# SolarWinds Observability alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 246 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where SolarWinds Observability holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/solarwinds-observability/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Datadog: 63
- Site24x7: 24
- Zabbix: 22
- Dynatrace: 20
- Grafana: 15
- New Relic: 14

## Infrastructure monitoring

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name SolarWinds Observability.

- Site24x7: first choice in 18 of those 83
- Datadog: first choice in 11 of those 83
- Grafana: first choice in 10 of those 83
- Zabbix: first choice in 10 of those 83
- New Relic: first choice in 8 of those 83
- Better Stack: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Prometheus + Grafana: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Paessler PRTG: first choice in 4 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name SolarWinds Observability (SolarWinds Observability is #15 of 16 at 0%).

- Datadog: first choice in 20 of those 82
- Zabbix: first choice in 12 of those 82
- Site24x7: first choice in 6 of those 82
- LogicMonitor: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Grafana: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Prometheus: first choice in 4 of those 82
- New Relic: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Prometheus + Grafana: first choice in 3 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name SolarWinds Observability (SolarWinds Observability is #12 of 14 at 0%).

- Datadog: first choice in 32 of those 81
- Dynatrace: first choice in 20 of those 81
- Netdata: first choice in 6 of those 81
- New Relic: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Checkmk: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Grafana: first choice in 1 of those 81
- LogicMonitor: first choice in 1 of those 81
- ManageEngine OpManager: first choice in 1 of those 81

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