# What are the best tools for monitoring database security events?

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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews">Datadog</a> - is a unified monitoring and security platform. Its database monitoring plus log analytics surface security-relevant events like spikes in failed logins, unusual query patterns, and privilege changes alongside infra/APM context to speed triage. </li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/dynatrace/reviews">Dynatrace</a> - is an AI-powered observability suite. With Davis® correlation and the Databases app, it flags abnormal access and error surges across services and DBs, helping teams trace root causes of potential security incidents. </li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/redgate-monitor/reviews">Redgate Monitor</a> - is a multi-platform database monitoring tool that baselines normal behavior and alerts on unusual activity across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, and MongoDB—useful for audits and access oversight.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/manageengine-applications-manager/reviews">ManageEngine Applications Manager</a> - is an APM/infra monitoring solution with multi-vendor DB coverage and alerting. Teams use it to track sessions, replication, and query anomalies from a single console, aiding investigation of suspicious events. </li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/monte-carlo/reviews">Monte Carlo</a> - is a data observability platform that detects anomalies in freshness, volume, schema, and quality—signals that can reveal downstream issues and data access risks affecting security-sensitive pipelines. </li>
</ol><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">What do you think? Based on your experiences, are there other options that I should consider? I want to know what the G2 community believes is the <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/database-monitoring">best database monitoring software</a> for users. Thanks!</p>

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.g2.com/products/metaplane/reviews&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; style=&quot;background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 31, 35);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metaplane&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 31, 35);&quot;&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 31, 35);&quot;&gt;was another tool that was mentioned often in the list. Have you used it? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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