Elastic APM vs SolarWinds Observability
Elastic APM
elastic.co
SolarWinds Observability
solarwinds.comSide by side
| Figure | Elastic APM | SolarWinds Observability |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $99/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 9 |
| Spec score · Application Performance & Observability - Enterprise Software | 6.9 (#19) | 7.8 (#12) |
| Spec score · Runtime Monitoring Software | 6.9 (#42) | 7.8 (#27) |
| Spec score · Distributed Tracing Tools | 7.0 (#26) | 7.9 (#13) |
| Spec score · Application Performance Monitoring | 6.9 (#35) | 7.8 (#24) |
Plans
Elastic APM
- Standard$99 a month
- Gold$114 a month
- Platinum$131 a month
- Enterprise$184 a month
SolarWinds Observability
- Log Observability$5 a month
- Essentials$8 a month
- Digital Experience Observability - Real User Monitoring$10 a month
- Digital Experience Observability - Synthetic$10 a month
- Advanced$14 a month
- Network and Infrastructure Observability$15.75 a month
- Premier$17.50 a month
- Application Observability$27.50 a month
- Database Observability$70 a month
In their own words
Elastic APM
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SolarWinds Observability
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