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Foglight for Databases vs Nutanix Database Service comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 23, 2025

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
7.3
Users describe Foglight for Databases as invaluable for reducing downtime, saving time, and ensuring proactive database management.
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
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
7.7
Foglight for Databases support is praised for prompt, knowledgeable service, though occasional delays are noted by some users.
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
We use support when we come across issues, and they are very responsive.
Senior IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 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
6.9
Foglight for Databases scales well for growing needs, enhancing reports and extending adaptability beyond SQL Server.
Sentiment score
7.7
Nutanix Database Service offers high scalability and adaptability across infrastructures, facilitating resource adjustments and easy deployment.
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 generally performs well with stable support, though some users face issues with updates and larger loads.
Sentiment score
8.0
Nutanix Database Service is stable and effective, though some users note minor issues during upgrades and node reboots.
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

Users seek better performance, customization, interface simplicity, real-time monitoring, communication, language support, and integration of feedback in Foglight.
Nutanix Database Service needs better SQL compatibility, user interface, scalability, integration, automation, and clearer pricing to increase adoption.
The monitoring capabilities for Postgres should be at par with SQL Server.
Global Head of Engineering for Cloud Operations at SAI Global Compliance
It would be amazing if they could enable the 'Performance Investigator' functionality across all database platforms.
Senior IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 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 flexible licensing and pricing, considered reasonable yet expensive, with helpful discounts and contract negotiations.
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
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 provides comprehensive monitoring, detailed query analysis, multi-platform support, and customizable dashboards for efficient troubleshooting.
Nutanix Database Service simplifies deployment and management, enhancing productivity with seamless provisioning and reduced downtime through advanced features.
The profiler allows us to look at the profiles of the database queries that are being run over time.
Global Head of Engineering for Cloud Operations at SAI Global Compliance
I find it extremely helpful to use Foglight to triage any database issues, specifically performance issues using what Foglight calls PI investigator.
Senior IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
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
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
14
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 January 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Foglight for Databases is 3.8%, down from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.4%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Nutanix Database Service2.4%
Foglight for Databases3.8%
Other93.8%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

Stuart Dairiki - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Empowers efficient database monitoring and performance troubleshooting with powerful workload analysis
I find it extremely helpful to use Foglight to triage any database issues, specifically performance issues using what Foglight calls PI investigator. It is a very powerful workload analysis tool that helps me understand where bottlenecks are. It allows me to see performance issues as end users report them. It can save time and effort when doing root cause analysis. It enables me to obtain information quicker and easier compared to manually compiling it. Foglight provides us with a near-real-time activity database. It's not 100% real-time. It has less than a minute latency. It allows us to see performance issues as end-users report them. We started seeing benefits pretty much immediately. We use Foglight to display intensive databases. However, it's not something we monitor regularly. It's only something we kind of dig into as we troubleshoot and triage issues. It does help us determine potential IT help issues. When we use Foglight, we find it helps drill down holistically into potential bottlenecks. It helps us to see what is going on in the database. Foglight allows us to monitor multiple database platforms. We use, for example, Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, Amazon Redshift, and SAP HANA. It gives us insight into our entire landscape of production workloads in near real-time. The solution saves costs when performing root cause analysis. It can save time and effort when doing root cause analysis. It allows us to obtain information quicker and easier than by manually compiling information.
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
13%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Transportation Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise10
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?
The pricing is palatable. We've already done one renewal and we are in our second contract. We're happy thus far.
What needs improvement with Quest Foglight for Databases?
It would be amazing if they could enable the "Performance Investigator" functionality across all database platforms. I've been talking to their product development team about enhancements that I wo...
What is your primary use case for Quest Foglight for Databases?
I primarily use the solution for database monitoring, specifically for Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Postgres, SAP HANA, and AWS Redshift.
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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JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
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