IDERA SQL Inventory Manager vs. SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager

IDERA SQL Inventory Manager

SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IDERA SQL Inventory Manager	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	SQL Inventory Manager helps database administrators to manage Microsoft SQL Server inventory and assets in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Unlike its competition, it provides automatic discovery of Microsoft SQL Server instances, databases, and analysis services in the network, protection against back level versions and missing security patches, confirmation that instance growth meets license commitments, quick display of server details to determine license cost, monitor instance…	$2,556 for 10 instances with first year maintenance included
SQL Server BI Manager	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	Houston-based Idera's SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager is an IT infrastructure monitoring option.	N/A

Pricing

IDERA SQL Inventory Manager

SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager

Editions & Modules

Standard via eCommerce: 2,556.00
for 10 instances with first year maintenance included

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
IDERA SQL Inventory Manager	SQL Server BI Manager
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	IDERA SQL Inventory Manager	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Sql server Pro Easy monitoring Pro Single server
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Drill down Minus Training is needed Minus Larger organization

Features

IDERA SQL Inventory Manager

SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager

SQL Performance Monitoring

Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
	IDERA SQL Inventory Manager - Ratings	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager 7.8 4 Ratings 7% below category average
Performance dashboard	00 Ratings	8.04 Ratings
Intelligent alerting	00 Ratings	8.54 Ratings
Top SQL	00 Ratings	8.54 Ratings
Historical trend data	00 Ratings	8.03 Ratings
Virtualization support	00 Ratings	6.03 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	IDERA SQL Inventory Manager	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Redgate SQL Monitor Score 8.2 out of 10	Redgate SQL Monitor Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises	Redgate SQL Monitor Score 8.2 out of 10	Redgate SQL Monitor Score 8.2 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	IDERA SQL Inventory Manager	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (5 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IDERA SQL Inventory Manager	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Likelihood to Recommend	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) No answers on this topic	Idera Software 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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) No answers on this topic	Idera Software Types of alerts Dashboard view Configurable Alerts Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) No answers on this topic	Idera Software Lacks versioning control. Lacks support/native driver for alternative database. Only plays well with other Microsoft products. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) No answers on this topic	Idera Software SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager does what SQL Server Management Studio should already do natively. So it actually fills up important gaps Microsoft left in its product. Incentivized Gedson Silva Senior Production Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) No answers on this topic	Idera Software More efficiencies throughout the BI stack Less employees needed for monitoring all the BI processing Proactive error handling Incentivized Samir Patel, PMP SQL Development Team Lead Read full review
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