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# SQL Diagnostic Manager

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> Identify query performance issues and generate alerts when problems occur with SQL Diagnostic Manager. Businesses are able reduce costly server downtime and ensure server availability using performance and capacity monitoring capabilities.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 9 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of SQL Diagnostic Manager

Idera relentlessly delivers the industry's most complete solution for 24x7 SQL server performance monitoring, alerting, and diagnostics and tirelessly supports the SQL community with 100% free tools and expert advice.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 9 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: IDERA
- **Founded**: 2011

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$1 996,00
- **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Includes 1 year of support and maintenance
Offers a SQL DM pro version for $2,156.00, includes SQL Workload Analysis
- **Target Audience**: 11–50, 51–200, 201–500
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- Access Controls/Permissions
- Alerts/Notifications
- Anomaly Detection
- Application-Level Analysis
- Backup and Recovery
- Capacity Planning
- Configuration Management
- Dashboard
- Data Dictionary Management
- Data Migration
- Data Storage Management
- Data Virtualization
- Data Visualization
- Database Conversion
- Diagnostic Tools
- Historical Trend Analysis
- Issue Tracking
- Mobile Access
- Monitoring
- Multiple Programming Languages Supported

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Database Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/459/database/software)

## Related Categories

- [Database Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/459/database/software)
- [Database Monitoring Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1703/database-monitoring/software)

## Alternatives

1. [ManageEngine Applications Manager](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/101853/manageengine-applications-manager) — 4.6/5 (255 reviews)
2. [Site24x7](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/91129/site24x7) — 4.7/5 (344 reviews)
3. [MySQL](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/1985007/mysql) — 4.6/5 (2094 reviews)
4. [Datadog](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/91489/datadog-cloud-monitoring) — 4.6/5 (357 reviews)
5. [Oracle Database](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2053918/oracle-database) — 4.6/5 (471 reviews)

## Reviews

### "SQL Diagnostic Manager" — 5.0/5

> **Magno** | *17 December 2019* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Using SQL Diagnostic Manager, reducing business impact, the ideal tool for monitoring the physical and virtual database, proactive notification brings you health and performance issues on the device you use, in my desktop case.
> 
> **Cons**: Only software adjustment for start-up, if you need support, can have a headache.

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### "Fantastic SQL Insights" — 5.0/5

> **John** | *11 December 2019* | Food & Beverages | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: The software is simple to install and configure.  Out of the box, you run the installer, add your licenses and apply the default template to start monitoring your SQL instances.  You can then create custom monitoring templates that you can apply to specific instances and really narrow down on those things that are of the most important to you.

The product supports physical and virtual instances of SQL and I've used it with SQL 2008 through to SQL 2017.  You can even monitor the virtual hosts resources via their integration.

The realtime capturing of queries, plans, and deadlocks is excellent.  In the event of an issue, you can narrow down to a specific point in time and focus on those things impacting your SQL instance.  You can see the queries that were running, the locks that were being held and so much more.  This feature has saved me on more than one occasion.

The dashboard provides you with a really useful visual reference that you can leave running on a dedicated screen.  You get regularly updated statistics about how your server is performing.  In combination with the desktop warnings, you can react quickly to any developing issues.
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> **Cons**: As with most off the shelf software, SQL diagnostic Manager is most things you need in most cases.  It does come with a default template that you can use.  Be prepared though for some fine-tuning as you get more familiar with how the software works.

I've had one issue with the software since purchase.  I didn't find their Tier 1 support to be very good but once escalated my issue was resolved.
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> Overall, this is an excellent product and my experience with it has been very positive.  The product offers real-time, meaningful insights into how your SQL instances are performing and behaving.  These insights are essential in any enterprise and critical if you want to respond in a timely manner to emerging problems.  Being able to go back in time and investigate situational issues is also a godsend.

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### "SQL DM" — 3.0/5

> **Vineela** | *29 June 2015*
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> We have been using this tool since more than an year now...
Have found following pros and cons:

Pros:
Gives you index fragmentation, table growth , table size growth info and saves u lot of time

We also use it for monitoring deadlocks or adhoc queries locking up our system.


Cons:
Not user friendly at all
Takes lot longer to load up and start showing the graphs 
Half the time it times out and says no data to show..
Had issues receiving alerts which we set up
User manual doesn't give complete description of metrics
Overall the experience was not as smooth as we thought..

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### "Very Nice Tool for DBA" — 5.0/5

> **soheb** | *09 March 2019* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I have been using the diag tool for past few years now and I completely satisfy with the in-depth and detail metrics it has to keep track of all the events happening on SQL server which other wise we have to either do it thorough extended event or trace. it helps me detect the problem before the user reports it and help us to stay proactive and recover quickly if any failure.
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> **Cons**: its hard to tell what I don't like about this software.
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> it was times when server was down, database is offline, jobs are timing out any issue i was able to find the root cause in the tool and was able to fix it and this is something very useful for business to recover quick in case of failure.

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### "Using IderaDM to monitor SQL Servers accross organization" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *04 December 2017*
> 
> **Pros**: Diagnosting Manages is a good tool for in-depth monitoring of your SQL Servers, it captures logs, prformance counters and finds issues in your data infrastructure
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> **Cons**: Very hard to get appropriate priorities for alerts. It showed everithing as critical after initial installation.

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