Choose the self-hosted option that best fits your needs
Simple, scalable licensing for hybrid IT observability, including enterprise editions for larger environments.
Essentials
Starts at:
$8
- Network performance monitoring
- Server and application management
- Log monitoring and analysis
- IP address monitoring and management
- User and device tracking
- VoIP and network quality assurance
- Node-based licensing and support for Platform Connect
Advanced
Starts at:
$14
Everything in Essentials, plus
- ML-powered anomaly-based alerting
- Security vulnerability dashboard
- Flow monitoring and analysis
- Virtualization monitoring and management
- Server configuration management
- Integrated add-on support for Security Event Manager (SEM) and Access Rights Manager (ARM)† †Additional licensing required
Premier
Starts at:
$17.50
Everything in Advanced, plus
- Storage performance monitoring
- Web performance monitoring
- Incident Response user licenses
- SolarWinds Observability SaaS Network & Infrastructure license
- Value-based licensing
* multi-year contracts billed annually
Built to scale with your environment
Simple licensing
Licensing is node-based, subscription only, and billed annually.*
Enterprise-ready options
Enterprise editions are available for each tier to provide scalability and resiliency for larger environments.
Hybrid flexibility
Access both self-hosted and SaaS deployments under a single subscription, with richer cloud analysis and the flexibility to evolve your strategy over time.
Product training
The SolarWinds Academy offers comprehensive product training, included at no additional cost with any subscription license.
FAQ: Questions, meet answers.
How is SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted licensed?
How is SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted licensed?
SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted uses a node-based licensing model. It is a term-based subscription, offered via multi-year contract, and billed annually. It is offered in three editions: Essentials, Advanced, and Premier. All editions offer an Enterprise scale option to meet needs specific to large environments.
How is SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted deployed?
How is SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted deployed?
SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted can be deployed on-premises or in Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP instances you manage. Our self-hosted solution is differentiated from SolarWinds Observability SaaS, which is our cloud-native offering. The two can be connected and their data shared. This allows self-hosted deployments to access agentic AI capabilities in the cloud and provides an easy path to migration should you choose to do so in the future.
What is Platform Connect?
What is Platform Connect?
Platform Connect provides connectivity between SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted and SolarWinds Observability SaaS. This is used to enable features such as anomaly-based alerting and SW1TM, the SolarWinds AI Agent. You can also share data between solutions for a smooth transition if migrating from one to the other. Platform Connect is an opt-in feature that is controlled by the solution administrator.
What is value-based licensing in Premier tier?
What is value-based licensing in Premier tier?
Value-based licensing aligns node pricing to customer value by assigning differentiated weights to entities and node types based on their impact and capability. For example, in the Premier tier of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted, customers can monitor containers and Wireless Access Points without using a full licensed node. Instead, they are consumed at a 10:1 ratio; on-prem VMs and cloud entities are consumed at a 3:1 ratio; network devices, servers/hosts, orchestrators/wireless controllers, the Web Performance Monitor (WPM) Player, and storage arrays are consumed at a 1:1 ratio; and ICMP-only nodes are free.
What is included with an Enterprise edition license?
What is included with an Enterprise edition license?
Enterprise editions are options for all license tiers. They are available for environments above 500 nodes and required for environments above 1500 nodes. They include lab licenses, Additional Polling Engines (APEs), additional web servers, High Availability (HA), Enterprise Operations Console (EOC), and Advanced Support.
What is the SolarWinds Observability SaaS Network and Infrastructure subscription?
What is the SolarWinds Observability SaaS Network and Infrastructure subscription?
The Premier tier of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted includes entitlements to the network, infrastructure, and cloud monitoring capabilities within SolarWinds Observability SaaS. You can use SolarWinds Observability SaaS to unlock greater visibility and management into your cloud environments. You can also add-on the DEM or APM modules for custom application monitoring or user experience monitoring and then view your self-hosted enriched network and infrastructure data alongside your cloud, APM, and DEM data in the SaaS web interface.
If I am a current SolarWinds customer with a platform module, can I move to SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted?
If I am a current SolarWinds customer with a platform module, can I move to SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted?
Absolutely! You can start today with just a few clicks. Go into your License Manager within your Orion® module and click “Start a free trial” and you will unlock a 30-day free trial of all the capabilities in SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted, no additional installation needed. Then contact sales for specialized conversion pricing for current customers.