Foglight vs. Spotlight

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Foglight
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Foglight is a database performance management suite from Quest, with modules to perform cloud analytics, network performance monitoring and virtualization management, scaling to a broad, cloud / virtualization focused IT infrastructure monitoring solution.N/A
Spotlight
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Spotlight from Quest Software is a database performance monitoring option.N/A
Pricing
FoglightSpotlight
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FoglightSpotlight
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
FoglightSpotlight
Features
FoglightSpotlight
SQL Performance Monitoring
Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Foglight
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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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FoglightSpotlight
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Redgate Monitor
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Score 8.7 out of 10
Redgate Monitor
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Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Redgate Monitor
Redgate Monitor
Score 8.7 out of 10
Redgate Monitor
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
FoglightSpotlight
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
FoglightSpotlight
Likelihood to Recommend
Quest Software
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.)
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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
Quest Software
  • Database monitoring
  • Database management suite
  • Customization (both monitors and dashboards)
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  • Great SQL server monitoring
  • Rewind and playback of previous times
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Cons
Quest Software
  • There are not many problems with this product
  • Limited ability to use Foglight itself to solve problems it identifies
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Quest
  • My only complaint was the cost.
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Usability
Quest Software
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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
Quest Software
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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
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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
Quest Software
  • Foglight has a positive impact on my company by being a complete monitoring platform that specializes in risk assessment, user diagnosis and management, and server monitoring ensuring a secure business infrastructure through predictive analytics, query analysis, anomaly detection, behavior tracking, troubleshooting, automated discovery, and more.
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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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