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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.1% of reviews)
Mid-Market (42.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$1,399.00 Per Year
Pandora FMS
Star Rating
(224)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 6 pricing plansSolarWinds Database Observability
Star Rating
(211)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$1,399.00 Per Year
Free Trial is available
Browse all 2 pricing plansPandora FMS vs SolarWinds Database Observability
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Pandora FMS easier to use, set up, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of administration with SolarWinds Database Observability.
- Reviewers felt that Pandora FMS meets the needs of their business better than SolarWinds Database Observability.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Pandora FMS is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Pandora FMS over SolarWinds Database Observability.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Pandora FMS
FREE
Free
Limited to 50 agents/ 600 modules
- Standard 8x5 technical support (Optional)
- Professional Services (Optional)
- Professional certification (Optional)
SolarWinds Database Observability
Flexible Database Performance Analyzer for virtualized environments or SQL Sentry license per instance
$1,399.00
Per Year
1-50 instances
Volume based discounting available
- One year subscription price, also includes maintenance and support.
Free Trial
Pandora FMS
Free Trial is available
SolarWinds Database Observability
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
211
8.8
190
Ease of Use
9.1
211
8.7
192
Ease of Setup
9.1
175
8.7
135
Ease of Admin
8.5
73
8.9
130
Quality of Support
9.0
208
8.7
179
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
68
8.8
128
Product Direction (% positive)
9.8
209
9.2
187
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Help Desk
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication Channels
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
Service Desk
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
Management
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Functionality
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Inventory Management - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
9.6
8
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Service Management
9.8
8
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.8
11
9.3
75
10.0
11
8.9
75
10.0
11
9.0
74
10.0
11
8.9
75
10.0
11
8.6
75
9.5
11
8.7
74
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.5
115
Not enough data
9.5
116
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
111
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
Management
9.2
111
Not enough data
9.4
114
Not enough data
9.1
103
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.6
73
Not enough data
9.4
73
Not enough data
9.2
71
Not enough data
9.5
73
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
9.3
73
Not enough data
9.4
70
Not enough data
9.4
69
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
9.3
72
Not enough data
9.4
72
Not enough data
9.3
70
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
10.0
8
Not enough data
10.0
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
10.0
8
Not enough data
10.0
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
10.0
8
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
9.1
60
Not enough data
9.1
61
Not enough data
9.0
59
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.9
59
Not enough data
9.1
57
Not enough data
9.2
59
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
9.1
97
Not enough data
9.4
99
Not enough data
9.1
99
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.3
92
Not enough data
9.1
95
Not enough data
9.2
96
Not enough data
9.5
99
Not enough data
9.5
97
Not enough data
9.3
92
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
9.5
78
Not enough data
9.3
85
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
119
Not enough data
9.1
115
Not enough data
9.2
114
Not enough data
9.0
99
Not enough data
Management
9.0
102
Not enough data
8.9
121
Not enough data
9.1
118
Not enough data
9.3
119
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.2
72
Not enough data
9.3
73
Not enough data
9.5
75
Not enough data
9.0
69
Not enough data
9.4
73
Not enough data
Response
9.1
74
Not enough data
9.2
72
Not enough data
9.0
65
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Functionality
9.3
67
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
9.2
69
Not enough data
9.4
67
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.3
17
Not enough data
8.1
16
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
9.3
17
Maintenance
Not enough data
7.3
17
Not enough data
7.8
17
Not enough data
8.4
18
Security
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.8
17
Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Agentic AI - Data Warehouse Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.3
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Incident Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Intelligence
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Pandora FMS and SolarWinds Database Observability are categorized as Database Monitoring
Unique Categories
Pandora FMS is categorized as Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, Help Desk, IT Alerting, IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools, Remote Desktop, Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM), and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
SolarWinds Database Observability is categorized as Database Management Systems (DBMS), Data Warehouse Automation, and Other Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Pandora FMS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SolarWinds Database Observability
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
16.2%
Telecommunications
11.6%
Consumer Services
6.9%
Computer Software
6.5%
Accounting
4.6%
Other
54.2%
Information Technology and Services
19.5%
Computer Software
5.9%
Hospital & Health Care
4.9%
Retail
3.9%
Financial Services
3.9%
Other
62.0%
Discussions
Pandora FMS has no discussions with answers
What is the impact of running DPA on my production instances?
2 Comments
Official Response from SolarWinds Database Observability
Less than 1%. We are agentless and only monitor active sessions allowing us to keep our overhead on monitored database instances extremely low.Read more
How do I access DPA? Do I have to install anything on my PC to view the interface?
2 Comments
Official Response from SolarWinds Database Observability
Download and install your free trial using our Getting Started Guide, which is located in the Success Center.Read more
Is it recommended to have a DPA server located at each site you are monitoring?
2 Comments
RK
Yes, very much recommended to have your DPA server close to the DB instances being monitored.Read more
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