Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline vs IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server comparison

Gigamon and IDERA are both solutions in the Event Monitoring category. Gigamon is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.3, while IDERA is ranked #15. Gigamon holds a 1.7% mindshare in EM, compared to IDERA’s 2.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Gigamon users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of IDERA users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager and Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline compete in IT infrastructure management. IDERA focuses on database health, offering a more user-friendly experience, while Gigamon provides advanced network features that may require more effort to implement.

Features: IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager provides comprehensive database monitoring, real-time performance analysis, and customization of alerts. It excels in ability to identify bottlenecks, deadlocks, slow running queries, and the capacity to run reports. Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline offers network visibility, NetFlow capabilities, and allows optimization through deduplication and header stripping. It enhances security and network analysis through data transformation at the packet capture level.

Room for Improvement: IDERA could improve by expanding non-SQL database capabilities, enhancing analytics dashboards, and integrating with more third-party tools. Gigamon requires improvement in its intelligence for traffic flow analysis, simplification of its setup process, and enhancement of its integration with existing network systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager is known for its straightforward deployment and robust customer support, allowing for easy integration into current systems. Gigamon, although equipped with comprehensive network monitoring, needs more configuration and benefits from detailed documentation to tackle complex setups.

Pricing and ROI: IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager is cost-effective for SQL-centric environments, demonstrating a strong ROI. Gigamon involves higher preliminary expenses due to its network observability features, yet its pricing reflects the value offered for complex network contexts.

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Categories and Ranking

Gigamon Deep Observability ...

Ranking in Event Monitoring

11th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (39th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (32nd), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (43rd), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (31st), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (26th), Network Packet Broker (NPB) (1st), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (16th)

IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manage...

Ranking in Event Monitoring

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database Development and Management (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is 1.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server is 2.9%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Event Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline	1.7%
IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server	2.9%
Other	95.4%

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TuanNguyen13

Senior Relationship Banker at Joint stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of V

Experience boosts operational efficiency while performance sees room for improvement

I don't have specific information on whether it was purchased on the AWS marketplace or somewhere else. I am working with Dynatrace Operator. I am also working with Algosec, Alluvio, CrowdStrike, Firemon, Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, and other solutions. I think it's a good tool, and I am satisfied with it. We have not stored cloud workloads with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline yet; we are still on-premises. The technical support takes about one to two hours to respond, which is acceptable. I am satisfied with the scalability of the product. The interface is good.

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reviewer2317098

Assistant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers effective monitoring of resources but lacks the ability to connect to an AWS instance and write custom queries.

We use it mainly for monitoring, including CPU, memory, and disk space, and for troubleshooting purposes We've set up alerts to notify us when performance deviates from the baseline we've configured for each resource. So, whenever that happens, we get an alert and can investigate immediately. So,…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature for improving network visibility with Gigamon is the packet filtering capability."

"It offers straightforward integration."

"The most valuable feature is NetFlow."

"It is a good product. It provides network visibility, which is important. Gigamon can bring some optimizations to my network. It is helpful for security inspection, and it makes my firewall work fast because my firewall doesn't have to do the inspection of the SSL connections, for example."

"It has high stability."

"The solution is straightforward to set up."

"The Pipeline's Comprehensive Insights into data flows have helped improve operational efficiency and security."

"The tool's most valuable feature is the encryption feature. From a security perspective, the solution hasn't significantly strengthened our security posture. However, it has greatly improved performance by streamlining encryption processes and avoiding encryption at multiple layers. This has also simplified troubleshooting, as we can whitelist certain processes."

"Monitors and alerts on our mission critical instances in real-time on a 24/7 basis."

"The most valuable features are disk space projections for planning, and also the Snapshotting ability, to look back in time, to see what was going on the server at a particular time. It's basically the output of an sp_who2."

"The ability to go back and look at historical data is the most valuable feature."

"The best part of SQL DM is the ability to customize alerts and counters. This allows our team to find an issue then alert on the issue at a granular level."

"SQL DM made troubleshooting much easier and allowed multiple people to look into an issue with confidence."

"Memory and CPU utilization features are good."

"We're able to diagnose issues prior to their actually becoming issues. Without the alerting, we wouldn't have a clue as to what was going to happen. With the alerting, it gives us a heads-up that a specific threshold has been met, and we need to take specific action."

Cons

"The graphical user interface could be improved."

"The Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline should have a feature showing the traffic flow within its platform. Currently, customers have to use separate tools for monitoring, which is inconvenient. If it had its visibility feature, it would make monitoring easier and more complete without needing extra tools."

"They should increase the solution's cluster capacity."

"Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline needs to improve its performance. I face issues with performance because we use SPAN, and the SPAN traffic is not good."

"In terms of improvement, while the initial setup is not overly complicated, we did encounter a few issues."

"The security should be improved."

"It only inspects a specific kind of traffic. There should be different kinds of use cases."

"Its filtering feature needs improvement."

"I would absolutely love to create customized dashboards but, unfortunately, they don't provide me the information that I need to create the report. The report I need is the detail or the transaction detail that's happening on those Snapshots. I'd like to be able to go back through time and search for things. I don't have that functionality, which is very disappointing. That's pretty bad and frustrating because I could query it and find out so much information about what's hitting my environment and when, but instead, they want control over it and to not give me that information. So it's encrypted. I can't pull it out and that is really bothersome."

"They can improve checking the status of the CPU, memory, and IO utilization from each task."

"One thing I'd like to see is the ability to view the execution plan and have the system automatically recommend potential query optimizations, especially at the query level."

"I'm going to do an upgrade which may resolve my issues, but one area for improvement is its ability to handle the amount of data that we collect with it. We're likely one of the largest installations, with over 300 servers being collected with this product, and sometimes there are gaps. That would really be my only concern, in terms of how the data is collected and stored, for consistency."

"We don't find that it helps us with performance monitoring and diagnostics. We find that SentryOne does that better. Also, in terms of alerts, we had to customize them dramatically so that we didn't get alerted on every little thing."

"It would helpful if SQL DM could mark when changes are made within the program."

"The initial setup gives too many user rights to the server, so you have to put a user that is part administrator's group - that's the preferred way - on each server, which is kind of a risk. You want to do least privilege and you're not doing that."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the solution as expensive, around an eight or nine out of ten. There are other competitive solutions available."

"The solution's price is reasonable."

"The solution is highly-priced."

"The pricing is reasonable, it's comparable with the competitors."

"We were upgraded to Premium Support without their actually asking us, when we were quoted. Then I asked for Standard Support and that they had to re-quote us that. But they don't do that by default. They upcharge you by default, which I didn't think was very nice, without even asking."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Comms Service Provider

10%

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Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

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Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline?

The most valuable feature for improving network visibility with Gigamon is the packet filtering capability.

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What needs improvement with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline?

Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline needs to improve its performance. I face issues with performance because we use SPAN, and the SPAN traffic is not good. They need to improve their performance.

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What is your primary use case for Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline?

I am working with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline and Firemon, and I have been working with it for a year.

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Also Known As

Gigamon, GigaSecure

IDERA SQL DM, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager

Overview

Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is a comprehensive network visibility solution that provides real-time insights into network traffic. It offers SSL inspection and mobile network monitoring for traffic monitoring purposes. The solution optimizes networks, aids in security inspection, and improves firewall performance. It is praised for its performance, power, straightforward integration, stability, and ease of initial setup.

With Gigamon, organizations can gain complete visibility into their network traffic, identify potential threats, and take proactive measures to prevent them. The solution is ideal for organizations of all sizes, including enterprises, service providers, and government agencies.

Gigamon

SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server helps database administrators to find and fix SQL Server performance problems in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Unlike its competition, it provides effective scalability, advanced SQL query analysis and optimization, prescriptive analysis with corrective SQL scripts, powerful automated alert responses, broad PowerShell integration, complete customization, and extensive support for current and legacy SQL Server and Windows.

IDERA

Sample Customers

Amica Insurance, College of William & Mary, Gamma, IntercontinentalExchange, OppenheimerFunds

Padnos, University of Notre Dame, D4, Infeon Technologies, Chevron, LC Waikiki, Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, CVE, Colorado State University, St. Charles, Chaucer PLC, 1-800-Flowers, Ancoris, Money Management, National Opinion Research Center, California Department of Health, Plexus; Aviva, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, CBS, Comcast, Google, Merck, Regions Financial, Schneider Electric, Tata Consultancy Services, Verizon Communications, Zurich Financial Services

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