused crashes in other systems.
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Support Rating
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
The trust, security and support that ManageEngine Application Manager has given us, for 12 years as clients, has made us very satisfied and grateful for the response times to resolve doubts or needs that we have had.
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SolarWinds
I think there was only a couple times I had to open a support case for SAM and one time they got multiple engineers on the phone to get a better idea what I was trying to monitor and was able to point me in the best direction to monitor that system.
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Online Training
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
No answers on this topic
SolarWinds
It was sufficient to read their documentation and watch videos.
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Implementation Rating
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
No answers on this topic
SolarWinds
Make sure SNMP and WMI are configured ahead of time
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Alternatives Considered
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
Other solutions like Microsoft EM and SCCM can be interdependent and cause all sorts of issues and additional costs. I think software should be optionally integrated and work on its own as a standalone solution. I like that ManageEngine allows for specific use of its software and not forcing users into an unneeded license or contract.
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SolarWinds
Nagios requires far more manual work to configure than SolarWinds does, though that also encourages customization and perfect-fit solutions. Nagios also requires far, far fewer resources to run than SolarWinds: SolarWinds wants great gobs of memory and disk, while Nagios is refreshingly humble. Nagios starts working from the first minute, too, whereas SolarWinds needs lots of set-up time.
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Scalability
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
No answers on this topic
SolarWinds
It is hard to find the recommended SQL setup and convince others that is the way you should configure the server when you set it up
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Return on Investment
ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
  • By providing valuable insights into application performance and resource utilization, it has contributed to better decision-making and resource allocation.
  • It has helped us identify and resolve performance issues more quickly, minimizing the impact on business operations.
  • ManageEngine Application Manager has improved our ability to monitor and manage critical applications, reducing downtime and improving overall productivity.
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SolarWinds
  • Ability to sunset multiple legacy monitoring platforms.
  • A single pane of glass across global locations (Enterprise Operations Console) simplifies monitoring for junior staff.
  • A single toolset allows staff from across the global environment to share knowledge and quickly set up/modify monitoring.
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ScreenShots

ManageEngine Applications Manager Screenshots

Screenshot of InsightsScreenshot of InsightsScreenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Forecast reportsScreenshot of Real-user monitoring

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Screenshots

Screenshot of Multi-vendor application performance monitoringScreenshot of Multi-vendor server monitoringScreenshot of Application dependency mapping with AppStack™ dashboardScreenshot of Microsoft Exchange performance monitoring with AppInsight™ templateScreenshot of Microsoft IIS performance monitoring with AppInsight™ templateScreenshot of Server hardware health monitoring