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Compare Foglight for Databases and SQL Diagnostic Manager 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (61.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$1996.00 per instance
Foglight for Databases
Star Rating
(46)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Foglight for DatabasesSQL Diagnostic Manager
Star Rating
(13)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (61.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$1996.00 per instance
Learn more about SQL Diagnostic ManagerFoglight for Databases vs SQL Diagnostic Manager
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found SQL Diagnostic Manager easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Foglight for Databases overall.
- Reviewers felt that SQL Diagnostic Manager meets the needs of their business better than Foglight for Databases.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Foglight for Databases is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of SQL Diagnostic Manager over Foglight for Databases.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Foglight for Databases
No pricing availableSQL Diagnostic Manager
eCommerce
$1996.00
per instance
first year maintenance included
- Monitor physical, virtual, and cloud environments
- Track queries and plans to fix blocks and locks
- Alert predictively and avoid false alerts
Free Trial
Foglight for Databases
Free Trial is available
SQL Diagnostic Manager
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
40
9.0
13
Ease of Use
7.8
40
8.3
13
Ease of Setup
7.5
26
9.1
9
Ease of Admin
7.7
25
8.0
5
Quality of Support
8.5
37
8.2
13
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
24
7.7
5
Product Direction (% positive)
7.9
39
9.1
13
Features by Category
Functionality
9.0
5
8.8
11
9.0
5
8.3
11
9.0
5
8.6
11
8.7
5
8.5
11
8.7
5
8.3
11
9.0
5
8.0
11
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
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Visibility
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
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Cloud environment support
Not enough data
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Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Foglight for Databases and SQL Diagnostic Manager are categorized as Database Monitoring
Unique Categories
Foglight for Databases is categorized as Server Monitoring
SQL Diagnostic Manager has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Foglight for Databases
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SQL Diagnostic Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
32.6%
Financial Services
9.3%
Computer & Network Security
7.0%
Retail
4.7%
Online Media
4.7%
Other
41.9%
Information Technology and Services
30.8%
Consulting
7.7%
Retail
7.7%
Public Policy
7.7%
Pharmaceuticals
7.7%
Other
38.5%
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Discussions
Anyone did integration of foglight with ServiceNow ?
1 Comment
JH
I work for Quest and wanted to let you know that there are two options for integrating with ServiceNow. Starting with Foglight version 5.9.3, Foglight has...Read more
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