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Head-to-head · Storage Management Software

SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor vs Pure1

Updated Oct 2026
Both researched from official sources
4 checks side by side

Higher score SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor #2 in Storage Management Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 4 features Visit SolarWinds

Pure1 #7 in Storage Management Software 8.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Pure1

SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor leads on 0 checks, Pure1 on 1, and 3 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 4 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

Highest scoreSolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor · 9.1/10
Free planonly Pure1
Free trialonly SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor
Most featuresPure1 · 3 of 4

SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor scores higher on our rubric for storage management software: 9.1 against 8.4 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #7.

Pure1 offers free plan; SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor doesn't. On deployment, SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor gives you On_prem where Pure1 offers Cloud.

SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor is the better fit for multi-vendor storage monitoring and forecasting. Pure1 is the better fit for teams managing Everpure storage arrays.

SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor fits best
Multi-vendor storage monitoring and forecasting
Pure1 fits best
Teams managing Everpure storage arrays

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Side by side

Show only differences

Feature	SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Pure1 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.4
Ranking	#2 in Storage Management Software	#7 in Storage Management Software
Best for	Multi-vendor storage monitoring and forecasting	Teams managing Everpure storage arrays
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	Pricing on request · 30-day trial	Free plan
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web, Windows	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs	Tickets
Integrations	13 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor 2/4 · Pure1 3/4
Capacity monitoring	✓	✓
Storage provisioning	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Performance optimization	✓	✓
Automated tiering	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment	On_prem	Cloud
Storage protocols	SNMP, SMI-S, REST APIs	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Discovers and monitors storage arrays across many major vendors Tracks capacity, forecasts growth, and detects I/O hotspots Maps storage relationships to applications with AppStack	Monitors fleet health, capacity, performance, and risk in one view Combines VM analytics, forecasts, and workload what-if planning Offers alerts, workflow orchestration, upgrades, and public REST APIs
Cons	Pricing requires a contact-sales process Self-hosted, on-premises deployment limits cloud-first use cases Focused on monitoring rather than storage provisioning	Its fit centers on Everpure storage arrays Access is included with active subscriptions and support contracts Support is listed through tickets
Our verdict	SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor is self-hosted software for IT teams managing storage across multiple vendors. It monitors health, capacity, utilization, availability, and performance across SAN arrays, NAS systems, RAID groups,… Read the review →	Pure1 gives teams managing Everpure storage arrays a cloud-based view of fleet health, capacity, performance, and risk. It also tracks assets and appliance lifecycles, and provides VM analytics for latency, bandwidth, IOPS, and capacity.… Read the review →

S SolarWinds Storage Resource MonitorStorage Management Software 9.1Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Pure1Storage Management Software 8.4Free plan

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Strengths and trade-offs

SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor — where it wins
- Discovers and monitors storage arrays across many major vendors
- Tracks capacity, forecasts growth, and detects I/O hotspots
- Maps storage relationships to applications with AppStack
Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires a contact-sales process
- Self-hosted, on-premises deployment limits cloud-first use cases
- Focused on monitoring rather than storage provisioning
Pure1 — where it wins
- Monitors fleet health, capacity, performance, and risk in one view
- Combines VM analytics, forecasts, and workload what-if planning
- Offers alerts, workflow orchestration, upgrades, and public REST APIs
Where it doesn't
- Its fit centers on Everpure storage arrays
- Access is included with active subscriptions and support contracts
- Support is listed through tickets

SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor9.1/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial
Multi-vendor storage monitoring with forecasting, alerts, and application mapping.
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Pure18.4/10 · Free plan
A free operations platform for monitoring and managing Everpure storage fleets.
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

Last updated 7 Oct 2026 · How we research and update