Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) vs. Spotlight

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a free, open-source database monitoring and management solution. It helps enterprises reduce complexity and simplify management, while optimizing performance and improving the security of business-critical database environments - on-premises or in the cloud. It provides thorough time-based analysis for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB servers to ensure that data works as efficiently as possible. PMM allows users to identify the issues that…N/A
Spotlight
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Spotlight from Quest Software is a database performance monitoring option.N/A
Pricing
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)Spotlight
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)Spotlight
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFree and open-source
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Features
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)Spotlight
SQL Performance Monitoring
Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)
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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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User Ratings
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)Spotlight
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(7 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(4 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
8.8
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)Spotlight
Likelihood to Recommend
Percona
I suggest you try [Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)] at least once. Afterward, it
will make you feel relaxed. It really works and gives you more than your
expectations. It is equipped with multiple latest and advanced tools that will
fully satisfy you. So obviously there will be no need to concern other devices. It is
an excellent data management solution and also it is the best monitoring device than
any other.
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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
Percona
  • Measure the time and performance of queries made in a database
  • Integration with tools like Prometheus with the aim of storing information based on time
  • Monitor our databases in the cloud, as well as optimize the performance of the database, improving the usability of customer applications
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Quest Software
  • Great SQL server monitoring
  • Rewind and playback of previous times
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Cons
Percona
  • Sometimes it creates problems while serving a huge number of servers but I am sure its efficient team will overcome this problem soon and with its rapid advancements there will surely be more latest and advanced alerting options.
  • Truly speaking this is a great invention with very few shortcomings. I never face any dependency issues.
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Quest Software
  • My only complaint was the cost.
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Usability
Percona
I am using PMM for a long time now and the Dashboard provides a great overview for general server health and law. You get to watch if there are many queries when you get a problem. Time-based analysis for MySQL and MongoDB servers to confirm that your data works as efficiently as possible. We could improve database performance significantly.
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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
Percona
Percona has a history of being good at providing really informative materials in form of blog post, documentation, webinars or conference presentations. T is also true to the Percona Monitoring and Management, you can find excellent source of information on their site or on the forum. Support tickets are also handled well.
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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
Percona
Vividcortex is nice but is costly.
Datadog loses for me on the UI front and, of course, it will be a charged product.
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) has been best blend of technologies and is supported by the Percona community very well.
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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
Percona
  • This is a matchless tool for keeping us alert with all amazing monitoring capabilities. Almost all of its features and functionalities help us in achieving our goals by enhancing success rates.
  • Customer support is responsible.
  • Its performance is mind-blowing.
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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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ScreenShots

Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) Screenshots

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