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LogicMonitor vs SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.7
LogicMonitor enhances efficiency by consolidating tools, reducing costs, improving response times, and increasing visibility, benefiting financial outcomes.
Sentiment score
5.5
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability enhances cost efficiency and reduces errors, though some users prefer alternatives due to unmet expectations.
The return is more of value and savings in preventing costly downtime, making the savings of about $60,000 which we would have lost without LogicMonitor, and in IT staff efficiency, we save approximately 15 hours a week.
IT Infrastructure Engineer at Ethical Trade SErvices Africa
Because of LogicMonitor, we have reduced our EC2 infrastructure significantly, which has helped us reduce costs by 20%.
Site Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
I can definitely notice a difference in our posture, uptime, and ability to solve problems and resolve outages much quicker since we have had LogicMonitor in place.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
The primary return comes from its effectiveness, leading to significant cost savings, especially since we can create tenants and allow multiple countries to utilize the nodes through shared tools.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It saves time by issuing alerts that notify engineers about problems or incidents.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.3
LogicMonitor's support is praised for quick, knowledgeable responses, efficient chat features, and overall effectiveness despite some geographic inconsistencies.
Sentiment score
5.7
SolarWinds support is swift and praised but needs better market-specific understanding, particularly in Nigeria, for tailored assistance.
Within one day, I received a script, and LogicMonitor was able to provide the firewall configuration in LogicMonitor on the same day I submitted the request.
Network Administrator at i-level automatisering
Customer support is on point and very well trained.
IT Infrastructure Engineer at Ethical Trade SErvices Africa
We need to be able to reach them in real-time, and without those kinds of options available, we have to set up ad hoc calls, which could be improved.
Observability Engineer at Universal Music Group
the support is quick and meets service-level agreements
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
I get an instant response and on-call support as well.
Solutions Architect at Cognizant
The complexities and internal processes in approvals necessitate a more tailored support approach, ensuring that assistance is relevant and timely.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
LogicMonitor efficiently scales with growth, offering cloud-based expansion, role-based access, and automation for diverse business needs.
Sentiment score
7.5
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability is scalable for large enterprises, supporting up to 100,000 elements, with high user ratings.
They are not licensed, so you could deploy one collector or 1,000 collectors for the same cost.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
LogicMonitor's scalability absolutely meets our organization's growth needs.
Observability Engineer at Universal Music Group
LogicMonitor is pretty good at scaling things when it comes to monitoring AWS infrastructure because I can see that it scales very well for us.
Site Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
The product is very easy to scale.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
A single polling engine with enterprise supports up to 100 additional polling engines, monitoring up to 100,000 elements per instance.
Senior Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The scalability of SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability is great.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
LogicMonitor's stability, reliable alerts, and minimal maintenance ensure high user satisfaction and allow focus on business systems.
Sentiment score
6.2
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability is stable when properly deployed, though issues may arise from improper deployment or infrastructure.
The platform is reliable, alerts are consistent, and once collectors and integrations are in place, monitoring runs smoothly with minimal disruption.
Site Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
It is very stable. I have never seen LogicMonitor itself go down.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Since we implemented LogicMonitor and got it working in production, there has been no downtime, no reliability issues, and nothing major regarding flare-ups from LogicMonitor's perspective.
Observability Engineer at Universal Music Group
In my current environment, we have experienced instability likely due to the deployment not meeting required standards.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

LogicMonitor users want better visualization, streamlined alerts, automation, enhanced monitoring, role-based permissions, and more appealing pricing options.
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability needs better integrations, support, and performance, with easier setup and enhanced customer assistance.
I would also appreciate a stronger out-of-the-box AWS correlation, such as automatically grouping related issues across EC2, EBS, and ALBs in a way that reads as a single incident story.
Site Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
I wish the user interface would be customizable to allow users to create personal context-specific workspaces to hide irrelevant data, rather than trying to have a one-size-fits-all interface.
IT Infrastructure Engineer at Ethical Trade SErvices Africa
The container monitoring seems to be really behind compared to some bespoke cloud-native monitoring solutions that are designed around Kubernetes, containers, and ephemeral environments.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
The solution could improve in areas such as CICD observability.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
The initial setup and configuration can also be complex for new users.
Quality Auditing Associate at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I think deeper integration into Kubernetes, serverless functions, and cloud-native tracing can be implemented as these matter to many organizations.
Senior Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

LogicMonitor offers competitive pricing and value, though clouds licensing can be challenging for larger environments or small businesses.
SolarWinds' node-based licensing is cost-effective but renewal confusion and regional pricing challenges complicate enterprise adoption.
For small businesses that want to utilize LogicMonitor and are just starting out with limited customers, a pricing model targeted to this segment would be beneficial, perhaps at three or two dollars per device per month.
Network Security Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
I experienced no issues with pricing, setup cost, and licensing; it was very transparent, and the licensing model is very clear and easy to understand.
Technical Lead: Enterprise Monitoring at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
The pricing is mid-segment, which means it is neither cheap nor expensive compared to other products.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
The new pricing models lack clarity in communication, bundling services that we may not actually need, leading to unnecessary costs.
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Before, everything was licensed. Now with SaaS, it is easy, but some companies say that they are SaaS, but their business model is a license, so it is difficult to do business with them.
Director, Technical Services at MindSource, Inc.
 

Valuable Features

LogicMonitor offers customizable dashboards, real-time visualization, and advanced alerting for proactive network management and efficient issue resolution.
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability offers comprehensive monitoring, proactive alerts, and integrations for reduced downtime and enhanced reporting.
The dynamic alerting and root cause analysis have helped us fix issues before they cause a full-blown outage or degrade performance for end users.
IT Infrastructure Engineer at Ethical Trade SErvices Africa
Our SLAs and SLOs were averaging about 10 to 15 failed SLAs and SLOs that were over the time allotted to get those resolved, and those are now down to about two to three per week.
Observability Engineer at Universal Music Group
When talking about the statistics, it has helped us reduce downtime to about 40 to 50% because without LogicMonitor, we used to know about the downtime only when the application was actually down.
Site Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
It is easy to scale by increasing the count of observable objects, adding additional servers, and polling engines, which is crucial for enterprise-level projects.
Business Developement Manager at I.ua
It has an alerting engine where I can define thresholds and configure custom alerts, which can also be integrated with ITSM or a ticketing system to auto-create tickets.
Solutions Architect at Cognizant
Smart Alerts in SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability has been really helpful for our team. For instance, one day, a switch interface started hitting high utilization, which would have caused slowness in network traffic. SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability sent an alert immediately, so we could check the devices and fix the issue before users noticed any problem.
Quality Auditing Associate at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

LogicMonitor
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
14th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (22nd), Network Monitoring Software (12th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (15th), Container Monitoring (6th), AIOps (8th)
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Obs...
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
18th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of LogicMonitor is 2.8%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
LogicMonitor2.8%
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability0.8%
Other96.4%
Cloud Monitoring Software
 

Featured Reviews

Anshuman Thakur - PeerSpot reviewer
Site Reliability Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Monitoring has reduced downtime and now enables proactive alerts across cloud workloads
When it comes to the improvement of LogicMonitor, I think there are a few points that can be improved. The first one is alert tuning, which takes time. It requires effort when trying to understand it for the first time. The defaults do not always match our workload patterns, so I have to adjust the thresholds to reduce noise and avoid alert fatigue. While the dashboards are solid, I sometimes wish that the UI was a bit more intuitive when drilling down quickly during an incident. There are many options and finding the exact view where I can identify the exact problem takes a few extra clicks. When an alert comes and I click on a LogicMonitor alert, it takes time to understand what the alert actually is and to go through the data points. The alert page specifically could be better. The alert tuning part can also be made more simple. The first area that could be better is alert clarity and routing. Sometimes alerts do not include enough immediate context, so I still have to spend a few minutes correlating data across views. Adding more actionable details directly in the alert would make the response even faster. LogicMonitor sometimes gives false alerts as well. For example, if an EC2 instance is down, it will not determine whether the EC2 instance has been deliberately turned off or if it is actually not responding. At that time, it will give false alerts. The clearing of alerts is also an issue. Once an issue is fixed, the alert should be cleared, but it takes a little time for that alert to be cleared. Another improvement that would be helpful is simpler customization for complex dashboards. It is powerful, but building highly tailored dashboards, especially across multiple environments, can feel heavy and time-consuming. I would also appreciate a stronger out-of-the-box AWS correlation, such as automatically grouping related issues across EC2, EBS, and ALBs in a way that reads as a single incident story. This would reduce the mental overhead during outages. Grouping incidents together, such as all the EC2 alerts, all the EBS alerts, or all the load balancer alerts would be beneficial. Overall, none of these are blockers, just some improving areas. There could be smarter anomaly detection out of the box that can catch unusual but important behavior without manual tuning of every threshold. Better tagging and dynamic grouping for EC2 instances would also be helpful. Cleaner alert de-duplication so a single underlying issue does not generate multiple redundant alerts would improve the system. More guided root cause workflows would be beneficial, such as providing the most likely causes based on correlated metrics. Faster search navigation across devices, dashboards, and alerts during incidents would also improve the platform.
reviewer2779182 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Network Coordinator (Northern Region) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Provides timely insights that help prevent network outages and support critical infrastructure decisions
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability could be improved, particularly regarding integrations with Huawei solutions. Given Huawei's rapid growth in the tech and network space, the integration with Huawei is not meeting the standards set by integrations with other providers such as Cisco. This is essential for the continued effective use of SolarWinds in the African market. SolarWinds has excelled in its user interface and reporting capabilities regarding custom report creation. However, communication on how to create those custom reports can be enhanced. While many of us figure it out after time, a smoother process for creating custom reports would significantly aid engineers. I chose 9 out of 10 partly because I have recently had issues with integration with Huawei, which is quickly becoming a significant player in the market. Since we operate a majority of our spoke sites with Huawei, SolarWinds tends to lose some advantages because the SNMP criteria for monitoring Huawei devices are not providing the comprehensive reports we need, leading me to deduct one point.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Government
13%
University
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Transportation Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
It actually depends on the exact purpose or requirements. Some tools are better for only network devices while others are better from a cloud monitoring or APM monitoring perspective. You can check...
What do you like most about LogicMonitor?
LogicMonitor helps us prevent potential downtime. It's pretty good. It generates low-level warnings that aren't necessarily preemptive but can still alert us to issues we should investigate. These ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LogicMonitor?
I did not have much experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for LogicMonitor. I sat in on some of the business meetings, but my main focus was the technical side of it, getting every...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, we engaged with SolarWinds through a partner, and negotiations were conducted by our procurement team. We received a discount initially, but noticed th...
What needs improvement with SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability?
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability could be improved, particularly regarding integrations with Huawei solutions. Given Huawei's rapid growth in the tech and network space, the integration with H...
What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability?
My main use case for SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability is proactive monitoring, which allows the network team or the NOC operations monitoring team to know when there are downtimes or possible ...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Kayak, Zendesk, Ted Baker, Trulia, Sophos, iVision, TekLinks, Siemens
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