Spotlight vs. SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Spotlight
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Spotlight from Quest Software is a database performance monitoring option.N/A
SQL Server BI Manager
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Houston-based Idera's SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager is an IT infrastructure monitoring option.N/A
Pricing
SpotlightSQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SpotlightSQL Server BI Manager
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
SpotlightSQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Features
SpotlightSQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
SQL Performance Monitoring
Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Spotlight
7.7
3 Ratings
8% below category average
SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
7.8
4 Ratings
7% below category average
Performance dashboard8.83 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Intelligent alerting8.03 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Top SQL6.62 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Historical trend data8.02 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Virtualization support7.02 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Best Alternatives
SpotlightSQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
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LogicMonitor
LogicMonitor
Score 8.9 out of 10
LogicMonitor
LogicMonitor
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
LogicMonitor
LogicMonitor
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
SpotlightSQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
7.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SpotlightSQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Idera Software
SQL Server [Business Intelligence] Manager is useful for tracking performance across SSIS, SSRS and SSA and have the data represented in dashboards. It helps improve performance and helps end users. However, several features are redundant for smaller organization that can use the tools that comes with existing Microsoft products. These features also takes time to learn and use.
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Pros
Quest Software
  • Great SQL server monitoring
  • Rewind and playback of previous times
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Idera Software
  • Types of alerts
  • Dashboard view
  • Configurable Alerts
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Cons
Quest Software
  • My only complaint was the cost.
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Idera Software
  • Lacks versioning control.
  • Lacks support/native driver for alternative database.
  • Only plays well with other Microsoft products.
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Usability
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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Idera Software
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Support Rating
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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Idera Software
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Alternatives Considered
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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Idera Software
SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager does what SQL Server Management Studio should already do natively. So it actually fills up important gaps Microsoft left in its product.
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Return on Investment
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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Idera Software
  • More efficiencies throughout the BI stack
  • Less employees needed for monitoring all the BI processing
  • Proactive error handling
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