DBeaver vs. Oracle SQL Developer

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DBeaver
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
DBeaver offers comprehensive data management tools designed to help teams explore, process, and administrate SQL, NoSQL, and cloud data sources. DBeaver is available commercially as DBeaver PRO and for free as DBeaver Community.
$11
per month per user
SQL Developer
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Oracle SQL Developer is an integrated development environment (IDE) which provides editors for working with SQL, PL/SQL, Stored Java Procedures, and XML in Oracle databases.N/A
Pricing
DBeaverOracle SQL Developer
Editions & Modules
Lite Edition Subscription
$11
per month per user
Enterprise Edition Subscription
$25
per month per user
Lite Edition License
$110
per year per user
Enterprise Edition License
$250
per year per user
Ultimate Edition License
$500
per year per user
CloudBeaver Enterprise
$1,000
per year per 5 users
DBeaver Team Edition
$1,280
per year per 1 administrator and 2 developers
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DBeaverSQL Developer
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for multi-user licenses.
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Community Pulse
DBeaverOracle SQL Developer
Considered Both Products
DBeaver

No answer on this topic

SQL Developer
Chose Oracle SQL Developer
Oracle SQL Developer is better than SQL server, as it is easy to set up and install. Oracle SQL Developer is better in UI than SQL server. The features are almost the same. In comparison to DBeaver, it is much easier to set up as DBeaver's installation and setup is very …
Top Pros
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Features
DBeaverOracle SQL Developer
Database Development
Comparison of Database Development features of Product A and Product B
DBeaver
8.0
9 Ratings
6% below category average
Oracle SQL Developer
-
Ratings
Version control tools8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Test data generation7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance optimization tools7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Schema maintenance8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Database change management9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
Database Administration
Comparison of Database Administration features of Product A and Product B
DBeaver
8.3
8 Ratings
4% below category average
Oracle SQL Developer
-
Ratings
User management7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Database security8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Database status reporting8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
DBeaverOracle SQL Developer
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(9 ratings)
7.5
(72 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
DBeaverOracle SQL Developer
Likelihood to Recommend
DBeaver
If you are connecting to Snowflake and want to query from your laptop, I find that this is much easier to use than Snowflake's IDE. It allows us as a business intelligence team to more easily connect to our servers, and code with much less hassle. It would be less appropriate if you are only on an on-premises SQL server, in that case, I would just use SSMS.
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Oracle
Almost all development activities (the tool is called "SQL Developer", not "DBA Toolset") can be done easily and quick with [Oracle] SQL Developer. From data model creation (tables, views) to development (creation of procedures, functions, packages) and then testing (SQL Developer includes an easy to use debugger), all tasks can be performed in a single tool.
It may not be as complete as other solutions for DBA tasks like instance monitoring, but it is usually OK for development and testing environments if you want to do some basic troubleshooting.
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Pros
DBeaver
  • Data import/export and SQL Script generation are quick and simple to do.
  • Fairly intuitive when viewing/editing table data.
  • Ability to save SQL scripts per server and recall them easily.
  • Handy intelligence when writing queries, functions, and stored procs.
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Oracle
  • Object Browser in SQL Developer allows you to explore the contents of your database using the connection tree.
  • The SQL Worksheet is an editor that allows for execution of SQL statements, scripts, and PL/SQL anonymous blocks. SELECT statements can be executed to return results in a spreadsheet-like 'grid' or can be executed as a script such to emulate SQL*Plus behavior and output
  • DBA Console allows users with administrative privileges to access DBA features such as database init file configuration, RMAN backup, storage, etc.
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Cons
DBeaver
  • Some icons are kinda small and difficult to understand what they do
  • The spanish translation could be better
  • I think there are many functions that could be useful for me but I don't know what they do
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Oracle
  • Inability to run multiple queries on the same database. You can only run one query on a given database.
  • Analytical models created from complex tables isn't accurate, and needs work.
  • Inability to view multiple tables of a database side-by-side. When trying to find correlations between tables, it would help to be able to see them at once on the same page.
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Likelihood to Renew
DBeaver
No answers on this topic
Oracle
We had already thought of changing to TOAD, but we decided to stick with Oracle SQL Developer until the end.
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Usability
DBeaver
No answers on this topic
Oracle
At times, Oracle SQL Developer may experience freezing issues. However, despite this occasional inconvenience, the tool offers valuable features such as the ability to integrate plugins like utPLSQL, which greatly assists in debugging and testing our packages. Additionally, the usage of breakpoints and the flexibility to format text according to individual configurations enhance the debugging process.
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Support Rating
DBeaver
Not a lot of users have DBeaver so fewer resources are available online to help you if you have any issues. When I was trying to figure out how to create my own ER diagrams, it was a little tough to find resources
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Oracle
Large user community support
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Implementation Rating
DBeaver
No answers on this topic
Oracle
Just download and uncompress!
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Alternatives Considered
DBeaver
MySQL workbench from MySQL only supports MySQL databases and it only provides basic functionality. On top of that, the user experience could be quite confusing for first-time users. SSMS from SQL server doesn't support inline editing nicely. The view for inline editing and view data is different, making it uncomfortable to use. All in all, DBeaver is the best tool when you manage a lot of databases with different types.
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Oracle
I have started to use Toad for Oracle recently because it is easier to sort and filter results, due to their memory sort feature that puts the results from your query in memory so that you don't have to rerun your query. I have used SQL Developer to easily update records in tables that I need to fix. I haven't found an easy way to do this in Toad other than writing SQL insert statements.
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Return on Investment
DBeaver
  • Positive Ability to manage DBeaver and query ad-hoc quickly
  • By having the queries saved it has saved developer time and thereby increased the ROI on the investment on the tool
  • This has made firefighting quicker and freed up resources for more development work.
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Oracle
  • It gives 100% return on investment as it is free of cost.
  • No need to have multiple tools for each database
  • Considering the employee training, so one can save money on training, as it is not very hard to use so still savings.
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