dbForge SQL Tools vs. Oracle SQL Developer

dbForge SQL Tools

Oracle SQL Developer

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
dbForge SQL Tools	Score 6.6 out of 10	N/A	The 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
Oracle SQL Developer	Score 8.1 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

dbForge SQL Tools

Oracle SQL Developer

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 Tools	Oracle SQL Developer
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	dbForge SQL Tools	Oracle SQL Developer
Considered Both Products	dbForge SQL Tools Verified User Anonymous Chose dbForge SQL Tools 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Scott Kennedy Director, eCommerce Analytics and Digital Marketing Chose dbForge SQL Tools dbForge SQL complete stacks up nicely against the competitors I listed based on a number of factors including, but not limited too, speed, price, scalability. On the speed side, I'm specifically referencing the ability to write large chunks of code very fast which ends up … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose dbForge SQL Tools SQL Complete appeared to do what was required. It has a very short evaluation period. We still have our day jobs to do, and hence can not dedicate the time necessary to understand and work with the product. You get bombarded by the salespeople (until they get your money!) who … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose dbForge SQL Tools ApexSQL is another tool that was tried but dbForge performed better. Incentivized Helpful? Simon Kingaby Manager, Global Data & Analytics Chose dbForge SQL Tools Redgate SQL Toolbelt is 10 times the price for similar functionality. ApexSQL Complete is not as user-friendly as dbForge. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose dbForge SQL Tools I still use the Redgate products, but only because I was using them before I invested in SQL Complete. I have not reviewed the dbForge versions. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose dbForge SQL Tools 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 … Incentivized Helpful?	Oracle SQL Developer DC Daniel Cheung Database Administrator Chose Oracle SQL Developer Oracle provides more functionality then toad freeware Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer Oracle SQL Developer is easy to install, easy to use and navigate and feature rich graphical user interface to view and manage data. It can be used across various roles like developer, tester, administrator etc. It helps to develop a strong base for database understanding. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer Oracle Big Data SQL Cloud Service and DbVisualizer Incentivized Helpful? Rohit Goyal Risk Analyst Chose Oracle SQL Developer Oracle SQL Developer has rich User interface and user friendly compared to other databases, it is also used In large applications which has huge data sets and need good performance that is only possible in Oracle Developer, It also gives us fast curd operations and better space … Incentivized Helpful? Lisandro Fernigrini Database Practice Lead Chose Oracle SQL Developer Having used both TOAD and PL/SQL Developer, I believe SQL Developer from Oracle is a most than acceptable alternative, maybe not as powerful and complete as them but being free has a very positive impact. Most development profiles can work perfectly using SQL Developer while … Incentivized Helpful? Joe He Lead Database Administrator Chose Oracle SQL Developer Oracle SQL Developer is available on multiple platforms, Windows Mac Linux and it's free. SQL Developer is best suited for a big cross functional globally based team. SQL Developer is less resource intensive, compared to other IDEs. SQL Developer has the capability to manage … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer [The] developer's user interface is very handy and simple to use. [W]e can see full query [executions] and optimize the query data import and export, [which] is very easy. [Easy] [installation] and setup [of the] debugging [process] is easy. Incentivized Helpful? Binoy Shah Software Integration Tester Chose Oracle SQL Developer [Oracle SQL Developer] is well suited when one doesn't need to work heavily on DB; a person who has just started learning SQL or working on SQL can work easily using SQL developer. It's free. Incentivized Helpful? Lee Luchs Senior Solutions Analytics Consultant Chose Oracle SQL Developer In addition to Oracle SQL Developer I have used Microsoft SQL Server management studio, Toad for Oracle, SAS, and other third party SQL tools. I have found Oracle SQL Developer to be one of the best all around tools for accessing Oracle databases, as well as interfacing with … Incentivized Helpful? Sushant goyal Analyst 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer Oracle SQL Developer is neck and neck with other tools. It offers all the required features and is much more reliable than many other vendors. Since it’s developed by Oracle, it works well with Oracle. It’s ultimately down to individual selection but Oracle SQL Developer offers … Incentivized Helpful? Satishbabu Gunukula, Oracle ACE Sr. Database Architect Chose Oracle SQL Developer Toad for Oracle Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer Toad from Dell is a licensed product. We are just using it for using queries using GUI, so SQL Developer was a good option for us. Incentivized Helpful? Balázs Kiss Software Developer Chose Oracle SQL Developer IDEA has a built-in database connection and query platform. It has a slightly better code completion feature but lacks many of the functions of the SQL developer. Incentivized Helpful? Ken Turner Oracle Database Administrator Chose Oracle SQL Developer This SQL Developer product stacks up well against TOAD, in that it has most of the functionality that TOAD has and allows better organization for me. It also allows me to make connections within new folders of the same database with different users. The best thing about SQL … Incentivized Helpful? Jatel Desai Programmer Analyst Chose Oracle SQL Developer Oracle SQL Developer, in comparison to Toad for Oracle, works very similarly. Toad for Oracle is very useful for complex data management, and this includes monitoring queries and managing permissions. Oracle SQL Developer is great as a simple tool for developers. It has … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer MySQL Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer They do almost the same things, but I particularly I prefer TOAD, maybe because when I started programming with Oracle Database it was the first tool that I used and I think it's easier to use too. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer SQL Developer is a very simple tool that is user-friendly and easy to understand for beginners as well. As SQL Developer is Oracle's own product, the Oracle product support is better when it is mentioned about the use of SQL Developer in Service Requests. The area of … Incentivized Helpful? Zhann Goloborodko Senior Programmer/Analyst Chose Oracle SQL Developer DbArtisan is the elephant in the room for a number of reasons. It not only does everything SQL Developer does, but it also has a huge number of management functions built-in. However, it is immensely expensive and, for your average developer, way overkill. Squirrel is also a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer Prior to using Oracle SQL Developer, I used TOAD Data Point. I did not have any decision making in choosing Oracle SQL over TOAD Data Point but I can say the ease of use is noticeable in Oracles SQL. Oracle is every bit as good if not better than TOAD data point due to ease … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer I used both SQL Developer and Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM). SQL Developer does not stack up against OEM. They complement each other. Incentivized Helpful? CO Chris Oros IT Analyst Chose Oracle SQL Developer Oracle SQL Developer has a much simpler, novice-friendly interface than TOAD or Sequel Pro. Less clutter and fewer buttons makes it easier for a non-expert/non-DBA to navigate and query. Having a product supported by Oracle itself is also a draw. If an issue is being … Incentivized Helpful? Kevin Chu Sr. App Developer Chose Oracle SQL Developer SQL Developer is a strong competitor. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle SQL Developer I have not used a product like Oracle SQL Developer before. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	dbForge SQL Tools	Oracle SQL Developer
Likelihood to Recommend	7.8 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.9 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.2 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	dbForge SQL Tools	Oracle SQL Developer
Likelihood to Recommend	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. Incentivized Scott Kennedy Director, eCommerce Analytics and Digital Marketing Read full review	[Oracle SQL Developer is] best suited if your company works with different databases and needs a common SQL editor to manage and query data for its user. Oracle SQL Developer works very well with Oracle but also some other relational databases. If you do lot of querying and import/export in database, then this is tool for you. It's ideal for DBAs as well for data modeling, management, session monitoring, logging, versioning, etc. It’s not ideal for no relational/noSQL or big data. It is not tool for visualization. It’s best suited for querying using SQL. Companies that are looking for free tools that are robust and most useful should definitely look at it. Incentivized Binoy Shah Software Integration Tester Read full review
Pros	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! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Export SQL results to a spreadsheet. After a query is run, you are able to export the results to a spreadsheet Easily preview data columns on an Oracle table or view and the metadata on those columns. SQL Editor is color-coded so that you can tell easily what are keywords. You can set up SQL code templates to be able to use shortcut keys to format your SQL query easily in a readable format that you prefer. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Sometimes it can be slow to retrieve the database metadata. Updating the software with the activation/deactivation of licenses could be further streamlined. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Setup can be challenging if your schemas aren't well formed or managed. Also, the ability to model/develop extensions for an existing database solution will depend on how robust the DBA provisioned roles and designed the respective schemas. Detailed analysis of models can be clunky for complex relational models. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	It allows most users to perform daily activities in a simple way, with no cost since the tool is free. Incentivized Lisandro Fernigrini Database Practice Lead Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	Oracle SQL Developer is very easy to use and there are a wide range of courses available which can help you get started just within a day. Data can be exported in multiple formats based on user requirements. Organizational data can be stored and management effectively using Oracle SQL Developer. All the data, tables, sequences, indexes can be easily created and updated in Oracle SQL Developer. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Large user community support Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Just download and uncompress! Incentivized Lisandro Fernigrini Database Practice Lead Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Oracle SQL Developer is available on multiple platforms, Windows Mac Linux and it's free. SQL Developer is best suited for a big cross functional globally based team. SQL Developer is less resource intensive, compared to other IDEs. SQL Developer has the capability to manage and develop Oracle Database in both on premise and Cloud deployments. SQL Developer can also connect and interact with non oracle database like MS SQL server and MySQL etc. Incentivized Joe He Lead Database Administrator Read full review
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No impact on the organization's budget as Oracle SQL Developer is free. With the increased productivity of our database administrators, they are able to better assist the software developers in prototyping future products. Through Oracle SQL Developer, our administrators were able to normalize many of our databases, reducing the amount of redundancy, and hence increasing the performance of our main application. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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