We performed a comparison between Nutanix Database Service and Quest Spotlight based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, Quest Software, SolarWinds and others in Database Development and Management."The most valuable feature of Nutanix Database Service is the ability to manage multiple vendors."
"This is a very useful solution for database management."
"It has some very good features. It really works with multiple silos in terms of infrastructure, database updates, and migration. So many things are easy with Era."
"What I like about this solution is that it's more reliable compared to other solutions."
"We have an enterprise-level backup product that we're required to use, so we don't rely on Era's version. [But] it could be an awesome first-line backup. It's very elegant the way they designed it. It's quick and it doesn't take up nearly as much storage space as traditional backups. It would definitely help to save on tier-one storage."
"One feature that is very good is the backup and validation process that's built into Era."
"It has wizards that are very helpful in the installation, and it handles automation as well as virtualization once deployed."
"The most valuable feature is its robust infrastructure management tools."
"I consider the solution very scalable."
"Its dashboards are most valuable. The drill-down of the dashboards is useful."
"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."
"If there were data integration services included with the platform then it would be interesting, and it would help us a lot."
"The patching should be a one-button function. Also, it works about 80 percent of the time, but 20 percent of the time it requires manual intervention. And sometimes, until you understand the technical underpinnings of that process, you can't fix it. I thought we would move past that. In the last version, they broke a big chunk of that for me, and that's why I'm waiting for the new release because they promised me it would fix the problem."
"The updating of the database engine is something that can be improved. For example, assume that we are using PostgreSQL out of the box, and it is version 10. If we want to migrate to version 11, 12, or 13, then it is not very easy to do that using Nutanix Era."
"I would like to see the SQL compatibility enhanced."
"This solution could be improved by integrating with more database providers."
"The solution needs to improve compatibility with other back-ups and products."
"The solution could improve by providing more support for more vendors."
"The initial setup was a little tedious and complex. If they could make the setup slightly more user-friendly, then that would definitely be beneficial. If they could give a clear indication of what ports are required across the business and multiple VLANs, then your prep work can be done beforehand and before you do the actual installation. Because the documentation that was provided was not 100 percent accurate, so we had to do a lot of custom firewall rules after we deployed Nutanix Era."
"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."
"Some customizations of the dashboard, such as having backup reports, would be useful."
Nutanix Database Service is ranked 5th in Database Development and Management with 16 reviews while Quest Spotlight is ranked 6th in Database Development and Management with 4 reviews. Nutanix Database Service is rated 8.4, while Quest Spotlight is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Nutanix Database Service writes "A single solution that provides you new deployments and monitoring as well as everything in one bucket". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quest Spotlight writes "Good tool for the design and development of public APIs". Nutanix Database Service is most compared with Oracle Enterprise Manager, VMware Postgres, VMware Tanzu GemFire and EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager, whereas Quest Spotlight is most compared with Quest Foglight for Databases, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Redgate SQL Toolbelt, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer and IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server.
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