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Foglight for Databases vs Oracle Coherence comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Foglight for Databases
Ranking in Database Development and Management
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Coherence
Ranking in Database Development and Management
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
In-Memory Data Store Services (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Foglight for Databases is 3.9%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Coherence is 3.8%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Foglight for Databases3.9%
Oracle Coherence3.8%
Other92.3%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

AkshayChaudhari - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Specialist at TCS
Centralized monitoring has reduced troubleshooting time and improves visibility across databases
I would improve the user interface of Foglight for Databases, as I feel it is somewhat complex, especially when using the specific troubleshooting view, particularly for new users. I would also appreciate more flexibility when customizing the dashboards and alerts, so better prioritization based on impact would be beneficial. Reporting could also be more straightforward with more ready-made reports and easier customization. Clearer recommendations during troubleshooting would help users move from identifying a problem to understanding the likely root cause. There is still room for improvement in the user interface, reporting, and alert customization, but overall Foglight for Databases has been valuable.
SS
Data Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Facilitating real-time business insights with enhanced data querying
Coherence is beneficial due to its multi-indexing to the same object and filtering based on data attributes within the object, followed by aggregation. These features facilitate querying data with multiple keys rather than just a single key. Its real-time data processing capabilities provide insights for business decisions with up-to-date information.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The platform is very stable."
"My impressions of Foglight for Databases' ability to help me monitor a variety of aspects such as the OS, hybrid clouds, hardware, and databases across different platforms have been great so far."
"The alarms alert proactively if there are any potential or ongoing issues with the databases that we support. That means we can take preventive or corrective action before the issue becomes a big issue. And the SQL PI features enable us to drill down into performance issues in our databases so that we can improve performance, which is important."
"Foglight for Databases provides strong centralized monitoring across all my needs."
"Based on my experience, I would estimate we are able to resolve database-related performance issues about thirty to forty percent faster than before."
"From my experience as a user for almost nine years, I can say that it is a great product and a good investment for monitoring databases, especially in a SQL Server environment."
"We can visualize all the different types of DB servers that we are monitoring in a single pane of glass. It uses a 360-degree overview of the database, for each of those databases that we are monitoring. That includes what kind of resource utilization is happening and what kind of DB parameters are getting monitored, as well as the different types of DB parameters that are being offered for each database type."
"It enables you to pin down troubleshooting within 30 minutes to an hour, whereas before, you'd be pouring over reports or data from queries for days."
"Portable object format (POF serialization) allows objects to be serialized and deserialized between Java and .NET so the two platforms can exchange data seamlessly."
"Introducing a data grid, we moved from a vertically scalable solution to full scalability."
"Basically reducing response times to extremely small latencies in their apps."
"Coherence has improved response times for queries of sizeable data sets, and by allowing for data distribution and replication through clustering, it improves the reliability of information systems."
"We are storing information from one of our applications; this allows us to answer requests in milliseconds, while the application would take seconds to answer requests from clients."
"Coherence absolutely outperforms others in terms of scalability, reliability, and performance."
"Since we implemented Coherence, this data is in memory all the time; so the results are found in milliseconds instead of five seconds."
"The product is great, simple, and easy to use and integrate."
 

Cons

"Foglight for Databases could benefit from fewer generic alerts and more rules based on impact, priority, and action path, which would make it more useful for daily operations, on-call shifts, and incident follow-up."
"I had problems with it for a long time, and it took a while before we could get it running with optimum performance."
"The tool could be somewhat more user-friendly, as proper knowledge is required to set up servers and use it effectively."
"When we decided to go with Foglight, a lot of people stopped using the diagnostics part because it was very intimidating... They still won't use it because they feel it's too intimidating. They will open something up and not know what to do. It's not very user-friendly. You have to click on a lot of stuff to find the information."
"Foglight for Databases can be improved as sometimes, when checking the current query in SQL PI, it does not show the complete large query as the text gets truncated."
"I rate Foglight for Databases a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. I chose that number because I think it's missing more things, and 7 would be the right number because, with those things missing, it doesn't make it easy for me to rate it a 10."
"Foglight for Databases does provide real-time activity data, which I find very useful in my database operations, although sometimes it triggers false alarms."
"One thing that I would like, and it's probably something that I could set up internally, is something other than a dashboard which I have to look at to know that a server is down. I'd like bells and whistles to go off... If I look at the dashboard I know there's a server down. But if I'm not looking at it, if I'm looking at some other problem, I want to know about it. You can do that, you can use SMSs and alerts to your phone, and I could set it up to handle that, but it would be nice if, out-of-the-box, Foglight did that."
"The product is the best, but it's absurdly expensive because licensing is according to the number of CPUs."
"The cross-site or cross-data center replication seems slow. This can be improved."
"Monitoring API needs to be improved and needs to be user friendly. Also, the error and exception handling is not that great as it can be difficult to debug issues."
"They could make the configuration management easier."
"It is very easy to set up a basic topology, but hard to configure and tune to make it really work."
"It has become very heavy along with the price for Oracle's integrated product as a fusion middleware."
"The price is high. I believe there should be a cheaper version for only the caching solution."
"Oracle Coherence has considerable operational risks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to the other tools on the market, Foglight is okay in terms of pricing and licensing."
"The price of Foglight could be a little more competitive in Chile, and it should be lowered for long-time customers— at least by 20 percent. Sometimes the price is a limitation. We have seven instances and nearly 5 million users. If Quest Foglight could reduce its prices for the clients that have been with it for a long time, we would be able to have more instances."
"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."
"The price is worth it, if you have the time to go through the information."
"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."
"Pricing is very reasonable. We were able to construct a pretty easy contract with Quest, who were very easy to work with and very amenable to what we are trying to do. It worked out well for us."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise26
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quest Foglight for Databases?
In terms of pricing, the setup cost and licensing require planning from both perspectives. The initial configuration takes effort because I have to decide which database to monitor and configure ac...
What needs improvement with Quest Foglight for Databases?
I think Foglight for Databases could improve its user interface. It can be complex to navigate sometimes, especially when you are trying to troubleshoot a specific issue. It can be overwhelming for...
What is your primary use case for Quest Foglight for Databases?
My main use case for Foglight for Databases is to monitor database performance and identify issues before they affect our applications. I mainly use it to keep track of database health, check slow ...
What needs improvement with Oracle Coherence?
The WebLogic Management is quite cumbersome. The initial setup is complex and time-consuming.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Coherence?
I utilize Coherence for data solutions in the financial industry. Its primary use case includes plain lookup, indexing, filtering, and aggregation.
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Coherence?
I recommend Coherence, as I don't have any product issues. The main concerns are high pricing and a complex initial setup. Overall, I would rate Coherence as an eight out of ten.
 

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