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SolarWinds pricing
SolarWinds publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, SolarWinds pricing is $2/kW/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $2/kW/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
SolarWinds plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor | $2/kW/month | 5 | Entry tier |
| Optimize | $4/kW/month | 5 | +$2/kW/month, 5 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Monitor
$2/kW/monthThe entry tier. It covers real-time monitoring, performance tracking, alerts, basic reporting, mobile app.
Optimize
$4/kW/monthOver Monitor, this tier adds:
- Advanced analytics
- Degradation analysis
- Benchmarking
- O&M workflows
- API access
Enterprise
On requestOver Optimize, this tier adds:
- Portfolio management
- Custom integrations
- Financial modeling
- White label
- Dedicated support
What the product covers
The full SolarWinds feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Real-time monitoring
- Performance analytics
- Alarm management
- O&M workflows
- Reporting
- Benchmarking
- Weather integration
- Financial tracking
Integrations
- SMA
- SolarEdge
- Enphase
- ABB
- Also Energy
- Locus Energy
- PowerTrack
Security
- SOC2
- Data encryption
- SSO
- Role-based access
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Mobile support
- Api support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
People bring SolarWinds in for solar monitoring, performance optimization, o&m management, portfolio reporting, investor reporting. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to SolarWinds are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Energy
Too few energy tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SolarWinds (this page) | $2/kW/month | subscription | - | |
| Emerson Ovation | On request | quote | - | vs SolarWinds |
| Novity | On request | quote | - | vs SolarWinds |
| Bently Nevada System 1 | On request | quote | - | vs SolarWinds |
| Cutsforth InsightCM | On request | quote | - | vs SolarWinds |
| Cognite Data Fusion | On request | quote | - | vs SolarWinds |
| iHawk by Cyberhawk | On request | quote | - | vs SolarWinds |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the SolarWinds badges page.
Before you pay for SolarWinds
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $2/kW/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare SolarWinds against the tools that do have one before committing.
SolarWinds runs on web, mobile, api, and is published by SolarWinds Energy of Denver, CO. The full record is on the SolarWinds review, and the rest of the category is under best energy tools.
SolarWinds pricing questions
- How much does SolarWinds cost?
- SolarWinds publishes 3 tiers, from $2/kW/month for Monitor up to On request for Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is $2/kW/month.
- Does SolarWinds have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: SolarWinds is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Monitor and Optimize on SolarWinds?
- Optimize costs $4/kW/month against $2/kW/month, and adds advanced analytics, degradation analysis, benchmarking, o&m workflows.
- Is the Enterprise plan on SolarWinds worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is portfolio management, custom integrations, financial modeling, white label. It costs On request against $2/kW/month for Monitor. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with SolarWinds?
- The record lists 25 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for solar monitoring, performance optimization, o&m management.
- Does SolarWinds charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these SolarWinds prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare SolarWinds against before paying?
- The closest energy tools in this directory are Emerson Ovation, Novity, Bently Nevada System 1, Cutsforth InsightCM. Each has a side-by-side comparison with SolarWinds covering price, platforms and features.