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SolarWinds Database Observability Overview

What is SolarWinds Database Observability?

Your databases are the backbone of your business, built with dedication and care. Now, they need an observability solution that matches your passion—ensuring they perform at their absolute best. Database Observability, available as Self-Hosted or SaaS, empowers database teams to monitor databases for emerging issues, diagnose and uncover root causes, and optimize for faster performance across leading database technologies both on-premises and in the cloud. Monitor: Track key performance metrics and detect early warning signs to prevent issues before they escalate. Diagnose: Rapidly identify and resolve performance challenges like slow queries and resource bottlenecks. Optimize: Fine-tune database performance with query optimization, indexing strategies, and efficient resource utilization for greater scalability. Observe Everywhere: Gain complete cross-environment visibility with a unified view of your databases, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments, all from a single platform.

SolarWinds Database Observability Details
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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

YB
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
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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...
Verified User
C
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 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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SolarWinds Database Observability Pros and Cons

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AMITESH S.
AS
Linux Administrator
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

In SolarWinds database mapper is easy to learn and secure platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

SolarWinds Database Mapper's GUI interface is little bit slow compare than other softwares. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are working in large infrastructure project and need to manage 1200+ servers. So it is very easy to maintain DB of these servers as well as monitoring of those servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John Alexis C.
JC
Senior System Administrator | Information Technology
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The product is easy to use. You can easily install, configure and administer it on an instance or virtual machine. You can also integrate it very well in your seamlessly and we all know that the customer support of Solarwinds has positive feedback from its customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The cost of this product may be expensive since the large corporation has a lot of databases that need to get monitored and also not suitable for small/start-up companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I haven't gone that far with the application. But when I tested it in my own test environment and the interface was user-friendly. I hope that I will have a spare time to perform a deep dive with this applicaiton. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
AB
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Database mapping is easy with Solarwindws about particular object with its Object id search very helpful to query a particular device with the ID tagging.

During the solarwindws upgrade process upgrade it's easy to update the version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

As of now no complaints received so far while working with solarwinds

During Database down it affect the entire infrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

No problems were received so far while working on solarwinds Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

ease of use, email alerts are very helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

support is not what it was before solar winds purchase Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

server issues, db contention Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Printing
AP
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The product is easy to use, has a simple and intuitive interface, and offers a wide range of customization options. It integrates seamlessly with other SolarWinds products and has good customer support. It helps identify the root causes of performance issues and provides detailed recommendations for resolution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Cost: SolarWinds Database Mapper can be expensive, especially for larger organizations that need to monitor many databases.

Scalability: The tool is designed for larger enterprise environments and may not be suitable for small organizations with limited IT resources.

Limited to specific databases: SolarWinds DPA mainly supports SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and DB2, it does not support other types of databases.

Complexity: The tool might be a bit complex for users without a deep understanding of databases and the technical concepts behind performance monitoring and analysis

Limited to Windows-based Systems: The tool is only compatible with Windows-based systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Improved performance: By providing detailed insights into the performance of databases, SolarWinds Database Mapper can help organizations identify and resolve issues that are impacting performance. This can lead to faster and more efficient databases, which can improve the overall performance of the organization.

Increased uptime: By monitoring databases for potential issues and providing alerts and notifications, SolarWinds Database Mapper can help organizations proactively address problems before they lead to downtime. This can help increase uptime and reduce the impact of downtime on the organization.

Better capacity planning: The mapping function of SolarWinds Database Mapper allows users to visualize the relationship between databases, applications, and servers, which can help identify dependencies and potential bottlenecks in the environment. This can help organizations make more informed decisions about capacity planning and performance optimization.

Cost savings: By proactively identifying and resolving performance issues, SolarWinds Database Mapper can help organizations reduce the costs associated with downtime and slow performance. Additionally, by providing detailed recommendations for resolving issues, the tool can help organizations reduce the time and resources required to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Better decision-making: The detailed insights provided by SolarWinds Database Mapper can help organizations make more informed decisions about capacity planning, performance optimization, and other IT initiatives.

Better compliance: By monitoring and recording various performance metrics, SolarWinds DPA can help organizations stay in compliance with various regulations and industry standards.

Overall, SolarWinds Database Mapper is a powerful tool that can help organizations optimize the performance of their databases and take control of their IT infrastructure. It helps to proactively identify and resolve performance issues, improve uptime, and reduce costs. The tool also helps organizations to make better decisions and stay in compliance with industry standards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ramy H.
RH
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

1- Good That I Could Review that for Free

2- Precision

3- Had No Idea that DB could be monitored

4- It was not complete, and I had to build VMsfor it

5- SolarWinds has always been my favorite Monitoring tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

1- Error Message for Windows Authentication

2- Pre-requisites, Dependencies, and repositories are not mentioned during a quick installation for the host

3- I will Continue Review Later on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Didn't Go that far with the application, but I can submit another review, and the benefits and the rating and the review procedure is outstanding, so Good luck with your application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ishrat M.
IM
Associate Manager Collaboration Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

in my experience, I have to deal with mutiple Dbs and on the different application levels, so I searched out different products but found Solar Wind Data mapper the best so purchased it, and it was really fascinating and facilitating Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Still finding if their any dislike, I can tell but until now, it's 100% Liked. I have suggested this product to my other colleagues to use this product as it's up to mark. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In spite of having different locations each DBs like Documation and have different tools for accessing. We have this utility to have a centralized and managed in one place Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zeeshan S.
ZS
Network Security Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Stability of the product and maintenance upgrades on time.the releases you come up with on tegular basis is something that we must appreciate as compared to your competitors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Support is a bit hectic and tiresome to get engineer on call.but the releases you come up with on tegular basis is something that we can tradeoff with lazy support team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It is helped me analysing my databases like anything else. But sometimes i feel that you should add more features to the product apart from realtime monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prabuddha H.
PH
Lead Network Security Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

its ability to provide a graphical representation of database relationships, support for multiple database platforms, and features such as data discovery and impact analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

This does not have certain advanced features, such as the ability to perform database comparison and synchronization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

This supports multiple database platforms and offers features such as data discovery, data lineage, and impact analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Srinivas P.
SP
Cloud and Reliability Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I can understand the DB level connections and architecture from this ttol and it will helpful for me to take the inventory for a DB Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The UI looke a little old and there sometime we faced a slowness on thw UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Understand the flow and hits for the DB withe communications of the databases too Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.