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    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) enables deep visibility into database performance and expert advice for performance optimization and tuning. What can you monitor with DPA? Oracle Oracle Exadata Oracle EBS Microsoft SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Database Managed Instance MySQL DB2 SAP ASE Aurora MariaDB DPA monitors physical, virtual,…N/A
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    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
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    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
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    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    DPA is a market leader and goes beyond what most products in the space can offer. It's a battle between SQL Sentry and DPA for the lead and everybody has their favorite. I personally prefer DPA for ease of install, management and better tuning and query advice options.
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    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    The main thing was their popularity for the products they are providing. Also, we had great customer support for other SolarWinds products also.
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    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    Our organization has not compared SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer with any other products. We selected SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer for the simple fact that we use other SolarWinds products, and we wanted a solution that both compliments and integrates with …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is really good at some scenarios compared to other tools in the market.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer gave us better results and is faster than the competition.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    We have evaluated AppDynamics and Datadog along with Solarwinds DPA and definitely the winner is SolarWinds. We have been using it for the past 5 years. It has better alert functionality and is easy to use while providing great analytics.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    We were a long-time user of Database Analyzer even before it was acquired by SolarWinds. We did look at other applications in the past. As it has been a long period, its not beneficial to mention here. We have seen some other options like from Microsoft and Oracle which are …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    I haven't used any other tool as extensively as Database Performance Analyzer.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    None. We're happy with DPA
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    We use both DPA and Red Gate SQL Monitor (SQM) as third-party tools, and Query Store within SSMS. SQM's alerting and reporting capabilities exceed those of DPA in terms of being able to present single-purpose tiles for a server, where excessive smoothing doesn't hide some …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    Solarwinds DPA came with a 30-day trial. We used that to evaluate the product, and when a P1 incident occurred with no DBA available we installed another 30-day trial. Its performance was good enough that we bought it that day!

    We didn't try any other similar product before …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    Interface, presentation, wait time...
    We are more concerned with improving query performance than hardware/resource usage.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    I'm used to Oracle Enterprise Manager and it is one of best for Oracle Enterprise Database.
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    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    There are some overlaps, but DPA has a lot more historical information that allows us to analyze statements over time rather than just see what is going on at that moment.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    I have used Spotlight (for Oracle on RAC) but it has been several years. The dashboard was crisp, clean, and intuitive, but the tool had a significant overhead. However, no competitor made a tool that met our needs at the time. I have also used Idera's SQL Diagnostic Manager in …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    We used Toad SQL Tuning advisor. Compared to Toad, DPA is very comprehensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    At the time, we found SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer to be easier to setup and to have a richer feature set than Redgate SQL Monitor, plus, from what I remember, the DPA pricing worked better for us over the course of a year. We're very happy with all the features DPA …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    A couple of years ago I did research on a number of products to assist me in providing on-time accurate information about our customer databases. I had a couple in mind back then. I then attended our local Oracle Users Group Annual Conference, where a large number of vendors …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    At the time of evaluation, this product was similar in terms of cost but DPA was far better to access query performance issues which were the most important aspect for us. Redgate at the time was heavier on resource monitoring which was less important at the time.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    I like the web-based interface and wait stats analysis of DPA. Some of the other tools have more features, but DPA feels like a more polished tool, and the features it has work well. It's been a while since I've looked at the competitors' products. DPA works well for us, and …
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    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

    The SolarWinds DPA dashboard provides an overview of all monitored instances with detailed response time data captured in the performance data warehouse for every interaction, Database Performance Analyzer helps to identify long-term trends, isolate recurring problems, and …

    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is faster, cheaper and more reliable. It's missing some native features but nothing extra useful.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    SolarWinds is much more intuitive and really helpful as a starting point for our monitoring purposes.
    Even the junior level colleagues can really make sense of the systems which could be facing any potential issues and act accordingly. It also provides some guidance towards what …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    I have only used DPA, as that were the best to use when running Oracle Standard Edition.
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (113 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)