SolarWinds Database Observability Reviews & Product Details

Database Observability is a type of monitoring solution designed to help users maintain optimal performance of their databases by providing insights into their operational health. This solution is tailored for database teams who require a robust tool to monitor, diagnose, and optimize their database systems, ensuring they function efficiently across various environments, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Targeted primarily at database administrators, DevOps teams, and IT professionals, Database Observability addresses the critical need for real-time insights into database performance. Its capabilities are essential for organizations that rely heavily on data-driven decision-making and require their databases to operate without interruption. With the increasing complexity of database environments, including hybrid setups that combine on-premises and cloud resources, the need for a comprehensive observability solution has never been more pressing. The key features of Database Observability include the ability to monitor key performance metrics, which allows users to track the health of their databases continuously. By detecting early warning signs of potential issues, teams can proactively address problems before they escalate into more significant disruptions. This feature is crucial for maintaining service availability and ensuring that end-users experience minimal downtime. In addition to monitoring, the solution offers diagnostic capabilities that enable users to rapidly identify and resolve performance challenges, such as slow queries and resource bottlenecks. This functionality is vital for maintaining optimal performance levels and ensuring that databases can handle increasing workloads efficiently. Furthermore, the optimization features allow users to fine-tune their database performance through query optimization, effective indexing strategies, and better resource utilization, ultimately leading to greater scalability. One of the standout aspects of Database Observability is its ability to provide a unified view of databases across various environments. This cross-environment visibility ensures that database teams can manage their systems effectively, regardless of where they are hosted. By consolidating insights into a single platform, users can streamline their monitoring processes and enhance their overall operational efficiency, making Database Observability a critical tool for modern database management.

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SolarWinds Worldwide LLC

Discussions

SolarWinds Database Observability Community

Languages Supported

English

Product Description

Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer monitors on-premises, on VMware®, and in the Cloud, including Amazon® AWS and Azure™ virtual machines. Agentless architecture, safe to use in production

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Sarah Geaney

Pricing

Pricing provided by SolarWinds Database Observability.

Flexible Database Performance Analyzer for virtualized environments or SQL Sentry license per instance

$1,399.00

Per Year

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SolarWinds Database Observability Integrations

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SolarWinds Database Observability Media

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Cross-platform Database Home Page

Single-pane-of-class visualization of your cloud and on-premise databases.

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Database Instance Monitoring

DPA can monitor database instances you manage on both physical and virtual servers or Amazon RDS instances hosted in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Table, Query, Index Advisors

Query advisors provide information to help you improve the performance of a specific query, including what type of waits were responsible for significant wait time, whether the statement was blocked by other sessions, and whether execution plans include potentially expensive steps such as full ta...

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Database Instance Resources

Use the resource metrics in DPA to monitor the health of your database and to correlate contention for resources with increases in database wait times

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Response Time Analysis

DPA graphically shows you where the longest wait times are, and it also identifies time periods when wait times that are longer than expected (anomalies)

SQL Sentry Quick Demo

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Ojasv P.

Security Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/9/2025

"Comprehensive and Intuitive Database Monitoring with Room for Improvement"

4/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I like how SolarWinds Database Observability offers real-time insights and easy-to-understand dashboards. It helps identify performance issues quickly and provides actionable recommendations, making database management more efficient and proactive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

One thing I dislike is that it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming for new users due to the amount of data it presents. The sheer volume of metrics and alerts might take some time to fully grasp, especially for teams without a lot of experience in database monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

SolarWinds Database Observability helps identify performance bottlenecks and troubleshoot issues in real-time, which saves time and prevents disruptions. It gives clear insights into database health and query performance, making it easier to optimize and maintain smooth operations. This has significantly improved our ability to proactively manage databases and reduce downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anshu K.

Product specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/21/2025

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"SolarWinds database"

4.5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

We can moniter multiple database record in single interface.it is easy to implement in any organisations to moniter multiple real time data in single frame .It can save man power in organisations.Also it leads to more occuracacy to make table and daigram in our oganisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

to handle it in organisation it require trannied person to mange it . Some time it is costly then other software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

By implementing solarwind database into our organisation we can save our time to make different reports in different formate .Also manager has difficult to analyse all report in defferent formate.its make our work easier and also save company time and money and increase proffit . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/2/2025

"A Powerful, Insightful Tool for Database Health and Performance Monitoring"

4.5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

SolarWinds Database Observability provides deep visibility into database performance with an intuitive and user-friendly interface. I especially appreciate the real-time query monitoring, wait time analysis, and query plan visualizations, which make it easy to identify performance bottlenecks quickly. The tool supports multiple database platforms (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL), which is valuable in a heterogeneous environment. The customisable dashboards and alerting features are another highlight, allowing proactive monitoring and reducing the time to resolution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

While the feature set is robust, the initial setup and configuration can be a bit complex Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

SolarWinds Database Observability is helping us solve the critical challenge of database performance visibility and root cause analysis. In the past, identifying slow-running queries, lock contention, or unusual spikes in resource usage required a lot of manual investigation and DBA expertise. With SolarWinds, we now get real-time insights into query performance, wait events, and system metrics, all in a single pane of glass. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/24/2025

"Network Visibility - Difficult Reporting"

3.5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

SolarWinds was able to provide the visibility we needed to identify network issues and outages in real-time.

The node details are extensive and the ability to monitor all network devices and interfaces

Integrations with different vendors and products are good for our environment.

Once the product is setup, there is not a lot of maintenance needed so it is hands off until we either need to update nodes, alerts, or adjust new reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

There were some odd issues that occurred during implementation that extended our timeline. Their support was able to resolve, it just took a lot of additional time and there was still difficulty with setting up the service accounts needed.

The reporting functionality was difficult to understand. We were attempting to create a very basic report and was not very intuitive to create. Even after attending several webinars and contacting support, we still had to make additional tweaks to obtain our desired output. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/26/2025

"Streamlined Database Monitoring with SolarWinds Database Observability"

5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

As a long-time IT administrator, finding the right observability tool that offers both depth and usability can be a challenge. SolarWinds Database Observability delivers on both fronts. From the moment we integrated it into our systems, it became clear that this solution was built with real-world database environments in mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

There were some issue integrating some existing products SolarWinds, but I was able to resolve those issue with little difficulty . If you’re already in the SolarWinds ecosystem, the observability suite only enhances what you can do, without adding complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

What stands out most is the platform’s intuitive UI and comprehensive visibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It resolved a major issue we encounter: monitoring PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL, the tool provides unified insights into performance metrics, wait times, slow queries, and resource bottlenecks—all from a single dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark A.

Database Performance Engineer

Individual & Family Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/4/2025

"Smarter database performance adjustments over time"

4/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The most significant advantage of Database Observability is the ability to monitor the long term changes in the databases’ activity. It makes it possible to identify workload changes over time and this can assist in proper allocation of resources. It is run in parallel with scheduling systems so that background processes do not interfere with peak times. This has helped to minimize disruptions and other such issues that would slow down the operations of the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

A disadvantage of Database Observability is that it produces a high number of alerts for minor fluctuations in performance. However, having many alerts for minor changes is not very useful as it makes it difficult to identify genuine issues. Also, tuning the alert settings requires some time and if not well done, it results in many distractions. These issues have at one time or another hindered our capacity to handle emergent database problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our team uses Database Observability to stop unnecessary resource expenditure by finding repetitive processing operations that require excessive power. Through these optimizations we achieved better work balance throughout the day for our system by optimizing queries and background processes. Observability of database operations enables us to discover inefficient patterns at the right time which helps lower operational expenses while improving time responses for critical programs. Due to our ongoing implementation of the system we could shift our attention toward business priorities instead of continuously solving system slowdowns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adam T.

Database performance analyst

Retail

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/27/2025

"Database Observability finally stopped our endless database performance issues"

4.5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I enjoy using the Database Observability because it shows us our database performance data. Our team struggled with too many database logs and performance numbers until now. Viewing trends and database issues has become easy. Our database performance data appears on a single display screen. Our time increases because it gives us notice when database issues may become hard to solve. Database Observability detected a slow query before it could create a performance bottleneck. Our quick action prevented a disastrous system slowdown from happening. This tool helps us avoid problems by detecting them first. Our team saves three hours per week because we use its detailed reports during our weekly meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The waiting time for data synchronization creates annoying delays. Our troubleshooting process hit a delay because the data needed time to sync. Database Observability often shows technical problems during use and I faced several times when the app interface froze so I needed to restart the application. The delay in syncing causes minor problems but does not prevent you from working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our database system handles problem detection faster than before. Past observations of events always came too late to prevent damage from materializing. Our system now detects and addresses issues automatically without making it to our users. Thanks to Database Observability our database system operates with greater initiative than before. Our weak view into database performance now has a successful solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nitesh B.

IT Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/10/2023

"SolarWinds DPA"

4.5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Best part it the central thing where you can make one master and slave mapping between the two Dpa application servers.

The graphs and minute level of monitoring is only doable from DPA otherwise we can do the monitoring from SAM Module also but will not get the same level of experience from it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

It has got limited licenses per app server. I can have my 400 database servers polled from a single Dpa App server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

It gives the granual level of spikes in the disk and utilizations and also gives you all the other granual monitoring of other parameters like transactions , device utilisation and many more.

It gives you the graphs of every minute which solves our problem while investigationg the issues to see at what time issue arrived and it helps further to solve the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yazid B.

system administrator

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/2/2025

"best support team, best features"

5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

helps a lot to analyse performance and do comparatifs

Can crate good dashboards Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

issue when I upgrade solarwinds I lost my dashboards Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amandeep _.

System Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/30/2025

"UI & Lots of customization options"

5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Customization option, user friendly UI, great support facility and the most important learning content is easily available on the internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Initial setup for hybrid environment is bit complex, as our organization is bit small so licensing is expensive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.