# Database Performance Analyzer Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Database Performance Analyzer the right Application Performance Management solution for you? Explore 9 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/221961/Database-Performance-Analyzer/reviews --- Database Performance Analyzer 4.9 (9) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 25th, 2026 # Reviews of Database Performance Analyzer Ease of use 4.8 Customer Service 4.5 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-9 of 9 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Jeremy M. IT Director Mining & Metals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Database Performance Analyzer great product in the right situation" February 1, 2018 5.0 Pros The indepth detail and knowledge you get from this product is amazing, more than a reporting tool, its full monitoring with drill down details of storage, applications and more. Cons There is No support for SAP HANA. We moved from a supported MS SQL database to HANA for SAP and it doesn't have mature support for HANA. Review Source CD Charles D. Chief Technology Officer Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Every SQL Server DBA's best friend" August 30, 2022 5.0 The product is really a godsend. You set it up in minutes and receive insights almost instantly. After 24 hours, it has a good idea of what is going on and you can go to town. By just looking at the console weekly, you ca make small incremental changes that have demonstrable impact and avoid the need to scale up and scale out unnecessarily. I've never found another product that does the same thing. Pros Database Performance Analyzer helps to quickly focus your team's efforts on issues with your RDBMS. It focuses on the concept of wait-time, looking for queries that take time and are executed often to help give you an overall view of what users are experiencing with your database. Cons I have yet to find a gripe about this product. Everything that it does it useful and saves us time and effort. Review Source AB Ankit B. Information Security Analyst Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Simple and Straighforward" December 10, 2017 4.0 Go ahead to use it Pros The really nice thing about DPA is that I can send developers a login and link (you can create non-admin "read" accounts) and it's easy enough to use that they can visualize and understand things without having to jump into an user guide. the tool is simple to use and offers a viable freeware whose only basic limitation is a four window for history - this allows for one to test drive the software and see exactly what it can do. Cons It would be nice if there were a little more customization available on some of the detail screens, and when viewing all of the SQL for a time segment it would be nice if the information weren't presented as an image, which would allow you to search for a text string (that is currently embedded in the image. It will be good if the price is lower Review Source RM Randy M. Deployment Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best Database Performance Analyzer" January 18, 2024 5.0 Pros DPA supports various database platforms, making it very versatile for organizations with diverse database environments. Cons Setting up SolarWinds DPA is a little complex for new users Review Source GL Gavin L. Systems Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Use it to monitor and analyze our database perform. " February 8, 2018 5.0 Useful current or historical information on query (high wait / load / execute time). Pros Agent base software, easy to install and manage on either Physical or Virtual OS. Provide useful information on database performance (CPU, disk, query, wait time, and other status). Allow to setup any custom alerts and monitoring on MySQL or MSQL. Cons The agent itself could be sometimes consume some memory / threads / process if your database server is light on resources and critical on performance. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Network Engineer Computer & Network Security Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Making growth in your business" February 11, 2023 5.0 Pros It is very much easy to deploy and its performance and monitoring are also very much effective. Cons Costing and implementation are the beauty of this product. Review Source AG Austin G. Senior Infrastructure Administrator Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "You don't have to be a DBA to benefit from using this!" June 18, 2018 5.0 Pros We were able to use this product to identify issues with our database's performance that was initially thought to be caused by network issues. I'm not a DBA but I was able to easily navigate through the product and view snapshots of performance data during the time people were experiencing issues. Having the historical performance data was absolutely vital. As you know, the information about an issue occurring never arrives in real time! After drilling down (again, super easy) I was able to see that a few large queries were responsible for the slowness. It even provided advice on how to improve the queries. I was able to send that information to our DBA who could use it to make improvements. Cons I had a hard time coming up with a con for this since it really did exactly what I needed it to do. So I have to resort to this: it's not free. Review Source DB David B. DBA and Change Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "DPA Good SQL tool" December 5, 2016 5.0 Solarwinds DPA has been a great asset to out toolset. While adhoc SQL can tell us a lot this tool helps to bring it all together in a single tool with great visual references. It also provides great history to review issues and performance impact and goals. Pros Ease of use and history Cons Don't really have any. Review Source AF Arnold F. Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: ### "null" March 7, 2019 5.0 Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Database Monitoring](https://www.capterra.com/database-monitoring-software/)[Server Monitoring](https://www.capterra.com/server-monitoring-software/)[Application Performance Management](https://www.capterra.com/application-performance-management-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.