IDERA SQL Enterprise Job Manager vs Quest Foglight for Databases comparison

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We performed a comparison between IDERA SQL Enterprise Job Manager and Quest Foglight for Databases based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "The price is worth it, if you have the time to go through the information."
  • "Compared to the other tools on the market, Foglight is okay in terms of pricing and licensing."
  • "It is cost-effective. With our EA, it is really based on the scale of our database environment. We found the Quest team to be reasonable and flexible when it comes to pricing and scaling of licenses."
  • "This is like the "Cadillac" of performance monitoring software. It's not cheap... I am currently with a company that I was able to convince that the product is worth the cost."
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    Top Answer:One of the hardest things to do in database management is to evaluate performance deviation across time. The adaptive baseline that Quest is using is by far the most helpful. That doesn't necessarily… more »
    Top Answer:The licensing model is straightforward. From day one, we know about the charges and costs involved in a project. I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is… more »
    Top Answer:Some customers have issues with the way the data gets read and accumulated. They are expecting a different way of data monitoring. After explanation, they understand what exactly they are doing. Quest… more »
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    Overview

    IDERA SQL Enterprise Job Manager provides comprehensive monitoring and management of agent jobs across all instances of Microsoft SQL Server. The familiar calendar layout makes it easy to view status, manage details, and review history for any job or instance in your environment. Manage jobs proactively by chaining jobs together to create automated workflows and configuring alerts to notify of completion status and potential issues. The web-based architecture makes it easy to view status and centrally manage jobs from anywhere. Unlike its competition, it provides chaining of jobs to create automated workflows, configurable alert notifications for success and failure of jobs, automation of job scheduling, familiar calendar layout, pre-defined and custom filters to find specific jobs for analysis, and drill down to see alert settings, upcoming jobs, and history details.

    Foglight identifies and resolves performance issues across your applications, databases and virtual environments. The Foglight family of products easily integrates with your existing tools, so you can monitor and analyze data from almost any source across your infrastructure and view it through a single interface with our customizable, unified monitoring platform

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    IDERA SQL Enterprise Job Manager is ranked 50th in Database Development and Management while Quest Foglight for Databases is ranked 2nd in Database Development and Management with 10 reviews. IDERA SQL Enterprise Job Manager is rated 0.0, while Quest Foglight for Databases is rated 8.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quest Foglight for Databases writes "Excels at displaying intensive database queries and enables me to address things before they become real problems". IDERA SQL Enterprise Job Manager is most compared with Chain, whereas Quest Foglight for Databases is most compared with Quest Spotlight, Oracle Enterprise Manager, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server and Toad for Oracle.

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