AdRem NetCrunch vs. SQL Sentry Comparison


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About NetCrunch is commercial, self-hosted, agentless network and IT infrastructure monitoring software for Windows Server. It monitors network devices, servers, virtualization platforms, cloud services, applications, websites, logs, telemetry, and network traffic across on-premises and hybrid IT environments. Network traffic analysis supports NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and other flow technologies. NetCrunch supports 680+ monitoring targets and provides 270+ ready-to-use Monitoring Packs for devices, applications, and operating systems. Licensing is based on monitored nodes and network interfaces rather than individual sensors, checks, or metrics. Real-time dashboards, policy-based monitoring, advanced alerting, and 40+ automated response actions—including remote script execution, service restart, process termination, and device reboot—support centralized monitoring and automated remediation. NetCrunch runs on Windows Server and can monitor infrastructure deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or across hybrid environments.		About Stop wasting time trying to fix SQL Server performance problems. Are you constantly fighting database performance fires, looking in vain for the root cause of SQL Server slowdowns? Without the right information, you could waste valuable time looking in the wrong places for the answers to your performance problems. You need accurate, actionable, detailed metrics to quickly identify and address database problems. With SQL Sentry, you can effectively monitor, diagnose, and optimize your entire database environment. SQL Sentry helps you get out of fire-fighting mode so you can keep your databases running continuously at peak performance. SQL Sentry gives you the level of detail you need to find and fix SQL Server performance problems. SQL Sentry is the flagship product in the SentryOne monitoring solutions set, and was built by SQL Server experts to help you save time and frustration in troubleshooting database performance problems.
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported		Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience IT teams, network administrators, system administrators, and infrastructure teams managing on-premises and hybrid IT environments across commercial, government, education, and non-profit organizations.		Audience Companies that need database performance monitoring for SQL Server and Azure SQL databases
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported		Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported		API Offers API Not Supported
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Pricing $1600 for NetCrunch 50 nodes NetCrunch licensing is based on the number of monitored nodes and network interfaces. Each node license includes one monitored interface, and additional interface licenses can be added when more network interfaces need to be monitored. Licensing is not based on individual sensors, checks, or metrics. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported		Pricing $1,628 Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.6 / 5 ease 4.6 / 5 features 4.7 / 5 design 4.5 / 5 support 4.5 / 5 Read all reviews		Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software
Pros from Real Users Pros NetCrunch helps us to effectively monitor our networks. We can easily able to monitor IP addresses which helps us to reduce security risk. Diagnostic tools are well organized and easy to use. It keeps track of services, and it can even scan uncommon ports and run scripts in response to alarms. Great tool for network monitoring. Whether it's Windows, Linux or network environment or something else, it can monitor complete IT network. There are many monitoring multipack included with it that can be manually added to the nodes that are monitoring or are discovered automatically. AdRem NetCrunch helps us to track and monitor all our devices in our organisation. It provides real time alerts about the defects found. We can monitor devices remotely, during holidays also. NetCrunch provides us benefits to diagnose the problems and improve the efficiency of our IT Infrastructure. It is very proactive software that keep our devices connected to our network and monitor them safely. Excellent tool, after we started using NetCrunch, our users are really happy with the support and services they are getting and the improved and prompt help they are receiving. Best tool to analyse IoT data. We can easily able to detect and collect critical IoT data for our business purpose. We can easily analyse different data and get maximum benefit from it. Their customer service is awesome. I have been using NetCrunch since 2 years and have been using in my IT infrastructure. I discovered it when looking for a monitoring tool online and we have been together since long time. With the most recent upgrades to gGrafCrunch visualization. One of the most impressive features of NetCrunch is its ability to automatically detect all devices connected to the network, which makes setup much easier, it also performs network mapping, giving us a complete view of how all devices are connected. devices on our network. This feature allows us to identify potential configuration issues and take steps to fix them before they become a bigger problem, it also alerts us to any issues that may be occurring on devices on our network. With this tool, we can receive instant notifications in case something is not working properly. This tool offers seamless implementation and management and boasts a robust network monitoring capability. It features a vast array of monitoring packs that can be automatically detected or manually added to the nodes you monitor. This gives it a competitive edge, although there are rumors that the licensing may change in the future. While we encountered some minor monitoring issues, the support team was highly responsive, providing professional and skilled assistance within the same day.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported		Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information AdRem Software Founded: 1998 United States www.adremsoft.com		Company Information SolarWinds Founded: 1999 United States www.solarwinds.com/sql-sentry
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Categories Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Supported Capacity Planning Supported Cloud Monitoring Supported Configuration Management Supported Data Center Management Supported Database Monitoring Supported Database Performance Tuning Supported DNS Monitoring Supported File Integrity Monitoring Supported Hardware Monitoring Supported IP Scanners Supported IT Alerting Supported IT Infrastructure Monitoring Supported Log Monitoring Supported Network Assessment Supported Network Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Network Discovery Supported Network Mapping Supported Network Monitoring Supported Network Troubleshooting Supported Observability Supported Server Monitoring Supported SNMP Monitoring Supported System Monitoring Supported VoIP Monitoring Supported Website Monitoring Supported		Categories Database Supported Database Monitoring Supported Database Performance Tuning Supported Server Management Supported Server Monitoring Supported SQL Server Supported
Database Monitoring Features Anomaly Detection Not Supported Autodiscovery Not Supported Capacity Planning Not Supported Dashboard Supported Dependency Tracking Not Supported Historical Trend Analysis Supported Multitenancy Not Supported Notifications / Alerts Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Permissions / Access Controls Not Supported Predictive Analytics Not Supported Prioritization Not Supported Query Analysis Not Supported Resource Optimization Supported Troubleshooting Supported Show More Features Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Features Baseline Manager Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Full Transaction Diagnostics Not Supported Performance Control Not Supported Resource Management Supported Root-Cause Diagnosis Supported Server Performance Supported Trace Individual Transactions Not Supported Configuration Management Features Access Control / Permissions Not Supported Application Deployment Not Supported Automated Provisioning Not Supported Infrastructure Automation Supported Node Management Supported Orchestration Not Supported Reporting Analytics / Visualization Supported Task Management Not Supported Data Center Management Features Audit Trail Not Supported Behavior-Based Acceleration Not Supported Cross Reference System Not Supported Device Auto Discovery Supported Diagnostic Testing Supported Import / Export Data Supported JCL Management Not Supported Multi-Platform Supported Multi-User Not Supported Power Management Not Supported Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Not Supported IT Alerting Features Alert Noise Reduction Supported Alert Routing Supported Dynamic Notifications Supported Enriched Incident Context Supported Escalation Policies Supported Incident History Audit Supported Multi-User Alerting Supported Multiple Alert Types Supported On-Call Management Not Supported Rich HTML Email Notifications Supported IT Infrastructure Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Supported Application Monitoring Supported Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Capacity Planning Supported Configuration Change Management Supported Data Movement Monitoring Supported Health Monitoring Supported Multi-Platform Support Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Point-in-Time Visibility Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported Network Mapping Features Color Codes / Icons Supported Compliance Management Not Supported Device Auto Discovery Supported Hierarchical Mapping Supported Location-Based Mapping Supported Map Exporting Supported On-Demand Mapping Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Self-Updating Maps Supported Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Baseline Manager Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Supported IP Address Monitoring Supported Real Time Analytics Supported Resource Management Supported Server Monitoring Supported SLA Monitoring Supported Uptime Monitoring Supported Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported Network Troubleshooting Features Alerts / Escalation Supported Bandwidth Troubleshooting Supported Change Management Supported Configuration Management Supported Connectivity Management Supported Data Visualization Supported Historical Audit Supported Mobile Network Troubleshooting Not Supported Network Analysis Supported Network Monitoring Supported System Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Supported Antivirus Management Not Supported Data Backup / Recovery Not Supported Device Monitoring Supported Inventory Management Supported Patch Management Not Supported Policy-based Automation Supported Remote Monitoring Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Risk Analysis Not Supported Server Monitoring Supported Service Configuration Management Supported VoIP Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Supported Call Detail Record (CDR) Analysis Not Supported Call Quality Monitoring Not Supported IP SLA Monitoring Supported Jitter Testing Supported Latency Monitoring Supported MOS Monitoring Not Supported Packet Loss Monitoring Supported QoS Monitoring Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Troubleshooting Supported Website Monitoring Features Availability Testing Supported Event Logs Supported Event-Based Notifications Supported FTP Monitoring Supported Mail Server Monitoring Supported Maintenance Scheduling Not Supported Performance Metrics Supported Real Time Monitoring Supported Transaction Monitoring Not Supported Uptime Reporting Supported		Show More Features Database Features Backup and Recovery Supported Creation / Development Supported Data Migration Supported Data Replication Supported Data Search Supported Data Security Supported Database Conversion Not Supported Mobile Access Supported Monitoring Supported NOSQL Not Supported Performance Analysis Supported Queries Supported Relational Interface Supported Virtualization Supported Server Management Features CPU Monitoring Supported Credential Management Not Supported Database Servers Supported Email Monitoring Not Supported Event Logs Supported History Tracking Supported Patch Management Not Supported Scheduling Supported User Activity Monitoring Not Supported Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported
Integrations AlertOps Supported Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) Supported Asana Supported Clickatell Supported ConnectWise PSA Supported Freshdesk Supported Freshservice Supported IFTTT Supported Jira Supported LiveAgent Supported Microsoft Teams Supported Mojo Helpdesk Supported Pushover Supported Ryver Supported SIGNL4 Supported SQL Server Not Supported SolarWinds IP Address Tracker Not Supported Trello Supported X (Twitter) Supported Zendesk Supported Show More Integrations View All 24 Integrations		Integrations AlertOps Not Supported Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) Not Supported Asana Not Supported Clickatell Not Supported ConnectWise PSA Not Supported Freshdesk Not Supported Freshservice Not Supported IFTTT Not Supported Jira Not Supported LiveAgent Not Supported Microsoft Teams Not Supported Mojo Helpdesk Not Supported Pushover Not Supported Ryver Not Supported SIGNL4 Not Supported SQL Server Supported SolarWinds IP Address Tracker Supported Trello Not Supported X (Twitter) Not Supported Zendesk Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 4 Integrations
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