dbForge SQL Complete vs DevExpress Universal

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Great for analytical tools, can make pretty quick and powerful apps. Not as easy to use to make mobile applications, or applications that tie into existing databases. The latter is possible, but it is not as easy as creating a database from scratch. Also, their quick build tool is a little inflexible. Support is very good and quick to respond to queries.

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Craig Cormier

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Anderson Power ProductsElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees

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Pros

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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Quick Development
Powerful pre-built templates
Wide array of datasets supported

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Anderson Power ProductsElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees

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Cons

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Documentation could be improved
Better examples of code in languages other than C
Better wizards for building applications

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Anderson Power ProductsElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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DevExpress really is an expansion of DevExpress. I haven't tried too many other add-on tools to Visual Studio, but DevExpress is a valuable addition for us. We really like the dashboards and cards we can easily build within them, as well as the more powerful tools. As I stated earlier, we originally got a license because of the reporting package, but we tried the rest of the tools and found them just as valuable.

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Craig Cormier

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Anderson Power ProductsElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

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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Expansion of business apps
New powerful analysis

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Anderson Power ProductsElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

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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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

DevExpress Universal Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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dbForge SQL Complete vs DevExpress Universal