# Server & Application Monitor Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra

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Server & Application Monitor

4.6 (14)

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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Reviews of Server & Application Monitor

Ease of use

4.1

Customer Service

4.4

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Roberth C.  
Senior Engineer Network and System  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The tool that all IT Staff need"

December 10, 2017

5.0

Helpful to prevent failures in our system based on properly alert process and reporting metrics.

Pros

Wonderful presentation in the dashboard to see all components. Intuitive configuration for monitor and alerts. Reports are plenty of options and full customization. Compatible with many devices and OS. About support Solarwins provide full documentation and a portal to stay connected with their staff, who helps until your find a solution,

Cons

An option in dashboard to see as slide to project it in a monitor. Not have it own console to see Solarwins logs centralized, you need to go to some paths to find they on server.

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PV

Paul V.  
Head of Operations  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Server & Application Monitor is Powerful and Accurate"

December 17, 2024

5.0

My overall experience with Server & Application Monitor super amazing.

Pros

The accuracy of Server & Application Monitor makes it a sensational solution. Server & Application Monitor is reliable and easy to use.

Cons

All the features of Server & Application Monitor are accurate and flawless.

Switched from

[Field Force Monitor App](https://www.capterra.com/p/236206/Field-Force-Monitor-App/)[IBM WebSphere Application Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/1310/IBM-WebSphere/)

The accuracy of Server & Application Monitor makes it an outstanding solution.

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ATH

Anh Tuan H.  
IT Support Specialist  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Complicated and powerful"

August 12, 2021

4.0

It works. It does what we want it to do. Installation and setup are quite complicated as it's a powerful piece of software but once it's set up it's sorta set and forget for us.

Pros

I liked that it offered many options in how to add devices and how to configure, what your organization chooses to be important metrics, etc.

Cons

The power and versatility makes it really complicated to set up, especially the alerts. It takes a while to dial it in.

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MAS

Muhammad Ahsan S.  
System Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Customizable Solution"

April 10, 2021

5.0

I have great experience with that solution, I have recommended to use trail license to test that solution.

Pros

I have been using SolarWinds for two years, I have evolved many deployments of SolarWinds SAM. If you want to monitor your infrastructure from a single console this is the best solution. I think the best thing about it is that its demo environment where you can easily test the functionality of this module of SolarWinds.

Cons

I don't see anything wrong with that solution because with that solution we can avoid blame games in our infrastructure.

Alternatives considered

[PRTG](https://www.capterra.com/p/21581/PRTG-Network-Monitor/)[AppDynamics](https://www.capterra.com/p/226975/AppDynamics/)

Reason for choosing Server & Application Monitor

You can manage over infrastructure from single console.

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SA

Saqib A.  
Senior Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Effective Monitoring Tool with a Room of Improvements"

April 25, 2025

5.0

My overall experience is very good, it really has a good impact to keep the client's website and server running with 99.99% uptime. Although it could be more user-friendly for beginners, its alert system integration with other platforms using webhooks is excellent.

Pros

I love it, because it gave a clear and details insight into the server performance. It is helpful to spot the issue early before it becomes a big problem.

Cons

Sometimes, they do a false alert, but it's rare,e like expiring about the SSL, which makes a panic and sometimes their monitoring dashboard takes ages to load the results.

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KA

Kamran A.  
Consultant  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "A simple and yet best tool for monitoring your servers and applications"

November 16, 2022

4.0

It is a good application if you want to monitor application and servers health. SAM works well and you can also set up WPM player to check availability of a url automatically.

Pros

What I like most about this software is its simplicity and accessibility. I am using this software since I joined my project and believe me it is very easy to learn.

Cons

It has little high downtime compared to other monitoring tool in the market. In our organization, my team is responsible for maintenance of SolarWinds servers, and we receives a lot of unknown alerts if SolarWinds servers crashes or doesn't response for some time.

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EW

Earl W.  
Systems engineer  
Retail  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Not many tools on the market compare "

December 7, 2023

4.0

I’m a daily user and it simplifies my efforts

Pros

The ability to make key decisions in systems health and availability

Cons

Doesn’t have enough out of the box templates but thwack offers more

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Gerente de Innovación Tecnológica  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "SAM is the best platform for application level monitoring"

October 19, 2018

5.0

We are able to provide our end customers with very detailed information about their applications activity and health. This information can be presented in different ways for different stakeholders, from the very technical detail -the customer can use the GUI to explore data- to C-level by building executive reports.

Pros

Whenever a network monitoring tool like SolarWinds NPM is not enough because you need to monitor the behavior and health of applications and services, SAM is the best option, with it's powerful discovery, polling and visualization capabilities. We get very valuable technical insights on platforms such as SQL Server, MySQL, Apache, IIS, Tomcat, Exchange, Sharepoint, Active Directory, RDS roles, and also we've been able to develop hundreds o custom scripts for monitoring of in-house developed applications.

Cons

The same as with all SolarWinds products, their licensing model is obsolete, not adequate for service providers or for any enterprise looking for consume-based billing. Technical support is effective but, at least for Mexico, not as fast as sometimes required.

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JM

Jeremy M.  
IT Director  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The must have application monitoring tool for all Admins"

June 7, 2017

5.0

Pros

Detailed drill downs of applications, and the APP stack tool is light years ahead of its time. The Application Health Overview is a quick glance of how your monitored applications are doing. The best part is you can easily drill in to the issues and see the apps listed and continue to drill in to them to find the issues being presented. The Alerts are detailed and are a good tool to assist you in measuring your KPI's. From AppStack, you have access to more than just monitored applications but the Database instances, transactions, steps, servers, hosts, virtual clusters, datacenters, data stores, volumes, Luns, pools, and more. Its a professional tool for all.

Cons

Cost of ownership. The licensing is expensive. Although the install is easy, setup could be better. There is so much you will want to monitor and the licensing isn't forgiving. They offer a unlimited license but you better be ready to open the wallet for it.

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JM

Jeremy M.  
IT Director  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Server & Application Monitor is the tool for you, its all about applications and insight"

February 1, 2018

5.0

Pros

The fact its a core Orion component, it integrates with all other items well, allows views of storage and various other thing. you can do so much with its custom pollers that you are basically only limited by time and talent to what you can do with it.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Server Administrator  
Telecommunications  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Easily Monitor and Track issues with your Application servers. "

February 6, 2018

5.0

Able to monitor My Application servers and stay on top of outages to decrease downtime of systems and stay ahead of issues.

Pros

There are many Application templates that come with the SAM deployment. Also Easily to setup custom monitors for Windows application servers. Easily setup alerts when issues are detected as well as email out when integrated with email server.

Cons

I am not a linux expert so all I have is the linux Templates that come preinstalled with installation.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Senior Business Analyst  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Keeps monitoring and identifying risks "

June 2, 2019

4.0

Pros

It helps to monitor application performance, load and health and alert admins and support team to take preventive actions and keep heads up. easy to customize the templates provides forecast and help to reduce the system downtime

Cons

should go through a training to use all the functionalities and technical knowledge is a must

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GL

Gavin L.  
Systems Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Provide very useful information on systems status"

February 8, 2018

5.0

Provide current and historical data for systems status, plus SAM can forecast the usage on different components.

Pros

Can be use to monitor almost any devices, systems(OS: Windows & Linux), and hardware. Provide in deep systems status (CPU, Memory (Physical & Virtual), Network, Disk, latency) to monitor and troubleshoot systems.

Cons

Sometimes could be difficult to setup what you actually want to monitor and see on the display page because it has so many filters and options.

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WW

Winston W.  
Network support  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Very good tool for the result i needed"

May 18, 2017

4.0

Pros

Real time rsult and ease of access , all gave the info need on all my appliance on time Whiich help to privent down time

Cons

Con s is price , The price per lic is aon the expensive side ,

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