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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
6.1
Foglight for Databases enhances efficiency by automating data tasks, improving troubleshooting, and ensuring proactive management for operational continuity.
Sentiment score
7.2
Organizations using Nutanix Database Service experience reduced costs, improved efficiency, and enhanced flexibility with significant ROI from time savings.
Earlier, collecting information from different databases and preparing the reports took considerable manual effort. Now, we can pull historical data and performance trends directly from Foglight for Databases, which makes the process much easier.
Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We can manage more databases without increasing our day-to-day monitoring workload.
Data Specialist at TCS
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
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
6.5
Foglight for Databases' Premier Support is valued for prompt assistance, despite occasional delays and limited off-hours availability.
Sentiment score
7.8
Nutanix Database Service support is highly rated for helpful, knowledgeable assistance, with quick resolutions despite occasional regional slowdowns.
I would rate the technical support of Foglight for Databases a 10, since I have not had problems with them.
Senior Database Administrator at Microsoft
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
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
6.4
Foglight for Databases is scalable, flexible across platforms, but may face cost and interface complexity challenges in expanding environments.
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
As our database environment grows, we are able to bring additional databases into monitoring without having to change our entire setup.
Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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
8.2
Foglight for Databases is stable, yet some report delays, failover issues, and downtimes, especially post-upgrade or with many databases.
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 needs UI improvements, intuitive customization, better integration, multilingual support, and enhanced AI-driven performance analysis.
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 premium performance monitoring with flexible licensing, though per-instance costs may deter some users.
Nutanix Database Service is costly with complex licensing, yet some find its value and flexibility justify the expense.
Clear license terms and visibilities into the cost of expanding coverage are quite important for us.
Database Administrator at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
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 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 excels in real-time monitoring, alerting, and diagnostic tools, enhancing performance and operational efficiency across platforms.
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
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Database Service
Ranking in Database Development and Management
6th
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 October 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Foglight for Databases is 3.7%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.4%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Foglight for Databases3.7%
Nutanix Database Service2.4%
Other93.9%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

AkshayChaudhari - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Specialist at TCS
Centralized monitoring has reduced troubleshooting time and improves visibility across databases
I would improve the user interface of Foglight for Databases, as I feel it is somewhat complex, especially when using the specific troubleshooting view, particularly for new users. I would also appreciate more flexibility when customizing the dashboards and alerts, so better prioritization based on impact would be beneficial. Reporting could also be more straightforward with more ready-made reports and easier customization. Clearer recommendations during troubleshooting would help users move from identifying a problem to understanding the likely root cause. There is still room for improvement in the user interface, reporting, and alert customization, but overall Foglight for Databases has been valuable.
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
14%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Transportation Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
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?
In terms of pricing, the setup cost and licensing require planning from both perspectives. The initial configuration takes effort because I have to decide which database to monitor and configure ac...
What needs improvement with Quest Foglight for Databases?
I think Foglight for Databases could improve its user interface. It can be complex to navigate sometimes, especially when you are trying to troubleshoot a specific issue. It can be overwhelming for...
What is your primary use case for Quest Foglight for Databases?
My main use case for Foglight for Databases is to monitor database performance and identify issues before they affect our applications. I mainly use it to keep track of database health, check slow ...
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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