Redgate Monitor vs vRealize Network Insight comparison

Redgate and Broadcom are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Redgate is ranked #72, while Broadcom is ranked #39 with an average rating of 8.0. Redgate holds a 0.4% mindshare in IM, compared to Broadcom’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Redgate users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

vRealize Network Insight and Redgate Monitor compete in IT infrastructure management, with vRealize Network Insight leading due to its extensive network management features.

Features: vRealize Network Insight includes network traffic analysis, application dependency mapping, and security optimization insights. Redgate Monitor offers real-time SQL Server performance tracking, alerting mechanisms, and historical data analysis for database optimization.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vRealize Network Insight provides a cloud-hosted deployment option with comprehensive documentation and support. Redgate Monitor is known for its easy installation and configuration, alongside strong customer service for post-deployment.

Pricing and ROI: vRealize Network Insight has a higher initial setup cost, justified by its robust feature set and network efficiency ROI. Redgate Monitor presents a more budget-friendly option with lower upfront costs, offering swift ROI for SQL Server management.

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Categories and Ranking

Redgate Monitor

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

72nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vRealize Network Insight

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

39th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (36th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Redgate Monitor is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vRealize Network Insight is 0.8%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
vRealize Network Insight	0.8%
Redgate Monitor	0.4%
Other	98.8%

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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Micah Richards

Senior Software Engineer at Unisys

Centralized monitoring has reduced outages and enables faster diagnosis across all database servers

The best features Redgate Monitor offers include detailed resource monitoring, instant alerts, and easy customization. A user can quickly see how your server is performing and which queries are taking the longest. The instant alerts and customizable options help since it is a multiple-platform database observability for the entire estate. I use this to optimize performance, ensure security, and mitigate potential risks with fast, deep-dive analysis and intelligent alerting. I love Redgate Monitor because it helps manage an entire database estate from a single pane of glass. Redgate Monitor has positively impacted my organization by creating database observability to proactively mitigate potential risks with instant problem diagnosis and customizable alerting. It accelerates daily database maintenance by automating time-consuming manual tasks, such as identifying long-running queries or tracking blocked processes, which frees up time to proactively improve the performance and security of servers. I have seen time savings from twenty percent to forty-five percent. It also helps to minimize downtime.

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Shaijith KB

Senior System Specialist at General Directorate of Residence and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA)

Comprehensive management and detailed reports benefit operations while improvements are needed in support and maintenance

We have Tanzu and OpenShift. We have OpenShift, Canonical, and the Tanzu one. The Tanzu platform from VMware is a Kubernetes platform. We haven't completely installed Tanzu yet; we installed the vROps part. vRealize Network Insight is beneficial because you can control the East-West traffic. vRealize has a component called NSX, which has East-West traffic controlling and micro-segmentation, that is one of the best options, and we have the layer extension, layer 2 extension possible through NSX. If you have anything accountable in any business, even in a candy business, having proper accountability on what you are selling and buying will save a lot. If you don't know what you're selling and buying, you will end up with a loss. My team does not use the flow analytics feature; we have a security and network monitoring team, which is a different SOC team. I am using it as an administrator internally. We perform different tasks including costing analysis, capacity management, and many other things. vRealize Network Insight has a concern about the maintenance part, as it requires a person to monitor it completely. It's not something you install and your report will be generated automatically. You have to work on this properly to get the insights. vRealize Network Automation, vRealize Operations, and vRealize Network Insight are completely related to the network. I cannot say much about these network aspects because I am on the operations side, but overall, the vRealize suite is good for reporting perspective or any ISO-related documentation; this is very helpful. The product is called vRealize Operations Manager, and now it is referred to as Aria or vAria. I am now a Senior System Specialist. We use different metrics because we have multiple departments, and we can monitor utilization and comparisons with the previous year. On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a seven.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Redgate Monitor has impacted our organization positively by helping us simplify day-to-day tasks and realize a feeling of security."

"Redgate Monitor has positively impacted my organization by creating database observability to proactively mitigate potential risks with instant problem diagnosis and customizable alerting."

"We get proper reporting on different aspects such as utilization and health monitoring reports, including throughput details and network latency, and there are many things we can obtain from there."

"vRNI can trace the flow of each and every packet and it is easy for us to troubleshoot all the issues that we do have with the networking."

"The solution helps reduce time to value, increase performance, provide deep visibility, and easily manage networks."

"Technical support is great. They do excellent work."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"Without that, you're going to introduce additional latencies and problems into your environment that you don't want."

"A lot of time is saved when you use this type of software solution for the network. We have moved systems into the new data center and the servers and systems are much faster because of the very low latency between virtual machines."

"This tool is critical because from a VMware perspective, it's really the only tool that does application rationalization."

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Cons

"It is a bit expensive for MSPs to use for their day-to-day monitoring."

"Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, I must say I don't favor the subscription model, and the price is somewhat higher."

"Price. Honestly, the way it's licensed is challenging."

"I want to be able to monitor a network flow that is approximately two weeks back, but I haven't found an easy way to do this."

"I would like to see application identification. That would be cool."

"While it's not exactly a feature, what normally happens when we are trying to look at the VM flow portion is - although Network Insight does have options to integrate a few physical switches into it - we can't really get an end-to-end flow of the network. We might be using a few switches that are not supported by Network Insight. That is where they can improve, in the support for more physical switches and network devices."

"vRNI needs more remediation where it hooks into NSX."

"I want to see more in terms of microsegmentation. As of now, I can see the rules, but they are not in a readable format that I can convert to microsegmentation and can fit into NSX Manager."

"If it were more application-aware, more descriptive; if it were able to determine the application that is actually doing the communication, that would be easier. More application information: which user or account it's accessing, is it accessing this application, doing these calls, if it is accessing a script, what script is it accessing. Things like that would provide deeper analytics so I can track what's going on. It would not just be, "These people shouldn't be talking," but who is actually doing these calls."

"However, stability is still in question because I don't think we have tested it to the core."

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"vRealize Network Insight is expensive."

"The solution has helped us to reduce time, increase performance, reduce costs, and even easily manage networks. We are probably seeing 10 to 20 percent labor savings because we are able to be very specific and focused on what we want to do. It ends up saving the customer money and makes us be more efficient on our cost deliveries."

"They should include the product in NSX because it's important to have it for deployment."

"It has brought more money into our company."

"It's a little expensive, but for what you're getting out of the product, you often see the trade-off. It depends on the type of licensing you have. It might be a little too pricey for some."

"Cost always has room for improvement, you could always make it cheaper. But I think it's a good value for what you pay for it."

"It reduces costs. It takes something that may be challenging and makes it more usable and visual by being able to bring in tools, seeing what their impact is, such as microsegmentation and application rationalization, and seeing it quickly."

"We have spent less time investigating network flows, so it is absolutely cost-effective."

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Computer Software Company

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13%

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Large Enterprise	41

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Redgate Monitor?

The experience with pricing and licensing is that the licensing cost per license is affordable. The cost could be a little bit lower, especially for small and medium enterprises to use this tool.

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What needs improvement with Redgate Monitor?

One of the areas that Redgate Monitor needs to improve includes providing a dedicated section of code for missing indexes. I do not think the custom metric alerting is as flexible as SQL Sentry. It...

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What is your primary use case for Redgate Monitor?

With SQL Server instances at multiple physical locations and in the cloud, my main use case for Redgate Monitor is to know immediately when there are performance issues or outages. Redgate Monitor ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vRealize Network Insight?

In VMware you have to buy a separate license for it. We have VVF and VCF-type of licenses, and if you want to go with this NSX and sort of higher-end professional services, you need to go with VCF....

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What needs improvement with vRealize Network Insight?

There is room for improvement as not all cases are getting resolved, and we often do not get L3 support directly, having to go through L1 and L2, resulting in delays that usually are a headache for...

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What is your primary use case for vRealize Network Insight?

We have Tanzu, and we also work with multiple Kubernetes services such as Nutanix and Google. We are working on these Kubernetes services on the operations side. For Tanzu, we have several componen...

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Overview

Redgate Monitor provides database administrators with real-time SQL Server insights, ensuring optimal performance and streamlined operations.

Designed for database professionals, Redgate Monitor offers comprehensive diagnostics and detailed analysis, reducing administrative overhead and improving SQL Server performance. Its intuitive tools facilitate rapid issue identification and resolution, leading to enhanced system reliability.

What are the key features of Redgate Monitor?

Real-Time Monitoring: Constantly tracks SQL Server activity for instant anomaly detection.
Alerting System: Sends customized alerts to address potential issues promptly.
Performance Analytics: Detailed analytics provide a deep dive into performance metrics.
Query Performance Analysis: Offers insights into query behavior for performance optimization.
Customizable Dashboards: Tailor dashboards to focus on critical performance indicators.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Improved Efficiency: Streamlines database management, freeing up resources.
Cost Savings: Reduces downtime and enhances resource allocation.
Reliability: Enhances database stability and minimizes disruption risks.
Scalability: Supports expanding infrastructures with ease.
User Satisfaction: Offers features that align with user preferences.

In industries such as finance and healthcare, where data integrity and uptime are crucial, Redgate Monitor implementations lead to significant productivity and compliance benefits, ensuring databases are efficiently managed while maintaining strict regulatory requirements.

Redgate

VMware vRealize Network Insight delivers intelligent operations for software-defined networking and security. It helps customers build an optimized, highly-available and secure network infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. It accelerates micro-segmentation planning and deployment, enables visibility across virtual and physical networks and provides operational views to manage and scale VMware NSX deployments.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

1. Microsoft 2. Amazon 3. Google 4. Facebook 5. Apple 6. IBM 7. Oracle 8. SAP 9. Cisco 10. Intel 11. Adobe 12. Salesforce 13. Netflix 14. Twitter 15. LinkedIn 16. Uber 17. Airbnb 18. Spotify 19. Dropbox 20. Pinterest 21. Snapchat 22. Tesla 23. HP 24. Dell 25. Sony 26. Samsung 27. General Electric 28. Siemens 29. Volkswagen 30. BMW 31. Toyota 32. Coca-Cola

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