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We performed a comparison between Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] and SCOM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Having standard monitoring features and a central repository saves us a lot of time and reduces risk of incidents.""With the APM you can replay the end user session and see issues quickly by viewing the session.""The ability to track performance of an application or application suite over time is extremely valuable to our business partners and for our application development team with near real time results.""At a glance I can easily see what is going on with all of my VMware ​environments, including top consumers of resources.""The most valuable feature is drill-down monitoring, which shows us from one interface the transaction chain from the front end to back end.""FxV is valuable as we can playback the session.""Intuitive, Single-pane-of-glass dashboards for real-time statistics and long-term statistics for capacity management and in-depth analytics""It provides a history of the activities on our SQL servers."

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"It can send messages to our ticketing system.""The most valuable feature of SCOM is real-time alerts.""The solution primarily drives system information, and I believe it works fine.""This is a product that does more generally than any of the competing solutions.""It's easy to use.""We have found the scalability capabilities to be okay.""It works better than other products I’ve used – namely SolarWinds, which is cumbersome and error prone for web app monitoring. SCOM is not.""We are able to do problem determination on runaway processes."

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Cons
"I want to see mobile access application in the next release.""There are some metrics I'd like to track that are difficult to find or implement into a tracking solution without a lot of manual work.""It needs a more intuitive way to create and implement custom "Cartridges" to be deployed through out a Federated environment.""SQL agents often failed but again this may have been addressed in future versions.""I want to see a new interface that contains HTML5 features. The current version of Foglight (on-premise edition) is so fusty in comparison with leaders of Gartner APM Quadrant - i.e. Appdynamics, NewRelic, Dynatrace.""I would perhaps like to see more SSMS connections.""Being able to incorporate other bespoke monitoring into Foglight would have made the tool even more useful.""The version compatibility needs work."

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"The management of the servers could be better.""It could use some system enhancements, such as better dashboards.""The GI is difficult to work with and the reporting servers are also difficult.""The solution’s initial setup is difficult.""The initial setup should be easier to complete.""The solution can be improved by expanding to cloud usage.""I would like more customized reports. People should have some customization option on the dashboards for whenever they put multiple lists into it. Beyond customizing the content, there should be the ability to customize the colors so that they can engage some priority and mark challenges separately.""In terms of features that could be improved, I would say the agent integration into the operating system. We are having difficulties integrating Linux into some of the networking devices."

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  • "I recall it being a very expensive solution relative to function and stability."
  • "The price is expensive for us."
  • "Foglight can be expensive I would go with the pricing at a three year deal."
  • "Since the product split – the licensing is a bit more complex."
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  • "The pricing and licensing are fair."
  • "Our licensing fees are approximately $30 per user, per month."
  • "If you have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, then this is part of the agreement."
  • "It is more expensive than the competition."
  • "SCOM is part of the System Center suite and I am satisfied with the pricing."
  • "We have an enterprise agreement that includes this product as part of it."
  • "The pricing is good, and it's part of their system center suite."
  • "We have to pay for a license and the price is fine for us."
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    Top Answer:The solution's reporting engine has given me detailed information on which applications or services I've either failed or about to fail in terms of the predictive makeup on Azure cloud.
    Top Answer:It is the cheapest product available in the market. I rate the pricing a one out of ten.
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    In Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
    3rd
    out of 20 in Event Monitoring
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    1,483
    Comparisons
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    Reviews
    10
    Average Words per Review
    433
    Rating
    8.1
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    Also Known As
    Foglight, Dell Foglight
    System Center Operations Manager, SCOM 2012
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    Overview
    Manage your application infrastructure by monitoring the IT components that affect application performance.

    SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) is a cross-platform data center monitoring and reporting tool that checks the status of various objects defined within the environment, such as server hardware, system services, etc. The solution allows data center administrators to deploy, configure, manage, and monitor the operations, services, devices and applications of multiple enterprise IT systems via a single pane of glass. It is suitable for businesses of all sizes.

    SCOM Features

    SCOM has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Application monitoring
    • Database monitoring
    • Threshold alerts
    • IT Asset Discovery
    • Predictive capabilities
    • Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting
    • Application performance management console
    • Server availability and performance monitoring
    • Collaboration tools
    • Virtualization monitoring
    • Patch management
    • Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications
    • Application dependency mapping and thresholding

    SCOM Benefits

    There are several benefits to implementing SCOM. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Management and monitoring of Windows as well as Unix/Linux platforms
    • Remotely connect to Windows machines and perform administrative tasks from the console itself
    • Custom dashboard creation to help monitor the datacenter with ease
    • Agent based monitoring
    • Integrates well with other Microsoft products
    • Easy to use and reliable

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the SCOM solution.

    A Manager at a financial services firm says, “The feature I like most about SCOM is that it is easy-to-use. I find it very user-friendly. I also like the knowledge base which it has. You can find the resolution to questions or issues directly within the SCOM itself. It will alert you with a recommendation of what you need to do at the same time. This sort of self-diagnosis or prompting is one of the great values you get from SCOM compared to other solutions.”

    PeerSpot user Zahari Z., Information Technology Auditor at a financial services firm, mentions, “Availability monitoring is the feature I have found most valuable, as well as the capacity and ability to send notifications. There is a mechanism to set up a notification from the SCOM and whenever there is a drop in the availability the notification alerts not only for availability but for other issues as well. You can align thresholds according to the speed of your environment and you can have a threshold related notification, which is one of the useful features.”

    Bill W., Sr. Systems Engineer at Arapahoe County Government, comments, “ I like some of their newer features, such as maintenance schedules, because SCOM records SLA and SLO time. When we patch, things are automatically put into maintenance mode so that the numbers for our systems being down, do not count against us.”

    A Project Manager at a tech services company explains, “The feature I have found most valuable is the book feature. While we run the Sprint one we can add some setups for multiple sprints.”

    A Systems Engineer at an educational organization states, “Because it's Windows-based, it actually reports quite well. It reports everything you can think of on the Windows server and allows you to monitor anything. It's excellent for those in the Windows world as it's very good at it.”

    Sample Customers
    Anji Automotive Logistics, Unimat, Priceline.com
    Dialog Telekom
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm44%
    Healthcare Company11%
    Educational Organization11%
    Computer Software Company11%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Retailer11%
    Government9%
    Healthcare Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government12%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise57%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability while SCOM is ranked 3rd in Event Monitoring with 13 reviews. Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] is rated 8.0, while SCOM is rated 7.8. On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "We can monitor all the VMs in our environment and access full insight reports for all the VMs, but the solution is not stable". Quest Foglight for APM [EOL] is most compared with Catchpoint, whereas SCOM is most compared with Zabbix, Dynatrace, Datadog, ManageEngine OpManager and Nagios XI.

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