Database teams are under increasing pressure to manage estates spanning multiple platforms and environments, while dealing with fragmented monitoring practices and growing operational overhead. Redgate’s State of the Database Landscape report found that 74% of organizations now operate multiple database platforms, yet monitoring remains inconsistent: 31% still rely on scripts and 23% use home-built tools. Inconsistent: 31% still rely on scripts, and 23% use home-built tools.
To help address these issues, Redgate launched its widely used Redgate Monitor as a SaaS edition, removing the overhead of deploying, hosting, and maintaining monitoring infrastructure. Led by David Gummer, the Chief Product Officer at Redgate, this new fully managed cloud version of its database monitoring platform focuses on the problems that drive complexity in modern database estates and on reducing operational friction for teams being asked to do more with less.
What Is Redgate Software?
Redgate Software is a database management software company trusted by more than 200,000 database professionals, offering a wide range of solutions to help organizations reliably address the complex challenges of database management across the Database DevOps lifecycle.
The company aims to help businesses stay in control of their databases. Redgate achieves this by supporting automation, enabling secure scaling, and ultimately helping teams realize value and unlock growth through AI. This portfolio of solutions helps organizations standardize workflows, improve collaboration between development and operations teams, and maintain greater control over database performance. Redgate strives to make life easier for IT leaders and development and operations teams by increasing efficiency, reducing errors, and safeguarding critical business data.
The Role of Monitor SaaS at Redgate
As the Chief Product Officer of Redgate, Gummer manages the entire lifecycle of Redgate’s software portfolio. This role gives him unique insight into customer demand, enabling him to identify which solutions best meet their needs and determine how to deliver them. He and his team track trends in the database industry and, in Redgate’s 2026 State of the Database Landscape Report, identified three main pain points: inconsistent practices, poor visibility, and unclear ownership. Monitor SaaS is designed to address each of these issues.
“Database teams are responsible for some of the most critical systems in the business, yet they’re often asked to spend valuable time managing the tooling around them,” Gummer says. “Monitor SaaS removes operational overhead while delivering the end-to-end management Redgate is known for. Demand for Monitor SaaS has been strong, with over a hundred organizations expressing interest in early access and noting the value of maintaining the capabilities of the existing product while simplifying deployment through a SaaS model.”
How Monitor SaaS Monitors
Redgate’s Monitor supports monitoring of SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, and MongoDB environments, providing database teams with a unified view of performance across complex setups. Customers install a lightweight agent and instantly access a fully managed monitoring platform, with infrastructure management, upgrades, and maintenance handled by Redgate.
The launch highlights the growing trend among organizations seeking to control their enterprise database. SaaS-based tools are making deployment and management easier. Redgate Monitor is now available as a SaaS offering, catering to teams adopting SaaS-first strategies while still providing the same reliable Redgate Monitor features for customers who choose to self-host.
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