AimBetter vs DBmarlin

AimBetter monitors database and application performance and provides real-time, AI-powered root-cause analysis for IT and DBA teams. Its visibility includes queries, locks, failures, operating systems, databases, and web activity. AimBetter says its AI analyzes query plans while queries run to recommend indexes. Supported databases include SQL Server and Oracle on Windows and Linux, plus cloud SQL Server and Oracle on Azure and Amazon RDS; MySQL and PostgreSQL are described as roadmap items. Webhooks connect with services such as Zapier, Nagios, Zabbix, ServiceNow, Salesforce, monday.com, Slack, and Trello. A mobile app provides access to critical metrics and alerts. Security features listed include encryption in transit and at rest, least-privilege agent access without direct database content access, and web controls such as two-factor authentication and single sign-on. Pricing is on request, with a starting price of $110 a month per server; a 7-day trial is available. The agent averages about 0.5% CPU and less than 500 MB of RAM.

DBmarlin monitors database performance and tracks changes to help teams identify where SQL execution time goes. It captures SQL statement text and wait states, and automatically detects changes to schema objects, database parameters and explain plans. Its AI Co-pilot provides database tuning insights and advice. DBmarlin is available self-hosted or in the cloud, with Linux, Windows and web platforms listed. The free Starter licence covers one database instance, unlimited users and no time limit. Premium is listed at £999/year per licence and includes priority support; monthly pricing is unavailable, and prices exclude tax. Supported databases include MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, CockroachDB, SAP HANA, SQL Server, IBM Db2, Oracle, SAP ASE, Informix, MongoDB and Snowflake. Listed integrations include Datadog, Grafana, Harness, Instana, Jenkins, Liquibase, New Relic and Splunk Observability Cloud. Licensing counts active instances, databases or nodes depending on the technology. SAP HANA pricing is marked beta, with pricing to be confirmed. The download page requests a first name, last name and work email to access downloads.