Coralogix vs SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor comparison

Coralogix and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Coralogix is ranked #33 with an average rating of 8.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.3. Coralogix holds a 0.9% mindshare in APM, compared to SolarWinds’s 1.7% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Coralogix 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

SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor and Coralogix are two competing products in the monitoring and analytics market. Coralogix stands out with a robust feature set, while SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is favored for its pricing and customer support.

Features: SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor offers comprehensive monitoring capabilities, configuration wizards, and ease of use. Coralogix provides real-time analytics, machine learning, and advanced alerting features, offering in-depth insights and superior analytics.

Room for Improvement: SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor could improve reporting, dashboard customization, and scalability. Coralogix needs enhancements in documentation, initial setup complexity, and user onboarding processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is easier to deploy with straightforward configuration and strong customer support. Coralogix has detailed deployment options but faces challenges with initial setup complexity. Users report excellent customer service for SolarWinds, while Coralogix's support is helpful but less consistent.

Pricing and ROI: SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is highlighted for cost-effectiveness, delivering good value for the price. Coralogix, though more expensive, justifies its price through advanced features and better ROI, according to user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Coralogix

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

33rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (39th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (42nd), API Management (29th), Streaming Analytics (19th), Anomaly Detection Tools (1st)

SolarWinds Server and Appli...

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

16th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (9th), Active Directory Management (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Coralogix is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is 1.7%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

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reviewer1915599

VP of Engineering at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Good capabilities, has a helpful interface and is straightforward to set up

We have asked for a couple of features from the company already. What typically happens is a lot of people - and developers are one of the biggest consumers of this product - go to this product to optimize their investigation process and specific configurations. That increases our data flow at times, so the cost changes. And a lot of changes happen due to that. We have asked the company to auto-revert the changes after a while so that the system works typically. We want it to work at what it is expected to work at and not really based on the updated configuration which one developer has decided to change.

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Subhajit Nag

Senior Process Associate at Tata Consultancy Services

The component and cable monitoring features are good, but the interface is slow

SolarWinds' interface is slow, and this is a global concern. Every SolarWinds user complains about the sluggishness. The response is slow. If you browse from one page to another, you have to wait. Our company is a massive user with plenty of licenses, so the performance issues could be due to the load per license. Ten thousand components can be mapped under one license. So SolarWinds needs to take care of the speed problem. It cannot be this slow. That is a huge complaint. Otherwise, the tool is good. It should also be easier to upgrade SolarWinds. AppDynamics is harder to deploy but easier to upgrade. So AppDynamics takes a lot of time and effort to install, but you can upgrade it in minutes. SolarWinds is the opposite. It's easy to deploy, but upgrades take forever. To date, nobody can complete it on time, so the production environment is sitting idle. The upgrade time matters because you only install the solution once, but you'll need to upgrade the solution repeatedly over the life of the product. A complex installation isn't an issue, but I mind if the upgrade takes too long because it's already in production.

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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 log monitoring is good, and the dashboards that we create are beneficial."

"Coralogix scales well, and I will rate it nine out of ten."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"For now, we have not experienced any stability issues."

"The best feature of this solution allows us to correlate logs, metrics and traces."

"A non-tech person can easily get used to it."

"The solution offers very good convenience filtering."

"Numerous data monitoring tools are available, but Coralogix somehow fine-tunes our policies and effectively supports our teams."

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"Monitoring the components on your devices with out of the box monitors or the ability to create new ones (SAM)"

"Manage Groups: The capability to group appropriate devices gives better visibility of sites, categories, or critical regions. The same can be used to represent a dashboard for higher management."

"The component and cable monitoring are good. SolarWinds is more intuitive and user-friendly than AppDynamics. The AppDynamics console is more complex because it's a more feature-rich solution, so it's not easy for somebody to pick it up."

"I am impressed with the tool's AppStack feature which mainly helps us in the identification process. This feature can give an overview of the fault and help us identify the issues for performance degradation. Instead of looking at multiple places, we can look at a single place to identify the issues."

"The most beneficial aspect of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is its ability to monitor at the application level."

"SolarWinds is a very stable platform compared to others on the market."

"One of the most valuable features are the reports. They're pretty good. Also, the ease of installation and customization for the client is another feature that we value. SolarWinds has a lot of features but these are the ones I like the most. We also like that the KPIs have the ability to be preset."

"The application dependency feature identifies issues between applications and servers or within the network where the application is hosted. It highlights related problems, whether related to packet processing or other issues, enabling the creation of alerts and reports accordingly."

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Cons

"The documentation of the tool could be improved"

"The user interface is not intuitive, especially when first onboarding, and improvements could be made here."

"Maybe they could make it more user-friendly."

"The user interface could be more intuitive and explanatory."

"Coralogix should have some AI capabilities to auto-detect anomalies and provide suggestions. The increasing volume of data and the resulting bandwidth charges are concerns."

"We want it to work at what it is expected to work at and not really based on the updated configuration which one developer has decided to change."

"Coralogix should have some AI capabilities to auto-detect anomalies and provide suggestions."

"It would be helpful if Coralogix could integrate the main modules that any organization requires into a single subscription."

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"I would like to see support for non-Windows or non-Microsoft domains, especially Apache and other non-Windows servers."

"The product does not explain why a problem occurred."

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

"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."

"PerfStack can be made more effective. I am sure SolarWinds already has a plan for the same in coming versions."

"Currently SolarWinds SAM offers AppInsight for modern versions of: IIS, Exchange, SQL Server. They have shown to be powerful and insightful tools. However, AppInsight needs to be offered for more applications: Citrix, SharePoint, AX, etc."

"Support for the IBM Mainframe is needed."

"It lacks a user experience for measuring things like the end-to-end time for which a user waits for a specific response in the system. In the application layer, it has some very basic stuff. You have to build your own with manuscripts and things like that."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are paying roughly $5,000 a month."

"The platform has a reasonable cost. I rate the pricing a three out of ten."

"Currently, we are at a very minimal cost, which is around $400 per month since we have reduced our usage. Initially, we were at $900 per month."

"The cost of the solution is per volume of data ingested."

"When planning for the number of licenses to purchase, make sure you understand all of the elements within an application required to really understand performance well. In our case, we quickly came to the conclusion that an unlimited license for SAM was the way to go."

"I have always said SolarWinds is very “proud” of their products, meaning they are expensive. I cannot afford to purchase all the licenses I need for all the SolarWinds products."

"The tool is available for my company at a good price point."

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

"The product is expensive."

"Its licensing is on a yearly basis. It is just the standard price, but it can vary depending on the current rate of the dollar."

"We are on an annual license to use the solution. The price of the solution is expensive. The price is based on a bunch of factors, such as the number of engines and elements."

"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

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Educational Organization

41%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Coralogix?

Numerous data monitoring tools are available, but Coralogix somehow fine-tunes our policies and effectively supports our teams.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Coralogix?

The pricing is expensive. We need to reduce logs to manage costs. Despite the expense, I believe it is worth the money to have Coralogix as a tool.

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What needs improvement with Coralogix?

We need to reduce the number of logs generated by our system, which are substantial. We require some form of grouping or categorization of logs to identify them better. Additionally, we find that t...

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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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Overview

Coralogix is a stateful streaming data platform that provides real-time insights and long-term trend analysis with no reliance on storage or indexing, solving the monitoring challenges of data growth in large-scale systems.

Ingest log, metric, and security data from any source for a single, centralized platform to monitor and alert on your applications. As data is ingested, Coralogix instantly narrows millions of events down to common patterns for deeper insights and faster troubleshooting. Proactive data storage optimization enables up to 70% savings on monitoring costs with better performance.

Coralogix

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.

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