Monitor your SQL server made easy
February 25, 2019
Monitor your SQL server made easy
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Redgate SQL Monitor
We have implemented Redgate SQL Monitor to proactively monitor one of customer's SQL servers used by their CRM software. It helped us find the main cause of their CRM software's bad performance following a P2V migration and change in the number of virtual CPUs. We have used it since for alerting and reporting.
- It is easy to use and provides very good reporting on the SQL servers being monitored. These reports are used in our monthly customer reports.
- Redgate does a very good job at improving the product, fixing bugs and adding new features compared to other products I have researched.
- The insights provided makes it an ideal tool for database administrators and software developers.
- It is a great tool for helping DBAs with their work but a bit expensive for MSPs to use for their day to day monitoring.
- Redgate SQL Monitor is an expensive tool and unless it is the customer's wish to implement it, I would probably use other free tools available.
- We have implemented it for one of our customers who was happy to pay for the license.
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.