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    Preseem

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/APreseem is Proactive Growth, Customer Support, and Network Operations for regional ISPs, whether they're fixed wireless, fiber, or hybrid. Growth Preseem helps to uncover acquisition and upsell opportunities, deliver great customer experiences, and increase customer loyalty. Customer Loyalty: Preseem helps subscribers achieve a reliable, low-latency internet experience without buffering, lag, or slow internet. Preseem's AP Subscriber…

    $300

    per month

    Spotlight

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASpotlight from Quest Software is a database performance monitoring option.N/A
    Pricing
    PreseemSpotlight
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    PreseemSpotlight
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPreseem pricing is based on a per subscriber per month basis. Prices start at $0.60 per subscriber per month, with volume discounts available. The minimum monthly subscription is $200.—
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    Community Pulse
    PreseemSpotlight
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    Preseem
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    Quest Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    PreseemSpotlight
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Preseem and Spotlight
    Feature
    Preseem
    8.7
    6 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Spotlight
    -
    Ratings
    Network monitoring9.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network capacity planning9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis6.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network mapping9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Preseem and Spotlight
    Feature
    Preseem
    -
    Ratings
    Spotlight
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    6% 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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    PreseemSpotlight
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    Auvik
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    PingPlotter
    Score9 out of 10
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Nmap
    Score8.7 out of 10
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PreseemSpotlight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PreseemSpotlight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Preseem
    For any ISP that wants to know the QoE their customers experience while using their service, Preseem is an excellent choice. The rate plan shaping also makes sure the connection feels fast, even if the speeds are being 100% utilized by the customer. This is not a DPI service though, so you can't classify or shape certain services over others. All traffic is treated fairly, and small flows are moved to the front of the queue to make sure interactive traffic like VOIP, DNS, and gaming is working well ahead of large downloads.
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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
    Preseem
    • Graphical real time data of condition of our network.
    • Real-time data of network performance, network-wide, tower site-wide, sector-wide, and down to the subscriber level. Data that is both current and historical so we can see trends happening before a service-impacting issue arises.
    • The comparison of our network equipment performance compared to identical equipment that others have deployed throughout their entire customer base.
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    Quest Software
    • Great SQL server monitoring
    • Rewind and playback of previous times
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    Cons
    Preseem
    • The tool could stand to be a little less engineered, but really the ROI isn't there for them to do so. I don't think most of us care about how pretty it looks, more so does it work and can I figure it out in relatively short order.
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    Quest Software
    • My only complaint was the cost.
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    Usability
    Preseem
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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
    Preseem
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Preseem
    Any Amplifi product can show client infrastructure usage and date. the Dream Machine is perfect because it has built-in everything for the client to manage his local network.
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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
    Preseem
    • Best money we have ever spent on technology
    • Night and day difference in application performance after Preseem was implemented.
    • Key tool for customer satisfaction.
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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.
    Incentivized
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