Server & Application Monitor vs. AppDynamics*
Comprehensive server and application monitoring made simple
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Just a few reasons to choose Server & Application Monitor over other solutions
Comprehensive server and application monitoring made simple
Performance Insights Out of the Box
Get broad and deep monitoring coverage with over 1,200 rich, pre-built templates for your applications, systems, infrastructure on premises, in the cloud, or hybrid, with comprehensive customization options. No need to spend money on add-ons and plug-ins to extend monitoring coverage.
Quick and Simple Deployment
Do-it-yourself deployment. Agentless monitoring. No professional services or consultation required. Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is designed to get your monitoring up and running quickly—your team can install, discover, and start monitoring in typically about an hour.
Over 250 Fully Supported Application Templates
SAM provides application support for Windows, Linux/UNIX, and custom applications. This support includes over 250 out-of-the-box application templates for monitoring both commercial and open-source applications such as Microsoft SQL, Exchange, Oracle, MySQL, and many others, complete with SolarWinds expert knowledge and predefined thresholds based on vendor’s best practices. All templates are provided for free.
Take Action with Integrated Remediation
SAM’s fully integrated service control manager allows for the remediation of application issues by stopping, starting, and restarting critical application services from within the web console. With SAM, it’s even possible to reboot servers and restart websites and application pools as needed through the web UI to help get important business services back up and running quickly.

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Server & Application Monitor vs AppDynamics

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Server and Application Monitor

4.3

out of 5

8.2/10

Overall

8.4/10

Likelihood to Recommend

8.3/10

Quality of Support

7.9/10

Ease of Use

8.0/10

Product Direction (% positive)

AppDynamics

4.3

out of 5

8.3/10

Overall

8.5/10

Likelihood to Recommend

8.2/10

Quality of Support

8.5/10

Ease of Use

8.3/10

Product Direction (% positive)

Software Like AppDynamics

Looking for an AppDynamics competitor or AppDynamics replacement? SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor (SAM) can be considered an alternative to AppDynamics for its comprehensive monitoring of your applications and supporting infrastructure. SolarWinds SAM can also provide maximum observability across many applications and infrastructures and, deep end-to-end monitoring of the Microsoft technologies including Microsoft Active Directory, Azure AD, SharePoint, Exchange, IIS, and SQL Server with built-in AppInsight™ monitoring templates. Compared with similar systems management tools like AppDynamics, SAM’s built-in AppStack™ dashboard is designed to give you a contextual view of how applications are linked to other components within the IT infrastructure, including servers, virtual machines, and storage systems. Don’t just take our word for it—see for yourself if SolarWinds SAM is better than AppDynamics by downloading a free trial.

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*As of 2/3/2023. These are a sample of ratings; find a complete list of ratings on G2.com.
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