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AppDynamics follows the money through the machine
A checkout can fail while every server looks healthy. AppDynamics built a business by following the transaction - and showing engineers what the delay costs.
Percona gives away the database. You pay for the judgment.
A database can be free and still cost a fortune to run. Percona has built a business in the gap between downloading the software and knowing what to do when it misbehaves.
IDERA and the case of the vanishing slowdown
By the time someone reports a slow database, the culprit may have disappeared. IDERA sells the tools that help technical teams reconstruct the scene - and keep the next incident from becoming a guessing contest.
Redgate sells relief from the database release nobody wants to touch
The Cambridge software company built a business around the awkward work of changing databases safely. Its next test is turning a collection of trusted tools into a broader platform, with private equity backing and AI knocking at the door.