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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds 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

    Varonis Data Security Platform

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AVaronis offers their Data Security Platform, a modular suite of data acess and data security products providing sensitive data discovery, data access governance, unusual behavior detection, GDPR compliance support, as well as incident playbooks and cybersecurity forensic reporting.N/A
    Pricing
    SolarWinds Server & Application MonitorVaronis Data Security Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SolarWinds Server & Application MonitorVaronis Data Security Platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSAM pricing starts at $2,995.—
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    SolarWinds
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    37 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    35 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    30 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    32 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    SolarWinds Server & Application MonitorVaronis Data Security Platform
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor and Varonis Data Security Platform
    Feature
    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
    7.1
    281 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Varonis Data Security Platform
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    Ratings
    Application monitoring7.0271 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database monitoring7.6235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threshold alerts7.5276 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities6.6220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application performance management console7.4244 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration tools6.6152 Ratings00 Ratings
    Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications7.0261 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application dependency mapping and thresholding6.0221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring7.6239 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring7.6274 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting7.4255 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery6.3203 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SolarWinds Server & Application MonitorVaronis Data Security Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (282 ratings)
    9.2
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (33 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    SolarWinds Server & Application MonitorVaronis Data Security Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Varonis
    The most highlighted feature of Varonis Data Security Platform is the data analyzing mechanism. It analyzes your data all the time with some special algorithms to detect any unusual activities so that it can identify any unusual behavior or users and
    take necessary action to save your sensitive data. They also offer a complete dashboard solution for their customers to control across different data stores, see their current state, and any security breaches to be addressed manually.
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    Pros
    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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    Varonis
    • Varonis logging is very robust and captures all audit events being sent from the file servers.
    • The ability to report and alert on Active Directory account events works very well with file activity monitoring. It can show the complete picture of what an account did while being used.
    • Have a customizable dashboard is great for being able to show upper management information that only pertains to them.
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    Cons
    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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    Varonis
    • Implementation can be challenging in some areas and can only be executed by the vendor
    • Implementation can only be executed by the vendor and additional work can be chargeable
    • Licensing can be improved upon
    • Agent based so implementation can be longer than expected
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Varonis
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Varonis
    Because the tool delivers on its promises and forces us to explore each functionality. Using the tool leads us to seek more knowledge and apply it to our environment, mitigating risks, reducing the attack surface, increasing the team's technical knowledge, and boosting team growth. It also demonstrates to senior management that the tool is extremely necessary for the environment.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Varonis
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    Performance
    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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    Varonis
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Varonis
    Support has always been very responsive and addressed any issues we may have had in the past. Some local engineers are willing to come onsite or work over a web session to discuss creating a new rule set or look at some issues. Getting issues address has never been a problem. There was one feature we had trouble getting to function correctly, but support and local engineers were willing to work with us as much as needed to get it working correctly for our organization.
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    Online Training
    SolarWinds
    It was sufficient to read their documentation and watch videos.
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    Varonis
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    Implementation Rating
    SolarWinds
    Make sure SNMP and WMI are configured ahead of time
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    Varonis
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Varonis
    Actually, we didn't expend much time evaluating other file auditing platforms. We chose Varonis just after a serious incident and we had already heard about Varonis at a Netapp event. So it was an easy choice. We called Varonis and asked them for a PoC, that's it. The PoC became a production and it is running until this day.
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    Scalability
    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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    Varonis
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Varonis
    • We have identified data classifications issues that our organization was not aware of prior to the implementation.
    • The tool does take a dedicated resource for it to be effective.
    • Varonis has improved the speed with which we can fulfill audit requests, leaving us more time for other tasks.
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    ScreenShots

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Screenshots

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