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SQL Sentry vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

SQL Sentry
Ranking in Database Development and Management
13th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
2
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
83
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (12th), Data Warehouse (7th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of SQL Sentry is 5.8%, up from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 2.8%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

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Lets you know when your jobs are taking longer than average and allows you to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times
To be able to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times is the most valuable feature of the product. Another thing that's good about the product is that it will let you know when your jobs are taking longer than average so that you can foretell that there's going to be an issue coming up. Your SQL agent job is taking longer.
Sushma Polavarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"To be able to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times is the most valuable feature of the product."
"This solution has identified blocking, deadlock, memory pressure, and high CPU consumption issues."
"Reliability for the messages is key. RabbitMQ ensures your messages are safe. They are not deleted and stuff."
"The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views."
"Large amounts of data can be moved pretty fast using the solution."
"The solution's best feature is its exceptional speed, delivering efficient utilization of resources."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"RabbitMQ will help to remove a lot of the complexities and create a loosely coupled codebase."
"The stability of this solution was very good."
"Scalable (Massive) Parallel Processing (MPP) – The ability to bring to bear large amounts of compute against large data sets with Greenplum and the EMC DCA has proven itself to be very effective."
 

Cons

"There could be some more metrics on the high availability to let us know when there are issues synchronizing between the hosts."
"If we can get details on wait types from system views, it will help identify a more detailed root cause."
"Maintenance is time-consuming."
"VMware RabbitMQ needs to create a new queue system."
"The product is pretty hard to configure."
"It will be very useful if we could communicate with other database types from Greenplum (using a database link)."
"We needed to configure additional plugins. While it was relatively easy to do this on-premises, it became more challenging in the cloud."
"The solution needs improvement on performance."
"The installation is difficult and should be made easier."
"The initial setup is somewhat complex and the out-of-the-box configuration requires optimization."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's fairly expensive."
"It is the best product with best fit for price/performance customer objectives."
"The product is available for free use since it is an open-source technology."
"This is an open source solution."
"The pricing is okay."
"It is an open-source product."
"The pricing for RabbitMQ is reasonable. It is worth the cost."
"The price is pretty good."
"Since the tool is an open-source product, there is no need to pay anything."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Healthcare Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
4%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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What do you like most about VMware RabbitMQ?
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Also Known As

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

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Sample Customers

Coeo, Stack Overflow, GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation, Hawaiian Airlines, Hennepin County Medical Center, Racing Victoria, Citrix, Insight, Shi, Woodforest National Bank, Telular
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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