Galaxy vs. Toad Database Developer Tools

Galaxy

Toad Database Developer Tools

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Galaxy	Score 0.0 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	Galaxy is presented as Cursor for software engineers and data practitioners, and as a modern SQL editor with features like an AI copilot, sharing and collaboration, as well as access control and security. Galaxy’s base product is a fast SQL editor with reworked parameterization, auto-complete, and table metadata to make data discovery and analysis more reliable and convenient for developers. Galaxy’s AI copilot is context-aware - meaning…	N/A
Toad Database Developer Tools	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	Toad by Quest is a database management toolset that database developers, administrators and data analysts use to simplify workflows, create code free from defects, automate frequent or repetitive processes, and minimize risks. Editions include Toad for Oracle, which automates administration tasks and helps proactively manage databases while embracing performance optimization and risk mitigation. Similar editions exist for IBM DB2, SQL Server, SAP, or MySQL and Postgres environments (Toad Edge).	$229 per year

Pricing

Galaxy

Toad Database Developer Tools

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Toad Edge For MySQL: $229
per year
Toad Edge For Postgres: $229
per year
Toad for SQL - Pro Edition: $437
per year
Toad for Oracle - Base Edition: $550
per year
Toad for DB2 z/OS - Base Edition: $636
per year
Toad for SAP - Base Edition: $636
per year
Toad for SQL - Xpert Edition: $763
per year
Toad for Oracle - Professional Edition: $829
per year
Toad for SQL - Dev Edition: $930
per year
Toad for DB2 z/OS - Pro Edition: $996
per year
Toad for Oracle - Professional DB Admin Edition: $1,370
per year
Toad for DB2 z/OS - Xpert Edition: $1,529
per year
Toad for SAP - Xpert Edition: $1530
per year
Toad for Oracle - Xpert Plus Edition: $1,753
per year
Toad for DB2 z/OS - Dev Edition: $1,861
per year
Toad for SAP - Dev Edition: $1863
per year
Toad for SAP - Xpert+ Edition: $2099
per year
Toad for SAP - DBA Edition: $3661
per year

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Galaxy	Toad Database Developer Tools
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Galaxy	Toad Database Developer Tools
Considered Both Products	Galaxy No answer on this topic	Toad Database Developer Tools Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad Database Developer Tools was recommended to me by my outside programming team, I thought it was ideal for my needs and I have been using it for many years. Point being, I have not had the need to use or evaluate other tools. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools SQL Developer is perfect for non-Oracle developers. It's lean and powerful. Except that Toad is even more powerful. Especially navigating through package definitions, packages body's, schema's and scripts is as if you're driving a Porsche in the fast lane with Toad, whereas SQL … Incentivized Helpful? Christee Carter Selway Sr. Manager, Distributed Systems, Retail Engineering, and ITSM Dvmt. Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle is a better product, but the other products are free, so they do have that going for them. Incentivized Helpful? Jatel Desai Programmer Analyst Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle is a better tool in that it has more advanced features. With Toad, altering tables is very user friendly. You can also see specific sql scripts for the table modifications you have made. Also, with Toad for Oracle, you can monitor packages running in specific … Incentivized Helpful? MS Maurice Samuels DBA Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad is much better than Tableau query writer. Tableau is not intuitive and requires knowledge of proprietary database language to fully implement. Tableau does not perform as quickly and accurately as Toad. Toad is very easy and slim to install. Additional hardware is often … Incentivized Helpful? RN Ram Nair Director Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle has an excellent user interface with excellent features for development and also to query, execute and identify performance or issues with database syntax. It also does auto-correction on the database query syntax. It is far better than SQL navigator or other DB … Incentivized Helpful? SM SUbrat Mishra Account Director Chose Toad Database Developer Tools SQL Developer has been used significantly by the development team for their sql designing and development. RedGate is primarily used for ms sql and for CICD pipeline. We also use liquibase for our change deployment to automate the cicd. Toad is better to compared the both these … Incentivized Helpful? AB Aaron Baker Senior Systems Analyst Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle compares favorably to Oracle SQL Developer. I think it is mostly a matter of preference between our user base. I see some using Toad and others using SQL Developer. The one thing that Toad does which SQL Developer doesn't is running more than one query against … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools It has a lot more functionality and is easier to use for end-users. But overall, it is quite pricey Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle outperforms other programs like SQL Plus in almost every category. The only downside is the price, which makes it less appealing for smaller businesses. Their customer service is fantastic and they offer a very extensive knowledge base for most common issues … Incentivized Helpful? Ravinder Gupta Senior Oracle Database Administrator Chose Toad Database Developer Tools [Toad offers:] Better interface More advance features Incentivized Helpful? Dhruba Jyoti Nag Associate Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Many other products can be used for query development like sql workbench, squirrel sql or even the good old notepad++ in sql mode. But toad being an enterprise product , specially the toad for oracle is very fast and does not have many bugs unlike other ides which tend to … Incentivized Helpful? Rajat Wadhwani Process Data Engineer(Subsurface and Wells) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Microsoft access has a disadvantage of local databases. Everyone has their different databases which becomes a real problem for the decisions. Toad plays an important role by making sure everyone is on the same page. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad definitely had a lot of customization and functionality, unfortunately it is also where it falls short on user interface and usability for beginner and intermediate users. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools We didn't make a decision of choosing one and dropping the other. Our database guys have their own preference of tools. Since SQL developer is a free-to-use tool and light weighted tool, we used it for education materials. For those who need advanced functions, database … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Compare to SSMS toad has more options on the interface for developers. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad is a robust tool that can perform many database functions. It stacks up well to the competition. I have previously interacted with databases via command line and Toad's graphical interface is a major advantage. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools none Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools This is much easier to get directly at the data whereas with Tableau and Hyperion you have to have a report created. For my specific team we do not have the ability to create reports so we have to rely on another team to create the reports with takes time and money. Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Kuhn System Analyst Manager Chose Toad Database Developer Tools I have used SQL developer and XML spy. Both tools have their strengths but do not have as many options for interacting with data. I have also used SQL*Plus but it is not as user friendly for quick interaction with the data. I have not utilized any other tools to interact … Incentivized Helpful? Tom Blades Oracle HRMS & Payroll Functional Consultant Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad has a very user-friendly GUI and perfectly compliments supporting the Oracle application. With the built in functionality and levels of security we can confidently use this software for our daily needs, which far more outweighed other comparable products for us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Toad Database Developer Tools SQL Developer is a good product but seems more difficult to use. Incentivized Helpful? Robb Glietz Technology Advisor Chose Toad Database Developer Tools I was introduced to Toad for Oracle when I started to work with Oracle databases at the start of my career and was lucky enough to work at a company that allowed us to use them. So I have never used anything else. I would not want to spend the time to learn a new program. Incentivized Helpful? Dan Hotka author Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad has far more templates than SQL Developer. You can customize Toad. Toad is far more flexible with its options and setup features. Toad is much better at SQL Performance Tuning than what is available in SQL Developer. SQL Developer is free and is a good tool … Incentivized Helpful? Sergio Alvarez Técnico Informático Chose Toad Database Developer Tools I have used some SQL clients like Squirrel SQL or Dbeever before and they are good but do not have all the options and flexibility Toad offers: help on code, data tables browsing, errors reporting, filters, different visualization modes for data, optimization, etc. Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses	DBeaver Score 8.5 out of 10	No answers on this topic
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Enterprises	DBeaver Score 8.5 out of 10	Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Galaxy	Toad Database Developer Tools
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Galaxy	Toad Database Developer Tools
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Well suited for development of stored procedures, packages, running scripts, and each and every DBA operation. Not very well suited for quick and simple querying. Toad seems to be overkill for simple things. Also, it's not very well suited for non-Oracle developers, who might be scared of by the endless amounts of options, tools and windows that Toad offers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	I appreciate the library feature that enables me to label and store previously created statements. These are saved off to a network share for future use. I also really like the describe function that lists all fields in a table. This helps as I build new queries. I wish I was better at using the tuning function. I have seen others use it and am very impressed with the graphical depiction of query costing. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	The date/time settings in Toad are kind of difficult to figure out. I have to use an ALTER SESSION command to format the dates so I can actually query date/time fields. It seems to be updated too often. I get notifications very frequently about new versions being available. The export function is difficult to use. Incentivized AB Aaron Baker Senior Systems Analyst Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	It is the preferred tool for our organization. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	I give is an 8 because nothing is a 10 and there is always room for improvement. I believe the user who is not as technologically inclined would be better suited with an easier way to identify the options for setting the layout up for Toad's GUI. To some it is very cumbersome and confusing. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	I give the overall support for Toad for Oracle a 10/10. This is because whenever there has been an issue with this software, our team has got an immediate response. The same can not be said for similar software. The most recent example of this is when we needed to renew our licenses. Some employees were unable to log in to code with the given license key. Support was able to resolve the issue quickly. Incentivized Jatel Desai Programmer Analyst Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	We didn't make a decision of choosing one and dropping the other. Our database guys have their own preference of tools. Since SQL Developer is a free-to-use tool and light weighted tool, we used it for education materials. For those who need advanced functions, database administrators for example, we bought an enterprise license of Toad and distributed them to developers. For enterprise level of analytics running Oracle based databases, I believe SQL Developer and Toad are two basics and safe choice to start with, unless one has very particular need (or preference). Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Quick and easy query development helps reduce man-hours in a project which converts to real dollars. Query analysis and tuning result in low database overhead and low latency, thus translating into real dollars because a system can thus handle more requests from customers. Ease of use makes it easy to deploy greenhorns in projects with minimal training, thus helping save money. Otherwise menial and simple jobs would have required experienced DBAs. Incentivized Dhruba Jyoti Nag Associate Read full review
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