SolarWinds | Chart Your Observability Path with Confidence

IT environments and responsibilities are evolving rapidly, making it essential to choose a monitoring and observability solution that supports both your current infrastructure and future IT strategy. The SolarWinds® “Chart Your Observability Path with Confidence” Consideration Checklist helps organizations assess whether a self-hosted, SaaS, or hybrid observability approach is best suited to their needs. The checklist evaluates key decision criteria, including IT strategy, data-residency requirements, management and control preferences, infrastructure scalability, disaster recovery, and available technical expertise. By completing this assessment, organizations can better understand which deployment model aligns with their operational priorities: Self-hosted observability for greater control over infrastructure, data, updates, and recovery processes. SaaS observability for cloud scalability, automatic updates, and provider-managed availability. Hybrid observability for organizations that would benefit from combining the strengths of both approaches. This checklist provides an initial framework for evaluating your options and confidently planning the next stage of your observability journey. SolarWinds can support your organization wherever it is on that journey—with flexible self-hosted and SaaS observability solutions.