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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

    VMmanager

    Score9.3 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    VMmanager automatically creates KVM / LXD based virtual machines. It provides flexible features to control and manage virtual infrastructure. The free version of VMmanager comes without any feature limits for 30 days. Modern interface. VMmanager boasts interface and smart UX that makes it easy to solve any task. Stability and security. VMmanager gets new security updates every week. The…N/A
    Pricing
    SpotlightVMmanager
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SpotlightVMmanager
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Trial version It has the same settings and functions as the full version except for the following limitations: — Valid for 30 days — By default, it includes 5 servers and 100 virtual machines (can be expanded to any value for free in your account)
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    Features
    SpotlightVMmanager
    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Spotlight and VMmanager
    Feature
    Spotlight
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    6% below category average
    VMmanager
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    SpotlightVMmanager
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
    SolarWinds Virtualization Manager (VMAN)
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Score10 out of 10
    OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SpotlightVMmanager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SpotlightVMmanager
    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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    ISPsystem
    VMmanager has the capability for easy and effective business data quality and also its function is easy to manage and use. VMmanager features are easy to manipulate and have excellent capabilities for project data management and stable functionalities for easy data migration and have useful reports creation platform than other platforms.
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    Pros
    Quest Software
    • Great SQL server monitoring
    • Rewind and playback of previous times
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    ISPsystem
    • Amazing documents solutions.
    • Has simple management in various business.
    • Best capabilities on features.
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    Cons
    Quest Software
    • My only complaint was the cost.
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    ISPsystem
    • Professional user are required to set features.
    • Powerful machines are required to all users.
    • New users may need guides to set features.
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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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    ISPsystem
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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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    ISPsystem
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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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    ISPsystem
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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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    ISPsystem
    • Powerful integration features.
    • Data insights collection is easy.
    • Data processing and best business operations.
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