Compare Uptime Infrastructure Monitor and SAM - Jan 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Uptime Infrastructure Monitor or SAM?

Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is more expensive to implement (TCO) than SAM, and SAM is rated higher (82/100) than Uptime Infrastructure Monitor (80/100). SAM offers users more features (3) than Uptime Infrastructure Monitor (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is SAM!

Looking for the right Network Monitoring solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

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Who is more expensive? Uptime Infrastructure Monitor or SAM?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Network Monitoring software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Uptime Infrastructure Monitor and SAM.

Uptime Infrastructure Monitor price starts at $997.60 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Network Monitoring software. SAM price starts at $325 per user/month , When comparing SAM to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Network Monitoring software cost.

Bottom line: Uptime Infrastructure Monitor cost is around the same cost of SAM.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Vs. SAM based on some of the most important and required Network Monitoring features.

Uptime Infrastructure Monitor: We are still working to collect the list of features for Uptime Infrastructure Monitor.

SAM: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

The general users of Uptime Infrastructure Monitor are those engaging with small (with 10 to 100 employees) and/or medium-sized (with 100 to 1,000 employees) businesses that harness the services from IT, web and data hosting and other related information services, mainly with IT management, performance management and application monitoring. SAM can be successfully deployed in any business size.