About Spotlight Cloud
Spotlight Cloud is a cloud-based database performance monitoring solution designed to provide tools for 24/7 performance coverage and instant diagnostics. In addition to database monitoring, Spotlight Cloud provides query plan analysis and SQL optimization tools for SQL servers using Spotlight's Tuning Pack. Spotlight Cloud has functionality for alarm management, server health checks, performance diagnostics, and workload analysis.
With Spotlight Cloud, database administrators (DBAs) are able to know exactly when there is a problem with over 100 alarm types. DBAs can configure and define thresholds, collect background information and alarm details, and determine priority levels for smart alarms and preventable alarms. For preventable care, Spotlight Cloud provides routine health checks to determine potential and actual issues for I/O, security, memory, or disaster recovery. Issues can be ignored or clicked on to display in-depth details for potential analysis.
Within the availability dashboard, Spotlight Cloud always displays the real-time status and cluster associated with each database. For database monitoring, DBAs can gain a quick overview using filtered views for overall database utilization, associated alarms, and trend information. Spotlight Cloud workload analyzer is able to dissect information and workloads to resolve complex issues such as slow workload performance or incorrect SQL syntax using root-cause analysis. Additionally, Spotlight Cloud also provides a TempDb dashboard to visualize usage of the TempDb database and drill down into specific details and configurations as well as potential or current issues involving the database.
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Markets
United States
Supported Languages
English
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Spotlight Cloud: 30
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- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A (not so) hidden gem.
Reviewed on 2020/02/11
Before we chose Spotlight Cloud, we had researched other options--including Quest's on premise...
Before we chose Spotlight Cloud, we had researched other options--including Quest's on premise software, Foglight. We quickly realized we needed a solution that could be accessed anywhere--not an on premise option, and Spotlight Cloud offered this in its SaaS design. We've been using Spotlight Cloud for more than two years now and it's become a critical part of our daily survival/business continuity. The time it saves and the ability it offers to be proactive vs. reactive is something I cannot imagine being without.
Pros
The biggest benefit that Spotlight Cloud has given me is time. As a small business I wear many hats and my time is already spread thin. By not having to endlessly watch my SQL Servers for issues, my time has been freed for more important tasks. This is, in a word: priceless.
Cons
There are a few issues with Spotlight Cloud I have experienced, mostly UI and navigation driven. For instance, any time I try to "Acknowledge" an alarm, a comment box opens with another acknowledge button that must be clicked, but this button is obstructed by the UI's "Help" bubble and results in me having to tab through the screen to close the dialog. Though I've mentioned this minor detail several times, it still exists. There are also helpful features that I don't use often so when I do I cannot easily remember/find where they are located. The ability to save a list of favorite features would go a long way toward helping this. And finally, the SQL Tuning Pack (an additional expense), has not been very useful, often slow, stalls the startup of SSMS, and is hard to understand what exactly it has "optimized."
Reasons for Switching to Spotlight Cloud
In the end we chose Spotlight Cloud due to its SaaS setup and design. This meant minimal setup on our part, instant feature updates without any need of my time, and best of all, easy access from anywhere--including a smartphone app.- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Spotlight Cloud Review
Reviewed on 2020/03/05
Pretty good
Pretty good
Pros
I use the health check for each of my servers daily to find potential missing indexes and other recommendations.
I use the workload analyzer when I notice server performance issues and need to troubleshoot more effectively.
One of the best functionalities are the recommendations given when diagnosing an alarm. I've found those to be greatly useful and not really done by other monitoring solutions.
Cons
Sometimes when using the workload analyzer and trying to find which query is being troublesome... it just tells me the SQL Batch is out of context besides the query. This is not very useful to me but there might not be a way around it on your side..
- Industry: Translation & Localization
- Company size: 1 001–5 000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Spotlight overview
Reviewed on 2020/07/07
If you are going to buy this product your better off buying the on prim version as opposed to the...
If you are going to buy this product your better off buying the on prim version as opposed to the Saas. The on prim version is much more stable and easier to use.
Pros
The ability to find and tune problematic queries.
Cons
The refresh rate is a minute so at best you only know what happened in the last minute.
The play back feature is hard to used and restets itself.
Alarms are hard to snooze and acknowledge, sometimes after the refresh the alarm comes back.
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great product at an affordable price
Reviewed on 2020/03/10
O really love this product. I would suggest improving the support experience. I have not had a good...
O really love this product. I would suggest improving the support experience. I have not had a good result all the times.
Pros
Cloud synchronization is great. Deployment is straightforward and you have all your instances monitored in a matter of minutes. Push notifications are awesome.
Cons
Monitoring Always On availability groups is practically useless. No features at all. This should be reviewed and implemented.
Reasons for Switching to Spotlight Cloud
Because of the cloud readiness and price. As a consultant, I need to monitor different instances remotely, and this has been the right product.- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Best Monitoring Software Available
Reviewed on 2020/02/05
I've really enjoyed utilizing spotlight cloud over the last year at multiple sites. The ability to...
I've really enjoyed utilizing spotlight cloud over the last year at multiple sites. The ability to execute various alarm actions and really setup workflows has made life quite a bit easier for a DBA that manages a multitude of servers.
Support has been fantastic and they seem to be open to feature recommendations.
Pros
Cloud Based
Customizable Alert Actions
Support is great
Cons
No Azure/AWS Capabilities
Security could use a bit more attention
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RedGate refused after several focus group meetings to implement alarm actionsReasons for Switching to Spotlight Cloud
The web ui and ios interface moved Spotlight Cloud to the top of the list very quicklySpotlight Cloud FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Spotlight Cloud.Q. What type of pricing plans does Spotlight Cloud offer?
Spotlight Cloud offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from:
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Spotlight Cloud basic is free but with limited features. Spotlight Cloud Pro is $45 per month, billed annually.
Q. Who are the typical users of Spotlight Cloud?
Spotlight Cloud has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000
Q. What languages does Spotlight Cloud support?
Spotlight Cloud supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Spotlight Cloud support mobile devices?
Spotlight Cloud supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Spotlight Cloud integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations Spotlight Cloud has
Q. What level of support does Spotlight Cloud offer?
Spotlight Cloud offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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