SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)

Overview
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SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Score 8.0 out of 10
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SolarWinds Web Performance Monitoring (WPM) is a website and SaaS application performance monitoring tool. It utilizes synthetic and real user monitoring for proactive issue detection and performance reporting. WPM is designed to be scalable with business needs.N/A
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SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
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SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
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SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
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SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Chose SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
While free, Nagios was limited and hard to use on a Red Hat platform where we don't have the skillset.
Chose SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
At the time we purchased WPM we were not aware of alternatives and therefore did not compare them.
Chose SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
We did not review other alternatives.
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Features
SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Monitoring Tasks
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SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Remote monitoring10.01 Ratings
Multiple Server Monitoring10.01 Ratings
Automated alerts and notifications10.01 Ratings
Reporting
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SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
10.0
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Performance data reports10.01 Ratings
Customizable reporting10.01 Ratings
Data visualization10.01 Ratings
Security
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SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
10.0
1 Ratings
40% above category average
Administrator access control10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
Likelihood to Recommend
SolarWinds
We've found WPM to be a fit for every web application that we wanted to monitor. If you have a web app that you'd like monitoring/alerting for then WPM may work for you. So far our only struggles have been when after logging in the app launches a new tab.
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Pros
SolarWinds
  • Testing web applications
  • Ability to log in to secure sections of websites in order to test user authentication
  • Provides a detailed history of steps taken and provides print screens of each step. If an error occurs you can see the web page to better diagnose issues.
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Cons
SolarWinds
  • The recorder is clunky and must be run on a local machine.
  • It does not support frames.
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Support Rating
SolarWinds
Solarwinds support is top-notch, and while we rarely have to call them, they are always very helpful when we do.
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Alternatives Considered
SolarWinds
At the time we purchased WPM we were not aware of alternatives and therefore did not compare them.
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Return on Investment
SolarWinds
  • Better reporting of down states to allow for SLA reporting
  • Better alerting during certain failure conditions which allows the IT org to respond faster
  • More thorough history to review past errors and see screenshots of the errors.
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