Redgate Monitor Pricing Overview

What I like the most is that upon installation and configuration, we immediately got actionable data that gave us valuable insight into our SQL estate. This allowed us to immediately resolve issues that hadn't been seen before. We can see our entire estate health in a single pane instead of having to drill down on each machine to find out what is going on. Alerts are meaningful and allow us to make changes at a granular level, not just global settings, but down to the machine or database, which is critical for us so that we're not just getting a lot of meaningless noise. Query plans, execution plans, and deadlock events are rich with detail. Redgate has built a lot of custom metrics, but you can also build your own using SQL statements. Integration with REST and Powershell are also a big plus for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Love the integration with VMWare, which has been really helpful for us. Hope that Redgate will also consider adding integration with Microsoft Stack HCI and AVDs, as we are transitioning many machines to this technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like all the different monitors. Being able to see top 10 queries by expense and have a means of investigating how to troubleshoot or resolve issues. In terms of SQL Server Enterprise and to some extent Azure SQL, the tool is pretty mature and very dependable. The UI is easy to learn and using the tool becomes second nature. It was easy to setup and get rolling. My DBA's use it multiple times a day to make sure not only do we not have issues. But we are making improvements on performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A couple of improvements that could fit in this space:

- Better integration with other Red-Gate products (SQL Backup, SQL Prompt, etc)

- We need a solution for security and being able to review security and effective roles at a glance, search, and perspectives. Yes you can do this with code. But we need a faster, visual, facilitated tool.

- ***BIG ONE*** - You guys are making good progress in incorporating other databases (Postgres). However, you are missing the boat on MS Stack which is where your core competency has been for decades and where new tools in MS like Fabric, Synapse, Azure SQL, and Purview are going uncared for. Licensing for SQL Server Enterprise is getting out of control and it is obvious they are pushing people towards SAAS. And there is a huge opportunity for new products to support SAAS as there are very few options out there to fill gaps, especially with your tenure in this role. Example would be monitoring of Fabric resources. Right now we have FUAM, which is great. But it's not enterprise great in leadership's minds. They will pay if you will offer. Or, you go the way of Idera and others, ride the cash-cow and fade into the sunset. I would rather see Red-Gate succeed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.