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

IDERA and VMware are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. IDERA is ranked #13 with an average rating of 7.0, while VMware is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.1. IDERA holds a 4.2% mindshare in DDM, compared to VMware’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of IDERA users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of VMware 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: June 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manage...

Ranking in Database Development and Management

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Event Monitoring (11th)

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 (12th), Data Warehouse (6th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server is 4.2%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 2.8%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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

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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."

"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."

"Memory and CPU utilization features are good."

"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."

"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."

"Pivotal Greenplum's shared-nothing architecture."

"After creating a RabbitMQ service, they provide you with a sort of web management dashboard."

"The security is great."

"Very sophisticated routing control and priority messaging capabilities"

"The most valuable feature for us is horizontal scaling."

"Scalability is simple because it's an MPP database. If you need more processing power or you need more storage, you just add a few more nodes in the cluster. It works on common commodity hardware. You can use any type of server. You don't need to have proprietary hardware. It's fairly flexible."

"The product has been stable and I have never faced any kind of problems with it."

"Very fast for query processing."

Cons

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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

"I’d like this dashboard to use web sockets, so it would actually be in real time. It would slightly increase debugging, etc."

"RabbitMQ is clearly better supported on Linux than it is on Windows. There are idiosyncrasies in the Windows version that are not there on Linux."

"The product has to improve the crisis management, especially in memory issues."

"Initial setup is a little complex. It took around two weeks to deploy."

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

"Their implementation is quite tricky. It's not that easy to implement RabbitMQ as a cluster."

"Lacks sufficient inbuilt machine-learning functions for complex use cases."

"The product is pretty hard to configure."

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."

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

"The price is pretty good."

"The pricing is okay."

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

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

"are using the open-source version, which can be used free of cost."

"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."

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

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Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

16%

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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 potential query optimizations, especially at the query level. In future releases, I w...

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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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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, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...

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What do you like most about VMware Tanzu Greenplum?

The loading speed is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Tanzu Greenplum?

It’s an open-source solution. There are no expenses for using it.

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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.

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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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