IDERA SQL Compliance Manager vs. MySQL Workbench

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IDERA SQL Compliance Manager
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
SQL Compliance Manager helps database administrators to monitor, audit, and alert on Microsoft SQL Server user activity and data changes. The vendor states it provides quick configuration of audit settings, a broad list of regulatory guideline templates for audit settings and reports, before and after data values for both regulatory compliance and forensic data investigations, differentiation of data access and between regular and privileged users and applications, easy specification of and…
$3,036
per instance with first year maintenance included
MySQL Workbench
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
MySQL Workbench is a unified visual tool for database architects, developers, and DBAs. MySQL Workbench provides data modeling, SQL development, and comprehensive administration tools for server configuration, user administration, and backup. MySQL Workbench is available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It is available free through its Community edition, and an Enterprise edition is available for a commercial license as well, supported by Oracle.
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Pricing
IDERA SQL Compliance ManagerMySQL Workbench
Editions & Modules
Standard via eCommerce
3,036.00
per instance with first year maintenance included
Community Edition
$0
Enterprise Edition
licensed through Oracle
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IDERA SQL Compliance ManagerMySQL Workbench
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
IDERA SQL Compliance ManagerMySQL Workbench
Considered Both Products
IDERA SQL Compliance Manager
Chose IDERA SQL Compliance Manager
More easy to use, no SQL queries to extract data out of it, graphical user interface is very good and easy to use.
MySQL Workbench
Chose MySQL Workbench
It's like comparing a VW to an performance car like a Ferrari. If you need the performance, bells and whistles you'll want PhpStorm. If you just need to get from one place to another, MySQL Workbench will do just fine.
Chose MySQL Workbench
phpmyadmin is way better only when local database is concerned but MySQL Workbench is way better then SQLyog because of the more cleaner UI and cost. SQLYog does not have any open-source featuring whereas MySQL Workbench has open source edition with lot of good free features. …
Chose MySQL Workbench
I found Azure UX easier, menu items are more obvious, but it still also requires preparation to use.
Features
IDERA SQL Compliance ManagerMySQL Workbench
Database Administration
Comparison of Database Administration features of Product A and Product B
IDERA SQL Compliance Manager
7.0
Ratings
14% below category average
MySQL Workbench
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
User management7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Database security7.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Database status reporting00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Change management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Database Development
Comparison of Database Development features of Product A and Product B
IDERA SQL Compliance Manager
-
Ratings
MySQL Workbench
9.2
Ratings
8% above category average
Schema maintenance00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Database change management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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7.5
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Usability
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8.6
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User Testimonials
IDERA SQL Compliance ManagerMySQL Workbench
Likelihood to Recommend
The payment card industry is best as it has built-in PCI DSS compliant and in a transactional DB where there are a lot of DML activities the size of the database must be increased.
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It works best when you need to create basic queries or manage an simple MySQL schema. For more complicated data modeling, I'll use another tool. You can't beat the price though.
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Pros
  • Audit Logins
  • DML Activities
  • DDL Activities
  • Queries Reporting
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  • Send queries to DB
  • Export results in csv
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Cons
  • Should have a compression algorithm to compress the audited logs, as it will take a lot of space.
  • Can not audit all the DML and DDL activities as it will take a lot of space, should have a compression algo.
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  • On the Mac version, quitting always throws an exception. More of an annoyance but still. This should have been fixed a long time ago.
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Usability
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Quite complicated. It's unrealistic to use without prior preparation (guides on youtube or colleagues' help).
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More easy to use, no SQL queries to extract data out of it, graphical user interface is very good and easy to use.
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phpMyAdmin is way better only when local database is concerned but MySQL Workbench is way better then SQLyog because of the more cleaner UI and cost. SQLyog does not have any open-source featuring whereas MySQL Workbench has open source edition with lot of good free features. So MySQL Workbench is powerful than SQLyog.
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Return on Investment
  • Audit reports are a hectic job for a DBA it made them easy.
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  • It provides good features and saves the time.
  • When we use remote server, we can connect without using ssh etc. so saves the time and easy to understand.
  • Do not have to write the queries to check the schema, so saves the time.
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ScreenShots

IDERA SQL Compliance Manager Screenshots

Screenshot of SQL Compliance Manager: Monitor, audit, and alert on user activity and data change