| Helps you optimize my.cnf/my.ini and identifies problem SQL | Helps you optimize my.cnf/my.ini only. No support for identifying problem SQL |
| Shrink-wrapped software | Bundled with other commercial offerings. |
| Agent-less Monitoring | Agents are required to be installed on each MySQL server |
| Perpetual Licensing | Subscription Based Licensing |
| Fully customizable using JavaScript and MONyog Object Model (MOM) | Limited Customization |
| Low footprint. Embedded web-server and database | Bloatware. Forces you to install multiple agents, web-servers and language runtimes! |
| Simple Installation. Zero Maintenance | Complex Installation and Maintenance |
| Slick AJAX Interface. Real time charting without annoying page refreshes | Classic web-interface. Full web refreshes during updates |