SQLGrease

Plans and prices

Every plan, in full

On the record

Alerts

Users can configure events and email notifications for conditions such as long executions, waits, blocking, plan changes, and exceeded baselines.sqlgrease.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Company

The about page identifies Franklin Yamamoto as founder and CEO and says SQLGrease was built by a small team of technology enthusiasts.sqlgrease.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Compliance

SQLGrease says it is audited for SOC 2 compliance by a third party and offers its compliance report upon request.sqlgrease.com · read 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.sqlgrease.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Deployment

A lightweight Windows collector service runs in the customer network and can monitor multiple SQL Server instances.sqlgrease.com · read 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.sqlgrease.com · read 4 Oct 2026

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.sqlgrease.com · read 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.sqlgrease.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Query diagnostics

It tracks query-level wait events, historical execution plans, response times, CPU, IO, locks, deadlocks, memory, and tempdb usage.sqlgrease.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Query Store

Query Store integration maps collected execution plans to Query Store and generates commands to force or unforce plans.sqlgrease.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Retention

SQLGrease Lite stores only 2 hours of historical data, while regular plans allow more history.sqlgrease.com · read 4 Oct 2026

Trial

The 30-day trial is fully functional and requires no payment information to start.sqlgrease.com · read 4 Oct 2026

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