Product and Licensing

dbWatch is a total database administration solution, helping enterprises monitor and manage any number of SQLServer, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Sybase or MySQL database servers efficiently. 

dbWatch will give you total control over all aspects of operation, performance, analytics and resource usage. With dbWatch you will have the total overview you need in order to maximize efficiency and minimize the resources you spend on operating all of your database servers.

For a full description of all dbWatch features look here or download the full dbWatch Enterprise server paper. You can find dbWatch videos here.

All dbWatch products are licensed on a 12-month Right-to-Use (RTU license. All RTU licenses include free support, maintenance and upgrades in the license period.

dbWatch licenses are based on the number of instances you need. Licenses start at USD $3,190 for 10 instances of dbWatch Essentials.

• Licensed per instance
• 12 months license including support, maintenance and upgrades automatic renewal (unless cancelled in advance)
• Unlimited number of users
• No restrictions on cores or CPU
• License can be used on any mix of MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Sybase, mySQL or MariaDB

• MS SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019
• Microsoft AlwaysOn
• Azure SQL instances
• PostgreSQL 8.2 through 11
• Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c, 18
• Oracle RAC
• Oracle DataGuard
• Sybase 12 through 15
• MySQL 5.0 and later
• MariaDB
• Support on-premises, off-premises, AWS, Azure and other clouds

We seek to always add support for new versions of these platforms within 3-6 months from stable release

This is the list of recommended minimum hardware requirements for best performance.

DBWATCH SERVER

• Windows, Apple OSX or Linux Server on I386 (VMWare virtual server supported)
• 8 GB RAM
• 1 GB HD Space
• Installs in under 15 minutes

DBWATCH ENGINE (PER INSTANCE)

• 500 Mb free space in each database instance
• Bulk install for large database environments
• SA, SYS or other superuser password required for each engine installation
• Installs in under 2 minutes per instance

DBWATCH CLIENT

• Windows, Apple OSX or Linux operating system for use with graphical interface
• 2Gb Memory
• 500 Mb hard drive space
• Java support
• Client - Server communication requires single port only