Best Database Performance Tuning Tools

Compare the Top Database Performance Tuning Tools as of June 2025

What are Database Performance Tuning Tools?

Database performance tuning tools are software tools that optimize database performance and efficiency. They analyze query execution, indexing, and resource utilization to identify bottlenecks and suggest improvements. These tools often provide real-time monitoring, performance diagnostics, and automated recommendations to enhance speed and reduce latency. They support a wide range of databases, including SQL, NoSQL, and cloud-based systems, ensuring optimal resource usage. By using these tools, businesses can improve application responsiveness, reduce downtime, and maintain a high-performing data environment. Compare and read user reviews of the best Database Performance Tuning tools currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    Quickly pinpoint performance issues with SolarWinds® Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) while providing expert advice with tuning advisors. Anomaly detection powered by machine learning allows DBAs to proactively optimize databases before small issues become big problems. Real-time analysis with 24/7 monitoring and automated alerts provides the time an error occurred instead of just knowing it was “sometime last week.” DPA helps ease the use of more than 20 cross-platform databases in hybrid, on-premises and cloud environments.
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    SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server

    SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server

    IDERA, an Idera, Inc. company

    SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server helps database administrators to find and fix SQL Server performance problems in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Unlike its competition, it provides effective scalability, advanced SQL query analysis and optimization, prescriptive analysis with corrective SQL scripts, powerful automated alert responses, broad PowerShell integration, complete customization, and extensive support for current and legacy SQL Server and Windows.
    Starting Price: $1,996 per instance
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    Redgate SQL Monitor

    Redgate SQL Monitor

    Redgate Software

    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
    Starting Price: $1,565
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    SQL Sentry

    SQL Sentry

    SolarWinds

    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.
    Starting Price: $1,628
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    dbForge Edge
    dbForge Edge is the newest Devart product - the multidatabase software solution covers all database-related jobs, allowing its users to accelerate the tasks' completion, save costs, and improve overall productivity. A set of powerful features applies to all most popular database management systems - MySQL and MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL. Notice the most helpful features of dbForge Edge: Database design & development. Convert ER diagrams to actual databases or reverse-engineer databases. SQL coding assistance. Visual query building. Query profiling. Database comparison & synchronization. Deploy changes to the target databases on different platforms. Data management. Data import/export. Data analysis and reporting. Database administration.
    Starting Price: $99.95
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    SQL Query Tuner

    SQL Query Tuner

    IDERA, an Idera, Inc. company

    SQL Query Tuner helps database administrators to tune and profile SQL code for SQL Server. Unlike its competition, it provides automated SQL tuning and performance optimization suggestions with color-coded index analysis, database profiling of wait-time analysis for a single stored routine or an entire data source, SQL stress load testing to simulate a production environment with parallel users and executions over a specific period of time or execution cycle, and review of SQL execution and performance costs using explain plans.
    Starting Price: $400 per instance
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    DB Optimizer

    DB Optimizer

    IDERA, an Idera, Inc. company

    DB Optimizer helps database administrators to tune and profile SQL code across database platforms. Unlike its competition, it provides automated SQL tuning and performance optimization suggestions with color-coded index analysis, database profiling of wait-time analysis for a single stored routine or an entire data source, SQL stress load testing to simulate a production environment with parallel users and executions over a specific period of time or execution cycle, and review of SQL execution and performance costs using explain plans.
    Starting Price: $572 per user (workstation_
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    DB PowerStudio

    DB PowerStudio

    IDERA, an Idera, Inc. company

    Administer, manage changes, tune queries, and develop relational databases. Database professionals need to minimize the time and effort spent on the routine management and development of databases across the organization. To address this challenge, benefit from IDERA’s bundle of top tools for the management and development of multiple database platforms. Perform database administration. Automate and manage complex database schema changes. Automate SQL query tuning and profiling. Develop SQL code efficiently.
    Starting Price: $1,699.20 per user
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