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We performed a comparison between Oracle Enterprise Manager and Quest Spotlight 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Quest Spotlight Report (Updated: May 2024).
771,212 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"We use it extensively for performance tuning testing, monitoring, and configuration.""The best part is the efficient database performance monitoring and the ability to take actions directly from there.""We use Oracle Enterprise Manager for a lot of services like ERP and PLM.""It can also help with capacity planning, sizing, and maximizing overall performance in a large scale environment.""We use Oracle Enterprise Manager as a tool to monitor Oracle products.""It's easy to implement as it's made by Oracle for Oracle.""The most valuable features of Oracle Enterprise Manager are the data guide and online monitoring.""I have found the singular GUI feature very helpful. Fewer DBA resources can be allocated with Toad licenses."

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"Its dashboards are most valuable. The drill-down of the dashboards is useful.""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."

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Cons
"The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager has certain shortcomings and needs improvement to become a nice tool.""The tool is expensive.""The solution’s stability could be improved.""The deployment is not straightforward.""The solution’s pricing could be improved.""The product must improve its support team.""The solution is considered expensive.""The solution is not as simple as people say it is."

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"Some customizations of the dashboard, such as having backup reports, would be useful.""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's no reporting with this tool, and there really should be. They should add that into future releases."

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  • "It is part of Real Application Testing, so no new investment is necessary for clients who already are already using RAT."
  • "As with all Oracle products, care should be taken when using any features to ensure that they do not activate licensed features that have not been paid for."
  • "The basic functions are free. You only pay license fees for advanced features."
  • "The pricing is very high."
  • "We are satisfied with the pricing."
  • "There is only the standard licensing fee. There are no other costs."
  • "Evaluate your requirements carefully. Elaborate DR and HA setup of OEM can become expensive."
  • "Be careful to only enable the packs for which you have a license as this is an issue we see time and again."
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  • "Its cost was somewhere in the middle."
  • "The tool is cloud-based. It is priced well."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues.
    Top Answer:As far as I know, you do not pay for Oracle Enterprise Manager separately. You can use Enterprise Manager for free if you already have an Oracle license for your database.
    Top Answer:Improving the integration speed would be beneficial, as the current Java-based system can sometimes result in slow responses. Enhancing performance overall would also be valuable.
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:We use the tool for the design and development of public APIs. It is used in the first cycle of our API development. The product helps us to create APIs in the format that we are looking for and use… more »
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    Overview

    Oracle Enterprise Manager is an on-premises management platform that provides a comprehensive integrated solution for managing and automating your various Oracle products, including applications, databases, middleware, hardware, and engineered systems located either in your Oracle data center or in the cloud.

    With the Oracle Enterprise Manager's console, you can administer multiple databases and servers, distribute software to multiple servers and clients, monitor objects and events throughout the network, and integrate with other tools.

    Key Oracle Enterprise Manager Features and Products

    • Hardware and virtualization management: Manage all Oracle environments from one central console. Oracle Enterprise Manager provides management and automation for Oracle engineered systems, databases, middleware, and hardware.

    • Database management: Oracle’s Database management provides a full lifecycle solution for updates and configuration management, patching, provisioning, testing, performance management and automatic tuning.

    • Application performance management (APM): User and database monitoring with diagnostics and performance analysis that provide rich reporting on real user activities.

    • Enterprise monitoring: Built-in monitoring of all components of the IT infrastructure enables rapid problem diagnosis. Both Oracle and non-Oracle components are constantly monitored.

    • Oracle real user experience insight: Insights on real user experiences and preferences enable businesses and IT stakeholders to develop a shared understanding into their application users’ experience.

    • Non-Oracle management: Oracle Enterprise Manager manages non-Oracle components with a comprehensive set of plugins. The self-update mechanism allows customers to download, import, and deploy extensions built by Oracle, Oracle partners, and Oracle customers. These extensions enjoy the same level of stability as Oracle's own products.

    • Installation and upgrade: The upgrade process provides efficient, reliable, secure data migration with minimal downtime of your environment.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Oracle Enterprise Manager stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its central management and monitoring and its reporting capabilities

    Robin C., head of Oracle Exadata Centre of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services, writes, "The database performance monitoring features are very useful and allow us to quickly zero in on DB-related issues. Exadata storage server and Infiniband switches can be viewed from the GUI in OEM which cannot be done in other tools. The ability to deploy metric extensions makes this tool extensible for our custom monitoring also."

    PeerSpot users note the effectiveness of these features. A database manager at a tech services company notes, “The solution's most valuable aspect is the fact that it is embedded with the Oracle database and Oracle's engineering system, its extra data, and analytics.  They have plug-ins that are very helpful. Due to the infrastructure's size, the introduction they offer is very, very useful. It helps with an overall understanding of the product. They have a very nice graphical user interface. The monitoring is good. We can capture the SQL tune from us. With Oracle Enterprise Managers, we can see the rich performance tuning.”

    Quest Spotlight ensures peak performance around the clock with unmatched monitoring, diagnosis and optimization of SQL Server environments. Spotlight provides access to the details you need for optimal fitness of your SQL Server databases. Get overviews of health and performance, automated alerts and actions, and mobile device support.
    Sample Customers
    7-Eleven, Halliburton, Cisco, Garmin, Nationwide, Korea Telecom, Allied Irish Bank
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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Computer Software Company9%
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    Educational Organization67%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Computer Software Company4%
    Government4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government11%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business5%
    Midsize Enterprise70%
    Large Enterprise24%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Quest Spotlight
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Quest Spotlight and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    771,212 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Oracle Enterprise Manager is ranked 1st in Database Development and Management with 123 reviews while Quest Spotlight is ranked 5th in Database Development and Management with 4 reviews. Oracle Enterprise Manager is rated 8.4, while Quest Spotlight is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Oracle Enterprise Manager writes "Provides good stability and has an easy implementation process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quest Spotlight writes "Good tool for the design and development of public APIs". Oracle Enterprise Manager is most compared with Zabbix, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Quest Foglight for Databases and ServiceNow Discovery, whereas Quest Spotlight is most compared with Quest Foglight for Databases, Redgate SQL Toolbelt, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server and SQL Sentry. See our Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Quest Spotlight report.

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