Lenovo XClarity Controller vs SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Lenovo XClarity Controller
Ranking in Server Monitoring
15th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SolarWinds Server and Appli...
Ranking in Server Monitoring
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (17th), Active Directory Management (8th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Server Monitoring category, the market share of Lenovo XClarity Controller is 4.9% and it decreased by 23.7% compared to the previous year. The market share of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is 3.6% and it decreased by 12.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Server Monitoring
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
2.2%
Active Directory Management
0.8%
 

Featured Reviews

Leandro-Coelho - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 20, 2022
Quick scaling, easy to use, and useful mobile management
XClarity Controller is suitable for management because the solution sends alerts about what problems can happen and how to solve problems in performance security, or reliability The most valuable feature of Lenovo XClarity is the ease of use because of the interface browser that is highly…
it_user631218 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 27, 2017
We use this product for base and application monitoring.
I always thought we should be able to perform all admin activities using the web portal. Over a period of time, SolarWinds has achieved this. Most of the admin activities can be performed using SolarWinds web portal (such as advanced alerting, web reports, custom attribute editor, report schedulers, etc., which in the past were hosted on the SolarWinds server). I also thought SolarWinds doesn't provide a service navigator map that would drill down from application layer to node level, with PerfStack in place. Most of these things have been addressed. PerfStack can be made more effective. I am sure SolarWinds already has a plan for the same in coming versions.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Lenovo XClarity is the ease of use because of the interface browser that is highly compatible and it has mobile web management."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to provide insights into server status and alerts."
"It is simple to implement and can provide fairly decent Windows-based monitoring, beyond simple SNMP. It is great for monitoring newbies and smaller shops."
"The solution is great for monitoring. If something is going wrong, we can immediately find the root cause."
"SolarWinds SAM has provided us with dynamic thresholds based on historical trends and requirements. The threshold gets configured automatically, so it's no longer necessary to configure it manually every time."
"Monitoring of processes and services is the most valuable feature. It is not necessarily just the server alone in terms of the CPU or the memory. We can go in-depth into services and processes."
"SSL Certificate Monitoring and Expiry Alerting"
"The most valuable feature is the Access Rights Manager."
"I adore the NTA module that provides deep details on ingress/egress traffic for any interface. With a few clicks, you can correlate who is accessing what and when, beside the bandwidth consuming applications/users."
"The more valuable feature of this solution is the Exchange feature."
 

Cons

"Lenovo XClarity can improve the dashboard integration. For example, graphs could be better. Additionally, more integration with other vendors is needed. For example, VMware has integration with a lot of vendors."
"They could enable notifications on emails and phones regarding control panel information."
"This product has no real downside unless they fail to continue development of its capabilities."
"I think they need to make reporting easier and more simple & dynamic."
"It lacks a user experience for measuring things like the end-to-end time for which a user waits for a specific response in the system. In the application layer, it has some very basic stuff. You have to build your own with manuscripts and things like that."
"The major concern in the product revolves around application performance monitoring since end-to-end application monitoring is not possible with the tool."
"SAM's software-defined network monitoring capability is also low and could be improved."
"SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor could improve the server monitoring and the web application monitoring features are not good. Microsoft SCOM has better server monitoring."
"Support for the IBM Mainframe is needed."
"Mapping interactions between systems."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I like the pricing for this SolarWinds product."
"SAM is not per server so the pricing model can be deceiving. If you have an enterprise environment, you will quickly exceed your licensing quickly. You should know this before going in."
"Its licensing is on a yearly basis. It is just the standard price, but it can vary depending on the current rate of the dollar."
"The licenses start from USD 3000.00 and go up to USD 20,000.00 for the year. It's a perpetual license. Nothing is free in SolarWinds, anything that you need is an additional cost."
"Price can always be lower. It is neither on the expensive side nor on the cheap side. We have worked with them for a lot of years, so we get a discount due to the size of the installation."
"I would rate the pricing for this solution a three out of five."
"I would advise potential buyers to wait until the end of the quarter, end of year, or other time to place orders. There are actually great deals to be had at those times if your budget cycle can match up."
"When compared to other licensed models in the market, it stands out as one of the more cost-effective options."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Media Company
7%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
41%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Lenovo XClarity Controller?
The product's most valuable feature is its ability to provide insights into server status and alerts.
What needs improvement with Lenovo XClarity Controller?
They could enable notifications on emails and phones regarding control panel information.
What is your primary use case for Lenovo XClarity Controller?
We use Lenovo XClarity Controller for monitoring applications, contributing to delivering expected results to clients. In hardware management tasks, the focus is maintaining current firmware versio...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?
The price is too high. The tool is overpriced. We don't need all the features. The product must minimize the features and reduce the price. It all comes down to pricing. The customers find it prett...
What needs improvement with SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?
The biggest pain point is root cause analysis. It is difficult to analyze, assess, and warn my IT department about what will happen in the next five hours. It is also difficult to use AIOps to redu...
 

Also Known As

XClarity Controller, Lenovo XCC
SolarWinds SAM
 

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Sample Customers

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Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite
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