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SolarWinds

Austin, TX-based IT infrastructure management company founded in 1999. Public (NYSE: SWI). Operates in network, systems, and IT service management markets. Serves IT professionals and enterprises with monitoring, observability, and service desk solutions.

Entry price

$39

Essentials · /technician/mo, billed annually

Plans tracked

no add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Jul 4, 2026

Pricing model

Subscription

No free tier

Pricing Change History

3 changes

20263 changes

Q2 2026

Price increase

Quarterly

Published Jul 4, 2026

SolarWinds: Advanced/Premier price hikes (+25%) + feature reshuffle

Advanced plan increased from $79 to $99/month per technician (+25%); Premier plan increased from $99 to $124/month per technician (+25%). Essentials ($39) unchanged. Packaging reshuffled: Essentials gained CMDB, Light & Dark Mode, Onboarding; Runbooks down-tiered Premier->Advanced; Advanced gained Data Masking; Premier AI bullet expanded into 4 named capabilities.

Quarterly roll-up · includes Jun 8 weekly, May 4 weekly

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Week 24 · Jun 8, 2026

Price increase

Weekly

Published Jun 9, 2026

SolarWinds raises technician plans 25%, now $99–$124/mo

Advanced plan increased from $79 to $99/mo/technician (25%); Premier plan increased from $99 to $124/mo/technician (25%). Both billed annually.

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Week 19 · May 4, 2026

Improvement

Weekly

SolarWinds supercharges Advanced plan with AI runbooks, ESM, and data masking

Advanced plan significantly expanded: Runbooks, AI-Generated Resolution Summaries, Enterprise Service Management (ESM), Change Templates & Workflows, Response Templates, Audit History, and Data Masking added. Essentials plan gained CMDB as an explicit feature (replacing duplicate Knowledge Base entry) and new Light & Dark Mode UI theme support.

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Current plans

Captured Jul 4, 2026

Plan	Price
Essentials	$39 /technician/mobilled annually
Advanced	$99 /technician/mobilled annually
Premier	$124 /technician/mobilled annually

Company Facts

CategoryCloud & DevOps

Free tierNo

Employees1001-10000

Tracked sinceMar 19, 2026

Pricing last seenJul 4, 2026

Websitewww.solarwinds.com

How SolarWinds compares with its peers

Company	Entry price	Pricing model	Changes	Last change
M Microsoft	$5 /user/mo, billed annually	Subscription	34	Oct 26, 2026
I IBM	$4.24 /client device/mo	Subscription	2	Jul 3, 2026
V VMware	—	—	—	—
S Splunk	$5 /user/mo, billed annually	Subscription	1	Jul 20, 2026
D Dynatrace	$29 per host/month	Usage-based	10	Oct 12, 2026
N New Relic	$49 /core user/mo + usage	Subscription + usage	13	Jun 23, 2026

SolarWinds pricing FAQ

How much does SolarWinds cost?: SolarWinds pricing starts at $39/technician/mo on Essentials, billed annually. SolarWinds lists 3 plans on its pricing page.
Does SolarWinds have a free plan?: No. SolarWinds does not list a free tier; paid plans start at $39/technician/mo on Essentials, billed annually.
What pricing model does SolarWinds use?: SolarWinds uses subscription pricing across 3 plans.
When did SolarWinds last change its pricing?: Jul 4, 2026: SolarWinds: Advanced/Premier price hikes (+25%) + feature reshuffle.
How often has SolarWinds changed its pricing?: Pulse has recorded 3 pricing changes for SolarWinds since it started tracking on Mar 19, 2026; the pricing page was last captured on Jul 4, 2026.
Who are SolarWinds's pricing peers?: Pulse compares SolarWinds with Microsoft, IBM, VMware, Splunk, Dynatrace and New Relic.

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