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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides end-to-end management visibility and control to manage a Kubernetes environment. Users take control of application modernization program with management capabilities for cluster creation, application lifecycle, and provide security and compliance for all of them across data centers and hybrid cloud environments. Clusters and applications are all visible and managed from a single console, with built-in security policies.N/A

    Spotlight

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASpotlight from Quest Software is a database performance monitoring option.N/A
    Pricing
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for KubernetesSpotlight
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for KubernetesSpotlight
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for KubernetesSpotlight
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes and Spotlight
    Feature
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Spotlight
    -
    Ratings
    Security and Isolation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes and Spotlight
    Feature
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for KubernetesSpotlight
    Small Businesses
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for KubernetesSpotlight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for KubernetesSpotlight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Red Hat
    Well suited for - Large-scale Edge deployments of OpenShift instances. Policy-based consistency for all workloads is Less appropriate for - Small-scale deployments. Stand-alone deployments of K8s clusters. Deployments in the same data center.
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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
    Red Hat
    • Continuous deployment of other OpenShift instances.
    • Controls clusters and applications from a single console.
    • Built-in Security & compliance.
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    Quest Software
    • Great SQL server monitoring
    • Rewind and playback of previous times
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    Cons
    Red Hat
    • Initial deployment of the ACM itself needs to be made easy.
    • Dependency on the Software versions of underlying open shift workloads during upgrades.
    • LCM of ACM itself.
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    Quest Software
    • My only complaint was the cost.
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    Usability
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Red Hat
    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
    Red Hat
    I have also used TNA by Google Cloud, but that is not mature enough as ACM. Right now, ACM is the best choice as a cluster manager for private cloud data centers.
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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
    Red Hat
    • Reduced the deployment duration of individual nodes by 50%.
    • Acts as a central manager for all the clusters.
    • Provides a lot of infrastructure options (storage, networking, etc) to build instances of your choice.
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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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