Oracle Real User Experience Insight vs SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor comparison

Oracle and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Oracle is ranked #29 with an average rating of 10.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.4. Oracle holds a 0.2% mindshare in APM, compared to SolarWinds’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Oracle 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

Oracle Real User Experience Insight and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor are leading tools in user experience monitoring and application performance management. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor seems to have the upper hand due to its ease of use, streamlined deployment, and overall cost-effectiveness.

What features are offered by Oracle Real User Experience Insight in comparison to SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

Oracle Real User Experience Insight offers detailed transaction analysis, real-time monitoring capabilities, and comprehensive feature sets. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor provides an intuitive dashboard, comprehensive server monitoring, and versatile alert configurations.

What areas of improvement can be found in Oracle Real User Experience Insight in comparison to SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

Oracle Real User Experience Insight could improve the complexity of setup and the need for more detailed documentation. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor faces occasional issues with false-positive alerts and an overloaded interface.

How is the ease of deployment and customer service of Oracle Real User Experience Insight in comparison to SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

Deployment of Oracle Real User Experience Insight is complex, requiring specialized skills and extended time. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is straightforward to install with immediate functionality. SolarWinds receives praise for responsive customer service and effective support, whereas Oracle's support is noted to be slower and sometimes less helpful.

What setup costs and ROI can be seen with Oracle Real User Experience Insight in comparison to SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

Oracle Real User Experience Insight is considered expensive with a slower return on investment due to its complexity and high setup costs. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor offers competitive pricing, faster setup, and quicker ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Real User Experience Insight vs. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Real User Experience...

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

29th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

20th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (11th), Active Directory Management (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Oracle Real User Experience Insight is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is 1.4%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor	1.4%
Oracle Real User Experience Insight	0.2%
Other	98.4%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

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AKM Rezaul Karim

Deputy General Manager at Thakral

Provides you with powerful analysis of your network and business infrastructure

There are instances of imitation, like with processors. As customers, we aim to develop this area, particularly focusing on the networking facility and connectivity. The challenge lies in the connection between the DC and MDR, which is quite distant. The link between them needs to be reliable. When direct fiber isn't available, they resort to using dark fiber, which can lead to some limitations. This situation presents another layer of complexity, requiring approximately 11 feet of additional infrastructure. This is essential for ensuring that applications have minimal latency. In the event of any issues, an account is set up for cache memory to ensure that the system remains operational and can recover data from the cache as needed. Additionally, I have a secondary aspect to consider.

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VIVEK PATHAK

Solutions Architect at Airtel

Offering reasonably good dashboarding features but needs to improve the application performance monitoring

My company uses Riverbed for application performance monitoring. I was doing research so that I could understand if SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor provide APM capabilities similar to Riverbed, which allows our company to get a packet capture of an entire session, and on the basis of it, we look at the application performance monitoring part. With SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, my company does SNMP polling, so it can drag an entire session, but it focuses more on availability, CPU memory, and server connection status. In Riverbed, my company catches an entire system, so when we deal with two applications, we have end-to-end app visibility. All the application monitoring happens through Riverbed. Our company's main problem is that, as of now, we have two different products in our organization, and we don't want to continue with the multiple products currently. I wanted to understand if SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor already have capabilities like Riverbed, and if they do, then I wanted to figure out why our company should not go with SolarWinds and why we are using products from multiple vendors. My company needs to continue with either Riverbed or SolarWinds. I wanted to see which products are good for the organization and how much I want to continue with Riverbed.

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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

"The most valuable feature is the ability to Drill down to webpage actions."

"The availability of the solution is its most valuable aspect. I can also Google anything I want and upload it on the cloud. I can do that using the mobile app. It is very helpful."

"The customers requires redundancy work to achieve a 99.999% uptime. To accomplish this, we installed this solution into storage. This setup ensures that if one node goes down, the system remains operational through another node. So that's the core aspect of the setup. Additionally, the schedule and the rental database run on servers, and behind these servers, we have storage. This storage operates as a single storage cluster, although there might be another storage option that costs around $30."

"ORUEI lets you create a dashboard that shows you insight into the user experience."

"Management Console - Managing service to each server enrolled in the Solarwinds is much easier. Using a web base console, you can control your service much convenient way. There is no need to login remotely. It save a lot of time and effort."

"The solution is great for monitoring. If something is going wrong, we can immediately find the root cause."

"The initial setup was relatively easy, and we didn't have to install anything. All we had to do was put on the devices we wanted to monitor."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its interface, which is used for monitoring."

"I'd rate technical support at eight out of ten. They are helpful and fast."

"SSL Certificate Monitoring and Expiry Alerting"

"We manage SolarWinds ourselves without outsourcing its services."

"AppInsight for SQL: Enables us to see the relevant error log entries on the same page as performance parameters."

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Cons

"The application resource usage has increased due to using RUEI."

"There are instances of imitation, like with processors. As customers, we aim to develop this area, particularly focusing on the networking facility and connectivity. The challenge lies in the connection between the DC and MDR, which is quite distant. The link between them needs to be reliable. When direct fiber isn't available, they resort to using dark fiber, which can lead to some limitations. This situation presents another layer of complexity, requiring approximately 11 feet of additional infrastructure. This is essential for ensuring that applications have minimal latency. In the event of any issues, an account is set up for cache memory to ensure that the system remains operational and can recover data from the cache as needed. Additionally, I have a secondary aspect to consider."

"It would be nice if the solution could be integrated with Outlook. If I'm signing any quotation, any proposal, or any of my communications, I should be able to update that Oracle application as well."

"Currently, it monitors web applications well, but ORUEI doesn't monitor mobile applications yet. It would be nice if they also added the ability to monitor mobile apps."

"The current script monitoring feature has limitations, especially when dealing with custom scripts."

"Solarwinds should come up the same monitoring system for other certificate expiration alert apart from SSL."

"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."

"Some custom applications cannot be monitored, and a lot more applications need to be included."

"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."

"It would be helpful if the solution could integrate more with the security compliances, like this IDSS, etc."

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

"Mapping interactions between systems."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"The price is too high."

"I like the pricing for this SolarWinds product."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	20

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Real User Experience Insight?

The customers requires redundancy work to achieve a 99.999% uptime. To accomplish this, we installed this solution into storage. This setup ensures that if one node goes down, the system remains op...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Real User Experience Insight?

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Real User Experience Insight?

I would rate it nine out of 10.

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What do you like most about SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

Identifying the problem statement is easy.

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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 are no specific features or functionality I would like to see improved or enhanced in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor at this time. I have not encountered any missing features or fu...

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Also Known As

Oracle Real User Experience Insight, Oracle RUEI

SolarWinds SAM

Overview

Oracle Real User Experience Insight, Oracle's on-premises management platform, providing a single pane of glass for management of Oracle environments, whether in customer data centers or in Oracle Cloud that integrates performance analysis and usage analysis into a single offering, enabling business and IT stakeholders to develop a shared understanding into their application users' experience. Oracle Real User Experience Insight's non-intrusive monitoring capability is built using state-of-the-art Network Protocol Analysis (NPA) technology, which does not require any modification, changes, or instrumentation of the application. Its passive monitoring approach allows enterprises to deploy in production, without requiring costly test/QA environment validations.

Oracle

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.

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

Hover Automotive India, Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society, Daelim Industrial, MakeMyTrip, Acorn Paper Products Company, KEC International, Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali, The Qatar Olympic Committee

Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite

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