Google Cloud Database Center vs Quest Spotlight
Google Cloud Database Center
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Quest Spotlight
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| Figure | Google Cloud Database Center | Quest Spotlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Database Monitoring | 8.0 (#9) | 7.3 (#24) |
| Founded | 1998 | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, United States | Aliso Viejo, California, United States |
| Intended users | Google identifies database platform teams and site reliability engineers as users who can use Database Center to identify compliance risks and help protect databases against downtime. | Quest describes Spotlight as a tool for database professionals managing SQL Server environments and improving application service quality. |
| Purpose | Database Center is an AI-assisted dashboard that gives users a centralized view of database fleet health issues and recommendations. | Spotlight monitors, diagnoses, and helps optimize SQL Server performance in on-premises or cloud environments. |
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In their own words
Google Cloud Database Center
Google Cloud Database Center has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Quest Spotlight
Quest Spotlight is a self-hosted database monitoring and diagnostics product for professionals managing SQL Server environments. Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise uses agentless monitoring from a centralized diagnostic server and raises alarms for performance deviations. Its tools include incident playback, health checks, workload analysis, deadlock detection, root cause analysis, query profiling, wait and lock analysis, and execution plans. SQL Optimizer integration identifies long-running queries and suboptimal code for further tuning. Users can define thresholds, create counters, and configure rule-based actions to run once or repeatedly. One screen can monitor SQL Server, Windows, and virtualization infrastructure. Supported databases listed are Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Oracle Database, and IBM DB2; SQL Azure is specifically supported by Spotlight on SQL Server. The Diagnostic Server requires a SQL Server account with the sysadmin role, while Windows performance counters use WMI queries. Windows is a listed platform, deployment is self-hosted, and pricing is available on request. Quest offers an on-premises trial, but no duration is stated. Spotlight Cloud reached end of life on December 31, 2024.