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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Foglight

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AFoglight is a database performance management suite from Quest, with modules to perform cloud analytics, network performance monitoring and virtualization management, scaling to a broad, cloud / virtualization focused IT infrastructure monitoring solution.N/A

    SQL Server BI Manager

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AHouston-based Idera's SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager is an IT infrastructure monitoring option.N/A
    Pricing
    FoglightSQL Server BI Manager
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FoglightSQL Server BI Manager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    FoglightSQL Server BI Manager
    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of Foglight and SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
    Feature
    Foglight
    -
    Ratings
    SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Performance dashboard00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Intelligent alerting00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Top SQL00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Historical trend data00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Virtualization support00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
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    FoglightSQL Server BI Manager
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    User Ratings
    FoglightSQL Server BI Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FoglightSQL Server BI Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Quest Software
    Strengths [Foglight]
    • Monitoring, Alerting and Management of on-prem virtualization and physical servers
    • Historical trending and baselining are excellent and being able to compare a problem period against the same sets of data for a period when there was no issue is especially helpful as part of troubleshooting.
    • Ease of use for end users is appreciated
    Weaknesses [of Foglight]
    • Creation and management of custom monitors is a developer level activity requiring Groovy skillset
    • Less useful for management of an environment where there is a large amount of custom implementations
    • Commitment to longevity of cartridges/packs for specific subsystems
    • Ability to create custom schedules/alerts/escalations is only available via a 3rd party product (from a former Quest developer) and is not particularly easy to manage/manipulate
    • Lack of API accessibility for external integrations to other analytics (splunk, etc.)
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    SQL Server [Business Intelligence] Manager is useful for tracking performance across SSIS, SSRS and SSA and have the data represented in dashboards. It helps improve performance and helps end users. However, several features are redundant for smaller organization that can use the tools that comes with existing Microsoft products. These features also takes time to learn and use.
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    Pros
    Quest Software
    • Database monitoring
    • Database management suite
    • Customization (both monitors and dashboards)
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    • Types of alerts
    • Dashboard view
    • Configurable Alerts
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    Cons
    Quest Software
    • There are not many problems with this product
    • Limited ability to use Foglight itself to solve problems it identifies
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    • Lacks versioning control.
    • Lacks support/native driver for alternative database.
    • Only plays well with other Microsoft products.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Quest Software
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    SQL Server Business Intelligence Manager does what SQL Server Management Studio should already do natively. So it actually fills up important gaps Microsoft left in its product.
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    Return on Investment
    Quest Software
    • Foglight has a positive impact on my company by being a complete monitoring platform that specializes in risk assessment, user diagnosis and management, and server monitoring ensuring a secure business infrastructure through predictive analytics, query analysis, anomaly detection, behavior tracking, troubleshooting, automated discovery, and more.
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
    • More efficiencies throughout the BI stack
    • Less employees needed for monitoring all the BI processing
    • Proactive error handling
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