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Foglight for Databases vs Nutanix Database Service comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.7
Foglight for Databases reduces costs and downtime by enhancing monitoring and analysis, improving operational efficiency and return on investment.
Sentiment score
7.2
Organizations using Nutanix Database Service experience reduced costs, improved efficiency, and enhanced flexibility with significant ROI from time savings.
For root cause analysis, it definitely provides us additional capabilities of getting down to where the core issue is.
Global Head of Engineering for Cloud Operations at SAI Global Compliance
Using Foglight for Databases will drastically reduce the employee size.
Technical Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Instead of evaluating several products, I evaluated within the Quest brand what could help us according to our needs, and Quest as a brand completely fulfilled those needs with Foglight for Databases.
Administración De La at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Having Nutanix Database Service as our platform would allow us to adopt or deploy these new databases just as quickly, without having much of a learning curve.
Director enterprise virtualization at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
In terms of efficiency improvement, when it comes to any database-related tasks that I'm involved with, we have achieved at least 50% efficiency when we're rolling out and supplying databases to our units.
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
The setup times have reduced from two weeks to maybe half a day.
System Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Foglight for Databases customer service receives mixed reviews, with Premier Support generally improving response times and resolution effectiveness.
Sentiment score
7.8
Nutanix Database Service support is highly rated for helpful, knowledgeable assistance, with quick resolutions despite occasional regional slowdowns.
They are very responsive, and they come back with direct and concise directions and answers.
Global Head of Engineering for Cloud Operations at SAI Global Compliance
Even if the issue is not resolved, they often want to get off the call because their time has elapsed, which leads us to go back and forth on the same issue until we eventually get it solved.
Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Foglight for Databases is good for monitoring, and we can fetch problematic issues and queries.
Technical Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
They explained how to use it with our Oracle databases and also provided training on how to use it with SQL.
Director enterprise virtualization at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
With vendors of other technologies, it can take days, whereas with Nutanix, it usually takes hours.
System Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
They also implemented fixes in new versions based on bugs we encountered.
It manager at Indra
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
Foglight is scalable and adaptable but faces challenges with complexity, cost, and stability at large scales.
Sentiment score
7.7
Nutanix Database Service offers high scalability and adaptability across infrastructures, facilitating resource adjustments and easy deployment.
I would not say there are significant limitations or scalability issues with it.
Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I don't find Foglight for Databases to be very scalable.
Senior Database Administrator at SMC Squared India
Foglight for Databases receives a rating of nine in terms of scalability.
Mssql Database Administrator at HCLSoftware
Nutanix Database Service scales effectively.
Director enterprise virtualization at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nutanix Database Service scales perfectly with our growing needs as a company.
Systems administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Nutanix Database Service scales very effectively with the growing needs of my company so far.
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Users have mixed experiences with Foglight's stability, with improvements seen via system tuning and Auto Maintenance Cartridge benefits.
Sentiment score
8.0
Nutanix Database Service is stable and effective, though some users note minor issues during upgrades and node reboots.
With the latest version, we have had many crashes, sometimes it stops working entirely, and it can take days to restart the service.
Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I have never seen any lagging or crashing with Foglight for Databases.
Senior Sql Server Database Administrator at TransUnion
Stability-wise, I rate Foglight for Databases around a nine out of ten.
Senior Database Administrator at SMC Squared India
The stability and reliability of Nutanix Database Service are evident in its easy deployment and simple product design.
Director enterprise virtualization at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nutanix has features that provide pre-checks to help ensure what you're attempting is supported.
System Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Once we overcame the initial issues with the deployment across multiple sites, Nutanix Database Service has been very stable.
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Foglight for Databases struggles with customization, performance, support, cost, and scalability, with users desiring better training and communication.
Nutanix Database Service needs better SQL compatibility, user interface, scalability, integration, automation, and clearer pricing to increase adoption.
We encountered instances where it was not even monitoring databases at all or giving us false alerts, which impacts our usage of the application.
Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The only main drawback is the customer care support. It is available only during the general shift, so if any issue occurs after 6:00 p.m. or before 9:00 a.m., there is usually no one to handle it.
Technical Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Providing availability or backup information in a report that covers all databases, not necessarily by database, but in a general report.
Administración De La at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
The positive aspect is that they kept the look and feel pretty similar to other Nutanix or other main Nutanix platforms.
Systems administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Nutanix Database Service can be improved by enhancing logging; when we're trying to look for errors, one of the hiccups we always run into is that it's very hard to pinpoint and look through the logs.
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
In the past, there were built-in templates, and now, for some particular databases, I have to create my own templates and push them to NDB, so bringing back those templates would save more time.
It manager at Indra
 

Setup Cost

Foglight for Databases offers scalable licensing, with additional costs, noted for value and flexibility, especially for large deployments.
Nutanix Database Service is costly with complex licensing, yet some find its value and flexibility justify the expense.
Pricing is very reasonable.
Global Head of Engineering for Cloud Operations at SAI Global Compliance
I have had a good experience with the licensing costs of Foglight for Databases, as we have a provider who has given us good prices, and so far we have not had any cost problems.
Administración De La at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
The pricing is palatable.
Senior IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing.
It manager at Indra
The pricing and setup for Nutanix Database Service wasn't too expensive.
Systems administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
My experience with the setup costs, licensing, and pricing of Nutanix Database Service feels pretty fair and straightforward.
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Foglight for Databases offers versatile monitoring with real-time dashboards, performance insights, and proactive issue resolution for diverse databases.
Nutanix Database Service simplifies deployment and management, enhancing productivity with seamless provisioning and reduced downtime through advanced features.
Overall, Foglight for Databases is reliable and helps with generating alerts and monitoring database health and historical data in database operations.
Mssql Database Administrator at HCLSoftware
It enables drilling down to see what's causing issues with features such as workload, IO, CPU, and network indicators.
Senior Sql Server Database Administrator at TransUnion
It also displays error messages regarding what errors have occurred in that particular database, allowing us to fetch and find the error and solve the issue as soon as possible.
Technical Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
The provisioning and other features of Nutanix Database Service have improved my company by making it easy to deploy the databases, and DBAs can just deploy what they need as needed instead of having to manually create VMs for them individually and install the databases.
Systems administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Using Nutanix Database Service has reduced the time it takes to provision a database by 75%.
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
What I appreciate the most about Nutanix Database Service is the standardization and ease of deployment.
Director enterprise virtualization at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Foglight for Databases
Ranking in Database Development and Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Database Service
Ranking in Database Development and Management
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Foglight for Databases is 3.4%, down from 8.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.4%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Database Service2.4%
Foglight for Databases3.4%
Other94.2%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

Vijay Ram - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Centralized monitoring has simplified multi-database oversight and improved query analysis
Foglight for Databases is very useful; however, the negative side we face is that customer care support is not frequent. If any issues related to Foglight arise, we cannot reach customer care support as soon as possible. It takes much longer compared to other third-party tools, and that is a major issue we are facing with Foglight for Databases. Foglight for Databases is good for monitoring, and we can fetch problematic issues and queries. However, the only main drawback is the customer care support. It is available only during the general shift, so if any issue occurs after 6:00 p.m. or before 9:00 a.m., there is usually no one to handle it. I think there are only two or three people handling customer care for Foglight for Databases.
JP
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Improves time management by reducing database provisioning time
The feature I appreciate the most in Nutanix Database Service is the Time Machine. The simplicity of the Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service and being able to have a point in time that you can go back to at whatever your retention period is, is really great and helpful for us. The Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service has definitely reduced turnaround time for when we need clones or other environments spun up off of our existing environment, such as for corruption. It has helped the workload significantly. We're a very small team of database administrators. It worked really effectively for them and helped the workflow much more than our previous solution. Using Nutanix Database Service has reduced the time it takes to provision a database by 75%. The efficiency gained by using Nutanix Database Service has led to a positive impact on our business as far as bringing in new applications and workloads. Being able to clone and spin up other environments off of what we already have in NDB eases turnaround time when requests come in, and we're able to fill them and get them back to the business and make them available to customers. We've been able to automate DBA tasks. It simplifies turnaround time. Our DBA can deploy on how own and no longer waits for requests to be fulfilled.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Performing Arts
6%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Transportation Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quest Foglight for Databases?
I am not aware of the pricing and licensing details for Foglight for Databases. I have set up Foglight monitoring for servers, but I am uncertain about the licensing aspect.
What needs improvement with Quest Foglight for Databases?
The room for improvement for Foglight for Databases is primarily related to its cost. We pay a hefty amount and only use it for our production servers, not for non-production environments. Currentl...
What is your primary use case for Quest Foglight for Databases?
My use case for Foglight for Databases is basically to track performance.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Database Service?
It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Database Service?
Nutanix Database Service can be improved by implementing more AI capabilities.
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Database Service?
Clients use Nutanix Database Service for various reasons.
 

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Sample Customers

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