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SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer vs. Spotlight

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) enables deep visibility into database performance and expert advice for performance optimization and tuning. What can you monitor with DPA? Oracle Oracle Exadata Oracle EBS Microsoft SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Database Managed Instance MySQL DB2 SAP ASE Aurora MariaDB DPA monitors physical, virtual,…N/A

    Spotlight

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASpotlight from Quest Software is a database performance monitoring option.N/A
    Pricing
    SolarWinds Database Performance AnalyzerSpotlight
    Editions & Modules
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    SolarWinds Database Performance AnalyzerSpotlight
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SolarWinds Database Performance AnalyzerSpotlight
    Considered Both Products
    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    I have used Spotlight (for Oracle on RAC) but it has been several years. The dashboard was crisp, clean, and intuitive, but the tool had a significant overhead. However, no competitor made a tool that met our needs at the time. I have also used Idera's SQL Diagnostic Manager in …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    Spotlight SQL Monitor. Spotlight is (in my opinion) better for monitoring general database and server issues. DPA is better (the best) at identifying performance issues.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    DPA is a market leader and goes beyond what most products in the space can offer. It's a battle between SQL Sentry and DPA for the lead and everybody has their favorite. I personally prefer DPA for ease of install, management and better tuning and query advice options.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    I'm used to Oracle Enterprise Manager and it is one of best for Oracle Enterprise Database.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    I like the web-based interface and wait stats analysis of DPA. Some of the other tools have more features, but DPA feels like a more polished tool, and the features it has work well. It's been a while since I've looked at the competitors' products. DPA works well for us, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
    I have done my comparison against SQL Sentry and I feel like Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer for SQL Server is more of a graphical tool, so it lets you see wait time for a database instance. That's really nice when you're dealing with similar instances. We haven't …
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    Quest Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SolarWinds Database Performance AnalyzerSpotlight
    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer and Spotlight
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    Ratings
    Spotlight
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    Performance dashboard00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Intelligent alerting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Top SQL00 Ratings6.62 Ratings
    Historical trend data00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Virtualization support00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SolarWinds Database Performance AnalyzerSpotlight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (113 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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