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AppDynamics
We had slowness, but didn't know where. We quickly would find out if it was the network, database, app server, webserver, or otherwise. They don't like me saying this, but it's a great "finger-pointer".

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 501-1000 employeesSQL Sentry
It’s great for a DBA to have a tool like SentryOne. To be able to troubleshoot our production environment and come up with a root cause to a performance issue in very little time is awesome. Being able to drill into an instance and see what happened yesterday when a user walks up to our desk and tells us the instance was slow yesterday and they want to know what was going on.
Computer Software, 501-1000 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Application Performance Management
AppDynamics
7.9
SQL Sentry
—
Application monitoring
AppDynamics
8.0
SQL Sentry
—
Database monitoring
AppDynamics
7.5
SQL Sentry
—
Threshold alerts
AppDynamics
8.3
SQL Sentry
—
Predictive capabilities
AppDynamics
7.0
SQL Sentry
—
Application performance management console
AppDynamics
8.3
SQL Sentry
—
Collaboration tools
AppDynamics
8.0
SQL Sentry
—
SQL Performance Monitoring
AppDynamics
—
SQL Sentry
9.0
Performance dashboard
AppDynamics
—
SQL Sentry
9.1
Intelligent alerting
AppDynamics
—
SQL Sentry
9.5
Top SQL
AppDynamics
—
SQL Sentry
9.9
Historical trend data
AppDynamics
—
SQL Sentry
8.2
Virtualization support
AppDynamics
—
SQL Sentry
8.2
Pros
- AppDynamics provides an excellent overview of all the interactions between all of your various applications, providing a high-level view of the overall health of the whole application and any interactions or elements that are unhealthy can be seen from here.
- AppDynamics focusses on Business Transactions, rather than overall application or server performance, meaning you can quickly see if one part of the system is not working as it should, meaning production issues are shown clearly as isolated problems (if they are) rather than overall application health problems.
- AppDynamics provides excellent functionality with regards to tracing coding exceptions - errors can easily be drilled down to the method or line of code that is problematic.
- AppDynamics is hugely flexible allowing very fine grained configuration and customisation.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Airlines/Aviation Company, 5001-10,000 employees- Top running SQL - gives statistical information about long running queries as well the ability to customize filters.
- Deadlock - provides detailed graphical analysis on deadlock chains and involving parties. It is very intuitive and easy to pin point the cause of deadlocks.
- Baseline tuning - provides both sampling and historical trending information on SQL servers as well as detailed statistical information about resources utilization.
- Calendar of events - a centralized place for reviewing SQL agent jobs.
- Condition list - set of conditions that can be customized for business requirements.
Database Administrator
J. Spargo & AssociatesEvents Services, 51-200 employees
Cons
- Functionality on certain features such as reporting.
- Features on alerts that are out of the box.
- Lack of documentation regarding upgrades and new features.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Retail Company, 10,001+ employees- It would be nice if the reports can be interactive like drill down, clickable content, etc.
- Navigation could improve and become more intuitive.
- Calendar of events could also improve - wish the date and time range could be specified instead of just by day or interval.
Database Administrator
J. Spargo & AssociatesEvents Services, 51-200 employees
Likelihood to Renew
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We are a reseller of appdynamics

Verified User
Account Manager in Sales
Computer Networking Company, 11-50 employeesSQL Sentry9.9
Based on 3 answers
Using SQL Sentry has become part of our daily routine, and it has played a big role for us to understand our database activities and make our lives easier to analyse issues and provide resolutions.
Applications and BI Specialist
KathmanduRetail, 1001-5000 employees
Usability
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
SQL Sentry9.1
Based on 2 answers
- Easy to use.
- A complete tool to troubleshoot, monitor and fix SQL Server issues.
Lead Engineer, Database Engineering | Data Sciences
TicketmasterEntertainment, 5001-10,000 employees
Support
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
SQL Sentry10.0
Based on 3 answers
They usually respond within a few hours and will pull in needed resources without the need for me to escalate the issue. They take the initiative to follow up. They are open to suggestions for future enhancements and actually implement them. They give the impression they want to resolve your issues.
Associate Director of Database Architecture
MerkleincMarketing and Advertising, 1001-5000 employees
Implementation
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
SQL Sentry10.0
Based on 3 answers
Was suggested that we install the process monitors on a dev or qa database server, but we found it more useful to create an IT db server and put it there (along with a few other apps that we use for monitoring).

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 501-1000 employeesAlternatives Considered
Better capability set / there are more 3rd party integrations / appdynamics has a bigger profile

Verified User
Account Manager in Sales
Computer Networking Company, 11-50 employeesRedgate is what we historically used. It is a great simple tool. However, with our complex environment, we needed something more robust. I will miss the multiple baseline graph overlays that I have only seen in Redgate.Idera was a very close contender. We had it installed and running against our production environment. The suite of tools is very robust. But their monitoring tool hit our CPU. Their engineers and we were never able to identify the cause of the issue.
Database Administrator
American Health NetworkHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
Return on Investment
- Automate and remediate app issues
- Clients visibility of business transactions
- Visibility of server health

Verified User
Account Manager in Sales
Computer Networking Company, 11-50 employees- Improve employee efficiency.
- Improve user experience.
Applications and BI Specialist
KathmanduRetail, 1001-5000 employees
Pricing Details
AppDynamics
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
AppDynamics Editions & Modules
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SQL Sentry
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
SQL Sentry Editions & Modules
SQL Sentry
Edition
SQL Sentry for SQL Server License
$2,4951
SQL Sentry for SQL Server Subscription
$1502
1. per instance
2. per month