SolarWinds Named a Leader in the 2025 GigaOm APM Radar

We're excited to be recognized in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for Application Performance Management (APM). SolarWinds is honored to be acknowledged as a Leader and Fast Mover for our strengths in Business Transactions, OpenTelemetry, and Anomaly Detection.

SolarWinds has been named a Leader in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for Application Performance Management.

In the latest evaluation of top APM solutions, SolarWinds was positioned as a Leader and a Fast Mover. According to GigaOm, the SolarWinds® Observability platform excels in several critical areas:

2602_OBS_GigaOm_APM 1A-560x700-px

Unified Full-Stack Visibility

Integrating metrics, logs, traces, and user experience data into a single source of truth.

Artificial Intelligence Driven Analytics

Leveraging advanced analytics to evaluate performance metrics in real-time and surface issues before they impact users.

Dynamic Discovery and Mapping

Accurate mapping of physical and virtual topologies across cloud and on-prem, and hybrid environments.

Developer-Centric Tooling

Easily navigate complex code with tools that track every request and analyze live application performance.

SolarWinds Observability

Integrating Experience and Performance

  • User-Centric APM: Monitor real-world user interactions to identify how frontend performance impacts overall application health. By capturing actual visitor data, teams can diagnose latency issues specific to browsers, devices, or locations.
  • Proactive Performance Testing: Actively simulates critical application workflows to verify availability. This allows for the detection of service disruptions or performance degradation before they impact the broader user base.
  • Integrated Troubleshooting: By combining these DEM features with backend tracing, the gap is reduced between user-facing symptoms and the root cause, accelerating the resolution process.
Learn More
2602_OBS_GigaOm_APM 1A-1920x1080-px

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have other questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

  • What is the GigaOm Radar for APM?

    The GigaOm Radar for APM is a specialized analyst report that evaluates the top vendors in the Application Performance Management space. Unlike reports that focus on market share, the Radar focuses on technical innovation, platform depth, and future potential.


    The "v4" version is the fourth annual iteration of this analysis, examining how the market is shifting from traditional monitoring toward full-stack observability and organizational awareness.


    The report plots vendors on a 2D circular chart based on two primary axes:

    • Maturity vs. Innovation: Is the vendor offering a stable, proven solution (Maturity), or are they aggressively pushing the envelope with new features like AI and OpenTelemetry (Innovation)?
    • Feature Play vs. Platform Play: Is the vendor focused on a specific set of deep "best-of-breed" features (Feature Play), or do they offer a broad, integrated suite of tools (Platform Play)?

    Vendors are categorized into three rings based on their overall value:

    • Leaders: The innermost ring; these are the high performers with the best balance of capability and execution.
    • Challengers: The middle ring; strong competitors with potential to move into the leader circle.
    • Entrants: The outer ring; newer players or those with a narrower focus.
    Next Feature:
View More Features