Product Comparison
SQLWATCH Open Source vs SQLWATCH Cloud
SQLWATCH Open Source is a complete, free SQL Server monitoring system trusted by thousands of DBAs - with decentralised data collection, local storage per instance, and Grafana or Power BI dashboards. It's developed by the community, while all active development focus goes into SQLWATCH Cloud - the fully managed evolution: managed infrastructure, web-based dashboards, alerting, multi-tenant workspaces, automatic updates, and direct support - nothing to host or maintain.
You proved the concept with OSS.
Now run it without the maintenance.
Open Source
Self-managed
SQLWATCH Cloud
Fully managed
Cost
Free
£33/server/month, less as you scale
Hosting
Self-managed
Included
Infrastructure
You manage
We manage
Updates
Manual
Automatic
Visualisation
Power BI or Grafana - you build and maintain your own dashboards
Purpose-built Web UI specifically designed to visualise SQL Server data
Alerting
DIY configuration
Pre-configured, customisable
Support
Community
Direct - email and priority for enterprise
Setup time
Hours to days
Minutes
Data residency
Wherever you host
Your chosen region
Multi-tenant / MSP support
Not available
Included - isolated workspaces per client
What hasn't changed
The conviction that DBAs shouldn't need a six-figure budget or a week of professional services to get real SQL Server monitoring. Both products were built by Marcin Gminski, with the same belief: give DBAs exactly what they need, nothing more, nothing less - and make it affordable.
Transparent by design.
SQLWATCH collects SQL Server performance data only - wait statistics, query statistics, blocking events, configuration data, SQL Agent job status, and Extended Events output. It never touches your table data, query results, or any application content of any kind.
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infrastructure yourself?
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Still prefer the OSS version? Find it on GitHub.