SQLMON watches PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server databases from inside your own network and alerts your team on state changes, backed by a credential boundary that keeps your passwords off the cloud entirely.
Database status
Query latencyLast 60 min
Illustrative status view. Entries shown are examples, not live data.
Overview
SQLMON is a cloud-hosted, real-time SQL database monitoring platform that watches a company's databases from inside their own network, without ever holding their database passwords. A small collector agent runs inside the customer's network, polls PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server databases locally, and streams health readings up to the cloud over an outbound-only connection.
Operators get a live dashboard, threshold-based alerting (in-app and WhatsApp), read-only query tools, service control, and, for SQL Server, scheduled and on-demand backup and restore. The defining characteristic is a hard security boundary: the cloud never dials into a customer's network and never stores database credentials.
Demo
See a blocking chain build up, reach the team, get diagnosed without anyone handing out a password, and clear.
SQL-PROD-01
PG-REPORTING
LEGACY-01
prod-orders
SQL Server 2022Blocked sessions
0
Longest query
1.8s
Connections
148
Log space used
41%
Every database, by server
SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases sit side by side, grouped by server, each graded OK, Warning, or Critical.
Illustrative demo. Companies, machines, people, and readings are examples.
How It Works
Each part is developed and deployed independently, and works together as one product.
Collector Agent
Inside customer network
Polls PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server locally and connects outbound only. Credentials never leave the agent.
Cloud API
Identity + evaluation
Stores identity and configuration only, never credentials. Grades metrics and manages alerts.
Dashboard
Web application
Live status, connections, backups, and the superadmin Platform Console, updated in real time.
The cloud pushes alerts out over WhatsApp and the in-app notification feed whenever a threshold or state change warrants it.
Business Problem
Capabilities
Database Detail
Drill into any registered database to see live connection health, backup history, and query performance, without ever exposing its credentials.
Connection
Backup history · last 7 days
Query performance
Detailed Capabilities
What each capability does, and why it matters.
Live per-database metrics pushed to the browser with no page reloads.
The agent polls each database and reports raw metrics; the cloud grades them. Collected metrics include CPU and memory usage, active connections and sessions, blocked processes, database size, longest-running query duration, transaction-log space, and reachability.
Current state and early warning, not a stale historical chart.
A single, strictly prioritised status model grouped by server with fleet-wide counts.
Every status in the UI is derived by one function in strict priority order: paused, offline, secondary, error, awaiting, then OK, warning, or critical. The dashboard groups databases by server and offers search and status filters.
A newly added database appears immediately as awaiting agent rather than silently missing.
Cascading thresholds, defaults, global, server, database, graded instantly in the cloud.
Each organisation has a threshold configuration that cascades from defaults through global, server, and database-level overrides. Because grading happens cloud-side, editing thresholds takes effect instantly, no agent restart required.
Tune alert sensitivity per database without touching the collector.
In-app notifications for every logged-in user, WhatsApp for a curated recipient list.
Alerts fire on state changes, including recovery and agent-offline, and are flap-damped so a flapping database doesn't spam recipients. Being on the WhatsApp recipient list is a separate opt-in from having a dashboard login, so a field technician can get WhatsApp alerts without holding an account.
The right people are notified the right way, without alert floods.
Read-only queries, service control, and connection tests, run as a credential-free round-trip.
Read-only ad-hoc queries are permission-gated, enforced read-only on both sides, capped at 500 rows, and fully audited. Service control is bounded to start, stop, or restart of the specifically configured service. The cloud never holds credentials during any of it.
Safe remote operations without handing out production database credentials.
Scheduled or on-demand backups, always restoring to a new database name.
Backup and backup-restore jobs run on a schedule or on demand, orchestrated by the agent with plain T-SQL. Restore is always to a new database name (there is no overwrite path), and full run history doubles as an audit trail.
A safer, automated replacement for manual, error-prone nightly backup processes.
Organisations, role-based access, and a superadmin Platform Console.
Every record is scoped to an organisation. Roles range from viewer through operator and admin to a provisioning-only superadmin. A per-organisation database quota provides a natural usage lever, with amber and red indicators as it's approached.
One hardened platform serving many customers with strict isolation between them.
Pause a database or server for planned work without generating alert noise.
Databases or servers can be paused indefinitely or until a set time, with a reason recorded. Paused databases carry their last-known metrics forward and never raise alerts while paused.
Planned maintenance doesn't page anyone.
Automatic detection of Always-On secondaries, with failover and sync-health alerts.
Always-On Availability Group secondaries are detected automatically and shown as a distinct status. The agent re-probes replica role every poll, so a failover is reflected quickly on the dashboard.
Availability Group topology is understood automatically, no manual configuration.
Who It's For
Business Benefits
Pricing
Every capability is included. There are no feature tiers, and no edition to upgrade to.
1–350 instances
R375per instance, per month
R4,500 per year, excl. VAT
351+ instancesR350
R4,200 per year. Crossing 350 reprices your whole estate at this rate, not just the instances above 350.
All prices in South African Rand, excluding VAT.
See SQLMON working on a sample of your own systems before you commit. We set it up with your team and agree up front what a successful trial looks like.
Ask for a proof of conceptCovering hundreds or thousands of machines, servers, databases, or assets? For larger corporates, pricing can be adjusted on volume. Tell us the size of the estate and we'll quote.
Get a volume quoteFAQ
No. Database credentials live only on the customer's own collector agent, encrypted locally. The cloud's database record is identity-only: name, type, and server, never a password.
PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server, each with their own metrics adapter. SQL Server additionally supports scheduled and on-demand backup and restore.
No. The collector agent connects outbound only. There is no inbound firewall rule, VPN, or exposed database port required.
Yes. A one-click migration path reads your existing tool's database list, re-encrypts credentials locally under a fresh key generated on your own machine, and produces a ready-to-import file, without re-typing anything or exposing passwords.
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