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.

SQL injection attacks

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
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SQL Server

  • Faster queries
  • Better protected
  • Full control
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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 · 38

    Not 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 s

    Repeated 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 ms

    Who 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.

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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
Impact CenterImpact Center

What Quentra does

A slow queryruns fasterLast SQL Bender
A repeated queryis answered before the databaseCache Flash
A harmful querynever runs at allKey Breaker
A brute-force logingets its address blocked instantlyShield Guardian
Sensitive datashows up masked on screenData Sentinel
Every querywho, when, from where; all recordedAudit Keeper

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.

It seesEvery query bound for the database passes through Quentra and is recorded: who, when, from where, how long it took.
It suggestsFor slow, repeated and harmful queries it prepares the fix and shows it to you: a faster version of the query, a stored answer for repeats, or a block.
With your approvalUntil you enable the rule, queries flow as they are; once enabled, the query is fixed in flight, answered from the stored result, or stopped. Attack blocking and password-guessing protection, by contrast, run on their own once the security rules are on.
It measuresThe gain is reported from real data; measured, estimated and modelled figures are labelled separately.
Where it runsOn your own server, as a Windows service. Nothing is installed inside SQL Server.
Where your data staysOn your server; no cloud. AI is optional, and you choose the provider.

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Introduction

What Quentra is and what it does, in a minute and a half.

The Last SQL Bender

How a slow report query is turned into its fast form.

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Ömer Çolakoğlu

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 founder

Pricing

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.

Starter

A strong start for a single SQL Server

$990/yr

≈ $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
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Pro

For growing, performance-critical systems

$2,990/yr

≈ $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
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Enterprise

Unlimited control, security and visibility at enterprise scale

$9,990/yr

≈ $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
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Add-ons

Anomaly detection

Detects abnormal behaviour, suspicious activity and potential threats in real time. Brute force protection needs no add-on; it is included in every plan.

+$100/mo
Sensitive data masking (Data Sentinel)

Masks sensitive data in SQL traffic in real time, based on your policies. Available on the Enterprise plan only; not included, purchased separately.

+$400/mo
All features compared+
FeatureStarter$990/yrPro$2,990/yrEnterprise$9,990/yr
Platform and management
Real-time SQL traffic control
Quentra servers13Unlimited
Protected SQL Servers13Unlimited
Centralized dashboard and managementNo
In-flight query rewrite rules10 rules100 rulesUnlimited
Performance and optimization
Smart CacheNo
Impact Center (query performance analysis)
Security and control
SQL injection blocking
Database firewall
Brute force protection
Full SQL audit
SQL traffic control policies
Data retention7 days30 daysUnlimited
Visibility
SQL telemetry and visibility
Query performance monitoring
Historical performance data
AI and reporting
AI advisor
Custom report builder3 reports10 reportsUnlimited
Support and services
Support levelStandardPriorityPremium
AI usage quota (Quentra's hosted service only)StandardEnhancedCustom

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.

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