Migration guides
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Honest, step-by-step migrations from the database monitoring tool you have. Each guide covers the parallel-run period, alerting parity, and how to decommission cleanly without dropping coverage.
Vendor · 8
Hosted, paid tools you can move off in a week or two.
From Datadog DBM to Obsfly
Per-DB pricing at $105/mo gets brutal past 30 hosts.
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From pganalyze to Obsfly
pganalyze is Postgres-only. Multi-engine teams end up paying twice.
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From AWS RDS Performance Insights to Obsfly
AWS-only. If you're multi-cloud or have on-prem DBs, you have a fork.
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From New Relic database monitoring to Obsfly
Usage-based pricing is unpredictable on chatty DB workloads.
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From SolarWinds DPA to Obsfly
DPA's UX is from the early 2010s; modern operators bounce.
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From Redgate SQL Monitor to Obsfly
SQL Server-only. Multi-engine teams pay twice.
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From AppDynamics database monitoring to Obsfly
Cisco acquisition stalled product velocity in 2024-2025.
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From MongoDB Atlas Performance Advisor to Obsfly
Atlas-only. Self-hosted Mongo or non-Atlas clusters get nothing.
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Open source · 2
Self-hosted projects you can stop maintaining.
From Percona PMM to Obsfly
PMM is free but operationally expensive — you're running Prometheus + ClickHouse + Grafana yourself.
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From Prometheus + Grafana to Obsfly
DIY observability has a hidden cost — Prometheus storage, Grafana maintenance, exporter compatibility, alert tuning.
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Stack · 4
Stack pivots that change which database you run, not just who watches it.
From MySQL to Obsfly
Postgres has matured for analytical workloads in a way MySQL hasn't.
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From Self-hosted Postgres to Obsfly
Patch management, replica failover, and PITR backups consume engineer-weeks per quarter.
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From Postgres 13 to Obsfly
Pg 13 reaches end-of-life November 2025.
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From Elasticsearch to Obsfly
Elasticsearch's license change pushed many shops to OpenSearch.
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