Alluvio Aternity vs SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor comparison

Riverbed and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Riverbed is ranked #28 with an average rating of 9.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.0. Riverbed holds a 0.7% mindshare in APM, compared to SolarWinds’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Riverbed 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

Alluvio Aternity and SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor compete in the server and application monitoring category. Users generally prefer the pricing and support of Alluvio Aternity, while SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is considered superior in terms of feature sets.

Features: Alluvio Aternity offers detailed end-user experience monitoring, application performance insights, and integration capabilities. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor provides extensive monitoring options, comprehensive dashboard views, and alerting systems.

Room for Improvement: Users of Alluvio Aternity mention a need for improved reporting features, faster customer support response times, and better documentation. For SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, users express a desire for better scalability, a more intuitive alert configuration process, and enhanced user interface design.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Alluvio Aternity is noted for its straightforward deployment model and responsive customer service. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor offers flexible deployment options but garners mixed reviews regarding the ease of use during initial setup.

Pricing and ROI: Alluvio Aternity's pricing is generally viewed as more competitive, with users reporting a favorable return on investment. SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, though perceived as more expensive, is justified by its comprehensive feature set, with users recognizing the long-term value.

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Categories and Ranking

Alluvio Aternity

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

28th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Mobile APM (4th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (6th)

SolarWinds Server and Appli...

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

17th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

4.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (7th), Active Directory Management (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Alluvio Aternity is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is 1.1%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor	1.1%
Alluvio Aternity	0.7%
Other	98.2%

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

Featured Reviews

Akhilesh Mishra

Technical Lead Pre-Sales at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

Monitoring end-user activity has improved visibility into device and application performance

In my opinion, Riverbed can make Alluvio Aternity better by having the same Aternity agent help in security, such as antivirus or EDR, which would be useful, allowing customers to avoid having multiple agents installed on their endpoint machines. Deploying multiple agents can use the processor and utilize memory, so it's better to go with one agent. If one agent can do end-user activity monitoring and act as an EDR, then it would be better for the end-user, allowing easy avoidance of installing multiple agents on their machines.

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NikhilKalwint

Technical Specialist at ServiceIO

Monitoring over a thousand systems has improved decision making and operational visibility

From an advantage perspective, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is comparatively cheaper from a commercial point of view. It is easy to install and configure, very user-friendly, and quick to get up and running, allowing you to see the early value adds in your organization. It is compatible with most technologies for monitoring with very few chances of incompatibility. Configuration also allows us to monitor all the technical parameters we are looking for, making it a very good experience for us. The alerting feature in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is a main advantage, as it alerts based on threshold breaches and can raise tickets to the ticketing system, send SMS, and email notifications, allowing engineers to work on those tickets to resolve issues and avoid further impact. The visibility into server health is a beneficial feature that I am utilizing. We widely use various application performance metrics in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor such as database monitoring and server monitoring, which are quite good enough for any monitoring solution. We utilize the customizable dashboards in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor.

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Pros

"The infrastructure metrics, especially the CPU and memory data, are available in per second granularity for a long time, which makes it outstanding as compared to other solutions, and its licensing cost is very low for us."

"The advanced dashboards allow operations teams the ability to focus on outliers."

"While it also provides desktop metrics, the main thing we use it for is monitoring our applications."

"Some of the biggest things I like about the software is that it’s simple to use and you can learn it in a few hours."

"The most valuable feature for me is being able to monitor the productivity of every employee in the company as well as third-party, outsourced companies that work on our behalf."

"It improved our connection to other teams when performing troubleshooting tasks, which is huge when dealing with a large organization with multiple tiers of support and an end user utilizing an application that could have a number of things go wrong."

"If you had to choose one tool, if your organization said, "We're going to stop spending money on IT tools altogether, and you're only allowed to have one thing," I would take Aternity every time, because you can do so much with it."

"Alluvio Aternity is stable."

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"SolarWinds fit the bill because it gave many possibilities in monitoring with a good amount of out of the box capabilities."

"The solution is great for monitoring. If something is going wrong, we can immediately find the root cause."

"The recommendations are a life saver."

"Monitoring of processes and services is the most valuable feature; it is not necessarily just the server alone in terms of the CPU or the memory, as we can go in-depth into services and processes."

"It is easy to install and configure, very user-friendly, and quick to get up and running, allowing you to see the early value adds in your organization."

"The most valuable feature is application monitoring."

"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."

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

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Cons

"We are waiting for the GA release of their agent. I hope they can do better when they release their endpoint agents. Right now, we are not able to measure some applications, core applications, because it's relying on a specific version of the agent and that agent has not come out yet and there's no ETA. I would like to see them speed up time to market when they release agents."

"Riverbed is costly in the Indian market; I would rate the pricing for Alluvio Aternity as a higher price."

"Signature development process requires deep technical expertise in the application and in the use of their studio tools that help you create it."

"Integrating the tool with other products is a challenge."

"Being able to add custom monitoring to dashboards would be nice. Right now, if you want to monitor the value of a registry key on your systems, to get that added into the dashboard you have to reach out to Aternity so they can start looking for that value. It would be interesting if that were more of a self-serve function."

"When it comes to a lot of the features that I would want, they will tell you they are in their SaaS version, which we don't use... They put all the new features on the SaaS solution and that's where you get the latest and greatest stuff... Why not have those features available for on-prem users?"

"The licensing model doesn't suit the market we are in and has room for improvement."

"I would like to see more granular performance counters collected and viewable from the endpoints. That would be great."

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"SAM's software-defined network monitoring capability is also low and could be improved."

"One area that could benefit from improvement is its performance"

"When you implement SolarWinds on a larger scale my customers complain about the speed."

"The templates could use improvement. Currently, they are quite complex. They should have drag-and-drop functionality instead. It would make it easier to use."

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

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

"As per my view, Solarwinds should come up the same monitoring system for other certificate expiration alert apart from SSL."

"MS Azure Service and user experience monitoring is an area in which the SolarWinds tools are lacking; without a doubt, this is the Achilles heel of the Orion monitoring tools, and I am currently reviewing other vendors for Azure service monitoring tools."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's price is pretty comparable to the industry."

"The pricing for the users and agents is reasonable compared to other solutions and vendors."

"The price for Alluvio Aternity is favorable."

"It is definitely a premium solution; it is not an inexpensive product. We have to ensure that we are getting the most out of it in order to justify the cost. However, it is not cheap, especially when you want to install it on all your endpoints."

"Its licensing cost is very low. That's one of the reasons why we have kept it for so long. We get more than a 70% discount on the maintenance licenses. Its cost is very low for us, but if you buy it new, it would be much more expensive at the retail price."

"It’s a little on the costly side, but if you license intelligently, accounting for your various hosts connecting in through VDI or terminal servers, you can make it well worth your money."

"You have to purchase it for 12 months, which is an issue because a lot of our customers are on a per-user-per-month type billing. There are a few additional costs. A lot of customers only get the essential licenses, and then they get what they call the application add-ons on top. They have to pay depending on how many customers and applications they want to monitor."

"It's not a cheap product. There are no two ways about that. If you compare it with a couple of the other solutions operating in the space, it might be on the slightly more expensive side, but it is one of those tools where, once you've got it, you understand the true value. You will get that money back."

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"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 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."

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

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

"The product might cost you $30,000 USD to buy, but scaling this solution requires the purchase of additional polling engines at $20,000 USD each."

"I would rate the pricing for this solution a three out of five."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Educational Organization

13%

University

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	32

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	21

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Aternity?

Riverbed is costly in the Indian market; I would rate the pricing for Alluvio Aternity as a higher price.

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What needs improvement with Aternity?

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What is your primary use case for Aternity?

The main use case for Alluvio Aternity is end-user activity monitoring, which is the process I'm mainly using currently.

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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 is definitely room for improvement besides simplifying its setup. As a non-technical person, I believe the dashboards could be improved. Everything we use appears on video walls, and we need ...

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What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor?

I am doing research as we currently have both solutions, and I am looking to see if we need both or can manage with one. Currently, the outcome indicates that we need both. The focus point is diffe...

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Also Known As

Aternity, Workforce APM, Aternity Frontline, Riverbed SteelCenter Aternity

SolarWinds SAM

Overview

Alluvio Aternity offers detailed insights into user experience, device health, and application response times. It provides real-time data and visibility for enhanced performance and incident management with customizable monitoring and flexible integration.

Alluvio Aternity is a robust monitoring tool designed for detailed environmental insights, dashboards, and trend analysis that help optimize application performance and incident management. Users benefit from its real-time data, which aids proactive troubleshooting by providing visibility into end-user devices. Custom dashboards, benchmarks, and flexible Tableau integration facilitate easy data manipulation, ensuring comprehensive monitoring of standard and custom applications. While the interface complexity and desire for simpler monitor building pose challenges, Aternity remains a valuable resource for digital experience monitoring and performance assessment, particularly for platforms like Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Office 365.

What are the key features of Alluvio Aternity?

Real-Time Data: Provides immediate visibility into end-user devices for proactive troubleshooting.
Custom Dashboards: Allows creation of tailored dashboards for performance evaluation.
Trend Analysis: Offers insight into application performance trends to help optimize operations.
Flexible Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Tableau for versatile data manipulation.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Covers both standard and custom applications for wide-ranging insights.

What benefits should users look for when evaluating Alluvio Aternity?

Enhanced Performance: Real-time data aids in improving application and device performance.
Proactive Troubleshooting: Immediate insights enable quicker response to issues.
Custom Monitoring: Tailored dashboards and monitoring cater to unique operational needs.
Flexible Data Use: Integration with tools like Tableau allows for effective data use and analysis.

Enterprises across industries leverage Alluvio Aternity for end-user activity monitoring and application performance assessment. They use its insights for digital experience monitoring and problem isolation, particularly in environments including remote sites and retail branches, measuring key metrics like CPU and memory usage.

Riverbed

SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor provides comprehensive server, application, and infrastructure monitoring, focusing on integration, application dependency, and network insights through user-friendly interfaces and detailed dashboards.

With AppStack and AppInsight support, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor offers service management, detailed resource dashboards, and integration capabilities. It monitors hardware metrics and performance parameters, facilitating database and network insights for cloud and virtual environments. Robust alerting, predictive analytics, and capacity planning ensure efficient management of server health and application performance.

What are the key features?

Integration: Seamlessly connects with existing tools.
AppStack: Provides a holistic view of applications.
AppInsight: Supports widely-used applications.
SNMP Polling: Efficient network data collection.
Diagnostics: Real-time troubleshooting.
Customizable Dashboards: Tailored monitoring views.

What benefits should users expect?

Comprehensive Monitoring: Extends from servers to databases.
Transparent Control: Enhances visibility into performance metrics.
User-Friendly: Simplifies proactive monitoring with alerts.
Predictive Features: Supports capacity and trend planning.

Industries implement SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor to enhance server utilization reporting, network configuration, and AV equipment performance tracking. They benefit from monitoring critical services across diverse deployment models, improving management efficiency and decision-making.

SolarWinds

Sample Customers

Maersk, SwissRe, Travis Perkins, Michelin, National Instruments, Simmons & Simmons, Lighthouse Guild

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