Redgate Monitor Reviews & Product Details

I use Redgate Monitor to keep an eye on our live database servers and love how it puts all our metrics in one place. The product is regularly updated, mostly with new features rather than bug fixes, which I find impressive. The UI is intuitive and easy to use, making adoption by the rest of the team much smoother. The setup was hassle-free, supported by solid documentation, and the integration of AI to handle heavy lifting like analyzing deadlocks and blocks and tuning queries or indexes saves considerable time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We've had to tweak the notifications to work for our use case, but we've managed to find a product that we can self host which will do the trick. Our support requirement requires us to respond to alerts at all times of the day, so we needed to find something that would work for us in a persistent (until responded to) kind of way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The things that I like best on Redgate Monitor is the complete set of metrics and alerts that come out of the box, the ease of use and setup and the possibility to easily setup new custom alerts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far I have not found a real point that I dislike, coming from another product it took some time to adjust to the new way of presenting data, that's all! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I appreciate the precise error messages and notifications from Redgate Monitor, as they help me identify and respond to issues directly. I also find the logging very helpful because it makes it easy to identify and track problems. Setting up Redgate Monitor was also straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the UI needs improvement, to make it a bit more modern. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Redgate Monitor for monitoring our SQL Server databases, both on-premise and with Azure Managed Instance. I appreciate its ability to solve performance issues and help me check what caused those issues even after they occur. I like the compliance feature for SQL Server patching, as it provides a comprehensive view in a single page. The analysis page, email reports, and alerts are also things I enjoy. Setting up Redgate Monitor was easy, and nothing needed to change, which was great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I want to see more AI integration to assist with tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

On our side, managing 3 clusters + some dev & test instances is difficult. We love how redgate is easy to read, alerts & overview brings already a lot of informations and in efficient real time.

The notification by mail is also a good point as we don't have to connect everytime with it.

As well, the query viewer and the statistics of SQL queries are very useful and helped us many times during troubleshooting.

To end it, we obviously like the link with Active Directory to bring some access via SSO to our users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is somtimes complex when you dig into alerts details and it takes a little bit of time to understand everything.

The GUI can get very filled with a lot (or too much) details. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s a consolidated tool that provides information about SQL servers. It’s a single place where I can check disks, CPU usage, indexes, blocks, deadlocks, and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recently, I encountered an issue where a notification kept popping up asking me to activate the license, which was a bit frustrating. Also, the price of Redgate is really high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The possibility to setup alerts, see deep insights and history, a nice and clear UI, good suggestions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the pricing, it's a kind of expensive product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find Redgate Monitor works pretty well in general, and I think the support is decent. The real-time alerting feature is the most useful aspect for me, as it promptly lets me know when issues arise or if there's concerning behavior. However, the alerts frequently lack sufficient detail so I have a query embedded in the notification to run to get the details regarding what triggered the alert Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Portability of custom metrics does not exist. Sometimes there is not enough control over alerts and how they are triggered. The trigger condition/details are not provided in the notification so I have to run additional queries to actually get the desired information. It took several emails with support to get licensing squared. After working with the program team some issues regarding SQL clustering and Always-On were resolved and the product works across all instances I am concerned with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about Redgate SQL Monitor is the balance between deep technical visibility and operational simplicity. It provides centralized monitoring across large SQL Server environments while still making it easy to quickly identify performance bottlenecks, blocking, wait statistics, failed jobs, AG health issues, and resource pressure.

The alerting is highly customizable and actionable, which helps reduce noise while still surfacing critical issues before they impact users. I also appreciate the historical performance data and intuitive dashboards, which make trending, capacity planning, and root-cause analysis significantly easier for DBAs supporting enterprise environments.

From a day-to-day operational standpoint, it has become a reliable single pane of glass for proactive SQL Server monitoring across both on-premises and cloud-hosted systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One area where Redgate SQL Monitor could improve is in advanced customization and reporting flexibility for very large enterprise environments. While the built-in dashboards and alerts are strong, there are times when deeper customization or more granular filtering would help tailor monitoring views for different operational teams or business units.

In larger estates, alert tuning can also take some time during the initial implementation phase to ensure the right balance between visibility and noise reduction. Additionally, some of the more advanced analytics and historical reporting capabilities could benefit from expanded visualization and export options for long-term capacity and trend analysis.

That said, these are relatively minor compared to the overall value the platform provides for proactive SQL Server monitoring and operational stability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Redgate Monitor provides a quick and easy snapshot across all of our database servers of what is happening in real time. It is a nice tool to have when things are slow or not working. It's also nice that we can go back in time to review things when the report is from something that happened earlier in the day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it can feel a little clunky or tricky to find exactly what you are looking for, but that goes away with experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.