The DBmarlin alternative to SolarWinds DPM
Monitoring for every engine you run, wherever you run it
Deeper query and wait-time analysis across your full database fleet, including the engines DPM does not cover, with deployment options DPM cannot offer.
Free licence includes 1 database instance. No agents. Self-hosted or cloud.
Why teams switch from SolarWinds DPM
What teams tell us before they cancel their SolarWinds DPM licence.
New owners, steeper bills
SolarWinds was acquired by Turn/River Capital in April 2025. Customers across the SolarWinds portfolio have publicly reported renewal increases of 200% to 300%.
Subscription-only, three-year minimum
As of August 1, 2025, SolarWinds enforced a subscription-only model with a 3-year minimum on new contracts.
Built for open source, stops at your legacy estate
DPM is built around open-source and cloud-native engines: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, MongoDB, and Redis. Estates running Oracle or SQL Server need SolarWinds DPA as a separate product, two contracts and two interfaces.
SaaS only, no on-prem option
DPM is SaaS only. Teams in regulated industries that need an on-prem option run out of room.
Side-by-side comparison
DBmarlin vs SolarWinds DPM
The features that matter to teams leaving SolarWinds DPM.
| Feature | DBmarlin | SolarWinds DPM |
|---|---|---|
| Database support | Full multi-engine, including Oracle and SQL Server | Open-source and cloud-native only: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, MongoDB, Redis |
| Setup time | Under 30 minutes | Comparable, both lightweight |
| Pricing model | Published, per-instance, plus a free tier | Custom-quoted, 3-year subscription minimum since August 2025 |
| Wait-time analysis | All supported platforms, with richer SQL plan history | All supported platforms |
| Deployment | Cloud or on-prem | SaaS only |
| AI root cause analysis | Yes, built-in co-pilot | No |
| Free tier | 1 instance, no card needed | No |
One tool for the full database fleet, including Oracle and SQL Server.
DPM covers open-source and cloud-native engines well, but stops there. DBmarlin gives every platform in your estate equal depth, wait-time analysis, query plan capture, index recommendations, and AI co-pilot, across 12+ supported platforms including Oracle and SQL Server, so you are not left running a second tool and a second contract for the rest of your fleet.
SQL plan history and change tracking that go beyond DPM's slow-query view.
DBmarlin automatically tracks schema changes, integrates with CI/CD tools for further change information, and correlates change with database performance. Comparison reports let you analyse before and after changes to see the impact, going deeper than DPM's slow-query view.
AI that gives you root cause, and how to fix it.
DPM surfaces query and wait-time data. Working out why performance degraded is still your job. DBmarlin's AI co-pilot correlates wait events and plan changes with your deployment markers to surface the likely root cause and recommend the fix.
Teams that made the switch
Migration ease
You do not have to rip and replace. Run both, build confidence, cancel when you are ready.
01: Parallel run
Run DBmarlin alongside your existing SolarWinds DPM setup through a final renewal cycle. No cutover pressure.
02: White-glove onboarding
Our team provides hands-on onboarding for the first 30 days, including live sessions, configuration review, and Slack access to your assigned engineer.
03: Cutover to DBmarlin
Most teams reach equivalent visibility within two weeks, often at lower data-retention cost, before switching off DPM for good.
Common questions
Before you book the demo
Will DBmarlin work for our Postgres-heavy stack?
Yes. DBmarlin monitors PostgreSQL with wait-time analysis, query plan capture, and AI-driven tuning recommendations, the same depth DPM offers, and it carries that same depth across Oracle, SQL Server, and the rest of your fleet if you ever need it.
Can we keep our Datadog or observability stack and add DBmarlin alongside it?
Yes. DBmarlin is designed to sit alongside existing observability tools. Many teams keep Datadog, Grafana, or New Relic for infrastructure metrics and use DBmarlin for the database-specific depth those tools do not provide.
How is your data retention different?
DBmarlin captures performance data at 1-second granularity and retains it without the tiered SaaS storage costs common to DPM. Most teams find their effective retention window works out cheaper at equivalent depth.
Do you support cloud-managed engines like Aurora, RDS, and Cloud SQL?
Yes. DBmarlin monitors cloud-managed engines including Amazon Aurora, RDS, and Cloud SQL, alongside self-managed and on-prem instances of Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and more, all from the same interface.
Can we self-host?
Yes. Unlike DPM, which is SaaS only, DBmarlin can be deployed on-prem or in your own cloud account on AWS, Azure, or GCP, an option teams in regulated industries often need.
See DBmarlin running on your stack in under 30 minutes.
Connect your first database for free. No card, no agent, no SaaS-only lock-in.