[ SolarWi... Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/solarwinds-worldwide-llc-solarwinds-observability/reviews) [ SolarWi... Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/solarwinds-worldwide-llc-solarwinds-observability/reviews) # SolarWinds Observability Features ##### ## Analysis (13) Threat Detection Collects and curates data insight about the performance and health of a company's system. Reporting Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap. Dashboards and Visualizations Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. Spend Forecasting and Optimization Ability to project spend based on contracts, usage trends, and predicted growth. Track Trends Allows user to track log trends. Metric and Event Data Analyze both metric and event data on the same platform regardless of source or structure Search Search your logs for troubleshooting and open-ended exploration of your data Alerts Create alerts based on search patterns, thresholds for specific log metrics, or other conditions Live Tail See your data, in real time, streaming into the system from multiple data sources Search Allows users to search logs for troubleshooting and open-ended exploration of data. Reporting Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap. Visualization Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. Track trends Allows users to track log trends. Show More ##### ## Platform (1) IT Knowledge Management Integrates all IT service support functions for consistency and accuracy. Show More ##### ## Security (5) Service Management Utilizes data to proactively identify and prioritize IT issues. Workflow Management Creates new or streamlines existing workflows to better handle IT support tickets and service. Creates alerts based on trigger conditions or dependencies Provide outage alerts in the event of service interruptions. Auditing and reporting Provides a full audit trail of changes made to the DDI environment and generates reports for compliance. Monitoring capabilities Monitors performance and traffic patterns of network devices and business services on-premise or in the cloud Show More ##### ## Configuration (8) Compliance Ensures that network configurations comply with regulatory standards and internal policies. Scheduling Schedule multiple configurations of a job. Maintenance Automates device configuration maintenance. Configuring DNS records Adds, deletes, and updates DNS host records. DHCP range configuration Adds, deletes, and updates DHCP ranges for devices with dynamic IP addresses. Compatibility Compatible with both physical and virtual appliances. Network configurations Ensures error-free configurations and maintenance of IP records through a single pane of glass view. DNS-DHCP-IPAM integration Provides full integration of DNS and DHCP services with the organization's IPAM solution tool. Show More ##### ## Network (3) Scalability Supports the automation requirements of networks of varying sizes. Inventory Maintains an up-to-date inventory of network devices and their configurations. Remote Access Access full features of the plaform from a mobile device. Show More ##### ## Logistics (2) Communication Eases cross-departmental communication. Scripting Allows creation of workflows using scripting languages. Show More ##### ## Functionality (30) Alerting Generates alerts for whenever a website goes down, experiences an error, makes a major change, or other events. Multi-Site Monitoring Monitor multiple websites at once, organizing them with dashboards. Reporting Generate reports manually or automatically about website performance. Multi-Channel Alerting Alert over email, text, phone call, and more to multiple parties. Location Insights Isolate geographic locations where website functionality is best and worst. Monitoring Monitors database functionality to verify baselines are maintained or exceeded. Alerting Sends alerts via email, text, phone, and more when an incident or issue occcurs. Logging Captures logs for all database functions to garner greater information around issues or failures. Response Time Monitors database query time for unusual execution times Reporting Manually and/or automatically generates reports covering database performance Data Visualization Follows database monitoring live information through graphical dashboards Performance Monitoring Continuously monitors network performance across the entire span of a network. Alerting Sends alerts via pop-up notifications, texts, emails, or calls regarding network issues or failures. Improvement Suggestions Suggests potential remedies or improvements to slowdowns, errors, or failures. Multi-Network Capability Provides monitoring capabilities for multiple networks at once. Multi-Network Capability Provides monitoring capabilities for multiple networks at once. Anomaly Detection Constantly monitors activity related to user behavior and compares activity to benchmarked patterns. Network Visibility Provides all-encompassing display and analysis of environments, resources, traffic, and activity across networks. Scalability Provides features to allow scaling for large organizations. Artificial Intelligence Utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze big data. Machine Learning Utilizes machine learning to analyze big data. Systems Monitoring Monitors logs and activities from a wide range of IT systems. Diverse Systems Monitoring Monitor usage and activity on a diverse array of IT systems, e.g., servers, databases, and networks. Real-Time Analytics Generate real-time high-level and/or in-depth analytics regarding monitored systems activity. Observability Generate insights into IT systems utilizing event metrics, logging, traces, and metadata. AI/ML Integration Integrate AI and/or machine learning capabilities to identify and address potential and active failures and errors. Synthetic Monitoring Monitors and test apps to address issues before they affect end users. Dynamic Transaction Mapping Provides dynamic end-to-end maps of every single transaction. Load Balancing Automatically adjusts resources base on application usage. Cloud Observability Monitors cloud microservices, containers, kubernetes, and other cloud native software. Show More ##### ## Experience (3) Real-Time Monitoring Provides users with real-time information on how individuals are using accessibility accomodation tools to interact with the site or application. Session Replay Tracks application and infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste. Behavioral Analysis Allow administrators to gain valuable insights related to end-user behavior. Show More ##### ## Management (16) Alerts Alert over email, text, phone call, or more to multiple parties. Performance Baseline Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare live network activity. Data Visualization Charts or graphs live and historical network performance for quick status checking and analysis. Path Analysis Gives insights into which specific network paths are performing suboptimally. System Integration Integrates with a variety of IT systems. Alerting Automatically alerts necessary parties via email, text, or call when issues are identified. Reporting Generate sreports and dashboards highlighting trends and key metrics around issues and issue resolution. Single Pane of Glass Consolidate IT systems monitoring overviews to a single pane for quick insights. Dashboards and Visualization Offer pre-built and custom reporting and dashboards for quick insights into system states. Performance Baselines Set expected baselines for system functions. Alerting Create and distribute detailed alerts via email, phone, and messaging for potential and active failures and errors. Network Automation Automate how physical and virtual devices are configured, handled, tested, deployed, and operated inside a network. Network Traffic Analyzer Record and analyze the traffic on network. User Provisioning Ensure that only certain users have access to a system. Network Analytics Analyze network data to identify trends and patterns. Resource Maintenance Infrom user of upgrades and repairs to network resources. Show More ##### ## Performance (6) Uptime Monitoring Generates alerts for whenever a website or application goes down, experiences an error, makes a major change, or other events. Performance Monitoring Provides tools to track and measure application or website performance. Issue Tracking Track problems and manage resolutions related to end-user experience issues. Resource Monitoring Tracks infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste. Real User Monitoring (RUM) Captures and analyzes each transaction by users of a website or application in real time. Second by Second Metrics Provides high-frequency metrics data. Show More ##### ## Network Maintenance (2) Risk Analysis Identifies potential network security risks, vulnerabilities, and compliance impacts. Auditing Allows for deep examination into network-connected devices, policies, and protocols. Show More ##### ## Network Management (4) Network Mapping Provides visual displays network connections, services, and endpoints. Compliance Supports compliance with PII, GDPR, HIPPA, PCI, and other regulatory standards. Reporting Documents suspicious activity within a network and provide analysis of potential threats or vulnerabilities. Console Provides a centralized console for administration tasks and unified control. Show More ##### ## Network Monitoring (3) Network Monitoring Documents the actions from endpoints within a network. Alerts users of incidents and abnormal activities and documents the access point. Configuration Monitoring Monitors configuration rule sets and policy enforcement measures and document changes to maintain compliance. Change Management Tools to track and implement required network policy changes. Show More ##### ## Monitoring (14) Usage Monitoring Tracks infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste. Database Monitoring Monitors performance and statistics related to memory, caches and connections. API Monitoring Detects anomalies in functionality, user accessibility, traffic flows, and tampering. Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring Constantly monitors system to detect anomalies in real time. Performance Baselines Performance Analysis Performance Monitoring AI/ML Assistance Multi-System Monitoring Resource utilization Optimizes resource allocation. Real-time monitoring Consistently monitors processes for applications and IT infrastructure to detect anomalies in real-time. Network Monitoring Monitor the performance of network resources, such as switches, routers, and servers. Network Discovery Automatically discover network assets. Network Asset Mapping Build map of network resources based on dependencies and connections. Show More ##### ## Administration (5) Activity Monitoring Actively monitor status of work stations either on-premise or remote. Multi-Cloud Management Allows users to track and control cloud spend across cloud services and providers. Automation Efficiently scales resource usage to optimize spend whith increased or decreased resource usage requirements. IPv4 and IPv6 support Facilitates unified planning and administration of IP address spaces, brings down infrastructure support costs, increases the accuracy of the organization’s IP address inventory, and optimizes DNS and DHCP service availability Multi-tenancy support Provides management capabilities for a multitude of IP addresses and multiple tenants in a single deployment Show More ##### ## Automation (2) Response Automation Reduces time spent remedying issues manually. Resolves common network security incidents quickly. Continuous Analysis Constantly monitors traffic and activity. Detects anomalies in functionality, user accessibility, traffic flows, and tampering. Show More ##### ## Incident Management (3) Incident Logs Information on each incident is stored in databases for user reference and analytics. Incident Alerts Gives alerts when incidents arise. Some responses may be automated, but users will still be informed. Incident Reporting Produces reports detailing trends and vulnerabilities related to their network and infrastructure. Show More ##### ## Issue Resolution (6) Root Cause Identification Directly identifies, or increases identification speed for, root causes for IT system issues. Proactive Identification Proactively identifies trends on IT systems that could lead to failures or errors. Resolution Guidance Provides paths, suggestions, or other general assistance towards issue resolution. Root cause identification Directly identifies, or increases identification speed for, root causes for container issues. Resolution guidance Provides paths, suggestions, or other general assistance towards issue resolution. Proactive identification Proactively identifies trends on container systems that could lead to failures or errors. Show More ##### ## Visibility (6) Dashboards and Visualizations Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. Alerts and Notifications Clearly notifies users with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner. Reporting Creates reports outlining performance and other relevant metrics. Dashboards and Visualizations Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. Alerts and Notifications Clearly notifies users with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner. Reporting Creates reports outlining log activity and relevant metrics. Show More ##### ## Monitoring and Management (9) Multi-Device Management Allows users to track and control resource allocation across multiple devices. Performance Baseline Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare live hardware metrics. Real-Time Monitoring Constantly monitors hardware to detect anomalies in real time. Performance Baseline Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare log activity. Real-Time Monitoring Constantly monitors logs to detect anomalies in real time. Multi-Server Management Allows users to track and control resource spend and loads across multiple servers. Performance Baseline Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare live server activity. Immediate Alert Notification Ability of the monitoring software to immediately alert the user in case of any issue. Proactive Server Monitoring Software Deploys remedial actions proactively. If this measure fails, then the user is alerted. Show More ##### ## Visibility (3) Dashboards and Visualizations Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. Alerts and Notifications Clearly notifies team members with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner. Reporting Creates reports outlining load distribution, performance and other relevant metrics. Show More ##### ## Data Preparation (3) Data Sources Automatically collect logs from all your services, applications, and platforms Automated Tagging See log data in context with automated tagging and correlation Data Blending Mix and match data from apps, hosts, containers, services, networks, and more Show More ##### ## Visualization (2) Dashboards Visualize log data on dashboards Data Discovery Drill down and explore data to discover new insights Show More ##### ## Response (3) Dashboards and Visualization Incident Alerting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Show More ##### ## Cloud environment support (2) Server Monitoring For Cloud Deployments Supports public, hybrid and private cloud environments. Software Scaling Software can scale as the enterprises adds more servers to their portfolio virtually. Show More ##### ## Alerts management (2) Multi-mode alerts Alerts over email, text, phone call, or more to multiple parties. Incident alerts Gives alerts when incidents arise. Show More ##### ## Support (3) Real-time alerting Notify user when network related error arise. Hybrid Infrastructure Support Supports cloud and LAN, including hybrid infrastructure API Integration Provide API and custom sensors for easy integration. Show More ##### ## Security - Network Automation (3) Change Management Manages and tracks any change made to network settings. User Authentication and Authorization Controls access to automation features based on user roles and permissions. Monitoring and Alerts Monitors network performance and triggers alerts for anomalies. Show More ##### ## Data Management - Observability Pipeline (1) Data Storage Ensure data is stored and searchable Show More ##### ## Monitoring - Network Monitoring (3) 360-Degree Network Visibility Offers full observability of all network environments, including on-premises, cloud, SD-WAN, WLAN, and edge computing. Automated Network Discovery Automatically detects and maps all network devices and architectures, reducing manual effort and improving visibility. Real-Time Monitoring Provides true real-time network monitoring to detect and resolve issues instantly, rather than relying on near-time data. Show More ##### ## Analytics - Network Monitoring (2) Predictive Performance Analytics Uses AI-driven analysis of historical and real-time data to forecast network issues before they impact performance. Packet & Flow Analysis Combines packet and flow analysis techniques to provide a comprehensive view of network traffic and performance. Show More ##### ## Security - Network Monitoring (3) Encrypted Data Transmission Ensures all monitored network data is securely encrypted both in transit and at rest. Zero Trust and Identity Management Supports integration with Zero Trust frameworks and identity management solutions to enhance network security. Integrated Network Security Unifies network performance monitoring with security intelligence to identify and mitigate threats in real-time. Show More ##### ## Network Performance - Network Monitoring (1) Automated Tasks Routing Automates routine network monitoring tasks, reducing operational overhead and human error. Show More ##### ## AI Automation - Network Monitoring (2) Machine Learning-Based Anomaly Detection Uses machine learning to identify network anomalies, preventing security and performance issues before they escalate. Predictive Network Maintenance Leverages AI to anticipate hardware failures, capacity issues, and performance bottlenecks before they occur. Show More ##### ## Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability (2) Multi-Telemetry Ingestion Ingests and processes multiple telemetry types, such as logs, metrics, and traces. OpenTelemetry Support Supports ingestion and standardization of observability data via OpenTelemetry protocol. Show More ##### ## Visualization & Dashboards - Observability (3) Service Dependency Mapping Displays relationships between services to visualize system dependencies. Unified Dashboard Provides a consolidated view of system-wide telemetry in a single dashboard. Trace Visualization Allows users to explore and visualize distributed traces and span relationships. Show More ##### ## Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability (3) Cross-Telemetry Correlation Correlates logs, metrics, and traces to surface performance patterns and root causes. Root Cause Detection Identifies likely causes of issues using system insights and correlation logic. Intelligent Alerting Automatically alerts users to anomalies or critical events using contextual data. Show More ##### ## Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability (2) Kubernetes Monitoring Provides observability into containerized workloads and Kubernetes clusters. Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Support Enables observability across public cloud, private cloud, and on-prem environments. Show More ##### ## AI Features - Observability (2) AI-Generated Incident Summaries Summarizes incident root causes and potential fixes using generative AI. AI Anomaly Detection Uses machine learning to detect unusual behavior across telemetry data. Show More ##### ## AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring (2) AI-Powered Anomaly Detection Utilizes machine learning to automatically detect and alert on unusual patterns in infrastructure metrics. AI-Driven Insight Recommendations Provides AI-generated insights and actionable recommendations to optimize resource performance and cost. 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