While expensive SQL Sentry is the most complete proactive monitoring and reactive troubleshooting tool I've used for SQL Server
Rating: 10 out of 10
July 27, 2021
AG
Vetted Review
Verified User
Starting at $0 Free
View Pricing Overview
What is SolarWinds SQL Sentry?
SolarWinds SQL Sentry is designed to help data professionals optimize SQL Server database performance in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. SQL Sentry delivers metrics to help users find and fix database performance problems and provides scalability, boasting demonstrated success monitoring 800+ SQL Server…
Learn from top reviewers
While expensive SQL Sentry is the most complete proactive monitoring and reactive troubleshooting tool I've used for SQL Server
Rating: 10 out of 10
July 27, 2021I manage the department that is responsible for all of the company's databases. We use SolarWinds SQL Sentry for monitoring our SQL servers proactively as well as reactive tro...
Sentry One a comprehensive monitoring tool
Rating: 8 out of 10
April 22, 2021Sentry one is used to profile anomalies in the SQL Server like blockings, deadlocks and high CPU usage.
Why Switch to SQL Sentry?
Rating: 10 out of 10
April 21, 2021SQL Sentry is being used to monitor 260 SQL instances across or enterprise. We are in the process of integrating the alerting capabilities with SCOM via SNMP. Along with alert...
Mark Lessard
Director - Information Technology
Associate Director of Database Architecture
Merkleinc
1 year of experienceSQL Sentry - Best of Breed
Rating: 9 out of 10
May 1, 2020Currently, we use SQL Sentry to monitor database performance and debug issues as they arise. I open up the dashboard for our production environment at the start of each day. W...
Derek Knutsen
Administrator - Information Technology
Database Administrator
American Health Network
1 year of experienceSentryOne Product Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
April 28, 2020My team uses SentryOne to monitor our production SQL environment. They will use it as a first tool to verify system health when pulled into production issues. If SQL is determ...
Log in with LinkedIn to see content from your network
Pricing
Plan Explorer (SQL Server Query Tuning)
$0
On Premise
Free
SQL Sentry for Azure SQL Database
$161
On Premise
Per year per database (annual subscription)
SQL Sentry
1,450
On Premise
Per year per instance (annual subscription)
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttp://www.sqlsentry.com/portal/store
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Product Demos
SQL Sentry - Live Demo
YouTube
Features
Return to navigation
Product Details
- About
- Integrations
- Competitors
- Tech Details
- Downloadables
- FAQs
What is SolarWinds SQL Sentry?
SolarWinds SQL Sentry is designed to help data professionals optimize SQL Server database performance in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. SQL Sentry delivers metrics to help users find and fix database performance problems and provides scalability, boasting demonstrated success monitoring 800+ SQL Server instances with one monitoring database.
With SQL Sentry, the user can monitor:
- SQL Server
- Azure SQL Database
- SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
- SQL Server on Hyper-V or VMware VMs (including host)
- SQL Server on Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
- SQL Server on Amazon RDS
- SQL Server on Amazon EC2
- SQL Server on Linux
Although a SQL Sentry license can be used to monitor Azure SQL Database in a hybrid environment, dedicated licensing is available for large Azure SQL Database environments.
SolarWinds SQL Sentry Features
SQL Performance Monitoring Features
- Supported: Performance dashboard
- Supported: Intelligent alerting
- Supported: Top SQL
- Supported: Historical trend data
- Supported: Virtualization support
Additional Features
- Supported: Query plan analysis
- Supported: Blocking and deadlock analysis
- Supported: Event Calendar
- Supported: Advisory Conditions
- Supported: AlwaysOn Availability Groups monitoring
- Supported: Index analysis
- Supported: Storage Forecasting
- Supported: SQL Sentry Portal (installed SQL Sentry web interface)
- Supported: Environment Health Overview
- Supported: Tempdb analysis
- Supported: SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) monitoring
SolarWinds SQL Sentry Screenshots
SolarWinds SQL Sentry Integrations
SolarWinds SQL Sentry Competitors
- Quest
- Redgate
- Idera
SolarWinds SQL Sentry Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows |
| Mobile Application | No |
SolarWinds SQL Sentry Downloadables
Frequently Asked Questions
Quest are common alternatives for SolarWinds SQL Sentry.
Reviewers rate Performance dashboard highest, with a score of 9.1.
The most common users of SolarWinds SQL Sentry are Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
Comparisons
Compare with
Reviews and Ratings
(162)Reviews
(1-5 of 102)Why Switch to SQL Sentry?
Rating: 10 out of 10
April 21, 2021
ML
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
Sentry One a comprehensive monitoring tool
Rating: 8 out of 10
April 22, 2021
PB
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
SQL Sentry - Best of Breed
Rating: 9 out of 10
May 01, 2020
DK
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
SentryOne Product Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
April 28, 2020
KR
Vetted Review
Verified User
5 years of experience