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    dbForge SQL Tools

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AThe dbForge SQL Tools package comprises 15 functional add-ins for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and standalone tools. These add-ins integrate with this default IDE, enhancing the standard capabilities by adding new features and improving existing tools with additional options. dbForge SQL Tools cover a wide array of database-related tasks in SQL Server, particularly in the following areas: T-SQL…

    $429.95

    per year

    Microsoft Visual Studio Code

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers Visual Studio Code, an open source text editor that supports code editing, debugging, IntelliSense syntax highlighting, and other features.

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    Pricing
    dbForge SQL ToolsMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
    Editions & Modules
    Subscription Standart 1 year
    $429.95
    Subscription Professional 1 year
    $649.95
    Subscription Enterprise 1 year
    $699.95
    Perpetual Standard 1 year
    $849.95
    Subscription Standart 2 years
    $859.95
    Perpetual Standard 2 years
    $1,189.95
    Perpetual Professional 2 years
    $1,189.95
    Subscription Standart 3 years
    $1,289.95
    Perpetual Professional 1 year
    $1,299.95
    Subscription Professional 2 years
    $1,299.95
    Subscription Enterprise 2 years
    $1,399.95
    Perpetual Enterprise 1 year
    $1,399.95
    Perpetual Standart 3 years
    $1,449.95
    Subscription Professional 3 years
    $1,949.95
    Perpetual Enterprise 2 years
    $1,999.95
    Subscription Enterprise 3 years
    $2,099.95
    Perpetual Professional 3 years
    $2,209.95
    Perpetual Enterprise 3 years
    $2,519.95
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    dbForge SQL ToolsMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    dbForge SQL ToolsMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
    Considered Both Products
    Devart
    Chose dbForge SQL Tools
    Redgate SQL Toolbelt is 10 times the price for similar functionality. ApexSQL Complete is not as user-friendly as dbForge.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
    69 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
    70 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    dbForge SQL ToolsMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (9 ratings)
    9.5
    (104 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.4
    (21 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.7
    (23 ratings)
    Product Scalability
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    dbForge SQL ToolsMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Devart
    dbForge SQL Complete is well suited for professionals that have to write code all day. In my role in the business intelligence department we are writing SQL pretty much all day. Having a tool that helps us do that faster, in a cleaner way is pretty awesome and something that pays for itself quickly.
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    Microsoft
    As a general workhorse IDE, Microsoft Visual Studio Codee is unmatched. Building on the early success of applications such as Atom, it has long been the standard for electron based IDEs. It can be outshone using IDEs that are dedicated to particular platforms, such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code for .net and the Jetbrains IDEs for Java, Python and others. For remote collaborative development, something like Zed is ahead of VSCode live share, which can be quite flakey.
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    Pros
    Devart
    • SQL complete allows you to create custom snippets that allow you to store frequently ran queries in shortcuts. The code can be populated within seconds!
    • Another great benefit is custom aliases. If you frequently reference the same tables over and over again it gets tiresome to retype the aliases. Storing these can make your code more consistent and save time.
    • SQL complete will also highlight the metadata within your database. For example, if you start typing an insert statement you populate code for all the field names by pressing the tab. This is a real-time saver for wide tables!
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    Microsoft
    • Integrate with the git repository very well.
    • Integrated copilot chat is very helpful to write code snippets and helps beginners to start with coding and development.
    • Great library of available extensions is one of the best features in Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
    • Dedicated Testing option to configure pytest and others are quite handy to use.
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    Cons
    Devart
    • Sometimes it can be slow to retrieve the database metadata.
    • Updating the software with the activation/deactivation of licenses could be further streamlined.
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    Microsoft
    • The customization of key combinations should be more accessible and easier to change
    • The auxiliary panels could be minimized or as floating tabs which are displayed when you click on them
    • A monitoring panel of resources used by Microsoft Visual Studio Code or plugins and extensions would help a lot to be able to detect any malfunction of these
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Devart
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    Microsoft
    Solid tool that provides everything you need to develop most types of applications. The only reason not a 10 is that if you are doing large distributed teams on Enterprise level, Professional does provide more tools to support that and would be worth the cost.
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    Usability
    Devart
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code earns a 10 for its exceptional balance of power and simplicity. Its intuitive interface, robust extension ecosystem, and integrated terminal streamline development. With seamless Git integration and highly customizable settings, it adapts perfectly to any workflow, making complex coding tasks feel effortless for beginners and experts alike.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Devart
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Overall, Microsoft Visual Studio Code is pretty reliable. Every so often, though, the app will experience an unexplained crash. Since it is a stand-alone app, connectivity or service issues don't occur in my experience. Restarting the app seems to always get around the problem, but I do make sure to save and backup current work.
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    Performance
    Devart
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code is pretty snappy in performance terms. It launches quickly, and tasks are performed quickly. I don't have a lot of integrations other than CoPilot, but I suspect that if the integration partner is provisioned appropriately that any performance impact would be pretty minimal. It doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles (unless you start adding plugins left and right).
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    Support Rating
    Devart
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    Microsoft
    Active development means filing a bug on the GitHub repo typically gets you a response within 4 days. There are plugins for almost everything you need, whether it be linting, Vim emulation, even language servers (which I use to code in Scala). There is well-maintained official documentation. The only thing missing is forums. The closest thing is GitHub issues, which typically has the answers but is hard to sift through -- there are currently 78k issues.
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    Devart
    I am very satisfied after using this tool. It is a full-stack tool that includes rich features that can be customized set of functionality as per your need. by using this tool:-
    • Increased our productivity rate.
    • Provides speed up your development work so you can focus on other stuff.
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    Microsoft
    Visual Studio Code stacks up nicely against Visual Studio because of the price and because it can be installed without admin rights. We don't exclusively use Visual Studio Code, but rather use Visual Studio and Visual Studio code depending on the project and which version of source control the given project is wired up to.
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    Scalability
    Devart
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    Microsoft
    It is easily deployed with our Jamf Pro instance. There is actually very little setup involved in getting the app deployed, and it is fairly well self-contained and does not deploy a large amount of associated files. However, it is not particularly conducive to large project, multi-developer/department projects that involve some form of central integration.
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    Return on Investment
    Devart
    • 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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    Microsoft
    • Saves money by replacing suites of tools such as Visual Studio, IntelliJ, etc.
    • Speeds development time and developer environment setup time
    • Strengthens code quality with integrated autoformatting and linting
    • Strengths Git practices by keeping version control tightly connected with the code
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