IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

IDERA and Broadcom are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. IDERA is ranked #12, while Broadcom is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.6. IDERA holds a 3.5% mindshare in DDM, compared to Broadcom’s 2.7% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of IDERA users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions and IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server compete in advanced data management, focusing on cloud-native development and SQL Server monitoring, respectively. IDERA seems to have the upper hand in SQL-specific tasks due to its targeted capabilities, while VMware offers broader support for modern application frameworks and cloud infrastructures.

Features: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions supports cloud orchestration, containerization, and scalability, which are ideal for organizations adopting microservices and DevOps. IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager offers SQL Server performance tracking, alerting, and diagnostics, vital for database administrators optimizing SQL performance.

Room for Improvement: VMware Tanzu could enhance its SQL-specific functionalities to cater more directly to database-intensive environments. It may also benefit from improved user documentation for clearer navigation of its extensive features. IDERA might improve by expanding its offerings to include broader cloud-native support, enhancing flexibility for hybrid environments. Its user interface could be simplified to better serve administrators new to SQL diagnostics.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VMware Tanzu integrates well with Kubernetes, supporting multi-cloud environments and offering flexibility in deployment. Its customer service aids in enterprise-wide transformations. IDERA provides a straightforward installation for on-premises SQL servers, making setup easy for Microsoft environments. It delivers focused, rapid issue resolution for SQL database assistance.

Pricing and ROI: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions presents higher initial costs due to extensive cloud-native capabilities, yielding high ROI for full adopter organizations using microservices architecture. IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager is cost-effective for dedicated SQL environments, offering quicker ROI for performance-focused enhancements.

To learn more, read our detailed IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server vs. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manage...

Ranking in Database Development and Management

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Event Monitoring (15th)

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

Ranking in Database Development and Management

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Relational Databases Tools (14th), Data Warehouse (9th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server is 3.5%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 2.7%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions	2.7%
IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server	3.5%
Other	93.8%

Database Development and Management

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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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Moisés Guillén

Has improved server deployment speed and simplified Kubernetes cluster administration

My main use case for VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is Tanzu Basic TKB version 2.4 I focus on the creation of Kubernetes clusters with VMware Tanzu Data Solutions. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions has positively impacted my organization because it is efficient, easy, fast, and aids in the creation and…

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

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

"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 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."

"Memory and CPU utilization features are good."

"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."

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

"The parallel load features mean that Greenplum is capable of high-volume data loading in parallel to all of the cluster segments, which is really valuable."

"It works very well with large database queries."

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

"It can be configured to be a very fast message broker. I like the stability, the built-in admin tools and plugin architecture."

"Helps us to achieve large-scale analytics."

"A very good, open-source platform."

"We chose Greenplum because of the architecture in terms of clustering databases and being able to have, or at least utilize the resources that are sitting on a database."

"RabbitMQ provides access to SDKs for development and the ability to raise and log tickets if we encounter issues. We can integrate RabbitMQ using various languages like Java or Python using the provided SDKs."

Cons

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"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 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."

"The next release should include some of the flexibility and features that Kafka offers."

"They need to enhance integration with other Big Data products... to integrate with Big Data platforms, and to open a bi-directional connection between Greenplum and Big Data."

"they need to interact more with customers. They need to explain the features, especially when there are new releases of Greenplum. I know just from information I've found that it has other features, it can be used to for analytics, for integration with Big Data, Hadoop. They need to focus on this part with the customer."

"VMware RabbitMQ needs to create a new queue system."

"The debugging capabilities and testing flexibilities need to be improved."

"Tanzu Greenplum's compression for GPText could be made more efficient."

"Extra filters would be helpful."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"The pricing is okay."

"This is an open source solution."

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

"Since the tool is an open-source product, there is no need to pay anything."

"It is the best product with best fit for price/performance customer objectives."

"Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."

"The price is pretty good."

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

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Comms Service Provider

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Financial Services Firm

21%

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Healthcare Company

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	4

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Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	49

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Also Known As

IDERA SQL DM, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager

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

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.

Broadcom

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

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