SolarWinds Log Analyzer
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Plans and prices
From SolarWinds Log Analyzer's own pricing page, checked 23 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $8 a month | Network performance monitoring · Server and application management · Log monitoring and analysis · IP address monitoring and management · User and device tracking · VoIP and network quality assurance · Multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Advanced | $14 a month | Everything in Essentials · ML-powered anomaly-based alerting · Security vulnerability dashboard · Flow monitoring and analysis · Virtualization monitoring and management · Server configuration management · Multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Premier | $17.50 a month | Everything in Advanced · Storage performance monitoring · Web performance monitoring · Incident Response user licenses · SolarWinds Observability SaaS Network and Infrastructure license · Value-based licensing · Multi-year contracts billed annually |
| SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (includes Log Analyzer) | $8 a month | Per node · Volume discounts available · Multi-year contract billed annually |
The facts
Each one read from SolarWinds Log Analyzer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Alerts and integrations
- Custom alerts can be routed through email, ServiceNow, or SolarWinds Service Desk, and can trigger external scripts.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Archive export
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Deployment and security
- Observability Self-Hosted can be deployed behind a firewall or self-hosted in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or GCP.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- self-hostedchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Event tagging
- Users can apply color-coded tags to events and filter tagged events in the Log Viewer.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- SolarWinds describes Log Analyzer as part of Observability Self-Hosted for IT operations teams managing hybrid infrastructure.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Live log tailing
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Live mode
- Live mode streams logs and refreshes event data every 10 seconds.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Log pipelines
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Log sources
- It collects syslog, SNMP traps, Windows events, and VMware events from hybrid on-premises and cloud-connected sources.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 8checked 23 Sep 2026
- Performance correlation
- PerfStack displays log events alongside network and server performance metrics on a single timeline.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Log Analyzer collects, searches, and correlates log and event data across IT infrastructure to help teams identify root causes and resolve issues.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Search and filtering
- Built-in controls filter logs by type, node, IP address, vendor, tag, and time range without requiring complex queries.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security event rules
- A preconfigured security event whitelist captures common security events, and users can enable out-of-the-box rules or create custom rules.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Structured log parsing
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Support
- SolarWinds offers technical support, documentation, training, and a user community with over 200,000 registered members.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1999checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, USAchecked 19 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Windows event alternative
- SolarWinds Event Log Forwarder for Windows can convert Windows events to syslogs if the agent is not deployed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Windows event collection
- Windows event collection uses a Log Analyzer agent plugin with the Observability Self-Hosted agent, with filtering by log type, event source, and severity.checked 9 Oct 2026
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