--- title: Foglight for Databases Reviews meta\_title: 'Foglight for Databases Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 46 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Foglight for Databases works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.0 review\_count: 46 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Monitoring url: https://www.g2.com/categories/monitoring --- # Foglight for Databases Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Foglight for Databases but has limited features. Are you part of the Foglight for Databases team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Offering a holistic approach to database monitoring, Quest's Foglight for Databases effectively merges and standardizes database performance monitoring across platforms regardless of their location—cloud or on-premise—including relational, non-relational, open-source, and cloud-only databases. Featuring deep diagnostic capabilities, organizations can proactively manage and tune both real-time and historical performance, while troubleshooting and enhancing the overall health of their database environment. * * * Seller [Quest Software](https://www.g2.com/sellers/quest-software) Discussions [Foglight for Databases Community](https://www.g2.com/products/foglight-for-databases/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Bennett Klein Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 21 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/foglight-for-databases/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Datadog](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Datadog") Datadog 4.4/5(726) ](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews) [ ![Dynatrace](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dynatrace") Dynatrace 4.5/5(1,366) ](https://www.g2.com/products/dynatrace/reviews) [ ![Zabbix](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Zabbix") Zabbix 4.3/5(209) ](https://www.g2.com/products/zabbix/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/foglight-for-databases/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 46 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/24/2024 "Foglight is ideal for both server and software monitoring." 5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? Navigating through the environment overview makes it more suitable to have a quick summary of what is happening on the hosts and clusters. The ability to host multiple VMs to be monitored on a single console makes it easy to navigate multiple environment monitoring servers and apps. The Alarm module does its best job where you can have a report on the physical disk. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? The Dash board is complex and doesn't have a simple GUI. Navigating can be difficult if you are not trained to use the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps to monitor all our VMs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Thank You page ![Maynard C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Maynard C.") MC Maynard C. I.T Lecturer III - Part-Time Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/27/2020 "Foglight as Enterprise Friendly Monitoring" 5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? In terms of health check in realtime basis and database diagnosting capabilities on a database level like blockings, deadlocks and other database related issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? On a reatime setup, The administration side is not consistent, some of the instances has no PA installed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? In a daily basis Foglight helps me a lot in terms of database monitoring and in capacity planning as part of preparatory task in provisioning new databases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kumar A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kumar A.") KA Kumar A. Programmer Analyst Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/24/2020 "Foglight is one of the finest tools available. It helps in monitoring of various applications." 5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? Foglight’s Transaction dna feature is very helpful for performance analysis and finding infrastructure dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? There is nothing to dislike about this tool. We just need to properly understand all features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps in making good performance applications and also helps in reducing overall IT cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness") CH Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/16/2020 "Amazing." 5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? It was able to perform synthetic transaction monitoring seamlessly. We can create our dashboard according to the customer requirements and also can see all the metrics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? Customisation was bit difficult as I was not expert at this time in script . That was my bad. Now when I compare with other tools I feel that tool is best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? I were using for large client and we're doing the maximum parameters for the servers whatever is required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Accounting](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Accounting") AA Verified User in Accounting Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/16/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Foglight for DB monitoring" 5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? Its tracks every activity on DB specially oracle db. And it also gives alerting mechanisms to enact on time to avoid problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? Complexity in configuration and trouble shooting options. Less dashboards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Foglight for Databases: Please use this tool for better monitoring on your db. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? It solve many problems that could occur on db by proactively monitoring the system. Specially DB performances, DB availability and Custom monitorings etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance") AI Verified User in Insurance Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/14/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Foglight is one of great monitoring tools I have worked with." 5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? The number options it provides for monitoring, ease of use & customization that you can add to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? Nothing that I disliked, but as many products comes with their own limitations the foglight missed some key monitoring metrics which I feel important specially while monitoring OLTP systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Foglight for Databases: Improve the UI experience with more added features & customization in alerting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? Database monitoring, alerting & reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") AC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/21/2020 "Experience with Foglight Monitoring" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? The variety of aspects that you can monitor, (Databases,OS, Hybrid Clouds, HW), over different plataforms. The capacity to present a great amount of information sintetized in a user friendly way. Capacity to represent historical data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? For some medium and small size, the cost could be a factor that do not evaluate or use the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Foglight for Databases: NA Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? Huge and diverse IT infraestructure monitoring Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") AR Verified User in Retail Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/3/2020 "Fog light" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? How it discover all by itself. Just put some details and you are done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? It’s pretty much complex to understand at the beginning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? Now I have better visibility for mi infrastructure. And much more details when I need to troubleshoot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") CB Verified User in Banking Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/6/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "I do Foglight Presales and postsales" 5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? It helps you to quickly identify or pinpoint the issue that is critical to business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? It does not support big data like hadoop, vertica, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? Identifying slow running queries. Realized that queries can still optimized Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") AC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/3/2020 "Good monitoring tool for physical and cloud infrastructure." 5/5 What do you like best about Foglight for Databases? Monitoring is good reduced false alert, and can be used for server, database, URL, network monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Foglight for Databases? Tool is bit lengthy and customisation take time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Foglight for Databases: Great monitoring and ticketing tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Foglight for Databases solving and how is that benefiting you? Customised for URL and monitoring cloud servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Foglight for Databases? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Foglight for Databases ](https://www.g2.com/products/foglight-for-databases/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Foglight for Databases used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-foglight-for-databases-used-for) ![Suraj B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Suraj B.") SB Suraj Bhoyar • Last activity about 6 years ago Anyone did integration of foglight with ServiceNow ? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/28216-anyone-did-integration-of-foglight-with-servicenow) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/foglight-for-databases/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 21 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/foglight-for-databases/pricing) Foglight for Databases Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_c187e6c1bbb9a4803ee45796976507f8/database-observability.png "Product Avatar Image") SolarWinds Database... 4.5/5(231) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/foglight-for-databases-vs-database-observability) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_044cfbf6c03d107e5357e29e95fd9136/dynatrace.png "Product Avatar Image") Dynatrace 4.5/5(1,366) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/dynatrace-vs-foglight-for-databases) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_91bcb2c063fcfb0a82dfedcf1a6463d1/splunk-enterprise.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Splunk Enterprise 4.3/5(434) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/foglight-for-databases-vs-splunk-enterprise) ##### Categories on G2 [Database Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-monitoring)[Server Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/categories/server-monitoring) ##### Explore More [Which WYSIWYG editor platforms have the most reliable track records avoiding user experience and rendering issues?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-wysiwyg-editor-platforms-have-the-most-reliable-track-records-avoiding-user-experience-and-rendering-issues)[ENPS vs Kordiam: which newsroom management system is better for communications directors managing editorial workflows?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/enps-vs-kordiam-which-newsroom-management-system-is-better-for-communications-directors-managing-editorial-workflows)[Which apparel business management and ERP software do fashion operations teams recommend based on user reviews?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-apparel-business-management-and-erp-software-do-fashion-operations-teams-recommend-based-on-user-reviews) [Is The Wild worth it for VR collaboration?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-the-wild-worth-it-for-vr-collaboration)[Top tools for creating interactive data dashboards](https://www.g2.com/discussions/top-tools-for-creating-interactive-data-dashboards)[Which C/C++ integrated development environments (IDEs) run smoothly on moderate hardware without excessive memory consumption during compilation?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-c-c-integrated-development-environments-ides-run-smoothly-on-moderate-hardware-without-excessive-memory-consumption-during-compilation) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)