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    IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASQL Diagnostic Manager for Microsoft SQL Server helps database administrators to find and fix Microsoft SQL Server performance problems in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Unlike its competition, it provides effective scalability, advanced SQL query analysis and optimization, prescriptive analysis with corrective SQL scripts, powerful automated alert responses, broad PowerShell integration, complete customization, and extensive support for current and legacy Microsoft SQL Server and…

    $1,996

    per instance with first year maintenance included

    vRealize Operations (discontinued)

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AvRealize Operations, or Aria Operations, provided simplified and automated IT Operations Management across private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, and visibility into the entire tech stack, including all physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure components. The product is no longer available for sale.N/A
    Pricing
    IDERA SQL Diagnostic ManagervRealize Operations (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Standard via eCommerce
    1,996.00
    per instance with first year maintenance included
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    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Idera, Inc.
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    Key User Insights
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager and vRealize Operations (discontinued)
    Feature
    IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager
    8.0
    7 Ratings
    2% below category average
    vRealize Operations (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Performance dashboard9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intelligent alerting8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Top SQL9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical trend data9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtualization support5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Medium-sized Companies
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
    SolarWinds Virtualization Manager (VMAN)
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
    OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IDERA SQL Diagnostic ManagervRealize Operations (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IDERA SQL Diagnostic ManagervRealize Operations (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Idera, Inc.
    SQL Server [Business Intelligence] Manager is useful for tracking performance across SSIS, SSRS and SSA and have the data represented in dashboards. It helps improve performance and helps end users. However, several features are redundant for smaller organization that can use the tools that comes with existing Microsoft products. These features also takes time to learn and use.
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    With the introduction of API-based event alerts, there is no need for a proxy, which is a good option. Its ability to manage infra on a real-time basis is a good option that helps monitor, administer and troubleshoot virtual machines.
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    Pros
    Idera, Inc.
    • SQLdm does a good job of providing information at a high level, but also allows me to drill down to specific queries and events if needed. I don't always need to sift through tons of details to get the information I need. It also gives a very wide range of information from SQL specific metrics, to OS metrics, to VM metrics, all the way up to host server metrics.
    • I like how the alert and notification system can be customized. For example, if you know a certain server regularly has long-running queries, you can adjust the alert to not fire unless a query has been running for 30 minutes while the rest of the servers fire after 30 seconds. That is very helpful in not being bombarded at dinner with alerts from a server similar to, "I've been at 90% cpu for 26 milliseconds!!!!!!!...and now it's back down to 30%" Good information to know, but not something you need to literally lose sleep over.
    • I like how you can configure different servers to be monitored differently. For example, you can have a group of servers called DEVELOPMENT that you can turn on heavier monitoring on so you can test how changes in applications might affect the SQL environment, but in the PRODUCTION group, you may only want to enable the heavier analysis and logging when performance issues are actively being reported.
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    • Shows us where we can save on cost of keeping machines running, or boosting resources on VM's
    • the ability to plan deployments with scenario plans that can be customized over a specific timeline
    • reports that can be sent and shared with different teams or departments
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    Cons
    Idera, Inc.
    • Windows client has some issues. When you have small time intervals for your data collection, it can cause the client to become unresponsive and require you to restart it.
    • It takes more time to get the web client running than it does to get the windows client running.
    • The visualizations have been the same for the last eight years--could use a little bit of a refresh.
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    • There are less space for customization.
    • Cannot use for OS monitoring.
    • Some option are very complex like getting an ideal VM report.
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    Usability
    Idera, Inc.
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    Discontinued Products
    It has a good GUI to monitor real-time logs for cloud applications. This is quite a useful tool and preferred over most of the competitive applications in the market.
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    Support Rating
    Idera, Inc.
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    The support is pretty good however some of the KB articles still reference different versions of the product so it can be hard to find answers to common questions
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    Alternatives Considered
    Idera, Inc.
    IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL, Redgate SQL, and MonitorLogicMonitor are similar products to each other. We decided on IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL because our experience with locating heavy queries has been very good and it provides real-time monitoring of all servers and databases. It also allows you to have a large volume of historical data which allows you to analyze trends in the databases.
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    SCOM was quite overwhelming when we first set up a POC for it. There was just too much for one person to handle. With vROPs I can manage the product and provide the support needed for my environment. We also have a Solarwinds environment that provides us with a level of detail and alerting we have come to rely upon. vROPS takes it to another level because it links directly into vCenter to provide you with a complete picture of your virtual environment.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Idera, Inc.
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    Not involved in purchasing.
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    Return on Investment
    Idera, Inc.
    • Allows us to quickly set up ETL processes as soon as we installed SQL Server.
    • There's a lot of free/paid resources available online, decreasing development time.
    • A tool with plenty of experienced developers.
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    • We believe that the ability to preplan deployments with vRealize has proven its return on investments.
    • Our troubleshooting time has been reduced with vrealize because its constantly collecting performance data. typically vrealize will tell us cause of fault before we can determine it ourselves.
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