SQLGrease
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SQLGrease, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SQLGrease's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $79 a month | 8 Gig storage · Unlimited users · Up to 8 cpus · $79.00 monthly |
| Standard | $99 a month | 15 Gig storage · Unlimited users · 8 to 24 cpus · $99.00 monthly |
| Premium | $119 a month | 30 Gig storage · Unlimited users · 24+ cpus · $119.00 monthly |
| Basic | $806 a year | 8 Gig storage · Unlimited users · Up to 8 cpus · $806.00 yearly |
| Standard | $1,010 a year | 15 Gig storage · Unlimited users · 8 to 24 cpus · $1,010.00 yearly |
| Premium | $1,214 a year | 30 Gig storage · Unlimited users · 24+ cpus · $1,214.00 yearly |
The facts
Each one read from SQLGrease's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Alerts
- Users can configure events and email notifications for conditions such as long executions, waits, blocking, plan changes, and exceeded baselines.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- SQLGrease says it is audited for SOC 2 compliance by a third party and offers its compliance report upon request.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The maker says its collector sends data outbound over HTTPS, and query, deadlock, and execution plan sanitization masks constants before data leaves the customer network.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- A lightweight Windows collector service runs in the customer network and can monitor multiple SQL Server instances.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- The security page says VIEW SERVER STATE and VIEW ANY DEFINITION are sufficient for collection, with VIEW DATABASE STATE for Azure SQL Database; OS performance counters require sysadmin.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- SQLGrease monitors SQL Server performance and supports SQL Server versions 2008 through 2025, Azure SQL Database, Azure Managed Instances, and Amazon RDS.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Query diagnostics
- It tracks query-level wait events, historical execution plans, response times, CPU, IO, locks, deadlocks, memory, and tempdb usage.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Query Store
- Query Store integration maps collected execution plans to Query Store and generates commands to force or unforce plans.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Retention
- SQLGrease Lite stores only 2 hours of historical data, while regular plans allow more history.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- The about page identifies Franklin Yamamoto as founder and CEO and says SQLGrease was built by a small team of technology enthusiasts.checked 4 Oct 2026
Money
- Plan limits
- The pricing page lists storage tiers of 8, 15, and 30 Gig and recommends them for up to 8, 8 to 24, and 24+ CPUs respectively.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The 30-day trial is fully functional and requires no payment information to start.checked 4 Oct 2026
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