SQL Diagnostic Manager Reviews & Product Details

IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager (SQL DM) is a leading SQL Server performance monitoring, diagnostics, and optimization platform for database administrators managing on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Now in version 14, SQL Diagnostic Manager delivers enterprise-grade visibility into SQL Server health, availability, query performance, and resource utilization — with built-in AI-powered query and workload index optimization introduced in the latest release. SQL Diagnostic Manager monitors every critical layer of the SQL Server stack — from query execution plans, wait statistics, blocking chains, deadlocks, and TempDB pressure to OS resources, virtualization, storage, and cloud-level cost metrics. Its agentless, low-overhead architecture collects full diagnostic data without impacting production performance. With AI built directly into Query Monitor, DBAs can turn slow or expensive queries into actionable index recommendations in minutes — for a single query or an entire competing workload. The AI is DBA-controlled: all recommendations require explicit review and approval before any change is applied. No table data is ever sent to AI services. SQL Diagnostic Manager supports SQL Server on-premises, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Amazon RDS for SQL Server, and Google Cloud SQL. Its customer-owned data repository enables multi-year forensic analysis with no ingest fees and predictable per-instance pricing. Trusted by 50,000+ database professionals, SQL Diagnostic Manager is used at enterprises including Franciscan Health, the University of Notre Dame, and the National Organization for Research. Key capabilities: real-time monitoring and alerting, AI-powered query and workload optimization, prescriptive tuning recommendations, deadlock and blocking chain analysis, TempDB and I/O diagnostics, replication monitoring, Query Store integration, adaptive baseline alerting, cost observability for cloud environments, customizable dashboards and reports, and a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.

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Idera, Inc.

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English

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$1,996.00

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Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/24/2019

"Diagnostic manager is intuitive, user friendly tool that helped us to get handle on blocking issues"

4/5

What do you like best about SQL Diagnostic Manager?

User friendly interface, ability to create custom reports that can be presented to IT management, ability to set up lifetime Alerts and ability to analyse queries on a fly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SQL Diagnostic Manager?

Limited abilities when it comes to creating custom reports. I would be happy to see more more flexibility/ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SQL Diagnostic Manager:

SQLDM is useful when you need to monitor SQL server health, set up custom alerts and reports, drill down into issues quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SQL Diagnostic Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

We had implemented SQL based Warehouse Management system that unfortunately proven to have a problem with data contention and produced a lot of blocking and deadlocking in a database. Idera SQL DM was very helpful as we were able to set up easily readable, graphic, detailed alerts every time when blocking occurred and had it e-mailed to business analysts who could quickly help to resolve the issue at hand. Also, we were able to produce weekly reports that helped us identify what areas of application needed improvement and report it to a vendor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/22/2019

"My SQL Diagnostic Manager review"

2/5

What do you like best about SQL Diagnostic Manager?

What I like most about SQL Diagnostic Manager is that I can check the performance of my query in real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SQL Diagnostic Manager?

It is a very expensive tool for the features it has. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SQL Diagnostic Manager:

I recommend it even being expensive, because it makes it much easier to analyze the queries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SQL Diagnostic Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

I solved a series of queries that needed a lot of time to execute and I was able to analyze and verify where the problem was. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/6/2019

"Easy and efficient tool for DBA"

4/5

What do you like best about SQL Diagnostic Manager?

Helps to monitor performance, alert and diagnose solutions easily and it keeps track of all events happening on sql server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SQL Diagnostic Manager?

Takes time to load up. Less configurable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/16/2019

"Best tool for DBA"

4.5/5

What do you like best about SQL Diagnostic Manager?

Very useful to keep track of all the events happening on SQL Server. It helps to detect the problem. Good for monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SQL Diagnostic Manager?

Takes them to load up. Sometimes it's time out and says no data to show. Not so smooth if you are new to this. Not user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.