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IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server vs SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

IDERA and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. IDERA is ranked #12 with an average rating of 7.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.7. IDERA holds a 4.3% mindshare in DDM, compared to SolarWinds’s 9.3% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of IDERA users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server is 4.3%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is 9.3%, up from 8.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 3.0%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Ravi Khanchandani

Founder Director at Techsa Services

Excels in identifying various database performance issues, including long-running queries, wait times, deadlocks, and other performance-related issues.

There's room for improvement on the dashboarding side. Specifically, the health dashboard of the database instances. Some of my customers deal with a large number of monitored database instances. It would be beneficial if they could have a single dashboard for instances, for example, from number one to thirty. This way, I could monitor all these 30 instances and quickly identify any performance issues on any of them. The dashboarding capability definitely needs improvement. In future releases, there should be custom reports and dashboards are crucial. Not everyone needs to see the same page every time. For example, if I'm interested in MYSQL databases, I should have a view that focuses only on MYSQL databases. Customization like this, where users can tailor their dashboards to specific needs, is essential for improving the product.

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Sushma Polavarapu

Sr Data Analytics Consultant at Capgemini

Create essential reporting scripts with simplicity but has some operational challenges

We mainly create functions and scripts required for reporting The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views. It's just simple to use. There is general room for improvement. I have been using it for five years. I have faced stability issues, mainly…

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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 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."

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

"Memory and CPU utilization features are good."

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

"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."

"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."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support for older databases and the ability to manage them in a centralized dashboard."

"What I like most about SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is that it's a powerful solution that lets me advise customers about performance, and it also gives a lot of supporting information."

"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is anomaly detection. It alerts you when things outside the norm are happening, and the feature that analyzes your indexes informs you if you have wide or overlapping indexes. It also helps identify SQL query bottlenecks, letting you know if something is taking longer than usual, if a query plan has changed, and if you need to update statistics. In terms of usage, it is straightforward to use, learn and understand. The patching process is smooth and explains each feature, including links to external resources for further reading."

"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer can help us identify issues we cannot see manually."

"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer helped us locate the performance issues quickly."

"In IT, problems often occur in areas such as applications, web interfaces, or databases. The tool allows users to easily determine the root cause of these issues, whether they stem from the network layer, database layer, or elsewhere."

"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."

"Monitoring is most valuable, and being able to know that there is an issue or problem and I need to go look is also valuable. So, monitoring and learning are the most important features."

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"Very sophisticated routing control and priority messaging capabilities"

"With VMware Tanzu Greenplum, one can make a huge database table and analyze the queries by adding in the SQL command. Some hint or command for the query goes over the multi-parallel execution."

"The message routing is the most valuable feature. It is effective and flexible."

"It is easy to use. The addition of more queues and more services can be managed very easily."

"The most valuable feature is asynchronous calls, which are easy to configure."

"We use VMware RabbitMQ to transfer information from one point to another."

"The security is great."

"Large amounts of data can be moved pretty fast using the solution."

Cons

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"Technical support for this solution needs to be improved."

"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should provide customization options allowing users to add different columns."

"There is room for improvement with the pricing of the platform."

"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should be easy to implement and it should have more facilities to make it better."

"The areas where it currently lags are in reporting and dashboarding. The reports and dashboards are somewhat static, and we cannot create custom dashboards for specific customer needs."

"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should include more details on how everything works."

"It is capable, but I don't believe it has the right value matrix. It also depends on the budget of the company."

"One area where the tool could improve is by adding support for additional databases. For instance, supporting newer databases like Couchbase or MongoDB would be beneficial."

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"It will be very useful if we could communicate with other database types from Greenplum (using a database link)."

"Scalability issues are present."

"Scalability issues are present. Most of our functions or jobs are queued due to that."

"We needed to configure additional plugins. While it was relatively easy to do this on-premises, it became more challenging in the cloud."

"If you're outside IP address range, the clustering no longer has all the features which is problematic."

"They should improve on the ability to scale your queues in a very simple and elegant way with the same power that they have would be great."

"If you have a user consuming a huge load of resources, it takes down the entire system."

"The initial deployment was a little difficult."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"Customers need to pay for the subscription-based license annually."

"There are no extra costs for maintenance or using the solution's support."

"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is a little bit expensive."

"I don't remember the exact licensing cost for SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, but it's within the range of $2,000 to $3,000 a year."

"The pricing of the solution is average."

"It could be less expensive."

"The pricing is fairly reasonable, and it becomes more cost-effective with larger volumes of instances."

"The solution's pricing is cost-effective as it does not involve significant expenses. Licensing is required only for the server, while clients do not need any licensing. Therefore, it proves to be a cost-efficient option."

"The pricing for RabbitMQ is reasonable. It is worth the cost."

"This is an open source solution."

"It is an open-source platform. Although, we have to pay for additional features."

"The pricing is okay."

"We are using the open-source version of this solution."

"On a scale of one to five, with five being the most competitive pricing, I would rate this solution as a four."

"Tanzu Greenplum's pricing is really competitive and gives excellent value for money."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Comms Service Provider

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

14%

Healthcare Company

13%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

24%

Computer Software Company

14%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server?

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

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What needs improvement with IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server?

One thing I'd like to see is the ability to view the execution plan and have the system automatically recommend poten...

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What is your primary use case for IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server?

We use it mainly for monitoring, including CPU, memory, and disk space, and for troubleshooting purposes.

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What do you like most about SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?

In IT, problems often occur in areas such as applications, web interfaces, or databases. The tool allows users to eas...

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?

One area where the tool could improve is by adding support for additional databases. For instance, supporting newer d...

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What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?

We use SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer for performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting performance i...

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How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?

IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, si...

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What do you like most about VMware RabbitMQ?

RabbitMQ provides access to SDKs for development and the ability to raise and log tickets if we encounter issues. We ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware RabbitMQ?

The product is free of cost.

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Comparisons

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 38% of the time

Foglight for Databases vs SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

Compared 18% of the time

Spotlight vs SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

Compared 10% of the time

Oracle Enterprise Manager vs SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

Compared 9% of the time

IDERA SQL Admin Toolset vs SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

Oracle Exadata vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

Compared 11% of the time

ActiveMQ vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

Apache Kafka vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

Compared 7% of the time

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IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server

August 2025

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July 2025

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VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

July 2025

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Also Known As

IDERA SQL DM, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager

Confio, SolarWinds DPA, Ignite8

Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres

Overview

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

SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is a powerful monitoring service that allows customers to monitor their databases. It offers system metrics such as RAM consumption, IO, network traffic, etc. The service is available for both on-prem and cloud deployments, making it a versatile solution for businesses of all sizes.

The most valuable feature is its ability to monitor and learn from the data it collects, helping identify issues and problems before they become major problems, and saving businesses time and money. The service also provides supporting information for performance advising, which helps optimize database performance.

SolarWinds

VMware Tanzu is a robust platform tailored for data warehousing, complex analytics, BI applications, and predictive analytics. It excels in scalability, performance, and parallel processing, enhancing data handling efficiency. Users report significant productivity improvements and streamlined operations, making it ideal for comprehensive data solutions.

VMware

Sample Customers

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

GSI Commerce, Liquid Digital Media, ProLogis, Indiana University

General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University

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