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Quest Software vs SolarWinds

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Quest Software
Based on 189 reviews.
SolarWinds
Based on 381 reviews.
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Overview
Since 1987, Quest has provided software solutions for the constantly evolving world of enterprise IT. Quest solutions protect and empower users and data, streamline IT operations and harden cybersecurity from the inside out. Quest has the experience to help you manage and monitor your databases, take control of your hybrid environments and secure them all with security solutions that ensure you are ready for the next threat.
SolarWinds Inc. develops enterprise information technology infrastructure management software for IT professionals. In 2007, SolarWinds raised funding from Austin Ventures, Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners. SolarWinds completed its initial public offering of $112.5 million in 2009. In 2012, SolarWinds' total revenue reached $269 million. In June 2014, the company purchased the Swedish web-monitoring company Pingdom.
Sample Customers
Quest SharePlex
Bodybuilding.com, Priceline.com, Ameco Beijing, Viasat, SK Broadband
Toad Data Modeler
Zions Bancorporation
Quest Spotlight
Jenkon
Quest Foglight for Databases
CommitDBA
Toad for Oracle
intel, ebay, uber, mars, microsoft
Quest Foglight for Virtualization
Unimat, AeroM_xico Delta TechOps
Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)
Waypoint, Mattos Filho, Meetic, Gems Education, Green Clinic HealthSystem, Service King
Change Auditor for Windows File Servers
Dragon Capital, Howard County MD
Quest InTrust
Platinum Bank
Foglight Evolve Monitor
American Airlines, Bank of America, BARCLAYS, ebay, Ford, intel, MARS, MERCK, Microsoft, UBER, VISA
Quest Active Administrator
American Airlines, Bank of America, BARCLAYS, ebay, Ford, intel, MARS, MERCK, Microsoft, UBER, VISA
Quest Change Auditor for Active Directory
American Airlines, Bank of America, BARCLAYS, ebay, Ford, intel, MARS, MERCK, Microsoft, UBER, VISA
Quest KACE Asset Management Appliance
Coastal Community Credit Union, St. Dominic Hospital
SolarWinds NPM
Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
SolarWinds AppOptics
TraxoCovea Insurance BTE TechnologyDatarista
Samanage
SXSW, PRA Group, Fandango, Inteva Products, Amherst College, Tensator
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager
Elliot Health System
Solarwinds Papertrail
Product Hunt
Loggly
Lenovo, Pizza Hut, Care.com, USGA, Citrix, Neustar, Lucidchart, Samsung, Sendgrid, AKQU, Ebates, EA
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Holy Cross Energy, West Texas A&M University, Medium Enterprise Industrial Manufacturing Company
SolarWinds Kiwi Log Viewer
1. Atlassian 2. Cisco 3. Dell EMC 4. Google 5. IBM 6. Intel 7. JPMorgan Chase 8. LinkedIn 9. Microsoft 10. Oracle 11. PayPal 12. SAP 13. Siemens 14. Spotify 15. Tesla 16. Twitter 17. Uber 18. VMware 19. WeWork 20. World Bank 21. Xerox 22. Yahoo 23. Zynga 24. Accenture 25. Amazon Web Services 26. ATT 27. Cloudflare 28. Facebook 29. Gartner 30. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 31. Salesforce 32. ServiceNow
SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor
Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite
Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor
commscope, COCC,
SolarWinds Pingdom
Spotify, MailChimp, Slack, Twitter
Dameware Remote Support
Illinois School District
SolarWinds Access Rights Manager
Accenture, Emerson, Lockheed Martin, Nielsen, NTT
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
GSI Commerce, Liquid Digital Media, ProLogis, Indiana University
SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools
Delta, Educational Institution, Kalamazoo
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager
United Lincolnshire Hospitals, Air Rarotonga, NetSuite, Thai AirAsia, REA Group, 335th Signal Command, Agilisys, Marine Expeditionary Force
SolarWinds Patch Manager
University of San Diego
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Educational Organization
48%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
5%
Financial Services Firm
5%
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