SolarWinds Database Observability Reviews & Product Details - Page 20

SolarWinds Database Observability Overview

What is SolarWinds Database Observability?

Database Observability is a type of monitoring solution designed to help users maintain optimal performance of their databases by providing insights into their operational health. This solution is tailored for database teams who require a robust tool to monitor, diagnose, and optimize their database systems, ensuring they function efficiently across various environments, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Targeted primarily at database administrators, DevOps teams, and IT professionals, Database Observability addresses the critical need for real-time insights into database performance. Its capabilities are essential for organizations that rely heavily on data-driven decision-making and require their databases to operate without interruption. With the increasing complexity of database environments, including hybrid setups that combine on-premises and cloud resources, the need for a comprehensive observability solution has never been more pressing. The key features of Database Observability include the ability to monitor key performance metrics, which allows users to track the health of their databases continuously. By detecting early warning signs of potential issues, teams can proactively address problems before they escalate into more significant disruptions. This feature is crucial for maintaining service availability and ensuring that end-users experience minimal downtime. In addition to monitoring, the solution offers diagnostic capabilities that enable users to rapidly identify and resolve performance challenges, such as slow queries and resource bottlenecks. This functionality is vital for maintaining optimal performance levels and ensuring that databases can handle increasing workloads efficiently. Furthermore, the optimization features allow users to fine-tune their database performance through query optimization, effective indexing strategies, and better resource utilization, ultimately leading to greater scalability. One of the standout aspects of Database Observability is its ability to provide a unified view of databases across various environments. This cross-environment visibility ensures that database teams can manage their systems effectively, regardless of where they are hosted. By consolidating insights into a single platform, users can streamline their monitoring processes and enhance their overall operational efficiency, making Database Observability a critical tool for modern database management.

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Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer monitors on-premises, on VMware®, and in the Cloud, including Amazon® AWS and Azure™ virtual machines. Agentless architecture, safe to use in production

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Database Observability Self-Hosted Subscription Pricing:

Flexible Database Performance Analyzer for virtualized environments or SQL Sentry license per instance:

1-50 instances: $1,399.00 per instance

Volume-based discounting is available. 

Flexible Database Performance Analyzer and SQL Sentry license for cloud environments per database:

1-50 databases: $139.00 per database

Volume-based discounting is available.

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SolarWinds Worldwide LLC

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SolarWinds provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses.

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Recent SolarWinds Database Observability Reviews

7/2/2025

Yazid B.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5.0 out of 5

"best support team, best features"

helps a lot to analyse performance and do comparatifs Can crate good dashboards

7/2/2025

Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5 out of 5

"A Powerful, Insightful Tool for Database Health and Performance Monitoring"

SolarWinds Database Observability provides deep visibility into database performance with an intuitive and user-friendly interface. I especially ap...

6/26/2025

Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5.0 out of 5

"Streamlined Database Monitoring with SolarWinds Database Observability"

As a long-time IT administrator, finding the right observability tool that offers both depth and usability can be a challenge. SolarWinds Database ...

SolarWinds Database Observability Pricing

Flexible Database Performance Analyzer for virtualized environments or SQL Sentry license per instance

$1,399.00

Per Year

Flexible Database Performance Analyzer or SQL Sentry license for cloud environments per database

$139.00

Per Year

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SolarWinds Database Observability Media

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Cross-platform Database Home Page

Single-pane-of-class visualization of your cloud and on-premise databases.

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Database Instance Monitoring

DPA can monitor database instances you manage on both physical and virtual servers or Amazon RDS instances hosted in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Table, Query, Index Advisors

Query advisors provide information to help you improve the performance of a specific query, including what type of waits were responsible for significant wait time, whether the statement was blocked by other sessions, and whether execution plans include potentially expensive steps such as full ta...

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Database Instance Resources

Use the resource metrics in DPA to monitor the health of your database and to correlate contention for resources with increases in database wait times

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Response Time Analysis

DPA graphically shows you where the longest wait times are, and it also identifies time periods when wait times that are longer than expected (anomalies)

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Verified User in Law Enforcement

Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)

Validated Reviewer

Review source: Seller invite

Incentivized Review

12/28/2017

"DPA"

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The email reports are great for seeing what is going on. The console is easy to use and provides real time data. Has helped figure out lots of problem areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Really don't have any dislikes. Some times the renewing the license requires contact with Solarwinds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

SQL queries has been the most problems we see. Also found that we needed to add resources to our servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Restaurants

Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)

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Review source: Seller invite

Incentivized Review

12/21/2017

"DPA Review"

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

DPA allows us to be proactive about monitoring databases in our environment and is easy to setup/configure. Everything integrates into a single console. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

It can give so much information it can be difficult to drill down and identify what is most important. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Catching issues before our customers complain. We are able to get insight into how the DBs are performing and can make decisions based on this information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Rik I.

Senior MSS Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

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Review source: Seller invite

Incentivized Review

12/22/2017

"Great Product to see under the hood of your applications"

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Being able to get alerts on DB slowness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Nothing that I've found so far! Be good if it was cheaper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quickly finding root cause of user slow response issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Michael G.

Network Manager

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

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Review source: Seller invite

Incentivized Review

12/22/2017

"DPA "

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I can monitor the performance of all my databases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I really don't have a dislike for this product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Slow database responsiveness. Found what was causing it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ken O.

Security Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

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Incentivized Review

12/21/2017

"Excellent analytical tool for system performance"

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The graphs and different options to customize. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

There is nothing I can think of hand that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Able to find bottlenecks in DBs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Real Estate

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

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Review source: Seller invite

Incentivized Review

12/28/2017

"I have worked with DBA and they love the DPA"

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Showing the colorful graph and root caus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I didn't work with it but the DBA did not complain but liking it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

I tried recommending it but the DBA already was using it in smaller lincences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Normally, they blame everything on DB and by using DPA, will find the rood cause Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)

Validated Reviewer

Review source: Seller invite

Incentivized Review

12/21/2017

"Tested in a POC environment"

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Adding DB to the stack to find performance issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Systems team did not find the interface user friendly. They had no experience with SolarWinds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

Good product that requires more diligent training of staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were able to diagnose and issue with our SolarWinds NPM database and reconfigured the hardware setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Retail

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

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Review source: Seller invite

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12/21/2017

"User friendly and simple"

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

easy information presentation. Very user friendly UI. Doesn't lag. Liked the drag and drop feature. Easy to go through the charts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

the best tool used so far. This was my first time using a DPA so hard to say if it was missing something. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

To monitor metrics of entire environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)

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12/29/2017

"Hard to correlate single user impact"

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Resource correlation with database queries. time slice Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

VM license portion of DPA is ridiculous . We own VMAN and we need to license connectors to that same data twice so DPA can analyze its own version of the same data? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

ETL query efficency Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Government Administration

Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)

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Review source: G2 invite

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12/21/2017

"DPA Usefull"

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Allows monitoring in real time of DB performance, and flags potential problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Interface is a little klugy, but otherwise works well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

Take a look. It's well worth the price and has helped us solve problems quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Monitor and Optimize Database performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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SolarWinds Database Observability Overview

SolarWinds Database Observability Integrations

Recent SolarWinds Database Observability Reviews

SolarWinds Database Observability Pricing

SolarWinds Database Observability Media

Official Downloads

From Monitoring to Mastery: Optimizing Database Performance With Observability

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