SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor vs VAST Data Platform

SSSolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor9.1Visit VAST Data Platform8.3Visit

Higher score SS 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

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VAST Data Platform #8 in Storage Management Software 8.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit VAST Data

• SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor fits best

  Multi-vendor storage monitoring and forecasting

• VAST Data Platform fits best

  Scalable multi-protocol flash storage

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Side by side

Feature	SSSolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor 9.1/10 Visit ↗	VAST Data Platform 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.3
Ranking	#2 in Storage Management Software	#8 in Storage Management Software
Best for	Multi-vendor storage monitoring and forecasting	Scalable multi-protocol flash storage
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 30-day trial	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs	Email, Phone, Docs
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Enterprise
Features SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor 2/4 · VAST Data Platform 0/4
Capacity monitoring	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Storage provisioning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Performance optimization	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Automated tiering	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment	On_prem	Not checked yet
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	Unified NFS, SMB, S3, and block access Snapshots, backups, and synchronous or asynchronous replication Cloud clusters, REST administration, and scalable flash architecture
Cons	Pricing requires a contact-sales process Self-hosted, on-premises deployment limits cloud-first use cases Focused on monitoring rather than storage provisioning	Pricing requires contacting sales Enterprise architecture may exceed smaller storage requirements Cloud cluster deployment is specified for AWS and Google Cloud
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 →	VAST Data Platform combines file, object, database, and compute services for AI, analytics, and data-intensive workloads. It is designed for organizations managing large-scale datasets across on-premises appliance deployments and cloud… Read the review →

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

• VAST Data Platform — where it wins

  • Unified NFS, SMB, S3, and block access
  • Snapshots, backups, and synchronous or asynchronous replication
  • Cloud clusters, REST administration, and scalable flash architecture

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Enterprise architecture may exceed smaller storage requirements
  • Cloud cluster deployment is specified for AWS and Google Cloud

• SSSolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor9.1/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  Multi-vendor storage monitoring with forecasting, alerts, and application mapping.

  Visit SolarWindsFull verdict →
• VAST Data Platform8.3/10 · Pricing on request

  A scalable platform for unified file, object, database, and block data access.

  Visit VAST DataFull verdict →