Access Governance That Works on Your Terms-No Forced Migration to Software as a Service, No 2026 Deadline

SolarWinds Access Rights Manager helps you protect hybrid environments, maintain compliance, and keep plans on track

Fully functional for 30 days

Access Rights Manager—Still Here When Varonis Goes Dark

Access Rights Manager keeps shipping. Varonis won't

After 2026, Varonis Self-Hosted gets zero patches, zero support, and zero updates. SolarWinds ARM stays fully supported with active new releases.

Your architecture. Not a Varonis SaaS mandate

ARM helps you manage access rights on premises, in hybrid environments, or in the cloud—a choice the Varonis SaaS-only mandate takes away.

Varonis end-of-life = risk. ARM keeps you safe

Running unpatched, unsupported security software is an audit finding under GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX. ARM stays patched, updated, and compliant year-round.

ARM pricing is public. Varonis pricing isn't

ARM pricing is public. Migrating to Varonis SaaS means new contracts, migration projects, and unplanned costs with no clear endpoint.

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Feature Comparison Table: SolarWinds vs Varonis

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Features	SolarWinds Access Rights Manager Download Free Trial Email Link to Free Trial Fully functional for 30 days	Varonis Starting at $1,234
On-premises/self-hosted deployment
Hybrid deployment (on-prem and cloud)
Continued self-hosted support and patches post-2026
Publicly listed baseline pricing
24/7 technical support included in license
No forced migration to vendor-managed cloud
SAP R/3 permissions analysis and management		Limited—requires separate paid add-on modules
Web portal letting business owners self-approve access
Role-specific user provisioning templates		Limited—focused on detection, not provisioning
Direct Active Directory (AD) user provisioning and deprovisioning		Limited—monitors AD; does not manage provisioning
Direct NTFS file server permission management		Limited—monitoring only; direct management limited
NetApp filer permissions analysis and management		Limited—monitoring only; management not supported
EMC/Dell storage permissions analysis		Limited—native support limited; typically needs PS
Microsoft Teams permissions analysis		Limited—Teams coverage limited in SaaS transition
Access recertification via delegated data owners		Limited—admin-driven; delegation not equivalent
AD Group Policy Object monitoring
Exchange Online management without a paid add-on		Limited—expanding in SaaS; was an add-on in legacy
Delegated access request and approval workflows		Limited—admin-driven; no delegated request portal
Deployment without mandatory professional services		Limited—reviews cite weeks of PS engagement needed

Got questions? Let's get straight to them.

Is ARM built to security standards you can trust?

Yes. ARM is built to the SolarWinds Secure by Design principles, with a hardened, independently verified build process, and SolarWinds continues to invest in product security.

Is ARM still actively being developed and invested in?

Yes—and the release history proves it. ARM 2026.2 shipped recently, adding full AD scan configuration in the web client and 300+ new API endpoints. More is in development. SolarWinds private ownership under Turn/River Capital provides the freedom to invest directly in ARM, free from short-term market pressure.

Does ARM feel modern and intuitive?

Yes. ARM has been systematically modernized across multiple releases. ARM 2026.2 helps close the gap by delivering broad AD feature parity in the web client, so administrators can handle every core task in one place. Further user experience enhancements, including multi-factor authentication via Security Assertion Markup Language, are already in active development.

Does ARM provide the risk insight your team needs?

Yes. The risk dashboard in ARM surfaces over-permissioned accounts, stale access, and excessive group memberships—the misconfigurations that create insider risk and audit exposure. Real-time alerts and SIEM integration help your team detect and respond fast. Unlike Varonis, ARM is designed to let you act directly on what it finds.

Can ARM scale to support large, complex enterprise deployments?

Yes. ARM is designed to scale across multiple AD domains, large user populations, and enterprise file estates, including Windows, NetApp, and EMC. Reviewers confirm the value of ARM in multi-domain environments. Unlike Varonis, there's no forced cloud migration to scale up—your architecture stays yours.

Is SolarWinds committed to ARM?

Yes. ARM has shipped regular updates throughout its history—through 8Man, SolarWinds, and now Turn/River Capital—most recently with ARM 2026.2. This track record of continuous investment speaks for itself. Varonis, by contrast, has announced end-of-life for its self-hosted product, leaving on-prem customers with a hard deadline.

Is ARM equipped to manage cloud and Microsoft 365 environments?

Yes. ARM covers Microsoft 365 natively, including Entra ID, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Teams, alongside on-prem AD and file servers, all in one console. No separate modules or add-ons are needed. Varonis requires SaaS migration for continued cloud coverage, with its self-hosted option ending on Dec 31, 2026.

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Why SolarWinds ARM Is a Great Varonis Replacement

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Can ARM replace Varonis for on-prem environments?

Yes. SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) is purpose-built for on-premises environments and covers everything the Varonis self-hosted platform covered, and more. ARM manages permissions across Active Directory, Windows file servers, NetApp, EMC/Dell storage, Exchange, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365, all from a single console. Varonis has announced end-of-life for its self-hosted product on December 31, 2026, leaving current customers with no supported on-prem path forward. ARM gives you a fully supported, actively developed alternative that keeps your security architecture in your hands, not in a vendor-managed cloud. You get access rights analysis, risk dashboards, delegated access workflows, compliance reporting for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and a self-service portal that lets data owners approve access requests directly. ARM ships regular updates, with ARM 2026.2 released recently. That's a product you can plan around.

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Can ARM replace Varonis for on-prem environments?

Yes. SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) is purpose-built for on-premises environments and covers everything the Varonis self-hosted platform covered, and more. ARM manages permissions across Active Directory, Windows file servers, NetApp, EMC/Dell storage, Exchange, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365, all from a single console. Varonis has announced end-of-life for its self-hosted product on December 31, 2026, leaving current customers with no supported on-prem path forward. ARM gives you a fully supported, actively developed alternative that keeps your security architecture in your hands, not in a vendor-managed cloud. You get access rights analysis, risk dashboards, delegated access workflows, compliance reporting for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and a self-service portal that lets data owners approve access requests directly. ARM ships regular updates, with ARM 2026.2 released recently. That's a product you can plan around.

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