SolarWinds Patch Manager 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

SolarWinds Patch Manager

4.3

(18)

Pricing

Starting at $1,909.00 one time

About SolarWinds Patch Manager

SolarWinds is an on-premise security and patch management solution that offers Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) management, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) management, compliance management and reporting within a suite.

SolarWinds features Microsoft WSUS management, which allows users to manage patches for Microsoft product suite from Windows Update Agent. It also offers an extension to manage third-party patches as well. The product also features SCCM integration, which allows users to manage security patches for third-party software and solutions.

SolarWinds features vulnerability management, which allows users to discover patch vulnerabilities in Microsoft applications. The software also includes pre-built test packages, which help users with patch scripting, researching, packaging and testing.

SolarWinds features customizable reporting and dashboards, which allow users to track the status of patched and system updates under production, testing and implementation stages. Users can also prepare compliance reports required for auditing.

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SolarWinds Patch Manager Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $1,909.00 one time

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Free Version

Basic

$1,909.00

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SolarWinds Patch Manager Features

Popular features found in Compliance
Access Controls/Permissions
Archiving & Retention
Audit Trail
Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
Document Management
Incident Management
Monitoring
Regulatory Reporting
Risk Management
Training Management
Version Control
More features of SolarWinds Patch Manager
Activity Dashboard
Alerts/Escalation
Audit Management
Automatic Patch Deployment
Automatic Scans
Compliance Management
Compliance Tracking
Customizable Reports
Customization
Dashboard
Data Visualization
Inventory Management
IT Asset Tracking
Network Wide Management
Patch Management
Patch Prioritization
Patch Testing
Performance Monitoring
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Scheduling
Server Monitoring
Third-Party Integrations
Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Protection
Vulnerability Scanning
Vulnerability/Threat Prioritization

SolarWinds Patch Manager User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

56%

28%

11%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.7

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.3

Rex S.

Verified reviewer

Computer & Network Security

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Great Solution for Remote Patching!

Positive and highly recommend for either a larger business with inhouse IT, or for MSP's looking for a patching solution.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Offers a wide range of options for remote patching of systems and providing a full accounting of installed patches and reporting. The reporting features are great for keeping track of which computers and when they were patched. Can patch manually or remotely. Alerts to failed patches and completed patching is a great feature so we know when a problem is needed to be resolved or looked into.

Cons:

It can take a little time to set it up and test. Configuring and making sure systems are installed, etc.

Reasons for choosing SolarWinds Patch Manager

Mostly support was the deciding factor for patching

Bart H.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2022

Solarwinds patchmanagement takes over Windows auto update

We sell Solarwinds patchmanagent for all our customers, specially to take over the Windows update proces as Managed Service Provider. Very happy since we use this tool!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Dashboard features with all customer and the machines, as MSP very important. Microsoft can't do this with Windows Autopatch. 3Th party patchmanagement is also very important, not only Windows updates. Take over machines from the same portal/dashboard, as integration for our servicedesk works also nice!

Cons:

The price and sometimes it takes a lot of time to manage the software and updates for our customers.

Verified

Reviewer

Hospitality

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Too complex to be deployed

Great idea implementation to automate 3rd party updates application. However in my case, I wasn't able to get it to work. I was only able to successfully deploy updates in a single site environment, but wasn't able to expand it to all the sites. After days of help, support team had to acknowledge that the product wasn't chosen right for my environment.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Support. I've had nothing but problems with this software, when I was trying to get it to work in my multiple site environment. Support team was very attentive and helpful, trying to help me to overcome the problems. Apparently, my environment was too complex for this solution.

Cons:

Complexity. The software may work well in a single site environment, however in my case with 10+ sites with WSUS at each location I wasn't able to get it to work at all.

Manny P.

Verified reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2018

Patch the easy way.

It's the best way for IT Administrator's to start moving to cloud.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I have been using this software for over 4 years and every year it get's better and better. Patch updating is so simple, that all you do is setup once and it automatically adapts to roles for any other device you add onto your console.

Cons:

Every once in a while some devices, loose connection or is mis-configured, but after a few tweaks your back to patching as usual. Which is setup up and monitor if devices are patching.

Jeremy M.

Verified reviewer

Mining & Metals

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

If you do not have patch manager then you are not doing it right...

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

allows for non windows applications to be patched and installed with Windows updates WSUS. It simplifies the update interface but still keeps true to WSUS

Cons:

It was harder to install and configure correctly. Once it was done its a wonderful tool but can be a challenge to install the first time.

Daniel R.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Looks after our customers

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

We have used this software for a while now to manage patches for them, and system monitoring. All in all, so far this is great. It is set to patch customers on a fortnightly basis, split across groups. It has also alerted us to hardware failures or customer that are running out of storage space.

Cons:

Can be a bit awkward to navigate around, but once used a few times you know where parts are located.

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Networking

51-200 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Solarwinds Patch Manager

Good experience. Has nice capabilities to create tasks such as performing update checks on client systems and staging updates prior to the execution time. this saves bandwidth when updates occur and allows for a more reliable and consistent success rate. There are other almost hidden capabilities with this software too such as auditing all machine specific information on each client system through inventory tasks that are scheduled. IT also allows for wake on lan updates to ensure all clients are patched - Even if they are powered off -

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

This product uses an agent that you push to each client. The agent allows for much better control over windows update processing than Windows/WSUS does natively.

Cons:

There are so many logos and symbols that are hard to understand - the documentation is not great at explaining a lot of the terminology involved in windows updates. Solarwinds assumes you already know this stuff. this software seems very old and the code has not changed much at all since Solarwinds acquired it many years ago now.

Adam B.

Verified reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2017

Patch Manager is a must have for any environment

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Patch Manager has been a critical part of our network management. We are able to keep all of our third party applications up to date, where we used to have to rely on our users to allow the updates to run. Patch Manager has also allowed us to remove Admin rights from our end users.

Cons:

Patch Manager can be a bit difficult to use at first. We had to rely heavily on the administrator guide to get started. Make sure you can devote time to following the procedures in the manual.

Verified

Reviewer

Law Practice

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2018

Decent product, but not great

It's a good product for what it is. But there are WAY better solutions out there to do what Patch Manager does, and for far cheaper.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Allows you to package third party software to be deployed with WSUS.

Cons:

It depends solely on WSUS. That of course includes all the problems associated with WSUS. Slowness is one big one. You can automate the Cleanup Wizard, but that has it's own problems, which Patch Manage doesn't solve. You still need yet another product from another vendor to solve that problem.

Fazl A.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Keep your computers and servers safe with updated patches

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It provides patches for OS based security patches and for 3rd party softwares as well, like vlc media player etc. It also provides patches which our windows update service for desktops and WSUS failed to capture and install on the operating system. We can also maintain a centralized repository for installing updated patches on newly purchased machines or if we are performing an OS reset or update.

Cons:

like other solarwinds products, the Patch Manager is also an expensive tool due to which small businesses are unable to acquire this tool.

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