Navicat Monitor
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What is Navicat Monitor
Navicat Monitor is a database monitoring and alerting tool for tracking the health, performance, and availability of database servers. It targets DBAs and operations teams that need visibility into database metrics, query activity, and server status across multiple instances. The product focuses on database-centric monitoring with a web-based interface, historical charts, and configurable notifications, rather than full-stack application observability.
Database-focused monitoring views
Navicat Monitor centers its dashboards and metrics on database operations such as connections, query activity, replication status (where supported), and resource usage relevant to database performance. This database-first approach can be easier for DBAs to operationalize than broader infrastructure monitoring suites. It also supports historical trending to help identify regressions and capacity issues over time.
Multi-instance centralized console
The product provides a single web console to monitor multiple database servers and instances. Centralized visibility helps teams standardize alerting and reduce manual checks across environments. This is useful for organizations running several database engines or many hosts that need consistent operational oversight.
Alerting and reporting features
Navicat Monitor includes configurable alerts/notifications for common database and host conditions (for example, availability, high load, or abnormal activity). It also provides charts and reports that can be used for routine operational reviews and incident follow-up. These capabilities support basic monitoring workflows without requiring a separate reporting layer.
Not full-stack observability
Navicat Monitor is primarily oriented to database and related host monitoring rather than end-to-end application tracing and service-level analytics. Teams looking for unified APM, distributed tracing, log analytics, and infrastructure observability in one platform may need additional tools. This can increase operational overhead when correlating database issues with application behavior.
Database coverage varies by engine
Feature depth depends on the specific database platforms and versions being monitored, and some advanced metrics may not be available uniformly across all engines. Organizations with heterogeneous database estates should validate supported features for each target system. Gaps in engine-specific telemetry can limit comparability across environments.
Integration ecosystem may be limited
Compared with broad monitoring platforms, Navicat Monitor typically offers fewer native integrations for incident management, chat ops, and third-party telemetry pipelines. Teams may need to rely on email/webhook-style notifications or custom integration work for certain workflows. This can be a constraint in environments with standardized enterprise observability and ITSM tooling.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Standard — Monthly subscription | Price not displayed on public store page (shown as "USD for a token per month" without numeric amount). | Flexible monthly payment; 1 token monitors 1 server or 4 Azure Databases; 14-day free trial available. |
| Standard — Yearly subscription | Price not displayed on public store page (shown as "USD for a token per year" without numeric amount). | Annual billing option; 1 token monitors 1 server or 4 Azure Databases; 14-day free trial available. |
| Standard — Perpetual license | USD 1,299 per token (Reseller Price) | One-time purchase; application never expires; volume discounts available. |
| Non-Commercial — Monthly subscription | Price not displayed on public store page (shown as "USD for a token per month" without numeric amount). | For eligible educational/non-profit users (see site); 1 token monitors 1 server or 4 Azure Databases. |
| Non-Commercial — Yearly subscription | Price not displayed on public store page (shown as "USD for a token per year" without numeric amount). | For eligible educational/non-profit users; annual billing option. |
| Non-Commercial — Perpetual license | USD 1,299 per token (Reseller Price) | One-time purchase for eligible educational/non-profit users; same token rules as above. |
Notes:
- A "token" is valid for monitoring 1 server or 4 Azure Databases (official site).
- Volume discounts for perpetual licenses listed on the store: 5-9 (20% off), 10-19 (30% off), 20-49 (40% off), 50+ (60% off).
Seller details
PremiumSoft CyberTech Ltd.
Hong Kong, China
1999
Private
https://www.navicat.com/
https://x.com/navicat
https://www.linkedin.com/company/premiumsoft-cybertech-ltd/
