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About With more than 50,000 customer installations across the five continents, Pandora FMS is a truly all-in-one monitoring solution, covering all traditional silos for specific monitoring: servers, networks, applications, logs, synthetic/transactional, remote control, inventory, etc. Pandora FMS gives you the agility to find and solve problems quickly, scaling them so they can be derived from any source, on-premise, multi cloud or both of them mixed. Now you have that capability across your entire IT stack and analytics to find any problem, even the ones that are hard to find. Thanks to more than 500 plugins available, you can control and manage any application and technology, from SAP, Oracle, Lotus, Citrix or Jboss to VMware, AWS, SQL Server, Redhat, Websphere, etc.	About SQL Monitor helps you and your team find issues – before they become problems: Alerting – Discover issues before they have an impact Diagnosis – Uncover obstacles and find root causes Performance – See what has the biggest impact on your system Overview – View your SQL Server estate at a glance Reporting – Share tailored reports about your servers' health
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience All kind of IT environments, from just a few to several thousand devices	Audience Any company that runs SQL Servers globally
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support 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 €90/month On-premise, SaaS and subscription models available. Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported	Pricing $1,565 Price is per server. Discounts available for volume buys. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.8 / 5 ease 4.5 / 5 features 4.5 / 5 design 4.4 / 5 support 4.6 / 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 & Cons from Real Users Pros The Pandora FMS's best quality is its versatility. It can be used to monitor any type of device, including computers and cloud setup. The system's monitoring and alerting features can also be fully adjusted to meet our particular needs. Additionally, Pandora FMS has a comprehensive dashboard that makes it easy to use and understand, enabling us to quickly set up. The high uptime and quick response times, it also has a strong reliability. Pandora FMS helps to improve the way in which various business networks are inspected and monitored, the main positive aspect of this platform is in relation to its excellent monitoring of network services, the complete platform in this regard, since it provides a panel quite complete and very well managed where the various data of the networks can be reflected, you can configure the routing, configure the Subnet mask and you can also configure the sending of packets through various business networks, in addition, you can also control the latency of each one of the networks, really this complete labor network inspection section helps me understand how all the networks we use in the company are connected, I can visualize a mapping service within the platform which helps me understand the distribution of these networks also allows me to understand the health status of each routing network, controlling the sending of packets correctly. The second positive aspect of this platform is the operation in real time, this operation in real time allows failures in time within each of the networks, in addition, it offers a graphic service where you can see the upload and download of packages in each one of your networks connected to the cloud, these graphs will help you transfer packets. Pandora FMS also has an impressive alert service, which allows you to configure it so that alerts are sent depending on the latency of your networks, you can configure these alerts to be activated when there is a latency of approximately 200ms. Pandora has been a very useful software when it comes to having constant monitoring of various services, one of the main things I liked about this platform is the widespread control that it gives me for all the business networks that we use in our company financial services, this platform allows me to know the mapping of each of our networks, I can see how all the networks are distributed through a map, which allows me to see the connectivity that our computers, our devices and the servers that we use for our company. Recognize that Network monitoring is quite complete, it allows to visualize the flow and transfer of data, it allows to detect the total number of packets lost, it allows to detect failures in the connectivity between the servers and the devices and it also allows to detect an unusual consumption in the speed of the Network. In addition, I also liked the way in which this platform allows us to know about the events that occur in all our computers, I can view all the log records in real time with the help of Pandora. Very fast to set up and easy to use. Notifications are very accurate and very detailed. Once you set it up you don't have to worry about it later. Software updates are done automatically. I like the abundance of information that I am able to find on the site. As well as the ease of navigation, made possible by the comprehensive menu options. Cons Setting up and configuring Pandora FMS can be difficult for larger businesses because it necessitates a certain level of expertise. The first negative aspect of this platform is in relation to how complicated its implementation is, implementing this platform from scratch is quite complex, since you have to configure the enrollment networks correctly, in addition, you also have to configure the alerts and the devices connected to the networks to favor the network mapping function, this process can take a couple of weeks depending on your work team, but in general, the main implementation of this platform is quite complex. Another negative aspect of this platform is the high cost that it has, despite the fact that this platform has great accessibility to your routing networks, and allows you to control the way it offers other services such as application event monitoring, which increases Even more its price, I consider this platform to be relatively expensive compared to other network monitoring platforms. The only problem that can be found within Pandora is that this platform is complicated when implementing it for the first time, since you will have to integrate the queue with different applications in which you want to have monitoring, this process can take you a couple of days, therefore, it is very necessary that a trained team is used to facilitate the main implementation process, in addition, the integration process with each of the networks, can also be a bit complex, so in general, this platform is very complex to implement. We use the free version which is only limited to 100 sensors. To upgrade to 500 would cost a bit too much for our budget. I didn't like the number of ads on the site. I thought they were a bit intrusive.
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Company Information Pandora FMS Founded: 2005 Spain pandorafms.com	Company Information Redgate Software Founded: 1999 United Kingdom www.red-gate.com/products/dba/sql-monitor/
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Categories Business Activity Monitoring Supported Cloud Management Supported Cloud Monitoring Supported Container Monitoring Supported Database Monitoring Supported Hardware Monitoring Supported IT Alerting Supported IT Infrastructure Monitoring Supported Log Analysis Supported Log Monitoring Supported Network Mapping Supported Network Monitoring Supported RMM Supported Server Management Supported Server Monitoring Supported System Monitoring Supported Website Monitoring Supported	Categories Database Monitoring Supported Database Performance Tuning Supported Server Management Supported SQL Server Supported System Monitoring Supported
Database Monitoring Features Anomaly Detection Not Supported Autodiscovery Supported Capacity Planning Supported Dashboard Supported Dependency Tracking Supported Historical Trend Analysis Supported Multitenancy Supported Notifications / Alerts Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Permissions / Access Controls Supported Predictive Analytics Supported Prioritization Supported Query Analysis Supported Resource Optimization Supported Troubleshooting Supported Server Management Features CPU Monitoring Supported Credential Management Not Supported Database Servers Supported Email Monitoring Supported Event Logs Supported History Tracking Supported Patch Management Supported Scheduling Supported User Activity Monitoring Not Supported Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported System Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Supported Antivirus Management Supported Data Backup / Recovery Supported Device Monitoring Supported Inventory Management Supported Patch Management Supported Policy-based Automation Supported Remote Monitoring Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Risk Analysis Supported Server Monitoring Supported Service Configuration Management Supported Show More Features Business Activity Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Supported Business Process Management Supported Cross Application Analysis Not Supported Email Monitoring Supported Events Monitoring Supported KPI Monitoring Supported Pre-Configured Events Not Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Workflow Management Not Supported Cloud Management Features Access Control Not Supported Billing & Provisioning Not Supported Capacity Analytics Supported Cost Management Supported Demand Monitoring Supported Multi-Cloud Management Not Supported Performance Analytics Supported SLA Management Supported Supply Monitoring Supported Workflow Approval 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 Not Supported Map Exporting Not 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 Supported RMM Features Deployment Management Supported For MSPs Supported IT Asset Management Supported Mobile Access Not Supported Network Monitoring Supported Patch Management Supported Real-time Alerts Supported Remediation Management Supported Website Monitoring Features Availability Testing Supported Event Logs Supported Event-Based Notifications Supported FTP Monitoring Supported Mail Server Monitoring Supported Maintenance Scheduling Supported Performance Metrics Supported Real Time Monitoring Supported Transaction Monitoring Supported Uptime Reporting Supported	Database Monitoring Features Anomaly Detection Supported Autodiscovery Supported Capacity Planning Supported Dashboard Supported Dependency Tracking Not Supported Historical Trend Analysis Supported Multitenancy Supported Notifications / Alerts Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Permissions / Access Controls Supported Predictive Analytics Supported Prioritization Supported Query Analysis Supported Resource Optimization Supported Troubleshooting Supported Server Management Features CPU Monitoring Not Supported Credential Management Not Supported Database Servers Supported Email Monitoring Not Supported Event Logs Supported History Tracking Supported Patch Management Supported Scheduling Not Supported User Activity Monitoring Not Supported Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported System Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Not Supported Antivirus Management Not Supported Data Backup / Recovery Not Supported Device Monitoring Not Supported Inventory Management Not Supported Patch Management Not Supported Policy-based Automation Supported Remote Monitoring Not Supported Reporting / Analytics Not Supported Risk Analysis Not Supported Server Monitoring Supported Service Configuration Management Supported Show More Features SQL Server Features CPU Monitoring Supported Credential Management Supported Database Servers Supported Deployment Testing Supported Docker Compatible Containers Supported Event Logs Supported History Tracking Supported Patch Management Supported Scheduling Supported Supports Database Clones Supported User Activity Monitoring Supported Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported
Integrations Akamai Cloud Supported Cloud Foundry Supported Comodo Positive SSL Supported Delphix Not Supported Elastic Supported IBM Informix Supported Kubernetes Supported Linkfire Supported MarkLogic Supported Microsoft IIS Supported Mist Supported MySQL Supported NGINX Supported Nutanix AHV Supported Redis Supported SQL Server Supported Squid Supported XenServer Supported Zendesk Supported Show More Integrations View All 58 Integrations	Integrations Akamai Cloud Not Supported Cloud Foundry Not Supported Comodo Positive SSL Not Supported Delphix Supported Elastic Not Supported IBM Informix Not Supported Kubernetes Not Supported Linkfire Not Supported MarkLogic Not Supported Microsoft IIS Not Supported Mist Not Supported MySQL Not Supported NGINX Not Supported Nutanix AHV Not Supported Redis Not Supported SQL Server Not Supported Squid Not Supported XenServer Not Supported Zendesk Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 3 Integrations
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