Product Comparison
More convenience. Less hassle. Same ethos.
Same commitment to making SQL Server monitoring easy and affordable.
SQLWATCH Open Source was built by Marcin Gminski — DBA of over 25 years, Microsoft Data Platform MVP 2021, community speaker and SQL Server User Group organiser. It grew into a tool trusted by thousands of DBAs, on one belief: powerful monitoring shouldn't require a big budget or a complex setup.
SQLWATCH Cloud is that same belief, evolved — managed infrastructure, web-based dashboards, alerts, multi-tenant workspaces, and automatic updates. Nothing to host, nothing to maintain.
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
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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Still prefer the OSS version? Find it on GitHub.