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Compare Riverbed Network Observability and SolarWinds Observability 
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Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
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Riverbed Network Observability
Star Rating
(14)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.9% of reviews)
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Star Rating
(802)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found SolarWinds Observability easier to use. However, reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up and administer. Finally, reviewers preferred doing business with Riverbed Network Observability overall.
- Reviewers felt that Riverbed Network Observability meets the needs of their business better than SolarWinds Observability.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Riverbed Network Observability is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Riverbed Network Observability over SolarWinds Observability.
Pricing
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Riverbed Network Observability
No pricing availableSolarWinds Observability
No pricing availableFree Trial
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No trial information availableSolarWinds Observability
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
14
8.7
647
Ease of Use
8.1
14
8.3
648
Ease of Setup
8.0
5
8.0
483
Ease of Admin
8.3
5
8.3
478
Quality of Support
9.0
13
8.2
590
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.7
5
8.3
446
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
14
8.1
616
Features by Category
Configuration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Automation Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Network Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Application Performance
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
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
9.0
23
Not enough data
9.0
20
Not enough data
8.6
21
Not enough data
8.4
21
Not enough data
8.0
20
Agentic AI - Website 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
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
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
Management
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Security Policy Management (NSPM)Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Maintenance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
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
Scope
Not enough data
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Security
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
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
Not enough data
9.0
78
Not enough data
8.9
78
Not enough data
7.7
71
Not enough data
8.6
74
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
8.1
13
Management
Not enough data
8.4
74
Not enough data
8.6
76
Not enough data
8.2
73
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
7.6
13
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
7.2
12
Not enough data
6.9
12
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
6.7
12
Not enough data
6.7
12
Not enough data
6.8
12
Agentic AI - Network 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
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.0
17
Not enough data
7.5
14
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Administration
Not enough data
8.5
16
Not enough data
7.6
14
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
9.0
19
Not enough data
7.9
14
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
Automation
Not enough data
7.4
14
Not enough data
6.2
11
Not enough data
6.9
12
Not enough data
7.6
14
Functionality
Not enough data
8.0
14
Not enough data
7.6
13
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
Incident Management
Not enough data
7.6
16
Not enough data
8.2
16
Not enough data
8.3
17
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
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 - AIOps Platforms
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
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
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
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
8.9
11
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
Not enough data
8.7
30
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.5
30
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.5
29
Not enough data
8.0
28
Not enough data
8.4
30
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.9
23
Not enough data
8.4
21
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
7.4
22
Agentic AI - Server 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
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.7
5
Management
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Agentic AI - Enterprise 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
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
7.9
8
Analysis
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.8
8
Visualization
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
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
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.6
25
Not enough data
7.2
23
Not enough data
8.5
25
Response
Not enough data
8.5
25
Not enough data
8.6
25
Not enough data
7.5
23
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
Not enough data
7.6
25
Not enough data
8.0
21
Functionality
Not enough data
6.9
24
Not enough data
7.2
23
Not enough data
7.2
23
Not enough data
7.5
24
Alerts management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Configuration
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Security
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
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Management 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
Generative AI
Not enough data
4.8
7
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
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Data Management - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Pipeline
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
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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
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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
Agentic AI - Mobile Application 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
Platform - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Operating System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Device Management (MDM)
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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Analysis
Not enough data
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Platform
Not enough data
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Security
Not enough data
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Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Riverbed Network Observability and SolarWinds Observability are categorized as Enterprise IT Management, Network Monitoring, Network Management Tools, and Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Unique Categories
Riverbed Network Observability is categorized as WAN Optimization
SolarWinds Observability is categorized as DDI Management Platform, Observability Software, Enterprise Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Log Monitoring, Hardware Monitoring, AIOps Platforms, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), Database Monitoring, Network Security Policy Management (NSPM), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Website Monitoring, Network Automation Tools, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, Log Analysis, Mobile Application Management, Configuration Management, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Mobile Device Management (MDM), and Observability Pipeline
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Riverbed Network Observability
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SolarWinds 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
Retail
14.3%
Computer Software
14.3%
Telecommunications
7.1%
Medical Devices
7.1%
Media Production
7.1%
Other
50.0%
Information Technology and Services
22.5%
Hospital & Health Care
6.1%
Computer Software
5.5%
Telecommunications
5.0%
Financial Services
3.8%
Other
57.2%
Alternatives
Discussions
Riverbed Network Observability has no discussions with answers
What is the next version and when it is getting released?
2 Comments
SI
2020.2.6 seems to have fixed a few major bugs and is pretty stable. Released in July 2021Read more
Where can I find custom monitoring templates to import into Server & Application Monitor?
2 Comments
SI
Thwack sites are helpful Read more
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