Database Monitoring Tools Resources

1. Datadog: Datadog is a unified observability and security platform well-suited to compliance-heavy teams. It offers encryption and HIPAA-eligible services (with BAA), plus tools like Sensitive Data Scanner to help govern PHI/PII across logs and metrics. Centralized dashboards, alerting, and audit-friendly event history make it easier to demonstrate controls during reviews.
2. Dynatrace: Dynatrace provides full-stack monitoring with built-in compliance capabilities, including a Compliance Assistant app (e.g., for DORA) and granular data-security controls like AES-256 encryption at rest with managed key rotation. Its AI-driven correlation helps surface policy-relevant anomalies across services and databases, supporting faster, more defensible incident response.
3. Redgate Monitor: Redgate Monitor focuses on multi-platform database oversight with security and compliance checks (permissions visibility, configuration baselines) alongside performance monitoring. Teams in regulated industries use it to standardize checks against “gold standards” and to maintain audit trails across SQL estates.
4. ManageEngine Applications Manager: Applications Manager centralizes monitoring and alerting for diverse databases, with reporting and multi-system visibility that support audit readiness and control verification. It tracks sessions, queries, and health indicators across engines, helping teams document issues, responses, and SLAs for compliance purposes.

Hey G2 community. I’m trying to identify the best database monitoring solutions for compliance-heavy industries (finance, healthcare, public sector). If you’ve implemented Datadog, Dynatrace, Redgate Monitor, ManageEngine Applications Manager, or Monte Carlo, which features actually helped with audits (e.g., HIPAA/PCI/SOX evidence, access reviews, encryption/key management)? Would you choose the same tool again today?

1. Datadog - is a unified monitoring and security platform. Its database monitoring plus log analytics surface security-relevant events like spikes in failed logins, unusual query patterns, and privilege changes alongside infra/APM context to speed triage.
2. Dynatrace - is an AI-powered observability suite. With Davis® correlation and the Databases app, it flags abnormal access and error surges across services and DBs, helping teams trace root causes of potential security incidents.
3. Redgate Monitor - is a multi-platform database monitoring tool that baselines normal behavior and alerts on unusual activity across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, and MongoDB—useful for audits and access oversight.
4. ManageEngine Applications Manager - is an APM/infra monitoring solution with multi-vendor DB coverage and alerting. Teams use it to track sessions, replication, and query anomalies from a single console, aiding investigation of suspicious events.
5. Monte Carlo - is a data observability platform that detects anomalies in freshness, volume, schema, and quality—signals that can reveal downstream issues and data access risks affecting security-sensitive pipelines.

What do you think? Based on your experiences, are there other options that I should consider? I want to know what the G2 community believes is the best database monitoring software for users. Thanks!

Looking at data on G2’s Database Monitoring category page, Datadog, Dynatrace, and Redgate Monitor stand out for teams managing multi-database environments. See below for my top software list.

1. Datadog – is a cloud-based observability platform that provides unified visibility across multiple databases, applications, and infrastructure layers. It supports integrations for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and more, enabling teams to detect performance issues across hybrid and multi-cloud setups in one dashboard.
2. Dynatrace – is an AI-powered full-stack monitoring solution that automatically discovers and maps all databases within distributed systems. It helps teams monitor query performance, resource consumption, and dependency relationships across diverse database types.
3. Redgate Monitor – is designed for SQL Server but supports centralized oversight of multiple instances and environments. It provides historical data analysis, performance baselining, and customizable alerts, making it ideal for large, multi-database organizations.

What do you think? Based on your experiences, are there other options that I should consider? I want to know what the G2 community believes is the best option for users. Thanks!