SolarWinds Observability
SolarWinds Observability combines application, digital experience, database, infrastructure, network, and log data to help teams detect problems, improve per…
What SolarWinds Observability is
SolarWinds Observability combines application, digital experience, database, infrastructure, network, and log data to help teams detect problems, improve performance, and troubleshoot. Its SaaS offering unifies logs, metrics, traces, database queries, and user experience data. SolarWinds describes its AIOps-enhanced insights as prioritizing problems, filtering noise, and showing application and service health in real time.
The SaaS sources list services built with .NET, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Go, as well as MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Redis, and Amazon Aurora databases. It supports OpenTelemetry integrations and direct ingestion of OTel data. Buyers can choose SaaS or self-hosted deployment; self-hosted setups can run behind a firewall or in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or GCP. Self-Hosted also has built-in integrations for AWS, Database Performance Analyzer, Microsoft Azure, Security Observability, and Service Desk. A fully functional 30-day trial is advertised for SaaS and Self-Hosted.
Good
- Unifies logs, metrics, traces, database queries, and user data.
- Supports OpenTelemetry integrations and direct data ingestion.
- Offers SaaS and self-hosted deployment.
- Lists a 30-day trial for both offerings.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- Pricing and billing units vary by plan.
- Some listed plans are billed by usage measures such as page views or GB.
Who it suits
It suits teams seeking observability across application, infrastructure, database, network, and user-experience data. The SaaS and self-hosted options accommodate different deployment setups.
Verdict
SolarWinds Observability brings multiple data types and monitoring areas together, with SaaS and self-hosted deployment choices. Plan costs depend on the offering and its billing unit, and a 30-day trial is available.
Plans and prices
From SolarWinds Observability's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Log Observability | $5 a month | Log ingestion sold in increments of 1 GB/month · retention from 1 to 60 days · Per GB per month; multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Essentials | $8 a month | Network performance monitoring · server and application management · log monitoring and analysis · IP address monitoring and management · Per node per month; multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Digital Experience Observability - Synthetic | $10 a month | Synthetic monitoring for availability and performance · Per 10 uptime or 2 transaction checks; multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Digital Experience Observability - Real User Monitoring | $10 a month | Real user monitoring of website experience · Per 100,000 page views; multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Advanced | $14 a month | Everything in Essentials · ML-powered anomaly-based alerting · security vulnerability dashboard · flow monitoring and analysis · Per node per month; multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Network and Infrastructure Observability | $15.75 a month | Network devices and hosts (1:1) · cloud services (3:1) · containers (10:1) · Per node per month; multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Premier | $17.50 a month | Everything in Advanced · storage performance monitoring · web performance monitoring · Incident Response user licenses · Per node per month; multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Application Observability | $27.50 a month | Real-time application metrics · distributed tracing · code profiling · Per Service; multi-year contracts billed annually |
| Database Observability | $70 a month | Entitlement based on daily high watermark of active database instances · Per database instance; multi-year contracts billed annually |
The facts
Each one read from SolarWinds Observability's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AIOps
- SolarWinds says its AIOps-enhanced insights prioritize problems, filter noise, and provide real-time visibility into application and service health.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployments
- The product offers SaaS and self-hosted options, and the company describes deploying in the cloud, in a data center, or in a hybrid setup.checked 7 Oct 2026
- OpenTelemetry
- SolarWinds Observability SaaS supports OpenTelemetry integrations and direct ingestion of OTel data.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SolarWinds Observability SaaS combines application, digital experience, database, infrastructure, network, and log data to help teams detect issues, optimize performance, and troubleshoot.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- SolarWinds lists SOC 2 Type 2 reports for SolarWinds Observability SaaS and describes ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification covering its products and services.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted deployment locations
- SolarWinds says Self-Hosted can run behind a firewall or be self-hosted in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or GCP.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted integrations
- SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted has built-in integrations for AWS, Database Performance Analyzer, Microsoft Azure, Security Observability, and Service Desk.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted licensing
- Self-Hosted licensing is node-based, subscription-only, billed annually, and offered in Essentials, Advanced, and Premier editions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Supported databases
- The SaaS sources page lists MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Redis, and Amazon Aurora.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Telemetry
- The SaaS offering unifies logs, metrics, traces, database queries, and user experience data.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1999checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported application technologies
- The SaaS sources page lists .NET, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Go services.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- SolarWinds advertises a fully functional 30-day trial for Observability SaaS and Observability Self-Hosted.checked 7 Oct 2026
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