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DBmarlin is built for detailed database performance work. It captures SQL text and wait states, profiles queries, shows execution plans, and analyzes waits and locks. It detects changes in schema objects, database parameters, and explain plans, while its AI Co-pilot provides tuning advice. Support covers MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, CockroachDB, SAP HANA, SQL Server, IBM Db2, Oracle, SAP ASE, Informix, MongoDB, and Snowflake. Self-hosted and cloud deployment, hybrid operation, integrations, and a free licence for one database instance suit mixed database estates.
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Guance Container Monitoring
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5Container and Kubernetes workload visibility — Guance correlates container metrics, logs, traces, and network data, while DBmarlin focuses on database execution detail.
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Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+3Kubernetes monitoring with tracing and GitOps — Dynatrace adds Kubernetes alerting, GitOps monitoring, distributed tracing, profiling, and deployment validation beyond DBmarlin’s database scope.
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Grafana Cloud Application Observability
Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+5Application observability across telemetry signals — Grafana provides service discovery, RED metrics, entity graphs, and unified metrics, logs, traces, and profiles instead of DBmarlin’s database focus.
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MySQL
Free plan APILinuxMac+2Open-source SQL and NoSQL database platform — MySQL is a database platform with SQL, NoSQL, replication, and native high availability, whereas DBmarlin monitors databases.
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Paessler PRTG Database Monitoring
Free plan AndroidiPhoneSelf-hosted+2Custom database checks and alert delivery — PRTG runs custom SQL checks, separates request and query timing, and sends threshold alerts through multiple channels.
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ManageEngine Applications Manager
Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+2Hybrid application and transaction monitoring — Applications Manager adds distributed and transaction tracing, dependency mapping, real-user monitoring, and log correlation around applications.
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New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWeb+1Kubernetes visibility linked to application data — New Relic combines Kubernetes metrics, events, logs, traces, Prometheus scraping, and linked APM data beyond DBmarlin’s database analysis.
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DBPLUS Performance Monitor
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Oracle Enterprise Manager
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWeb+17.3 Visit site - 10
Google Cloud Database Center
Free plan APIWeb - 11
Percona Monitoring and Management
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 12
Site24x7 Database Monitoring
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+3 - 13
PoWA
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWeb - 14
Grafana Alerting
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1 - 15
dbWatch
Free trial LinuxSelf-hostedWeb+1 - 16
eG Enterprise
Free trial LinuxSelf-hostedWeb+1 - 17
XorMon
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LogicMonitor
Free trial APILinuxWeb+1 - 19
New Relic Database Monitoring
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Guance Database Monitoring
Free plan Web - 21
IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager
Free trial Self-hostedWebWindows - 22
Okmeter
Free trial LinuxSelf-hostedWeb - 23
pganalyze
Free trial APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 24
MODWAI
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SolarWinds Database Observability
Free trial APILinuxSelf-hosted+2 - 26
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
Free trial APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 27
PG Monitoring
Free trial Self-hostedWeb
Readers may look elsewhere when they need wider infrastructure or application visibility. DBmarlin has no free trial, monthly pricing is unavailable, Premium costs £999/year per licence, and retention is eight days. Licensing varies by active instances, databases, or nodes, and SAP HANA pricing is still to be confirmed. Compare its database depth with container and Kubernetes views, distributed tracing, service maps, custom SQL channels, alert delivery, high availability, and each alternative’s deployment model and free allowance.