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- Foglight is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

9.1
Foglight
91%
6 Ratings
8.8
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
88%
9 Ratings
Support Rating

Foglight
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
70%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Foglight
Strengths [Foglight]
- Monitoring, Alerting and Management of on-prem virtualization and physical servers
- Historical trending and baselining are excellent and being able to compare a problem period against the same sets of data for a period when there was no issue is especially helpful as part of troubleshooting.
- Ease of use for end users is appreciated
Weaknesses [of Foglight]
- Creation and management of custom monitors is a developer level activity requiring Groovy skillset
- Less useful for management of an environment where there is a large amount of custom implementations
- Commitment to longevity of cartridges/packs for specific subsystems
- Ability to create custom schedules/alerts/escalations is only available via a 3rd party product (from a former Quest developer) and is not particularly easy to manage/manipulate
- Lack of API accessibility for external integrations to other analytics (splunk, etc.)

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesRed Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
OpenShift is well suited if you want to use docker and [Kubernetes] but you want to hide the complexity of these two technologies. It gives a developer much more freedom in terms of code deployment, builds process, and implementation. One of its strengths is scaling and you can easily configure it for each application.
Cyber Security and Blockchain Blogger
WitQuakeE-Learning, 51-200 employees
Pros
Foglight
- Foglight NMS is very light on resources given the amount of monitoring connectivity options it provides. It is one of the few that I've trialed in the past that offers SNMP v3 connections.
- The dashboard is concise with the main areas of interest. It can be customized as well if you have a particular use case.
- Setting up alerts is straightforward with the ability to set custom thresholds. Alert emails get sent by configuring a primary mail server with the option to add a backup mail server in the event of a primary mail server outage or connectivity issues.
Sole Proprietor
Zombie ComputersInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
- Implementing and integration platform to move infrastructure from on-premise hardware to the cloud[.]
- Establishes a robust network and an updated infrastructure to develop intelligent and integrated services[.]
- Makes internal development easier and faster and improves data access to developers[.]
Head of Innovation & IT Infrastructure
NanoString Technologies, Inc.Biotechnology, 501-1000 employees
Cons
Foglight
- GUI interface is difficult to navigate
- No APM capabilities. They left this space about a year ago
- We have had issues with the GUI response times. On a regular basis, the interface can take several minutes to refresh
Sr. UNIX Systems Engineer
EsriComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
- Better API integration with a wider eco system
- CLI, UI and API could be better in terms of usability
- More security feature for east and west traffic, proxy and load balancing

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employeesPricing Details
Foglight
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Support Rating
Foglight
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud 7.0
Based on 2 answers
I think response time for IBM Cloud support should be improved.
Regional Product & Solution Architect Manager
GRUPO DATCOInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Foglight
I have experienced great business insights from the operation of this product on our data and work environment. It closely monitors workflows to ensure that there is positive and regulated outcomes that meets company standards. It detects problems in early stages to avoid critical cases that can lead to higher cost and time wastage. It prepares data and all workloads to make the process of migration from our company to cloud servers more simple.
Software Engineer
AvanadeInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
We are using IBM Cloud App ID as a simple method to get an OIDC provider for our applications, that are running within the OpenShift cluster. Also, IBM Cloud Object Storage is used within the workload to store data via an s3 compliant way. The IBM Cloud Container Registry is an easy way to store the container images, that are used within the OpenShift cluster. Especially we configured the system in such a way to stop the image delivery if the container images are vulnerable. IBMs Cloud Pak for Integration and Business Automation is providing a rich feature set, that is tackling a lot of use-cases. They are both installable in the provided cluster easily.

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesReturn on Investment
Foglight
- Positive - near instant alerts help combat potential problems quickly
- Positive - minimizes business interruption
- Positive - limits disruptions to productivity
Associate Attorney
Harris Beach PLLCLaw Practice, 201-500 employees
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
- Helped us migrate on perm apps to cloud
- Provided easy to use dev experience for devs without kube experience
- Provided a secure rbac solution for many different teams running workloads on the same cluster

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Investment Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees