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PROS

Foglight for Databases offers comprehensive monitoring across databases, operating systems, and storage, improving overall productivity with minimal downtime.
Foglight's Performance Investigator enables detailed analysis of performance bottlenecks, allowing users to address issues across server, development, and database levels efficiently.
Real-time activity screens and proactive alarms in Foglight aid timely root cause analysis, enhancing the ability to pinpoint and resolve potential problems before they escalate.
The SQL PI module in Foglight allows users to drill down into queries, effectively identifying and resolving contentions and blockages that affect performance.
Foglight's Change Tracking capabilities provide valuable insights into server configurations and SQL upgrades, saving significant time and facilitating quick detection of environmental changes.

CONS

Customer care support is infrequent, which affects user experience.
Reporting becomes sluggish and unresponsive when holding data for extended periods and multiple SQL Servers.
The system faces stability issues, especially when monitoring a high number of Db2 servers.
A better communication system for transaction log alerts would prevent login issues on full logs.
A Spanish version is needed, as not all users in Latin America speak English.
 

Foglight for Databases Pros review quotes

Vijay Ram - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Mar 27, 2026
Foglight for Databases is the best tool for monitoring all aspects such as database, backup information, storage information, and operating system side.
reviewer2812566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Jalagam Krishnan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Database Administrator at SMC Squared India
Mar 30, 2026
Foglight for Databases allows us to save up to four months of data, enabling us to track performance data for at least one quarter.
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TejaswiniAleti - PeerSpot reviewer
Member Technical at ADP
Jul 27, 2026
Based on my experience, I would estimate we are able to resolve database-related performance issues about thirty to forty percent faster than before.
reviewer2879646 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mensor De Base De Datos Externo at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 26, 2026
Using Foglight for Databases has been beneficial because it is a third-party tool that already has all of Dell's or Quest's experience, adding value in terms of ROI mainly through three avenues: less diagnostic time, fewer prolonged incidents, and less operational inefficiency.
TusharTiwari - PeerSpot reviewer
Mssql Database Administrator at HCLSoftware
Mar 10, 2026
Foglight for Databases provides real-time data that is invaluable for analyzing ongoing issues with database servers.
Stuart Dairiki - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 4, 2025
It can save time and effort when doing root cause analysis. It enables me to obtain information quicker and easier compared to manually compiling it.
Eric Fouarge - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Head of Engineering for Cloud Operations at SAI Global Compliance
Jan 7, 2025
The profiler allows us to look at the profiles of the database queries that are being run over time. It allows us to go back to our customers and say that these are some of the queries causing them some headaches. It gives us the opportunity to provide suggestions on how to improve their experience.
reviewer2598375 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Administrator at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees
Nov 29, 2024
What I really like is the SQL PI feature, which allows us to drill down into queries and identify what is causing contention in the database. Using the SQL PI feature, I am able to drill down into the queries, see what is blocking, and try to improve it.
OG
IT engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 16, 2024
The most valuable feature is the in-depth capability SQL Performance Investigator provides. It allows you to drill down to the smallest detail that occurs on our platform. It does a highly detailed and atomic follow-up of what one wants to look for in relation to time and our different instances.
 

Foglight for Databases Cons review quotes

Vijay Ram - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Mar 27, 2026
Foglight for Databases is very useful; however, the negative side we face is that customer care support is not frequent.
reviewer2812566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Mar 27, 2026
With the latest version, we have had many crashes, sometimes it stops working entirely, and it can take days to restart the service.
Jalagam Krishnan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Database Administrator at SMC Squared India
Mar 30, 2026
I don't find Foglight for Databases to be very scalable. There are other tools in the market that do the same for less money.
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TejaswiniAleti - PeerSpot reviewer
Member Technical at ADP
Jul 27, 2026
Overall, I am happy with the product, but there are a few areas where it could be improved.
reviewer2879646 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mensor De Base De Datos Externo at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 26, 2026
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.
TusharTiwari - PeerSpot reviewer
Mssql Database Administrator at HCLSoftware
Mar 10, 2026
The tool could be somewhat more user-friendly, as proper knowledge is required to set up servers and use it effectively.
Stuart Dairiki - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 4, 2025
It would be amazing if they could enable the "Performance Investigator" functionality across all database platforms.
Eric Fouarge - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Head of Engineering for Cloud Operations at SAI Global Compliance
Jan 7, 2025
The monitoring capabilities for Postgres should be at par with SQL Server. This is the area where we push back on our Quest representative. We want more insights into Postgres.
reviewer2598375 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Administrator at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees
Nov 29, 2024
Better communication and alerts regarding the transaction logs getting full would also be beneficial. What I have noticed is that if the log files on the SQL server are full, we cannot log in and have to do some cleanup on the Foglight DB. It would be good if they could monitor that and alert us when it is getting too full.
OG
IT engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 16, 2024
Quest must release a Spanish version. That's critical because not everyone speaks English in Latin America. It's an excellent product, so it's super important that they offer the application and customer service in Spanish.