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Redgate Monitor vs. SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Redgate Monitor
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Redgate’s SQL Monitor helps teams looking after SQL servers be more proactive. SQL Monitor enables monitoring environments custom to the user’s SQL server to recognize issues before they impact users. It supports monitoring on-premises and cloud-based servers from a single interface.N/A
SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor
Score 9.2 out of 10
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VividCortex, acquired by SolarWinds in December 2019, provides database performance monitoring designed to increase system performance, team efficiency, and infrastructure cost savings. The GDPR- and SOC 2-compliant platform offers visibility into major open-source databases—MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, MongoDB, and Redis—for the engineering team at scale. Industry leaders like Etsy, GitHub, SendGrid, and Yelp rely on Database Performance Monitor for all-query monitoring and drill…N/A
Pricing
Redgate MonitorSolarWinds Database Performance Monitor
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Redgate MonitorSolarWinds Database Performance Monitor
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll prices are per server and include one year’s support and upgrades.—
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Community Pulse
Redgate MonitorSolarWinds Database Performance Monitor
User Ratings
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Usability
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User Testimonials
Redgate MonitorSolarWinds Database Performance Monitor
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited when you have one SQL server and you don't have a dedicated DBA. Where your biz depends on this DB. It's easy to add more monitoring.
Doug Thompson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Doug Thompson
2016-17 Full Stack Solution Architect
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Computing resources consumed by the DB instance, DPA queries & wait time, deadlock conditions, virtual infrastructure resources. The addition of NPM & DPA integration as well as cross-correlation in the identification of issues with the network or server or DB is all stupid-proof. Monitoring is more than just health and resource consumption, it's also performance. DB performance analysis is key to maintaining healthy DB instances.
Mike Maner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mike Maner
Network Systems Engineer
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Pros
  • Missing index
  • RAM usage
  • CPU usage
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  • Simple to use and very easy to learn.
  • The execution engines run in parallel, can execute any syntax or query.
  • DPN can run all queries for both Oracle and SQL with no additional support.
Mike Maner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mike Maner
Network Systems Engineer
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Cons
  • I don't think the custom metrics/alerting is as flexible as say SQLSentry
Chris Taylor | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chris Taylor
Director
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  • The Reporting feature currently doesn't allow customization.
Mike Maner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mike Maner
Network Systems Engineer
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Usability
Access to metrics is simple but I like easy access to top SQL
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Director
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Support Rating
Fast support responses from Redgate
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Alternatives Considered
Redgate SQL Monitor is a lot cheaper than SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer. I prefer the SolarWinds' design and that it offers integration with other SolarWinds products we already use. SolarWinds supports more than SQL servers (Oracle, MySQL, Maria DB, IBM DB2) and the analysis seems to be much better. The Spiceworks SQL Server monitoring is a free tool and is ideal for monitoring small business SQL instances.
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DPM is less expensive and more feature-rich. Also, Oracle tech support is garbage, unless you can afford to spend a day getting assistance.
Mike Maner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mike Maner
Network Systems Engineer
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Return on Investment
  • Allows us to proactively fix issues before they happen
  • Allows us to quickly react to issues without having to wait for someone else to notice
  • Cuts down on the amount of time spent doing daily checks
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  • What is the cost of a downed DB instance? That's your ROI. DPM lets you see issues before they become critical.
Mike Maner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mike Maner
Network Systems Engineer
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ScreenShots

Redgate Monitor Screenshots

Screenshot of the Redgate Monitor dashboard, monitoring an entire database estate from a single pane of glass.Screenshot of where Redgate Monitor automates time-consuming manual tasks, such as identifying long-running queries or tracking blocked processes. Built-in tips and guidance ensure users get the most out of the information provided.Screenshot of where users can manage an entire environment from a single pane of glass.Screenshot of the dashboard where instant problem diagnosis and customizable alerts appear.Screenshot of the evolution of Redgate Monitor.

SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor Screenshots

Screenshot of The Profiler Dashboard is a powerful, dynamic dashboard for ranking and filtering activity on your servers: It can instantly show you what needs attention and it provides a unified view of all your database types that VividCortex monitors. It enables you to view and understand your system by profiling it according to its most significant attributes—customized and selected by you.Screenshot of This dashboard displays a list of queries and allows you to filter them with powerful specificity. Filters can be set according to query text, host, and timeframe when the query was first seen / last active.Screenshot of VividCortex captures an enormous amount of data, and the Summary Dashboard helps users make sense of it, reducing their time-to-insight. It features widgets with automatic displays for Top 5 Queries by Total Time, Top 5 Queries by User CPU, Application Overview, Critical Events, and more.Screenshot of VividCortex monitors thousands of metrics in your system, and the Charts and Dashboard’s navigation pane allows you to toggle, customize, and enable various categories of generated charts. You can then easily navigate and examine the charts’ metrics with mouseover and zoom capabilities.