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SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

bySolarWinds
in
4.3
Market Presence: Security Information and Event Management, Removable Media Security

Overview

Product Information on SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

Updated 13th October 2025

What is SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)?

SolarWinds Security Event Manager is a software designed to assist organizations with security information and event management by collecting, analyzing, and correlating log data from various sources within an IT infrastructure. The software provides real-time monitoring and automated responses to security incidents, helping detect suspicious activity and enforce compliance requirements. It features centralized log collection, event correlation, and customizable alerting to streamline the identification of threats. The software enables organizations to respond to potential security breaches by automating workflows and providing comprehensive reporting. SolarWinds Security Event Manager supports auditing processes and assists with maintaining regulatory compliance across networks, servers, and applications, addressing the need for visibility and control over IT security events.

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Pricing

SolarWinds Security Event Manager software uses a subscription-based pricing model, with costs varying based on the number of log sources and the length of license term selected. The software offers tiered packages that typically include annual licenses, support, and updates, with pricing adjusted depending on deployment scale and feature requirements.

Overall experience with SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

Manager
<50M USD, Finance (non-banking)
FAVORABLE

“Quick setup and proactive response stand out in the SolarWinds SEM experience”

4.0
Mar 24, 2026
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It Security & Risk Management Associate
500M - 1B USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Event Centralization Is Strong But Workflow Smoothness Lags Behind Newer Tools”

3.0
Apr 1, 2026
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) provides simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software built to enable customers to accelerate their digital transformation. Our solutions provide organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—with a comprehensive and unified view of today’s modern, distributed, and hybrid environments. We continuously engage with IT service and operations professionals, DevOps and SecOps professionals, and database administrators (DBAs) to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available hybrid IT infrastructures, applications, and environments. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK community, help us to address customers’ needs in solutions for observability, IT service management, application performance, and database management now and in the future.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1999
Head office location
Austin, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Annual Revenue
500M-1B USD
Website
http://www.solarwinds.com

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Peer Discussions

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Reviews and Ratings

4.3

(330 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
39%
4 Star
44%
3 Star
14%
2 Star
3%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • Manager
    <50M USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Quick setup and proactive response stand out in the SolarWinds SEM experience

    4.0
    Mar 24, 2026
    What I value most is how quickly you can start working. While other systems require months of setup, this virtual device gives you complete control of logs and regulatory reports almost from day one. It has been a very positive experience because of its ability to simplify processes that are often complex.
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  • Manager
    <50M USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Quick setup and proactive response stand out in the SolarWinds SEM experience

    4.0
    Mar 24, 2026
    What I value most is how quickly you can start working. While other systems require months of setup, this virtual device gives you complete control of logs and regulatory reports almost from day one. It has been a very positive experience because of its ability to simplify processes that are often complex.
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User Sentiment About SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
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Deciding Factors: SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Vs. Market Average
Performance of SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Across Market Features

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) Likes & Dislikes

Like

What truly elevates SolarWinds SEM is its Active Response capability. Automating actionssuch as banning suspicious users, blocking IPs in the firewall, or stopping malicious processestransforms the SIEM into a proactive defense tool. Reducing incident response time without relying on constant manual intervention is a critical leap in security maturity.

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Like

What truly elevates SolarWinds SEM is its Active Response capability. Automating actionssuch as banning suspicious users, blocking IPs in the firewall, or stopping malicious processestransforms the SIEM into a proactive defense tool. Reducing incident response time without relying on constant manual intervention is a critical leap in security maturity.

Automated Translation from Spanish
Like

What truly elevates SolarWinds SEM is its Active Response capability. Automating actionssuch as banning suspicious users, blocking IPs in the firewall, or stopping malicious processestransforms the SIEM into a proactive defense tool. Reducing incident response time without relying on constant manual intervention is a critical leap in security maturity.

Automated Translation from Spanish
Dislike

The part I like least is that it can feel dated. Once you have worked with newer security tools, you start to notice that the interface and some workflows are not as smooth as they could be. It also takes effort to tune things properly, otherwise you can end up with more noise than value. It's not a bad product, but it definitely shows its age in some areas.

Dislike

The part I like least is that it can feel dated. Once you have worked with newer security tools, you start to notice that the interface and some workflows are not as smooth as they could be. It also takes effort to tune things properly, otherwise you can end up with more noise than value. It's not a bad product, but it definitely shows its age in some areas.

Dislike

The part I like least is that it can feel dated. Once you have worked with newer security tools, you start to notice that the interface and some workflows are not as smooth as they could be. It also takes effort to tune things properly, otherwise you can end up with more noise than value. It's not a bad product, but it definitely shows its age in some areas.