Azure App Service vs dbForge SQL Complete

Likelihood to Recommend

Azure App Service is great if you're starting a new web project and need an infrastructure that is fast, stable, secure, and scalable. The service has a very high up-time, and it supports a variety of languages and technologies (though it really shines with the .NET stack - C#, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, etc.). If you're thinking about porting an existing app over, it may wind up being expensive as far as resources go if the software isn't properly optimized to utilize cloud resources efficiently, so that's something to keep in mind.

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Drew Harrison

Programmer

Wireless SolutionsComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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If you're not in a database management app every day, dbForge SQL Complete might be overkill for you. I know some of my team members are just as happy with Azure Data Studio and a few extensions. I walk through a lot of production support issues, so being able to clearly tell which environment I'm working in, at a glance (QA, dev, staging, prod backup, etc), is a huge help for me. I also pick through generated SQL from an ORM, and dbForge SQL Complete makes it easy to comb through that.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

Single source for ALL of our apps.
Revision control is easy with the info we embed into the apps.

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Richard Peterson

Global Webmaster

Broan-NuToneConsumer Goods, 1001-5000 employees

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Intellisense - it's not just what columns are on what tables, but foreign key navigation as well, which makes writing JOIN statements a breeze.
Formatting - I think most developers doing any kind of database querying like to see cleanly formatted statements, and dbForge SQL Complete formats well out of the box but also allows you to customize the formatting options to a really detailed degree.
Tab colors - this sounds like a small thing, but when I'm opening multiple database server connections, being able to tell at a glance which open tabs are for which connection is great. You can manage this to a degree in SSMS without dbForge SQL Complete, but it's a nice touch.

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Cons

Abstraction of computing resources like Heroku does with dynos.
Azure Portal overall is pretty bloated and that affects managing Azure App Service applications.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Azure App Service 9.6

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Overall support is great when I joined Azure, first we had number of problems & they have good support on public forms & Azure forms.

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sandeep singh

Magento Lead / Developer

HiddenComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

After exhaustive testing, we settled on Azure App Service because we felt they offered the best solutions in the price range we willing to pay for. It also was a natural extension of our website hosting package on Azure, and it is nice to be organized in one place.

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Richard Peterson

Global Webmaster

Broan-NuToneConsumer Goods, 1001-5000 employees

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Redgate has some great tools for database work, but ultimately what fit best for my needs and use case scenarios was dbForge SQL Complete. I felt like I had to have multiple Redgate tools installed to achieve the same thing as having dbForge SQL Complete installed. They're not directly analog tools, so that makes sense, but for what I do, the better tool was SQL Complete.

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Return on Investment

Azure App Service has allowed us to quickly deploy high-budget projects very quickly, netting us a healthy profit vs the cost to develop. (We make, on average, about 10x what it costs to get up and running per project thanks to how easy it is to implement a skeleton framework.)
Costs are low to run the services thanks to the scaling functionality that comes with Azure App Service. We can utilize less resources during slow times and save hundreds of dollars per month vs costs of traditional servers.

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Drew Harrison

Programmer

Wireless SolutionsComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Spending less time trying to figure out how tables are related thanks to the navigational help in dbForge SQL Complete, which means fixing issues takes less time.

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Azure App Service Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

dbForge SQL Complete Editions & Modules

Edition

Standard	199.95
Professional	249.95

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Azure App Service vs dbForge SQL Complete