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Best SolarWinds Database Observability Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from database monitoring ranked against SolarWinds Database Observability on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Guance Container Monitoring Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free6.7
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Guance Container Monitoring
  2. 2
    Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1.40/mo6.6
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
  3. 3
    Grafana Cloud Application Observability Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $0.03/mo6.6
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
  4. 4
    MySQL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.6
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs MySQL
  5. 5
    Paessler PRTG Database Monitoring Free plan AndroidiOSself-hostedWebWin $16.67/mo6.6
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Paessler PRTG Database Monitoring
  6. 6
    DBmarlin Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin Free6.5
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs DBmarlin
  7. 7
    ManageEngine Applications Manager Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin $32.92/mo6.5
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs ManageEngine Applications Manager
  8. 8
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin $29.08/mo6.5
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
  9. 9
    Percona Monitoring and Management Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Percona Monitoring and Management
  10. 10
    PoWA Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs PoWA
  11. 11
    Google Cloud Database Center Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Google Cloud Database Center
  12. 12
    New Relic Database Monitoring Free plan Web $10/mo6.3
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs New Relic Database Monitoring
  13. 13
    XorMon Free plan Linux Free6.3
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs XorMon
  14. 14
    Site24x7 Database Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxWeb $9/mo5.6
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Site24x7 Database Monitoring
  15. 15
    Oracle Enterprise Manager Linuxself-hostedWebWin 5.5
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Oracle Enterprise Manager
  16. 16
    Sematext Container Monitoring Free trial LinuxWeb $2.80/mo5.4
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Sematext Container Monitoring
  17. 17
    DBPLUS Performance Monitor Free trial apiWeb 5.3
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs DBPLUS Performance Monitor
  18. 18
    Quest Spotlight Free trial self-hostedWin 5.3
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Quest Spotlight
  19. 19
    Dynatrace Database Monitoring Web 5.2
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs Dynatrace Database Monitoring
  20. 20
    dbWatch Free trial Linuxself-hostedWebWin 5.1
    SolarWinds Database Observability vs dbWatch

SolarWinds Database Observability alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Guance Container Monitoring6.7Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring6.6$1.40/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3Grafana Cloud Application Observability6.6Free plan$0.03/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
4MySQL6.6Free planAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Paessler PRTG Database Monitoring6.6Free plan$16.67/moAndroid, iOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6DBmarlin6.5Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7ManageEngine Applications Manager6.5Free plan$32.92/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
8New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring6.5Free plan$29.08/moLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Percona Monitoring and Management6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10PoWA6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
11Google Cloud Database Center6.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
12New Relic Database Monitoring6.3Free plan$10/moWeb
13XorMon6.3Free planFreeLinux
14Site24x7 Database Monitoring5.6$9/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
15Oracle Enterprise Manager5.5Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16Sematext Container Monitoring5.4$2.80/moLinux, Web
17DBPLUS Performance Monitor5.3API, Web
18Quest Spotlight5.3self-hosted, Windows
19Dynatrace Database Monitoring5.2Web
20dbWatch5.1Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
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Questions about SolarWinds Database Observability alternatives

What is the best alternative to SolarWinds Database Observability?

Guance Container Monitoring, number 1 in database monitoring with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring, Grafana Cloud Application Observability, MySQL and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to SolarWinds Database Observability?

Guance Container Monitoring is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.