Redgate SQL Monitor vs. SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager

Redgate SQL Monitor

SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Redgate SQL Monitor	Score 8.2 out of 10	N/A	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
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

Redgate SQL Monitor

SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

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

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

All prices are per server and include one year’s support and upgrades. For clusters, each node requires a license. Virtual machines also require a license. You don't need to buy extra licenses for multiple SQL Server instances on a server.

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Redgate SQL Monitor	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Considered Both Products	Redgate SQL Monitor No answer on this topic	SQL Server BI Manager Verified User Manager Chose SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager For our small environment, we already had Idera SQL Diagnostics manager so we felt like that would be good enough and not pay for the extra licensing. If we had a bigger BI footprint, we could certainly have had a good business case for it. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Cpu usage Pro Sql servers Pro Quick results	Pro Sql server Pro Easy monitoring Pro Single server
Top Cons	Minus Custom metrics Minus Isn't the best Minus Performance issues	Minus Drill down Minus Training is needed Minus Larger organization

Features

Redgate SQL Monitor

SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager

SQL Performance Monitoring

Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
	Redgate SQL Monitor 9.8 5 Ratings 16% above category average	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager 7.8 4 Ratings 7% below category average
Performance dashboard	10.05 Ratings	8.04 Ratings
Intelligent alerting	9.04 Ratings	8.54 Ratings
Top SQL	10.04 Ratings	8.54 Ratings
Historical trend data	10.05 Ratings	8.03 Ratings
Virtualization support	10.02 Ratings	6.03 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Redgate SQL Monitor	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	SolarWinds SQL Sentry Score 9.0 out of 10	Redgate SQL Monitor Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises	SolarWinds SQL Sentry Score 9.0 out of 10	Redgate SQL Monitor Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Redgate SQL Monitor	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (5 ratings)	7.0 (5 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Redgate SQL Monitor	SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Likelihood to Recommend	Redgate Redgate SQL Monitor is well suited for database administrators or companies who implement software that relies on SQL servers. It will help them test new changes and ensure this will not impact the performance of their software. It is a last resort for MSPs to use to get to the bottom of an ongoing performance issue with their SQL server. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	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	Redgate It will tell you if your server is under attack. You can quickly see how your server is performing and which queries are taking the longest I gives you the feeling that you are in control of your database, that you know what is going on for when they users ring up and tell you that the server is slow Incentivized Doug Thompson 2016-17 Full Stack Solution Architect Read full review	Idera Software Types of alerts Dashboard view Configurable Alerts Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Redgate Incremental releases can be buggy Isn't the best for pinpointing performance issues Web interface can be sluggish Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	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
Usability	Redgate Access to metrics is simple but I like easy access to top SQL Chris Taylor Director Read full review	Idera Software No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Redgate Fast support responses from Redgate Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Idera Software No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Redgate 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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	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	Redgate The quality of the product and give a negative investment impression, on the plus side when it does work it is a god send. Day to day tasks as made simpler, and a feeling of security of realised. Just don't change anything. Incentivized Doug Thompson 2016-17 Full Stack Solution Architect Read full review	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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