SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Server & Application Monitor | Priced on request | Licensing guide says licenses are based on application component monitors; physical servers, hypervisors, and disk volumes are included at no extra cost. · Get a Quote; a SolarWinds page says “Starts at $2,900” but does not state a billing term. |
The facts
Each one read from SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Alerting and reporting
- SAM offers customizable alerts and reports, including alerts based on deviations from baseline thresholds.checked 8 Oct 2026
- API monitoring
- SAM API pollers collect metrics from external REST APIs and support alerts for numeric and string values.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Cloud
- SAM supports monitoring Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS services, and the product page describes coverage across hybrid and cloud environments.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Custom monitoring
- Users can create or customize templates and use custom Windows, Linux, and UNIX scripts to monitor applications.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- SAM is an Orion module built on the SolarWinds Platform; the company describes its monitoring portfolio as self-hosted and suitable for on-premises and hybrid IT environments.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Supported applications include Microsoft Exchange, IIS, Active Directory, SharePoint, and SQL Server, as well as third-party products such as Oracle, Java, Tomcat, Citrix, and MySQL.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- SolarWinds describes SAM as designed for IT teams monitoring servers, applications, and infrastructure across environments of all sizes.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Monitoring coverage
- SolarWinds says SAM supports monitoring across Windows, Linux, VMware, Azure, and AWS environments.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SAM monitors server and application health, availability, performance, and dependencies from one place.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- SolarWinds says its software development methodology follows NIST Secure Software Development Framework and Enduring Security Framework guidelines, and that it conducts regular external penetration tests.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- SolarWinds provides technical support, documentation, training, and a user community with more than 200,000 registered members.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Templates
- SAM provides out-of-the-box templates for more than 250 application types, including specialized AppInsight templates for SQL Server, Exchange, IIS, and Active Directory.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Discovery and mapping
- SAM can automatically discover applications and servers and map application dependencies to underlying infrastructure.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1999checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Trial
- SolarWinds offers a fully functional 30-day trial of SAM.checked 8 Oct 2026
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