dbWatch vs. Oracle Enterprise Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
dbWatch
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
According to the vendor, dbWatch is a complete and scalable database monitoring solution, helping enterprises monitor and manage any number of SQLServer and Oracle database servers efficiently. dbWatch also supports Azure, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Sybase. The vendor promises that dbWatch will give companies total control over all aspects of operation, performance, analytics and resource usage. Additionally, the vendor claims that dbWatch will have the total overview companies need in order to…
$350
5-9 instances
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Score 6.8 out of 10
N/A
Oracle’s Enterprise Manager is an on-premises monitoring and management tool. The console is designed primarily to manage other Oracle products, it but can integrate to manage non-Oracle components as well.N/A
Pricing
dbWatchOracle Enterprise Manager
Editions & Modules
MariaDB/Sybase
$350
5-9 instances
MS-SQL/PostgreSQL
$425
5-9 instances
MS-SQL Server/Oracle
$600
5-9 instances
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
dbWatchOracle Enterprise Manager
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
dbWatchOracle Enterprise Manager
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
dbWatchOracle Enterprise Manager
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
dbWatch
-
Ratings
Oracle Enterprise Manager
8.4
14 Ratings
5% above category average
Remote monitoring00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Network device monitoring00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Multiple Server Monitoring00 Ratings8.314 Ratings
Multi-device monitoring00 Ratings8.311 Ratings
Automated alerts and notifications00 Ratings8.514 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
dbWatch
-
Ratings
Oracle Enterprise Manager
8.1
14 Ratings
9% above category average
Patch Management00 Ratings7.912 Ratings
Service configuration management00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Software and hardware inventory00 Ratings6.713 Ratings
Policy-based automation00 Ratings8.811 Ratings
Reporting
Comparison of Reporting features of Product A and Product B
dbWatch
-
Ratings
Oracle Enterprise Manager
7.2
14 Ratings
5% below category average
Performance data reports00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
Customizable reporting00 Ratings4.612 Ratings
Data visualization00 Ratings8.313 Ratings
Risk analysis00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
dbWatch
-
Ratings
Oracle Enterprise Manager
4.2
14 Ratings
45% below category average
Data backup and recovery00 Ratings3.612 Ratings
Antivirus and malware management00 Ratings5.05 Ratings
Administrator access control00 Ratings3.914 Ratings
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User Ratings
dbWatchOracle Enterprise Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(5 ratings)
8.0
(20 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
dbWatchOracle Enterprise Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
dbWatch
It's very fabulous with the support of Oracle and MySQL servers. Excellent with getting real-time health reports. Magnificent with auto-discovery of database servers. Intuitive and intuitive UI.
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Oracle
OEM is very well suited for all Oracle products, especially Oracle databases and Exadata machines; even not Oracle hardware, it is very good and displaying high level details. OEM is not well suited for older hardware vendors like AIX, HP-UX, DEC/Digital, Microsoft (sql server). This is a big negative as most large companies have a heterogeneous environment with many different vendor hardware and (database) software products.
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Pros
dbWatch
  • It's a magnificent with getting health reports on our database.
  • Excellent with monitoring our MS SQL server.
  • Terrific with monitoring our database.
  • Intuitive user dashboard.
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Oracle
  • Database status. Being able to see which databases are up/down, at a glance, allows us to quickly react to issues.
  • Reporting. We report on last backups, daily status, a host of metrics, and compliance levels of all our databases. With reporting we come into the office with a set of "status" reports and we know instantly if a database has issues.
  • Metrics. We have a number of KPI's and SLA's we need to meet. Metrics applied to the databases allow us to stay on top of those requirements as well as fix common issues without a DBA needing to log in to assess the issue.
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Cons
dbWatch
  • It requires skilled personnel to configure.
  • Efficient with database recovery and backup.
  • Terrific with workflow management
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Oracle
  • We also use OEM to monitor SQL Server. However, OEM only provided limited features for SQL Server. It would be nice if we can schedule backup jobs for SQL Server in OEM.
  • The ability to run SQL queries. You can't run queries in OEM. I have to go to SQL Developer or SQL PLUS to run. queries.
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Usability
dbWatch
No answers on this topic
Oracle
Navigation is clean and neat.
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Support Rating
dbWatch
No answers on this topic
Oracle
I still rate OEM as a must-have tool for central management of Oracle fleet. The pros and cons of the product is prominent. Meanwhile, I also acknowledge that OEM was design about a decade ago. At that time, it did not have the landscape we have today, such as cloud, DEVOPS, machine learning, etc. I hope in future releases, the design will incorporate those features.
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Alternatives Considered
dbWatch
Super amazing for data visualization. Magnifying with monitoring database 24/7 which is automatic. Great with developing mobile applications.
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Oracle
Toad for Oracle is more suited for individual users who have a strong focus on database development, and it is not as comprehensive as Oracle Enterprise Manager. While it is quite decent in logical database layer tasks, such as schema objects and SQL, it lacks visibility into host level and I/O layer performance stats.
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Professional Services
dbWatch
No answers on this topic
Oracle
I work with OEM SCP team. They are great.
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Return on Investment
dbWatch
No answers on this topic
Oracle
  • When we were using Oracle GoldenGate, it made our life easy in terms of visually seeing the configuration and identifying issues easily
  • It also makes ASM management very easy instead of doing it in the command line
  • Creating policies and implementing certain standard configurations across all the databases is easy
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ScreenShots

dbWatch Screenshots

Screenshot of dbWatch global dashboard