We performed a comparison between Quest Spotlight and SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I consider the solution very scalable."
"The tool is a SaaS product where I just need to type a URL and start with the design process. I can integrate all elements of source control like GitHub, GitLab, etc. The tool also supports authentication-related provisions like SSH."
"Its dashboards are most valuable. The drill-down of the dashboards is useful."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"In IT, problems often occur in areas such as applications, web interfaces, or databases. The tool allows users to easily determine the root cause of these issues, whether they stem from the network layer, database layer, or elsewhere."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support for older databases and the ability to manage them in a centralized dashboard."
"Monitoring is most valuable, and being able to know that there is an issue or problem and I need to go look is also valuable. So, monitoring and learning are the most important features."
"What I like most about SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is that it's a powerful solution that lets me advise customers about performance, and it also gives a lot of supporting information."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer can help us identify issues we cannot see manually."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer's most valuable features include the notification of consuming the SQL queries, collecting data, and notifying about managing space and tables."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer helped us locate the performance issues quickly."
"Some customizations of the dashboard, such as having backup reports, would be useful."
"There's no reporting with this tool, and there really should be. They should add that into future releases."
"The software does not support webhooks. It doesn't support advanced versions of APIs. The tool also doesn't support advanced versions of specifications. The change that we do in one part of the model is not reflected throughout the specification. There are also some mutations in the clones. I am not able to do a local source control with the product as well."
"There is room for improvement with the pricing of the platform."
"Technical support for this solution needs to be improved."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should include more details on how everything works."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should be easy to implement and it should have more facilities to make it better."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should provide customization options allowing users to add different columns."
"It is capable, but I don't believe it has the right value matrix. It also depends on the budget of the company."
"The solution should add little details on the server so that an independent team could easily do the implementation."
"The areas where it currently lags are in reporting and dashboarding. The reports and dashboards are somewhat static, and we cannot create custom dashboards for specific customer needs."
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Quest Spotlight is ranked 5th in Database Development and Management with 4 reviews while SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is ranked 4th in Database Development and Management with 11 reviews. Quest Spotlight is rated 8.8, while SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Quest Spotlight writes "Good tool for the design and development of public APIs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer writes "Powerful monitoring solution with good technical support". Quest Spotlight is most compared with Quest Foglight for Databases, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Redgate SQL Toolbelt, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server and SQL Sentry, whereas SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is most compared with SQL Sentry, Quest Foglight for Databases, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server, Redgate SQL Toolbelt and Oracle Enterprise Manager. See our Quest Spotlight vs. SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer report.
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