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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Woodler SMT

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    SMT (SQL Monitoring & Tuning) is an advanced solution designed to help organizations reduce troubleshooting time and deliver consistently high SQL Server performance. Built by performance engineers, SMT provides deep visibility into SQL Server internals, enabling precise and data-driven decision-making. Key Capabilities Root Cause Analysis - Correlates query performance, wait statistics, I/O, and storage metrics to identify true…N/A

    Splunk Observability Cloud

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASplunk Observability Cloud aims to enable operational agility and better customer experience through real-time AI-driven streaming analytics allowing accurate alerts in seconds. It is designed to shorten MTTD and MTTR by providing real-time visibility into cloud infrastructure and services.

    $180

    per year per host

    Pricing
    Woodler SMTSplunk Observability Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Infrastructure
    $15
    per month (billed annually) per host
    App & Infra
    $60
    per month (billed annually) per host
    End-to-End
    $75
    per month (billed annually) per host
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Woodler SMTSplunk Observability Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Woodler SMTSplunk Observability Cloud
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Woodler SMTSplunk Observability Cloud
    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Woodler SMT and Splunk Observability Cloud
    Feature
    Woodler SMT
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Splunk Observability Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Performance dashboard8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intelligent alerting7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Top SQL8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical trend data8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtualization support9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Woodler SMTSplunk Observability Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    7.9
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
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    7.6
    (18 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Woodler SMTSplunk Observability Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Woodler s.r.o.
    Woodler SMT is intended to be [a] specialized SQL Server monitoring tool. Unlike other monitoring systems, Woodler SMT does not take care [of] networks, AD, and other stuff along [with] company infrastructures. As for me, at least, this makes the Woodler SMT very strong in its area of expertise. If anybody is looking for [professional,] specialized SQL performance monitoring, the Woodler SMT would be the best choice. For general monitoring, this tool rather will not help.
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    Cisco
    Its great if you need real-time visibility across complex or regulated environments. Also strong for hybrid or multi-cloud setups where uptime, observability and fast IR are required. It’s probably overkill for smaller teams or environments that don’t have constant changes or compliance reporting needs. It's expensive and has a steep learning curve. Also, in my opinion, do not get yourself into a consumption based model. Costs can certainly get out of control quickly.
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    Pros
    Woodler s.r.o.
    • It contains all the diagnostics information that you need for optimization of queries, deep analysis of SQL server state, and much more
    • Regular deployment of a new versions with minor fixes but mainly with the new features.
    • It helps to make operational decisions, how to improve the performance and also expansion of the whole environment.
    • Buying this also contains excellent service from the Woodler support.
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    Cisco
    • The first one is its Kubernetes container monitoring.
    • I really like this features because as we know how much K8s is vast and to manually monitor each part of the Kubernetes it takes so much time but Splunk Observability Cloud makes it easier. And even once we integrate K8s with Splunk Observability Cloud it gives us some prebuilt dashboards which gives holistic view of our Cluster and its nodes, pods, etc.
    • The dashbaord feature of Splunk Observability Cloud, it gives us full flexibility to customize our dashboard with a wide range of predefined chart types.
    • Now it also supports OTEL, which is a plus point for observability. As now everyone is moving towards Otel and in current market there are only few tools who supports OTEL based integrations, Splunk Observability Cloud is one out of them.
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    Cons
    Woodler s.r.o.
    • Sysadmin access to your system.
    • Consumes disk capacity on monitored server to store all the data.
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    Cisco
    • You can use table-like functionality to generate dashboards, but these queries are heavy on the system.
    • It could be easier to give insight into what type of line parsing is used for specific documents in a company-managed environment and/or show ways to gain the insights needed.
    • I would like to see ways to anonymize specific data for shared reports without pre-formatting this in a dashboard on which reports could be based.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Woodler s.r.o.
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    Cisco
    Good: Stable system with low error rate Easy to use for simple use cases Bad: UI is not very clear for complex usage Mobile view (when logged in from phone) is bad No library for .net
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    Usability
    Woodler s.r.o.
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    When there is an issue, it’s a win if one can easily identify the root cause. To do the same, it should allow the user to dig deep with multiple data points and compare the data and identify the anomaly. In this use case, it’s good to drive from Splunk 011y.
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    Support Rating
    Woodler s.r.o.
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Splunk support is very quick and efficient. Pre-sale specialists are very skilled and available.
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    Implementation Rating
    Woodler s.r.o.
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Follow a training before starting.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Woodler s.r.o.
    We like Woodler SMT because we can benefit from Woodler Support team to connect to our servers and help us with different issues.
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    Cisco
    Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring provides far superior options for anybody using a complex hybrid multi-cloud environment and allows both your SOC and NOC to work together on the same data while driving their own insights. We found other products are still in the old world view of servers and agents residing together within a single data centre, but modern apps are no longer like this.
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    Return on Investment
    Woodler s.r.o.
    • It saves the time of troubleshooting
    • It increases user's satisfaction with products relaying on SQL Server's performance
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    Cisco
    • Significantly reduced the MTTR (Mean Time To Recovery), which in turn has improved the end-user experience tremendously.
    • Meets compliance requirements of security policies, audit, regulation, and forensics.
    • Helps us to track/manage the resource usage on our cloud instances which has a direct implication on the recurring cost.
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    ScreenShots

    Woodler SMT Screenshots

    Screenshot of Server Dashboard
For a comprehensive view of a server’s current state. Woodler SMT helps identify performance bottlenecks and drill down into specific areas with targeted exploratory reports.Screenshot of Per file storage metrics
One of the most comprehensive analyses in the tool, delivering deep insight into storage performance. Analyze read/write latency, throughput, I/O, and average block size with precise database file-level granularity.Screenshot of Per table index usage analysis.
This offers visibility into SQL Server by analyzing operational and usage metrics down to the index level, with up to 3 years of historical data. It can be used for uncovering suboptimal or unused indexes.Screenshot of Query performance analysis over time.
Detect plan changes instantly through visual indicators (different line color)
See real execution time (Last Duration), not misleading averagesScreenshot of Wait statistic analysis
Thread wait statistics are a baseline standard for performance analysis, and SMT goes beyond that. By including signal waits, spinlocks, and latches, it enables the viewer to detect and resolve the most complex thread synchronization issues.

    Splunk Observability Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of Real-time monitoring for public, private and hybrid cloud