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IDERA SQL Compliance Manager vs. ApexSQL by Quest

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    IDERA SQL Compliance Manager

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASQL 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

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AApexSQL 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 ManagerApexSQL by Quest
    Editions & Modules
    Standard via eCommerce
    3,036.00
    per instance with first year maintenance included
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    Pricing Offerings
    IDERA SQL Compliance ManagerApexSQL by Quest
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IDERA SQL Compliance ManagerApexSQL by Quest
    Database Administration
    Comparison of Database Administration features of IDERA SQL Compliance Manager and ApexSQL by Quest
    Feature
    IDERA SQL Compliance Manager
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    ApexSQL by Quest
    -
    Ratings
    User management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database security7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    User Testimonials
    IDERA SQL Compliance ManagerApexSQL by Quest
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Idera, Inc.
    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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    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.
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    Pros
    Idera, Inc.
    • Audit Logins
    • DML Activities
    • DDL Activities
    • Queries Reporting
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    Quest Software
    • Templates
    • Code editing
    • Code Review
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    Cons
    Idera, Inc.
    • 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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    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
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    Idera, Inc.
    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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    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
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    Return on Investment
    Idera, Inc.
    • Audit reports are a hectic job for a DBA it made them easy.
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    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
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