23 Ratings
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Based on 23 reviews and ratings
12 Ratings
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Based on 12 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
SQL Performance Monitoring

Foglight
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.7
Spotlight
77%
Spotlight ranks higher in 5/5 features
Spotlight ranks higher in 5/5 features
Performance dashboard

N/A
0 Ratings
8.8
88%
3 Ratings
Intelligent alerting

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Top SQL

N/A
0 Ratings
6.6
66%
2 Ratings
Historical trend data

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Virtualization support

N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
70%
2 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Foglight is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

9.1
Foglight
91%
6 Ratings
8.4
Spotlight
84%
3 Ratings
Support Rating

Foglight
N/A
0 Ratings
8.8
Spotlight
88%
4 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 employeesSpotlight
Spotlight is great when you need a tool to give a quick look at a SQL server as a whole. It gives you the ability to see a lot of things, which can be vital in diagnosing problems or identifying stressors. Less great is the open-end of some of the diagnoses it makes, and things it identifies as "problems" (unless you love users coming to you and saying something like "Spotlight says there's a problem with our page latch!!!").

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesPros
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
Spotlight
- I love the main page that provides a color code list of all the servers so I know very quickly where to focus my attention first.
- I love how easy it is to configure new notifications.
- I love how easy it is to configure a new server to monitor.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Food & Beverages Company, 10,001+ employeesCons
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
Spotlight
- Have not found any issues at this point.
Senior Enterprise Oracle DBA
AdventHealthHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
Foglight
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Spotlight
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
Spotlight
Spotlight 8.8
Based on 4 answers
Though our support needs have been minimal, we have gotten good responses when we have needed it.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesAlternatives 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
Spotlight
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.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Food & Beverages Company, 10,001+ 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
Spotlight
- We have not encountered any issues and continue to keep Spotlight's version current.
- Very simple to set up and add databases. The only thing that has to happen to the database is that a user ID needs to exist.
Senior Enterprise Oracle DBA
AdventHealthHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees