Everything your database needs, on one platform
Every query to your SQL Server passes through Quentra first
Between your applications and SQL Server, Quentra analyzes, optimizes, protects and brings visibility to every query.
Security
Detects and blocks harmful queries before they reach SQL Server.
Every incoming query is matched against known attack patterns; suspicious ones never reach SQL Server.


Your applications
- Web Application
- Mobile Application
- Enterprise System
- Other Applications




SQL Server
- Faster queries
- Better protected
- Full control
You can monitor your database.
But you cannot step into the query.
Performance
- Inefficiently written queries
- High CPU and I/O
- Slow reports
- Missing indexes
- Legacy apps that can't change
Security
- SQL injection attempts
- Uncontrolled queries
- Exposed sensitive data
Visibility
- Poor root-cause visibility
- Weak audit trail
Quentra does exactly this: it sees the query before it reaches the database and, when needed, stops or fixes it.
Performance
Catches the slow query before it reaches the database; once you switch the rule on, rewrites it or answers it from cache.
In-flight query rewrite
Rewrites inefficient queries into optimized versions on the wire, with no application change and no deployment.
Last SQL Bender
The query runs as it always has
SELECT * FROM Orders WHERE YEAR(OrderDate) = 2026;Quentra does not step in; the query goes to SQL Server untouched.
Smart query cache
Keeps the answers to frequently run queries inside Quentra, so repeated queries never reach the database.
Cache Flash
First run
SELECT TOP 10 ProductName, Price FROM Catalog.Products WHERE IsActive = 1 ORDER BY PopularityScore DESC;The query reaches the database and the answer is cached.
Execution plan intelligence
Breaks down complex execution plans, points at the operator that costs you, and suggests the fix.
Plan Architect
The execution plan is read
Nested Loops (Inner Join) ├─ Index Seek · Customers └─ Table Scan · Orders ← 94%The plan is split into operators and cost is attributed.
Intelligent index advisor
Goes past missing index hints: proposes the indexes that pay off against your real workload, and flags the ones that do not.
Index Master
Your real workload is read
Missing-index suggestions · 412 Queries that actually run · 38Not SQL Server's raw suggestions; the queries that actually run on your system.
Security
Hostile queries and unauthorised access are cut before the database, by firewall rules you define.
SQL injection blocking
Recognises SQL injection attempts by known attack patterns and blocks them before they reach SQL Server. For each pattern you choose block, alert or allow.
Key Breaker
A hostile query arrives
SELECT * FROM Users WHERE name = 'admin' OR 1=1 --';The condition is always true; the comment discards the rest.
Database firewall
Blocks requests from suspicious addresses and harmful queries before they reach SQL Server, and shuts the source address after repeated failed logins. This protection is included in every plan. With the anomaly detection add-on it also catches out-of-hours bulk data pulls and anything else that stops looking normal in traffic, timing or volume.
Shield Guardian
A brute force attempt
LOGIN user='sa' ✗ LOGIN user='admin' ✗ LOGIN user='test' ✗ … 200 attempts / 40 sRepeated failed logins from a single source in a short window.
Data masking
Masks sensitive fields such as national ID, phone, e-mail and card numbers in the result set, in real time.
Data Sentinel
The query runs normally
SELECT FullName, NationalId, Phone FROM Customers;Quentra does not touch the query; SQL Server returns the result as usual.
Visibility
Every session and query is watched live: who queried what, when, and how long it took.
Real-time SQL observability
Live metrics and logs for every session: who is querying, what, when, and how long it took.
Observer
Every query is seen as it passes
14:32:07 app_user SELECT … Orders 1,240 ms 14:32:07 bi_user SELECT … Invoices 38 msWho queried what, when, and how long it took.
Audit
Every query is recorded with who, when and from where. Records are chained, so any later change is detected.
Tamper-evident audit
Every query captured with full context and chained, so any later change to a record is detected. Server setting changes (configuration audit) and permission changes (access audit) are recorded too.
Audit Keeper
Every query is recorded
No rule to switch on; logging runs by default.
Reporting
The AI advisor explains what is wrong; reports write themselves and land in your inbox every morning.
AI advisor
Reads queries, plans, indexes and system behaviour together, then explains what is wrong and what to do about it.
Oracle AI
You ask in your own words
Why did the system slow down last night?No SQL required.
AI reporting & analytics
You build the dashboard once; reports are generated automatically and land in the executive's inbox every morning. Service level (SLA) reports and custom metrics are part of it.
Report Wizard
You set the dashboard up once
Which metric, which range, who receives it.
What Quentra shows
Impact Center
- Six cards of what loads the server: memory hogs, CPU burners, disk grinders, TempDB bloaters, blockers, network floods
- Each card with its own measure: heaviest single query, total CPU time, pages read, TempDB writes, blocking time, data returned
- Window selector: 1 hour, 24 hours or 7 days
- The biggest saving opportunity on its own row


What Quentra does
How it works
Quentra sits between your application and your SQL Server: the application connects to Quentra, and Quentra passes the query on to your existing SQL Server. The only thing that changes is the connection address; the application code, SQL Server and the location of your data stay the same.
Real examples
One was measured on a real system, two are scenarios. Each shows the problem, what Quentra did and the result.
Films
Introduction
What Quentra is and what it does, in a minute and a half.

Founder
Ömer Çolakoğlu · 7-time Microsoft Data Platform MVP (a title Microsoft awards to data platform experts)
Over 23 years of hands-on work with production SQL Server systems. Quentra was built for the problems met in the field during those years.
About the founderPricing
Plans are priced by the number of SQL Servers Quentra protects. In a small setup Quentra and SQL Server can share one machine.
AI is optional: use Quentra's hosted service, a model inside your own network, or switch it off; switched off, no query ever leaves your server. The quota applies only to Quentra's hosted AI service; with your own model or API key there is no quota.
A strong start for a single SQL Server
≈ $82.50/mo
- 1 Quentra server
- 1 protected SQL Server
- 10 query rewrite rules
- Real-time SQL traffic control
- AI advisor
- 7-day data retention
- 3 custom reports · standard AI quota
- Standard support
For growing, performance-critical systems
≈ $249.17/mo
- 3 Quentra servers
- 3 protected SQL Servers
- 100 query rewrite rules
- Smart caching
- Central management
- Historical performance data · 30-day retention
- 10 custom reports · extended AI quota
- Priority support
Unlimited control, security and visibility at enterprise scale
≈ $832.50/mo
- Unlimited Quentra servers and SQL Servers
- Unlimited query rewrite rules
- Smart caching
- Central management
- Unlimited data retention
- Unlimited custom reports · custom AI quota
- Data Sentinel can be added (+$400/mo, purchased separately)
- Premium support
Add-ons
Detects abnormal behaviour, suspicious activity and potential threats in real time. Brute force protection needs no add-on; it is included in every plan.
Masks sensitive data in SQL traffic in real time, based on your policies. Available on the Enterprise plan only; not included, purchased separately.
All features compared+
| Feature | Starter$990/yr | Pro$2,990/yr | Enterprise$9,990/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform and management | |||
| Real-time SQL traffic control | |||
| Quentra servers | 1 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Protected SQL Servers | 1 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Centralized dashboard and management | No | ||
| In-flight query rewrite rules | 10 rules | 100 rules | Unlimited |
| Performance and optimization | |||
| Smart Cache | No | ||
| Impact Center (query performance analysis) | |||
| Security and control | |||
| SQL injection blocking | |||
| Database firewall | |||
| Brute force protection | |||
| Full SQL audit | |||
| SQL traffic control policies | |||
| Data retention | 7 days | 30 days | Unlimited |
| Visibility | |||
| SQL telemetry and visibility | |||
| Query performance monitoring | |||
| Historical performance data | |||
| AI and reporting | |||
| AI advisor | |||
| Custom report builder | 3 reports | 10 reports | Unlimited |
| Support and services | |||
| Support level | Standard | Priority | Premium |
| AI usage quota (Quentra's hosted service only) | Standard | Enhanced | Custom |
Frequently asked questions
Both; the same software does three jobs:
- Performance: it watches your queries, proposes fixes for problematic ones, and advises on indexes and stored procedures
- Security: it blocks SQL injection and brute force, masks sensitive data, and keeps an audit trail
- Visibility: live monitoring, server health, and change tracking
Which one leads depends on what you need.



