OpenText SiteScope vs SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor comparison

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OpenText and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. OpenText is ranked #17 with an average rating of 9.2, while SolarWinds is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.0. OpenText holds a 1.2% mindshare in APM, compared to SolarWinds’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

OpenText SiteScope and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor compete in the server and application monitoring category. SolarWinds appears to have the upper hand in feature richness and user satisfaction based on user reviews and comparisons.

What features are offered by OpenText SiteScope in comparison to SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

OpenText SiteScope offers extensive monitoring capabilities, flexibility in configuration, and customizable thresholds. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor provides automatic detection, comprehensive dashboards, and detailed performance analysis. SolarWinds has a richer feature set and higher user satisfaction.

What areas of improvement can be found in OpenText SiteScope in comparison to SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

OpenText SiteScope needs a more intuitive and modern interface, better integration with other tools, and enhanced usability. SolarWinds requires improvements in stability, more customizable reporting, and reduced complexity in some features. SiteScope's UI overhaul is more notably required.

How is the ease of deployment and customer service of OpenText SiteScope in comparison to SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

OpenText SiteScope's deployment process is straightforward but can be time-consuming; customer service receives mixed reviews. SolarWinds has a smoother deployment experience and reliable customer support, with higher satisfaction in both areas.

What setup costs and ROI can be seen with OpenText SiteScope in comparison to SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

OpenText SiteScope is a higher initial investment but provides a good return on investment over time. SolarWinds offers value at a competitive price point with faster ROI. Users generally perceive that SolarWinds provides better ROI and pricing benefits.

To learn more, read our detailed OpenText SiteScope vs. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor Report (Updated: September 2026).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText SiteScope

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

17th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SolarWinds Server and Appli...

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

20th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

4.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (5th), Active Directory Management (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of OpenText SiteScope is 1.2%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is 1.0%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
OpenText SiteScope	1.2%
SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor	1.0%
Other	97.8%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Featured Reviews

Hosney Osman

Technical Solution Architect at Vodafone

Proactive monitoring has reduced response time and has improved capacity planning accuracy

Regarding areas for improvement, there may be minor issues, but I have not faced any significant issues with OpenText SiteScope because I have a team that uses this product daily. As a monitoring dashboard user, I do not have any negative feedback. A feature that could be added is direct integration with a ticketing tool, as it would help operation teams directly detect alarms and alerts happening in our infrastructure. Direct integration with a ticketing tool such as Remedy would be a good feature. OpenText SiteScope has some limitations, especially with integration between OpenText SiteScope and Remedy, which must be done through middle software. There are also limitations for cloud monitoring as well as for Docker and Kubernetes.

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NikhilKalwint

Technical Specialist at ServiceIO

Monitoring over a thousand systems has improved decision making and operational visibility

From an advantage perspective, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is comparatively cheaper from a commercial point of view. It is easy to install and configure, very user-friendly, and quick to get up and running, allowing you to see the early value adds in your organization. It is compatible with most technologies for monitoring with very few chances of incompatibility. Configuration also allows us to monitor all the technical parameters we are looking for, making it a very good experience for us. The alerting feature in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is a main advantage, as it alerts based on threshold breaches and can raise tickets to the ticketing system, send SMS, and email notifications, allowing engineers to work on those tickets to resolve issues and avoid further impact. The visibility into server health is a beneficial feature that I am utilizing. We widely use various application performance metrics in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor such as database monitoring and server monitoring, which are quite good enough for any monitoring solution. We utilize the customizable dashboards in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's easy to template standard monitoring configurations, and automate monitoring configuration."

"The tool has capabilities other than managing web-based applications, like URL Monitor and EPI Script. It is also easy to use the tool."

"SiteScope is deployed on our network perimeter, and gives our operations teams an end user perspective of service availability."

"Sitescope makes it easy to monitor key aspects of performance, availability, and capacity by collecting metrics."

"The stability of the Micro Focus Voltage SiteScope is good."

"The product's ability to monitor systems and applications and send alerts and create support tickets are the most valuable features of the product."

"Has a simple setup. It can be up and running within hours."

"Our experiences with Micro Focus SiteScope have been mostly positive as we can easily work with multiple monitors and different types of monitors pretty quickly. There are a lot of out-of-the-box solutions for us through Micro Focus SiteScope, so we don't have to do that much custom coding for the vast majority of requests that we get for monitoring. There are some limitations that we've run into and some problems every once in a while, but they've been relatively minor."

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"As I mentioned in one of the other points: "Simplicity at its best"."

"Extremely user friendly: Any IT professional can learn how to admin NPM in a short time."

"We choose the Solarwinds based on the simplication of managing the tool itself."

"Monitoring the components on your devices with out of the box monitors or the ability to create new ones (SAM)"

"We manage SolarWinds ourselves without outsourcing its services."

"The component and cable monitoring are good. SolarWinds is more intuitive and user-friendly than AppDynamics. The AppDynamics console is more complex because it's a more feature-rich solution, so it's not easy for somebody to pick it up."

"It is easy to install and configure, very user-friendly, and quick to get up and running, allowing you to see the early value adds in your organization."

"SAM has altered the way monitoring is being looked at - from just being able to monitor CPU, Mem, Disk and network utilization levels we have moved to the next levels of finding out process related issues, service related issues and specific application related issues to identify root cause of performance issues."

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Cons

"Monitor mobile health status too."

"If you're considering Sitescope as your sole or primary monitoring tool, I suggest you take a look around - there are better options for you."

"You can use OpenText SiteScope for small or middle environments. But if you want to monitor a large environment, it is not scalable. If you can monitor a large environment with OpenText SiteScope, it can be a valuable product."

"I think that the scalability needs to be worked on a bit. We can scale fine horizontally, but we’d like to scale less horizontal and be more compact."

"We'd like a uniform interface for monitoring our system, since that's the purpose of SiteScope."

"More out of the box Cloud integration and capabilities. Currently there's one for Amazon."

"Basically, full automation of the SiS config is not possible, even using HP tools like HP Operations Orchestration, as the application does not allow full configuration of monitor components via the API."

"There is a need to enhance the reporting feature in OpenText SiteScope. Reporting related to performance information for historical data needs improvement to provide better reporting related to application availability and end node availability."

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"We are looking into other solutions because it is just too expensive to keep scaling."

"This product has no real downside unless they fail to continue development of its capabilities."

"I believe that SolarWinds should spend more effort in reporting."

"For each poller, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor can only monitor up to ten thousand components, which restricts scalability."

"From an integration point of view, if you want to have a manager of manager kind of layer, that is currently lacking in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor."

"Support for the IBM Mainframe is needed."

"I had some stability issues. I lost my environment, but with the help of SolarWinds support, I was able to get back to a stable platform."

"PerfStack can be made more effective. I am sure SolarWinds already has a plan for the same in coming versions."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's pricing should be lower since there are many open-source products that can do the same job with better user interfaces. The tool's pricing is yearly and you need to pay for support."

"Depending on your requirements, there are two licensing models available. A simple point model, or an endpoint model."

"SiteScope licensing can be node based-or monitor-based. I would recommend for node-based licensing."

"It is expensive. I don't like its licensing. I don't like anything where you have to license it by individual licenses. I'm not a fan of that, but that's just me."

"I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten on a scale where one is cheap and ten is expensive."

"Licensing is a little steep."

"You have to pay for their "solution templates". Other tools do not charge you for knowledge-based monitoring bundles."

"The pricing or licensing cost for Micro Focus SiteScope is often bundled with other things, so the cost for each individual would be difficult to calculate. Pricing could be $2,000,000 a year. My company pays for technical support because it's part of the contract with Micro Focus SiteScope. You buy the licenses, but you're also paying for the support. With Nagios, it's much more bare-bones as far as paying for licenses and the software itself, and my company didn't have to use as much Nagios support yet in one or two years because there weren't too many problems using Nagios, and it's much more cost-effective, so that's one of the reasons why my company is migrating to Nagios from Micro Focus SiteScope."

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"Pricing and licensing is fair for what you get. It does have a great bang-for-the-buck appeal."

"We are on an annual license to use the solution. The price of the solution is expensive. The price is based on a bunch of factors, such as the number of engines and elements."

"The solution is overpriced in terms of application management."

"I think SolarWinds' pricing is very decent compared to other competitors in the market."

"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 solution's price is reasonable. Though it's on the higher side, the tool is worth the money."

"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."

"We pay around $ 2,000 to $ 5,000 yearly for the solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Outsourcing Company

Educational Organization

13%

University

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	21

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	21

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Voltage SiteScope?

The licensing scheme for Micro Focus tools is reasonable, and more affordable. It's seen as medium or de-receivable.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Voltage SiteScope?

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What is your primary use case for Micro Focus Voltage SiteScope?

OpenText SiteScope has a lot of use cases including monitoring websites, monitoring URLs, monitoring infrastructure resources like CPU, hard disk, and memory usage, and customized monitoring script...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

The initial cost is quite high, but the renewal cost is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

There is definitely room for improvement besides simplifying its setup. As a non-technical person, I believe the dashboards could be improved. Everything we use appears on video walls, and we need ...

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What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

I am doing research as we currently have both solutions, and I am looking to see if we need both or can manage with one. Currently, the outcome indicates that we need both. The focus point is diffe...

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Also Known As

Micro Focus SiteScope, HPE SiteScope, SiteScope

SolarWinds SAM

Overview

OpenText SiteScope provides agentless monitoring of infrastructure and applications, offering an intuitive experience with comprehensive solutions for managing APIs, URLs, and log files. It's designed for those seeking ease of use and flexibility without the need for server agents.

SiteScope is known for its agentless architecture that facilitates seamless monitoring across a range of technologies including AWS, VMware, and APIs. Users benefit from ready-to-use templates and an intuitive dashboard. Despite its flexibility, SiteScope has challenges with integration and modern features like cloud and DevOps monitoring. The Java interface is slow and setup can be cumbersome, with costly licensing and room for improvement in reporting and scalability.

What are the key features of OpenText SiteScope?

Agentless Architecture: Eliminates the need for server agents, minimizing intrusion.
Ready-to-Use Templates: Simplifies monitoring setup across different environments.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Supports server, database, URL, and API monitoring.
Integration Capabilities: Works with AWS, VMware, and other technologies.
Intuitive Dashboard: Provides easy-to-understand data visualization.

What benefits and ROI can be expected?

Cost Efficiency: Agentless setup reduces operational costs.
Flexibility: Supports multiple technologies and environments.
Time Management: Predefined templates save setup time.
Performance Assurance: Ensures consistent performance with synthetic monitoring.
Operational Insight: Enhances decision-making through comprehensive data visualization.

OpenText SiteScope is implemented in industries like healthcare and government organizations for maintaining system performance and uptime. It supports monitoring across platforms, including Linux, Windows, and VMware, enabling users to address infrastructure and application monitoring needs without agent-related challenges.

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SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor provides comprehensive server, application, and infrastructure monitoring, focusing on integration, application dependency, and network insights through user-friendly interfaces and detailed dashboards.

With AppStack and AppInsight support, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor offers service management, detailed resource dashboards, and integration capabilities. It monitors hardware metrics and performance parameters, facilitating database and network insights for cloud and virtual environments. Robust alerting, predictive analytics, and capacity planning ensure efficient management of server health and application performance.

What are the key features?

Integration: Seamlessly connects with existing tools.
AppStack: Provides a holistic view of applications.
AppInsight: Supports widely-used applications.
SNMP Polling: Efficient network data collection.
Diagnostics: Real-time troubleshooting.
Customizable Dashboards: Tailored monitoring views.

What benefits should users expect?

Comprehensive Monitoring: Extends from servers to databases.
Transparent Control: Enhances visibility into performance metrics.
User-Friendly: Simplifies proactive monitoring with alerts.
Predictive Features: Supports capacity and trend planning.

Industries implement SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor to enhance server utilization reporting, network configuration, and AV equipment performance tracking. They benefit from monitoring critical services across diverse deployment models, improving management efficiency and decision-making.

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

Vodafone Ireland, Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank

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