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We performed a comparison between Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The technical support and documentation are quite good."

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"Identifying the problem statement is easy.""Features like monitoring and infrastructure dependency mapping are valuable to us.""It's good at monitoring system-specific things like ports, services.""AppInsight. Provides a simple way to get very in-depth monitoring configured for our most popular applications. Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint.""I am impressed with the tool's AppStack feature which mainly helps us in the identification process. This feature can give an overview of the fault and help us identify the issues for performance degradation. Instead of looking at multiple places, we can look at a single place to identify the issues.""The solution has good alerts. Notifications are sent via email to technicians. You can filter the kinds of alerts you want to receive as well. It's excellent.""The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is its powerful monitoring capabilities.""SSL Certificate Monitoring and Expiry Alerting"

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"The UI could be better. When I look at the dashboard, for example, the information looks cluttered and unorganized."

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"Downside of the tools is the web console are hung or crash. It need to improve the performance.""The stability, flexibility, and ease of use could be improved.""I believe that some of the trends, environmental maps, and items like those found in Orion would be very beneficial.""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.""SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor could improve by having a cloud version. They have an observability platform but it still needs to be maintained by us.""PerfStack can be made more effective. I am sure SolarWinds already has a plan for the same in coming versions.""The product does not explain why a problem occurred.""SAM's software-defined network monitoring capability is also low and could be improved."

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  • "I have always said SolarWinds is very “proud” of their products, meaning they are expensive. I cannot afford to purchase all the licenses I need for all the SolarWinds products."
  • "When planning for the number of licenses to purchase, make sure you understand all of the elements within an application required to really understand performance well. In our case, we quickly came to the conclusion that an unlimited license for SAM was the way to go."
  • "Nagios XI, WhatsUpGold, Uptime Software, PRTG, Manage Engine, and SpiceWorks are the other tools that have lower pricing and licensing costs. However, they can't compete with SolarWinds when it comes to the features and functionality that SolarWinds can provide."
  • "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."
  • "Pricing and licensing is fair for what you get. It does have a great bang-for-the-buck appeal."
  • "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."
  • "Understanding the counts of objects to monitor will determine the licensing need. In terms of pricing, it’s not cheap but it’s not expensive as larger vendors whose products don’t have all the features or integrations."
  • "The product might cost you $30,000 USD to buy, but scaling this solution requires the purchase of additional polling engines at $20,000 USD each."
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    Also Known As
    CA Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management
    SolarWinds SAM
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    Overview

    CA Cross-Enterprise APM provides 24/7 monitoring of business transactions for complex application environments by monitoring the real-time performance of mainframe subsystems and providing CA Application Performance Management with this data on a single pane of glass.

    SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers powerful application and server monitoring capabilities for IT pros, enabling them to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues faster. Do not let slow applications and downtime impact your end-users and business services. Pinpoint the root cause of application issues across various layers of the IT stack. SolarWinds SAM is affordable and easy to deploy, use, and customize. You can automatically discover your system's environment and start monitoring in about an hour. No professional services or consultation needed.

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    NIIT Technologies, Cetip Safeguards
    Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite
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    Financial Services Firm20%
    Construction Company13%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm7%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
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    Educational Organization41%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government8%
    Financial Services Firm6%
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    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise49%
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    Midsize Enterprise48%
    Large Enterprise41%
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    Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management is ranked 106th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability while SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is ranked 18th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 38 reviews. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management is rated 6.0, while SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management writes "Good technical support and scales well for cloud deployments but needs better UI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor writes "We use this product for base and application monitoring. ". Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management is most compared with , whereas SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is most compared with Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus and Nagios XI.

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