DBmarlin vs Oracle Enterprise Manager

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.

Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai manages Oracle Database and Engineered Systems across data centers and cloud environments. It supports real-time and historical database diagnostics, tuning, issue analysis, change validation and automated migrations. Teams can monitor Oracle and non-Oracle technologies, configure static or adaptive threshold alerts, and manage incidents and notifications. It covers Oracle Exadata and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance, as well as Oracle applications, WebLogic Server on Kubernetes and third-party middleware. Database management spans on-premises systems, OCI, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Security tools support fleet assessments, sensitive-data discovery, compliance tracking, secure-configuration audits and automated remediation. Dynamic Runbooks can guide troubleshooting with notes, charts, SQL or operating-system commands; an Enterprise Manager app can display metric data in Grafana. The platform can run on premises or through OCI Marketplace. Enterprise Manager 24ai requires Oracle Database. Base features are included with an Oracle software license or support contract; some packs and options require separate appropriate licenses. Oracle does not state a plan price on the product page.