IDERA SQL Compliance Manager vs. ApexSQL by Quest

IDERA SQL Compliance Manager

ApexSQL by Quest

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IDERA SQL Compliance Manager	Score 9.3 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
ApexSQL by Quest	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	ApexSQL is a software development company headquartered in Chapel Hill, US, and a Quest company. The company specializes in developing professional software tools for Microsoft SQL Server including tools for database auditing, recovery, change management, development, and documentation. ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.	N/A

Pricing

IDERA SQL Compliance Manager

ApexSQL by Quest

Editions & Modules

Standard via eCommerce: 3,036.00
per instance with first year maintenance included

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
IDERA SQL Compliance Manager	ApexSQL by Quest
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Features

IDERA SQL Compliance Manager

ApexSQL by Quest

Database Administration

Comparison of Database Administration features of Product A and Product B
	IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 7.0 1 Ratings 22% below category average	ApexSQL by Quest - Ratings
User management	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Database security	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	IDERA SQL Compliance Manager	ApexSQL by Quest
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.7 (4 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IDERA SQL Compliance Manager	ApexSQL by Quest
Likelihood to Recommend	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) 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. Incentivized MK Muhammad Hassan Khan Database Administrator Read full review	Quest Software ApexSQL streamslines and automate DBMS in no time, helps in implementing the auditing and compliance requirements and data migration and it also help in building scalable application and secure application like when we develop application using Apex SQL, it will become very secure automatically due to its build in features and also building small application and deployment of code is very easy When you have very large data size sometimes it run a bit slow. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) Audit Logins DML Activities DDL Activities Queries Reporting Incentivized MK Muhammad Hassan Khan Database Administrator Read full review	Quest Software Templates Code editing Code Review Incentivized John Ramírez Database Administrator Read full review
Cons	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) 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. Incentivized MK Muhammad Hassan Khan Database Administrator Read full review	Quest Software Source control can be a bit difficult with large database tables Many tools so can be complex for new developers to onboard and use efficiently Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) More easy to use, no SQL queries to extract data out of it, graphical user interface is very good and easy to use. Incentivized MK Muhammad Hassan Khan Database Administrator Read full review	Quest Software ApexSQL by Quest provides many toolkits for sql server that stacks up against its alternatives such as Operation toolkit which includes capabilities like disaster recovery, backup and restore etc, DevOps toolkit which include automation, compare and sync toolkit which include comparison between source and target schemas. ApexSQL by Quest also ensures the privacy and security of data. For this mentioned reason, our organization select ApexSQL by Quest Incentivized Mohammad Anas Application Development Analyst Read full review
Return on Investment	IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company) Audit reports are a hectic job for a DBA it made them easy. Incentivized MK Muhammad Hassan Khan Database Administrator Read full review	Quest Software Free to use so easily affordable Very easy to use of any new employee can easily learn It provides all encompassing tool for our developers and ApexSQL solves that Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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