Monitoring cost calculator
Compare what you pay SolarWinds today with what FirstWave NMIS would cost at your own rate.
Three-year difference
Enter your FirstWave rate
- SolarWinds now
- $14,480
- SolarWinds, 3 years
- $619,666
Your environment
Enter the per-device monthly rate from your own FirstWave quote.
The FirstWave figure uses the rate you enter here, not a FirstWave list price. NMIS pricing is quoted by your FirstWave contact, not published, so use your own quote.
SolarWinds groups your wireless access points, cloud services and containers into nodes alongside your devices and hosts, then charges separately for log volume. FirstWave counts every device, host, access point, cloud service and container as one unit, at the rate you enter, with no separate log charge.
Monthly cost comparison
| Month | SolarWinds | FirstWave |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $14,480 | Enter your FirstWave rate |
| 6 | $15,305 | Enter your FirstWave rate |
| 12 | $16,147 | Enter your FirstWave rate |
| 18 | $17,056 | Enter your FirstWave rate |
| 24 | $18,034 | Enter your FirstWave rate |
| 30 | $19,005 | Enter your FirstWave rate |
| 36 | $20,097 | Enter your FirstWave rate |
SolarWinds list prices Opens in a new tab, checked September 2, 2026
SolarWinds nodes
840 nodes
Devices plus hosts plus wireless access points, cloud services and containers grouped into nodes
500 + 300 + ceil(100/10) + ceil(30/3) + ceil(200/10) = 840 nodes
SolarWinds monthly cost
$14,480
Nodes x SolarWinds price per node, plus log volume x SolarWinds price per log GB
840 nodes x $15.75 + 250 GB x $5.00 = $14,480
FirstWave devices
1,130 devices
Devices plus hosts plus wireless access points plus cloud services plus containers
500 + 300 + 100 + 30 + 200 = 1,130 devices
FirstWave monthly cost
Enter your FirstWave rate
Devices x your FirstWave rate per device
1,130 devices x Enter your FirstWave rate
FirstWave's NMIS scales to large, complex networks without charging extra for wireless access points, cloud services, containers or log volume. See how NMIS scales
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Estimates only. Every assumption is listed above and you can change it. Tier prices are the published annual USD prices on open-audit.com and were correct on 2026-09-02.