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PROS

Foglight for Databases offers comprehensive monitoring capabilities, allowing users to oversee databases, backup information, storage, and operating systems effectively.
The tool provides a 360-degree overview of databases, helping monitor resource utilization and various database parameters efficiently.
Foglight's out-of-the-box metrics and SQL PI feature enable users to conduct in-depth analysis and enhance database performance.
Foglight aids in proactive issue resolution with real-time activity screens, reducing downtime and improving overall productivity.
The adaptive baseline feature of Foglight facilitates performance deviation evaluation over time, proving invaluable for troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

CONS

Customer support is infrequent and not as responsive as needed.
Stability issues arise when monitoring more than 150 Db2 servers, causing frequent restarts and alerts.
Reporting becomes sluggish and unresponsive when holding data for extensive periods, impacting performance.
Complexities in creating custom reports due to an intricate data model and the lack of available code for rule development.
Monitoring for Postgres should be improved to match the capabilities offered for SQL Server.
 

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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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.
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.
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.
Vadim Kulikov - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Nov 11, 2022
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 mean I use it on a daily basis, but it is something that I have not been able to find in any other tool, at the same level.
reviewer2011635 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales & Operations Planning Manager at a retailer with 201-500 employees
Nov 2, 2022
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 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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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.
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.
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.
Vadim Kulikov - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Nov 11, 2022
Foglight does have a component that allows you to look at things in real time, but it's not as friendly or as efficient in terms of responsiveness as Quest Spotlight is. Foglight might be lacking in this department.
reviewer2011635 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales & Operations Planning Manager at a retailer with 201-500 employees
Nov 2, 2022
The version that I'm using is not the latest version, so there might have been some improvement, but the OS monitoring is a bit lacking, and the high-availability option is a bit complicated to set up and it doesn't work all the time.