SolarWinds · 4 categories · RankedSolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
96Judge labels
12First choices
25Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
4Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
16% in Network monitoring for enterprise buyers
Rank 9 of 78 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
1 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 17% of its 24 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor →By buyer segmentStrongest at enterprise.
Small business77 of 77
0%19 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market9 of 78
2%24 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise1 of 100
16%41 labels
accepted challenger
In network monitoring · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network monitoring and management | Network and edge | 2% | 9 of 78 | 17% | 24 | accepted challenger | |
| Network detection and response | Security operations | 2% | 18 of 102 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer at 21% | |
| Infrastructure monitoring | IT operations and endpoint | 0% | 77 of 79 | 100% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Datadog at 28% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Data center infrastructure management | IT operations and endpoint | 0% | 46 of 103 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Sunbird DCIM at 27% |
Movement
This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment and per category, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.
By model
How each model treated SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct18 labels4
Paraphrase18 labels6
Comparative29 labels11not counted in share
Budget-constrained8 labels1
Scale-constrained8 labels1
Negative15 labels1not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative96 labels in all, every segment counted; 12 of the 24 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“SolarWinds is the classic heavyweight of enterprise network monitoring... Best for: Large enterprise environments with heavy on-premises architecture.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Network monitoring · comparative prompt · first choice
“the best network monitoring tool is usually SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor / SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted” GPT-5.4 mini · Network monitoring · direct prompt · first choice
“Best overall for comprehensive, multi-vendor network monitoring... but can be expensive and complex to set up.” Mistral Small · Network monitoring · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose SolarWinds if you have the budget and need deep, all-around control over a massive infrastructure.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Network monitoring · comparative prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor... Pricing complaints; constant upsell pressure; slow technical support; complex license management; steep learning curve” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Infra monitoring · negative prompt · hard negative
“many organizations are moving away from it for network / infrastructure monitoring because of the lingering trust issue and cost model” Muse Glimmer 30B · Infra monitoring · negative prompt · hard negative
“Feature-heavy and can be complex for smaller IT teams; historically expensive” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Network monitoring · direct prompt · soft negative
“Best for mid-size and large enterprises with dedicated network engineers.” Muse Glimmer 30B · Network monitoring · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, over the 96 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, over the 96 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 89 of the 96 answers that named SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
guideflow.com39
solarwinds.comYour site37
blog.domotz.com35
datamation.com35
kentik.com33
netdata.cloud31
learn.g2.com29
manageengine.com27
comparitech.com23
g2.com22
274 of the 311 domain citations in answers naming SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 1,300 a month (“solarwinds network performance monitor”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 16 a month
- Its own site
- It sits on SolarWinds's site (solarwinds.com), so there are no site figures for it alone
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
2%
rank 9 of 78 in network monitoring
Segment leader
26%
Auvik
- First choices
- 12 across its categories
- Named in
- 96 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 89 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read October 5, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Names read as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor; a claim can dispute any of them.
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) 12SolarWinds NPM 5SolarWinds NPM (Network Performance Monitor) 1SolarWinds NPM/NAM 1SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor / SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted 1SolarWinds Orion / SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 1
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The company
SolarWinds is the company behind SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor.ShowHide
The company
SolarWinds is the company behind SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor.
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Company records- Also from SolarWinds
- SolarWinds AppOptics, SolarWinds Backup, SolarWinds DDI, SolarWinds IP Address Manager, SolarWinds IPAM, SolarWinds Log Analyzer, SolarWinds Loggly, SolarWinds NPM and 17 more
In its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- We offer our SmartStart Self-Led program, so you have quick access to a project plan, video walkthroughs, and quick links to the technical documentation for the installation and configuration of your products. We also offer a comprehensive documentation library should you need more information related to your product.
- For
- customers under active maintenance
- Certifications
- SolarWinds Certified Professional
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, hosting, customers
What SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: support.solarwinds.com/network-performance-monitor, support.solarwinds.com/solarwinds-platform-software. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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- where SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
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