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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Float Cash Flow

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Float is a cash flow forecasting solution that is designed to integrate with a company’s existing accounting software to create cash flow analytics.

    $708

    per year

    Spotlight

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASpotlight from Quest Software is a database performance monitoring option.N/A
    Pricing
    Float Cash FlowSpotlight
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $708
    per year
    Premium
    $1188
    per year
    Enterprise
    $2388
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Float Cash FlowSpotlight
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAnnual billing available at a discount—
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    Float Cash FlowSpotlight
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    Float Yard Ltd
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    Quest Software
    Chose Spotlight
    Spotlight is more usable, better at meeting requirements. Integration with Xero is one of the strengths (as others integrate too but Spotlight seems better connection). We also like the way group consolidation work in Spotlight. If your focus is on comprehensive, flexible, and …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Float Cash FlowSpotlight
    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Float Cash Flow and Spotlight
    Feature
    Float Cash Flow
    -
    Ratings
    Spotlight
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Performance dashboard00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Intelligent alerting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Top SQL00 Ratings6.62 Ratings
    Historical trend data00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Virtualization support00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Float Cash FlowSpotlight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Float Cash FlowSpotlight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Float Yard Ltd
    Float is great for a startup/small (< 20 employee companies) that have limited resources for keeping an eye on cash flow. Yes, you could hire a contractor CFO, but it would simply be less expensive to use Float and educate yourself a bit about cash flow. For larger companies I feel like you would have a dedicated financial controller or CFO that may already have tools they are familiar with, but this service might also still be useful.
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    Quest Software
    Spotlight’s ability to consolidate data from various entities and provide insightful reports is highly beneficial. It streamlines financial reporting, allowing professionals to focus on advisory services and strategic decision-making.Small businesses, nonprofits, and organizations that need regular board packs or executive summaries find Spotlight useful. Less Appropriate: Certain industries (e.g., specialized manufacturing, healthcare, or research) have unique reporting needs. Spotlight’s generic templates may not cover all industry-specific metrics or compliance requirements.
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    Pros
    Float Yard Ltd
    • Cash flow management.
    • Forecasting out how much you can spend.
    • Quickbooks integration.
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    Quest Software
    • Great SQL server monitoring
    • Rewind and playback of previous times
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    Cons
    Float Yard Ltd
    • Quickbooks integration could be improved to automatically include recurring transactions.
    • Pricing is a little steep for smaller businesses.
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    Quest Software
    • My only complaint was the cost.
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    Usability
    Float Yard Ltd
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    Quest Software
    the platform offers a clean, easy to use interface. You can customize reports and dashboard. Integration is also pretty good, you can integrate to Xero, QBO and MYOB and excel spreadsheets. It also offers very broad supporting documents and webinars. There are only two downside of Spotlight; learning curve (it could be a bit difficult at the beginning to learn the system) and price point (For small businesses, Spotlight Reporting can be seen as relatively expensive compared to other reporting tools)
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    Support Rating
    Float Yard Ltd
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    Quest Software
    I've never had to contact support, as of yet I have had no issues or problems with the tool. This is after 5 years of use.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Float Yard Ltd
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    Quest Software
    I think Dell is better with its dashboard and ease of use, but SQL Sentry is better at customization. We used Spotlight at my previous company, and SQLSentry at my current company.
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    Return on Investment
    Float Yard Ltd
    • We've had a positive ROI since we're able to take bigger risks now that we understand how much cash will be in our account on what day.
    • We are able to make adjustments to our contractors and services to grow our business faster.
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    Quest Software
    • Spotlight is reasonably inexpensive, and any one of the multiple things we use it for more than justifies the cost.
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