SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer vs. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

December 2025

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

7.5

Organizations saw a 90% reduction in database management effort, boosting efficiency and customer satisfaction with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer.

Sentiment score

7.2

VMware Tanzu offers increased revenue and stability, appreciated for affordability, functionality, and free access benefits amid ownership changes.

I have seen a return on investment with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer as I mentioned that when we start using SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, my MTTA and MTTR reduced and my customer satisfaction goes up.

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Manager - Production Database Administration at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I have seen a return on investment with VMware Tanzu Data Solutions because of its speed and the robustness of the environment.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.5

SolarWinds provides generally satisfactory technical support, though some customers report delays and suggest improvements for Level 1 support.

Sentiment score

6.6

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions' customer service is fast and attentive, with well-regarded consulting but mixed technical expertise.

They have resolved queries easily for our teams.

Program Manager at Zensar Technologies

Sometimes I need to chase them for the updates.

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Manager - Production Database Administration at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Customer support for VMware Tanzu Data Solutions has been good with me and with VMware, including Broadcasts.

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.5

SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is scalable for mid-to-large enterprises, supporting up to 250 instances per setup.

Sentiment score

7.3

Opinions on VMware Tanzu Data Solutions vary; it's generally capable but faces scalability and maintenance challenges in some environments.

It can definitely scale up and down as per our needs.

Program Manager at Zensar Technologies

If you have more than 250 instances, you need to create two setups for SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer.

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Manager - Production Database Administration at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Most of our functions or jobs are queued due to that.

Sushma Polavarapu

Sr Data Analytics Consultant at Capgemini

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.6

Users rate SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer stable (8-10/10), outperforming the Orion platform, with satisfaction over extended use.

Sentiment score

7.0

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is generally stable, though some users experience hardware failures and performance issues under heavy loads.

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I have faced stability issues, mainly due to the storage my organization has, though I am not sure if it's specifically due to the tool.

Sushma Polavarapu

Sr Data Analytics Consultant at Capgemini

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Room For Improvement

Users seek improvements in SolarWinds Database Analyzer's customization, scalability, integration, and support for additional databases, especially for cloud instances.

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions need improved stability, scalability, performance, integration, compatibility, documentation, and cloud-native capabilities.

It is currently limited in automation and manual tuning advice is needed.

Program Manager at Zensar Technologies

SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is very strong when we come to SQL Server, but it is still lagging when it comes to PostgreSQL.

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Manager - Production Database Administration at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions can be improved as it is better and faster for administration and clusters, Dockers, and Kubernetes.

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Setup Cost

Enterprise users appreciate SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer's affordability, transparency, and cost-effectiveness, particularly for larger instance volumes.

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions offers cost-effective open-source options with paid support and competitive pricing for advanced features.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been great.

Manager - Production Database Administration at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The pricing, setup cost, and licensing have been managed by the AWS Marketplace, which provides a really transparent experience.

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Program Manager at Zensar Technologies

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is that it is a bit expensive.

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Valuable Features

SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer offers real-time analytics, performance visibility, query optimization, and proactive SQL server monitoring capabilities.

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions excels in scalability, speed, integration, real-time processing, security, and user-friendly management, enhancing organizational value.

Anomaly detection detects if there are some anomalies in the performance or configurations in the system, or something abnormally comes to the system and is causing performance issues.

Manager - Production Database Administration at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Using those real-time analytics and query tuning recommendations has helped us with a good feature and intuitive dashboard that provides visual wait time analysis and color-coded bottleneck identification.

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Program Manager at Zensar Technologies

The principal aspect is the creation of Kubernetes clusters.

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The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views.

Sushma Polavarapu

Sr Data Analytics Consultant at Capgemini

Categories and Ranking

SolarWinds Database Perform...

Ranking in Database Development and Management

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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 SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is 4.1%, down from 9.0% 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 (%)
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer	4.1%
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions	2.7%
Other	93.2%

Database Development and Management

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Deep query analysis has reduced MTTA and MTTR and now safeguards critical customer workloads

Manager - Production Database Administration at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

In addition to the features SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer offers, I wish it had more robust performance monitoring and analyzing features for PostgreSQL databases. SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is very strong when we come to SQL Server, but it is still lagging when it comes to PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL is an upcoming enterprise-level database technology in the market. SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is still struggling to have a solid monitoring and performance analyzer in comparison to SQL Server. This is one of the features I am looking to SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer to develop as soon as possible. SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer can be improved in two areas. One is more and robust performance monitoring and analyzing features for PostgreSQL databases. Second, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is still lagging for monitoring the cloud instances of databases including Aurora DB and Cloud SQL DB. These two areas are where SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer needs to work extensively to make this monitoring and performance analyzing robust. From an operational perspective, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer still has a limitation of 250 licenses per instance. This is really a problem for someone with larger server sizes available and more instances running on the same SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer URL. SolarWinds should look at how they can increase that threshold because there should not be a limit of 250 instances.

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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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Healthcare Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	49

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?

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

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Also Known As

Confio, SolarWinds DPA, Ignite8

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

Overview

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.

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Sample Customers

GSI Commerce, Liquid Digital Media, ProLogis, Indiana University

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