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SolarWinds

SolarWinds licenses SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted per node in Essentials, Advanced and Premier tiers, the older SolarWinds Platform (Orion) modules by element tiers such as NPM SL100 to SLX, SAM nodes or component monitors and VMAN sockets, DPA per database instance and Web Help Desk per technician, all as term subscriptions under an EULA that renews automatically and reserves an audit right.

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Overview articleSolarWinds licensingSolarWinds licenses SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted per node in Essentials, Advanced and Premier tiers, the older SolarWinds Platform (Orion) modules by element tiers such as NPM SL100 to SLX, SAM nodes or component monitors and VMAN sockets, DPA per database instance and Web Help Desk per technician, all as term subscriptions under an EULA that renews automatically and reserves an audit right.Cited · Edited 2026-09-30 · 28 references

Guides

SolarWinds EULA, subscription and support termsCited · Edited 2026-09-30

SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-30

SolarWinds Platform module licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-30

SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-30

SolarWinds Web Help Desk, Serv-U and Dameware licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-30

Licensing Data

From the SolarWinds catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 76 verbatim excerpts from 43 SolarWinds documents.

Metrics 22

Additional Polling EnginePolling engine Component monitor (SAM)Component monitor Copy (Serv-U installation)Installation CPU socket (VMAN)Socket Database instance (DPA)Database instance Device (EULA licence key)Device Device (NCM)Device Drive (SRM)Drive

Rules 52

Annually paid subscriptions can be ended at an annual boundary for 20% of the remaining feesTerm Centralized Dameware keys can be split across Central Servers up to the purchased seatsCounting Converting perpetual products to subscription terminates the perpetual licencesConversion Date-based licences work with previous product versionsVersion rights DBSH licences from one key can be split between DPA and SQL SentryUse rights Deployment Services require active maintenance and expire after 60 daysServices DPA licences and AWS Marketplace metering cannot be mixed on one serverCloud DPA licences float between registered instancesCounting

Programs 10

DPA AWS Marketplace Metering ServiceMarketplace consumption Flexible licensing (SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted)Licence pooling Legacy perpetual product conversionLicence conversion Premier overagesOverage allowance SolarWinds Deployment Services (Levels 1 to 3)Professional services SolarWinds Improvement Program (SWIP)Telemetry program SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Enterprise editionEdition / scale option SolarWinds Platform product evaluationEvaluation

SKUs 20

Database Self-Hosted (DBSH)DBSH Database Self-Hosted DBaaS (DBSHDS)DBSHDS IPAM IP address tiers (IP1000 to IPX)IP1000, IP4000, IP16000, IPX NCM device tiers (DL50 to DLX)DL50, DL100, DL200, DL500, DL1000, DL3000, DLX NPM SL100SL100 NPM SL2000SL2000 NPM SL250SL250 NPM SL500SL500

Products

All 25 Products

Network Management Tools 4

IP Address Manager, NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, Network Performance Monitor, User Device Tracker

File Migration Software 4

Serv-U, Serv-U FTP Server, Serv-U Gateway, Serv-U MFT Server

Monitoring Software 3

All SolarWinds on-premises Software, SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted, SolarWinds Platform

Remote Support Software 2

Dameware Mini Remote Control, Dameware Remote Support

Database Software 2

Database Performance Analyzer, SQL Sentry

Network Automation Tools 2

Network Automation Manager, Network Configuration Manager

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