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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Spotlight

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASpotlight from Quest Software is a database performance monitoring option.N/A

    Statseeker

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AStatseeker, a Techniche product, is a network performance monitoring solution used by private, Fortune 500 and S&P companies, and G20 governments around the world. The solution is designed to deliver instant, granular-level visibility of an entire network and history.N/A
    Pricing
    SpotlightStatseeker
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    SpotlightStatseeker
    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
    SpotlightStatseeker
    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Spotlight and Statseeker
    Feature
    Spotlight
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Statseeker
    -
    Ratings
    Performance dashboard8.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intelligent alerting8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Top SQL6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical trend data8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtualization support7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Spotlight and Statseeker
    Feature
    Spotlight
    -
    Ratings
    Statseeker
    7.9
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    SpotlightStatseeker
    Small Businesses
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    Auvik
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
    PingPlotter
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
    Nmap
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SpotlightStatseeker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SpotlightStatseeker
    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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    Techniche
    Statseeker is an excellent choice to monitor a small, medium or large network. It uses SNMP to monitor switches, routers, appliances and really anything that has SNMP. The reports and output you can get from the system are invaluable. The speed of the system compared to other monitoing systems is great. Overall an excellent system.
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    Pros
    Quest Software
    • Great SQL server monitoring
    • Rewind and playback of previous times
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    Techniche
    • Extremely fast and responsive.
    • It can poll huge amounts of data quickly.
    • Excellent reporting features.
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    Cons
    Quest Software
    • My only complaint was the cost.
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    Techniche
    • The user interface could be improved.
    • Support can take some time to respond as they are based in Australia. However, they may be moving to the US.
    • More dashboard customization.
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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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    Techniche
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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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    Techniche
    Support is very good, however, they have been based out of Australia so you have to deal with the time difference. Once you get them they are excellent. I have heard they are shifting some of the company to the US so that should help with support.
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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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    Techniche
    Both are similar, but I feel Statseeker is more feature-rich and the user interfaces much much faster than NPM. The UI is not quite as good as NPM, but I believe the slimmed-down UI is what allows for such fast query speeds.
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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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    Techniche
    • Great visualization of problem areas.
    • It helps speed up problem resolution.
    • Great capacity planning.
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