SQL Sentry (SentryOne) is an excellent choice for Administration and Support
Updated May 07, 2020

SQL Sentry (SentryOne) is an excellent choice for Administration and Support

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SQL Sentry

I [use it to] watch for large usages of CPU and repetitive use of stored procedures and ad-hoc queries.
  • Identifies executions, CPU usage and waits of stored procs
  • Identifies waits, wait states within the monitored database(s)
  • Tracks blocked and what is blocking database activity
  • Identification of reports and report activity on SSRS servers
  • Identification of report jobs and subscriptions
  • Identify rights issues on objects
I use Toad and SolarWinds. Spotlight used too much of a server's resources. Sequel Pro was not as well-rounded for SQL reviews.
Very appropriate tool when applications appear to be dragging when many queries run without any perceptive issue

SolarWinds SQL Sentry Feature Ratings

Performance dashboard
10
Intelligent alerting
9
Top SQL
10
Historical trend data
10
Virtualization support
9

Evaluating SQL Sentry and Competitors

Yes - Confio Data Analyzer (Now SolarWinds DPA). It replaced it because it was not as expensive and based upon our scorecard, it did more of what we needed.
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
It was more reasonably priced.
It offer more features of what we wanted.
It was easier to delve down to what was occurring and how we may be able to get better performance.
If SolarWinds migrates the product to include some of the SQL Sentry features and the price is lowered then we may have a contest.