Float Cash Flow vs. Spotlight

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Float Cash Flow
Score 9.0 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
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Spotlight 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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Community Pulse
Float Cash FlowSpotlight
Considered Both Products
Float Cash Flow

No answer on this topic

Spotlight
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 …
Top Pros
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Features
Float Cash FlowSpotlight
SQL Performance Monitoring
Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Float Cash Flow
-
Ratings
Spotlight
7.7
3 Ratings
8% 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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Float Cash FlowSpotlight
Small Businesses
MIP Fund Accounting
MIP Fund Accounting
Score 8.7 out of 10

No answers on this topic

Medium-sized Companies
Centage
Centage
Score 9.5 out of 10
Redgate Monitor
Redgate Monitor
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Prophix
Prophix
Score 8.9 out of 10
Redgate Monitor
Redgate Monitor
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Float Cash FlowSpotlight
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
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
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
  • 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
  • My only complaint was the cost.
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Usability
Float Yard Ltd
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Quest
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
No answers on this topic
Quest
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
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
  • Spotlight is reasonably inexpensive, and any one of the multiple things we use it for more than justifies the cost.
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