DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor comparison

Broadcom and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Server Monitoring category. Broadcom is ranked #24, while SolarWinds is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.3. Broadcom holds a 0.7% mindshare in SM, compared to SolarWinds’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 6, 2024

DX Unified Infrastructure Management and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor are leading solutions in IT infrastructure monitoring. SolarWinds seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features and performance metrics.

Features: DX Unified Infrastructure Management offers extensive integration capabilities, scalability, and effective functionality. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor provides in-depth performance monitoring, detailed metrics, and a broad array of features for complex infrastructures.

Room for Improvement: DX Unified Infrastructure Management could benefit from a more straightforward configuration process, enhanced reporting capabilities, and better user experience. SolarWinds users seek improvements in the initial learning curve, customized alert management, and user interface simplicity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: DX Unified Infrastructure Management is known for its smooth deployment and reliable customer support. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, while having positive feedback for deployment, can be time-intensive due to its feature set. SolarWinds customer service is acknowledged for swift and helpful responses.

Pricing and ROI: DX Unified Infrastructure Management is favored for reasonable setup costs and satisfactory ROI. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, despite higher costs, delivers a higher ROI justified by its superior performance and features.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

DX Unified Infrastructure M...

Ranking in Server Monitoring

24th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (75th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (55th), Cloud Monitoring Software (41st), AIOps (21st)

SolarWinds Server and Appli...

Ranking in Server Monitoring

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (16th), Active Directory Management (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Server Monitoring category, the mindshare of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is 0.7%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is 2.6%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Arunpandiyan M

Senior Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Easy to set up, simple to use, and offers great technical support

There are quite a few manual processes. We've had issues with pulling reports. Sometimes we have trouble or get errors. The reporting process should be easier. If you have a hub, you should be able to have an unlimited number of servers. For example, if you have 500 servers, and the limit is ten, you have to pull 50 reports. We'd like to just pull one report for all servers. This also increases the time to pull reports. If we have to pull more reports, it takes that much longer than just pulling one. The product can be expensive. Right now, they are updating and consolidating the dashboard. I'm expecting an update that will resolve a few glitches in the server.

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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

"You can integrate clouds, hybrid infrastructure, and on-premise infrastructure into one product."

"Another division handed us the opportunity to monitor their solutions as written, and UIM was very useful for that."

"The benefit is easy installation. Thus, the model approach of the product and out-of-the-box probes, which deliver direct value."

"It reduced cycles for a lot of quick out-of-the-box functionality. It also allowed us to get away from being stuck in SNMP, VTP V2, based off of agent deployment."

"I can use the Drag and Drop feature to build dashboards within minutes."

"MultiWAN and Balance service"

"Technical support is great."

"DX UIM is scalable."

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"The initial setup was relatively easy, and we didn't have to install anything. All we had to do was put on the devices we wanted to monitor."

"The features like trends, capacity planning, recommendations, and diagnostics are the main items I focus on for added value."

"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."

"The more valuable feature of this solution is the Exchange feature."

"Identifying the problem statement is easy."

"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."

"SolarWinds SAM has provided us with dynamic thresholds based on historical trends and requirements. The threshold gets configured automatically, so it's no longer necessary to configure it manually every time."

"The solution can be deployed quickly."

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Cons

"I'd also like to see more probes. More probes in the sense that we were coming across devices that we're expected to monitor and manage for which, out of the box, there isn't a nice, clean solution. There are probes that are dedicated for certain devices and certain device types, which is great. But then there are times we come across nuanced products that we have to develop our own solution for. There are probes that exist in there that allow us to make a customized solution, but it takes a lot more time."

"It would be good to implement views showing the aggregated status graphically."

"We want to see more investment in the UI and the dashboard."

"In the UMP, certain devices will show up multiple times and they don't correlate correctly. That's one of the issues."

"The other element is that there are no real templates, out of the box. Let's go with an example where we do have the probe, which is great, and we do have a really nuanced customer with a small set of devices that maybe not a lot of other customers use. There might not be a template in place, so effectively we have the tool in front of us but we still need to develop a solution. So it would be really nice to see a little bit more of something like a central repository of templates that we could use. That would help us expedite our onboarding process."

"Making a GUI with criteria such as selection by robot/hub/probe etc."

"We would like the navigation of this solution to be more user friendly for our system administrators."

"The UIM has no features through goods and services yet. "

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"It needs time-based functions for monitoring. Some things need to be polled on a specific schedule or only during a specific window."

"It would be helpful if the solution could integrate more with the security compliances, like this IDSS, etc."

"The technical support was better in previous years. With the launch of the premium support service, the normal support has declined."

"Downside of the tools is the web console are hung or crash. It need to improve the performance."

"The tool's AppStack needs to improve in the storage monitoring part. It should also include an analytics and recommendation approach. If I have found a fault in a server or application, I would like to know what caused it and how do I recover from it."

"Nodes in Azure are able to be monitored with the use of agents, but this does not apply to cloud service offerings that are not node based."

"A lot of times, we have to do a lot of manual cleanups."

"I think they need to make reporting easier and more simple & dynamic."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license cost depends on the number of probes and robots."

"This product is expensive compared to other vendors (SolarWinds, ManageEngine)."

"CAD $400,000 annually."

"Reasonable setup cost and licensing prices."

"The product-price ratio is better than other brands such as Fortinet or SonicWall."

"Pricing for DX Unified Infrastructure Management isn't cheap at all. It's a complex tool, so you have to pay more. No one is happy with a large bill to pay, but if it's a complex product and you designed a complex solution to be monitored, it'll be your fault that you need to buy an expensive product, and that would be implicit in the design of DX Unified Infrastructure Management. Monitoring is just a small part of it. Sometimes you have to pay a significant amount of money for a complex yet very good solution."

"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."

"The solution is overpriced in terms of application management."

"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."

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

"Nagios XI, WhatsUpGold, Uptime Software, PRTG, Manage Engine, and SpiceWorks are the other tools that have lower pricing and licensing costs. However, they can't compete with SolarWinds when it comes to the features and functionality that SolarWinds can provide."

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

"I would advise potential buyers to wait until the end of the quarter, end of year, or other time to place orders. There are actually great deals to be had at those times if your budget cycle can match up."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Educational Organization

39%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for DX Infrastructure Manager?

We are an integrating company that offers DX Unified Infrastructure Management to customers. We help them set it up, do the integration, and provide support. Our end customers include financial ins...

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What advice do you have for others considering DX Infrastructure Manager?

I would recommend DX Unified Infrastructure Management to others as it is a good and reliable solution. I would rate it nine out of ten due to its robust functionality and capability to support inf...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Infrastructure Manager?

The pricing of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is high and often a concern for customers. The cost is higher compared to other Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), which is feedback we hav...

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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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Also Known As

DX Infrastructure Manager, DX Infrastructure Manager for Z Systems and CA UIM for zSystems, CA UIM (DX Infrastructure Manager), CA Nimsoft Monitor, CA UIM, DX Infrastructure Manager

SolarWinds SAM

Overview

DX Unified Infrastructure Management is the only solution that provides an open architecture, full-stack observability and zero-touch configuration for monitoring traditional data center, public cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments.

Designed to ensure an optimal end-user experience, this solution provides a modern HTML5 operations console that makes it easy and fast for today’s IT teams to implement, use, and scale – leading to faster time to value.

Broadcom

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.

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

CBNCloud, IIJ Global Singapore, AT&S, AXSOS, Aozora Bank, HCL Technologies, IntelliNet, Securex

Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite

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