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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Liquibase

    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Liquibase is a database change management tool that extends DevOps best practices to the database, helping teams release software faster and safer by bringing the database change process into existing CI/CD automation. According to the 2021 Accelerate State of DevOps Report, elite performers are 3.4 times more likely to incorporate database change management into their process than low performers. Liquibase value proposition: Liquibase speeds up the development…N/A

    Oracle Autonomous Database

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AOracle Autonomous Database provides a self-driving, self-securing, self-repairing cloud service that eliminate the overhead and human errors associated with traditional database administration. Oracle Autonomous Database takes care of configuration, tuning, backup, patching, encryption, scaling, and more.N/A

    Redgate Flyway

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ARedgate Flyway extends DevOps practices to databases to speed up software delivery while keeping business-critical data safe. From version control to continuous delivery, Redgate Flyway helps enterprises build on application delivery processes to automate database development and deployments.

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    LiquibaseOracle Autonomous DatabaseRedgate Flyway
    Editions & Modules
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    Community Pulse
    LiquibaseOracle Autonomous DatabaseRedgate Flyway
    Considered Multiple Products
    Liquibase
    Chose Liquibase
    In my previous project and organization I have used Flyway for database change management and version control similar to Liquibase which I am currently using. Comparing it with Flyway, Liquibase provides more feature flexibility and enhancements to handle complex workflows with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    The functionalities in general were very similar, but Liquibase was less intrusive and had a larger community, which made incident resolution more agile without depending on the support of the platform itself.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    flyway use sql for defining change but Liquidbase provides flexibility to specify change in different formats including sql such as xml, yaml and json
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    With Flyway you need to Write rollback scripts manually. With Liquibase we have a lot of customization with to rollback with options such rollback-one-changeset or rollback-one-update.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    We looked at Flyway yet if seemed to be not as comprehensive at Liquibase.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase provide rollback feature more matured than others.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase makes it easy to integrate into CI/CD pipelines, keeping the database and code in sync. The switch from one database management system to another is made easier by modeling the structure of the database in DBMS-independent XML rather than SQL. A user-friendly web …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase is much more powerful compared to Flyway since it is much more flexible in nature. You can apply changes programmatically, works with any kind of database and provides features version controlling database schemas. All these features were missing in Flyway and that's …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase is preferred over Flyway if your engineers doesn’t have knowledge in the DDL language used in each database product supported. If you only need to support a single database product and your engineers have the skills I would recommend Flyway instead. Liquibase is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Both liquibase and Flyway help you deploy database changes associated with new application deployments. They will both help with reducing database administration tasks and ensure reliability of the application service. Comparing Liquibase and Flyway, I found liquibase to be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase is head and shoulders better than relying on SQL Compare alone for deployments. I haven't used Flyway, but based on our evaluation, Liquibase seemed to have a lot of functional overlap for considerably less cost. I would recommend the use of GitHub or Bitbucket in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    At the time, Liquibase offered a community version and I think Flyway didn’t. In our case, we did not have any previous experience with any database management tools, so we just went with what was free to try out.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    More configurable and more flexible. Might include solutions for NoSql in the future. A couple of useful plugins (hibernate integration, for example).
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase has better options than Flyway software. Liquibase seems to have everything Flyway has and more flexibility when it comes to rollbacks. The main advantage of just Flyway seems to be not having to use XML, but Liquibase allows you to specify an SQL file in their XML. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    The main reason for Liquibase and against Flyway is the independence of the RDBMS product used.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase has a more robust feature set including schema definitions in XML, JSON, and YAML. Liquibase Hub provides a better view of deployment status.
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    Oracle
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    Redgate
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    98%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    97%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
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    86%
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    Features
    LiquibaseOracle Autonomous DatabaseRedgate Flyway
    Database Development
    Comparison of Database Development features of Liquibase and Oracle Autonomous Database and Redgate Flyway
    Feature
    Liquibase
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Autonomous Database
    7.2
    24 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Redgate Flyway
    -
    Ratings
    Version control tools00 Ratings6.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Test data generation00 Ratings5.714 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance optimization tools00 Ratings8.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Schema maintenance00 Ratings9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database change management00 Ratings7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database Administration
    Comparison of Database Administration features of Liquibase and Oracle Autonomous Database and Redgate Flyway
    Feature
    Liquibase
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Autonomous Database
    8.3
    25 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Redgate Flyway
    -
    Ratings
    User management00 Ratings9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database security00 Ratings9.124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database status reporting00 Ratings9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management00 Ratings6.216 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Toad Database Developer Tools
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LiquibaseOracle Autonomous DatabaseRedgate Flyway
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (70 ratings)
    8.5
    (52 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (69 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    LiquibaseOracle Autonomous DatabaseRedgate Flyway
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Liquibase
    Based on my experience so far on using Liquibase in my current project, I have seen that Liquibase changelogs are version control where multiple team members and developers can work together on database and deployed automatically via CI/CD Pipeline integration using github actions and it applies same changelogs to all enviroments to remain in sync and avoid any enviroment drift. Also as Liquibase stores changelog audits in DATABASECHANGELOG table it helps in tracking purposes and to easily rollback any change . Whereas in some scenarios I feel that Liquibase have some drawbacks where if complex transformation between tables is not optimized for bulk data operations which eventually degrades database performance.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    Pro - Stability. Does everything anyone could need. If it's not there it will be on the next update. There is plenty of support for it. It's been around for a long time and it's reliable. The support is well documented and has a great reputation. Cons - Errors have been found in the documentation provided by Oracle with guidelines, etc. Oracles salespeople have a reputation of being obnoxious and condescending.
    Incentivized
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    Redgate
    Database Migrations on Java-based solutions. It has one of the best integrations with it as a database migration tool, you can do it with the community edition (no pricing involved) and it works flawlessly with Maven and Gradle. It's not an expensive tool in order to use the next level of features and is worth the money. I would recommend reaching that edition level as the object mapping feature gets really handy. I would not recommend it for any Microsoft-based solution (.Net) as is not compatible at all based on my experience, this is a tool only worth it with Java applications.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Liquibase
    • Liquibase tracks changes in a metadata table contained directly in the target database, making easy administration for the DBA.
    • Liquibase handles many validation tests out of the box, making it easy to choose which ones you want to include, with options for writing your own if you choose. This makes it robust and flexible in terms of validation before deployment.
    • Liquibase provides easy integration into deployment pipelines for CI/CD. We use it with GitHub for source control and Circle CI for validation and deployment pipelines.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Oracle
    • Robust - this product doesn't have a lot of downtime. It's less prone to errors than some other tools I've worked with.
    • Scalable - we can keep adding more things to it. We haven't hit any roadblocks when we've tried to do more with our database.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Redgate
    • Manage DB migration patch scripts
    • Apply DB migration patch scripts
    • Test DB migration patch scripts
    • Setup new DB instances, including on local env
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Liquibase
    • I would like Liquibase to explore all errors in the changelog files compared to one at a time. We spent a lot of time troubleshooting one error at a time versus having a batch log of errors in each file.
    • Understanding where to get support on things. I spent a lot of time researching externally to learn what the best practices were. Although I found some of the youtube videos helpful, I would like a little more of a technical support. This may be a feature with the paid tier, however, we leveraged open source.
    • Seeing more examples of how others use Liquibase and their usecases will be helpful. That way we can learn from each other which may help us improve on our own deployments.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • There is no access to the physical host of the DB. This is expected from a managed DB. Everything must be done through the console or via API calls. This is a new learning curve for the DBAs.
    • Due to the lack of physical host access, certain features are not supported, such as Transportable tablespaces and Oracle LogMiner.
    • Certain special data types, (such as XMLType) are not allowed; be sure the app vendor certifies their product on this platform.
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    Redgate
    • Updating it causes problems, there have been unnecessary changes that wasted time
    • Requires knowledge & studying so it's used properly
    • Lots of options that might be difficult to understand for non technical people
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Liquibase
    We are and will continue using Liquibase and it has become an integral part of our portfolio offering, any new product is by default adopting Liquibase stack.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    Because it does exactly what we need: it enables us to manage our development and testing database environments in a quick and simple way without requiring support from a database administrators team.
    Incentivized
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    Redgate
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Liquibase
    Liquibase has several features, on their free plan, that matches exactly our expectations and needs: this already makes it standout from its competitors. On top of that, the setup was straightforward: we are running an integration with Databricks, and there were only two steps truly needed, install the driver and the plugin, done. This is the type of seamless experience our team appreciates the most when evaluating a tool or service.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    The product is continuously evolving and new features are added frequently. Management options through the OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) console and through the command line and API are being enhanced frequently.
    Incentivized
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    Redgate
    It's very easy to install and use. Even someone very new to the software will have no trouble, plus the team reach out to help you and continue to offer you support throughout. Really simple interface, clean design, all you could really ask for in a tool that needs to do a job dependably
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    Support Rating
    Liquibase
    Liquibase has been responsive and even is letting our group test some new products they are developing and even made code changes to their production system because of a couple bugs we have reported. Liquibase licensing has also been easy and simple. I have nothing bad to say about any of the Liquibase staff I have talked to. They also hold free information webinars for new content that helps spread adoption and moving the product forward.
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Redgate
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Liquibase
    Build process takes a toll.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
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    Redgate
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    Alternatives Considered
    Liquibase
    There is no real competitor when it comes to what Liquibase does - at least not at the time we considered it three years ago. It was an easy choice in this regard, but we could have said no to it if it made our workload more difficult. But our proof of concept showed there were easy wins to be had by implementing its software.
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    Oracle
    I found Oracle Autonomous Database very secure to store data and private information.I always feel secure with Oracle Autonomous Databases disaster recovery features.It is very effective to build applications for mobile and desktop devices lesser code using a low code development framework namely Oracle Application Express (ApEx).
    Incentivized
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    Redgate
    The problem with a cloud-based tool for migration services is the cloud dependency. You are restricted to use the tool along the Cloud provider. Flyway gives you the freedom to use it in any scenario as long as you are working with a compatible database engine. Even if you are working on-premise and you don't have plans to move to a cloud architecture. Or even for sandbox development scenarios where you are a developer playing around with some project ideas. And you don't have to pay anything as long as you need advanced features, and not less importantly, you are using an open-source tool.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Liquibase
    • We need to re-educate developers to use Liquibase.
    • In some cases, it is hard to align when several teams work on the same DB.
    • On the other hand, Liquibase provides order and consistency in managing DB changes.
    • Evidence and traceability are a plus.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • Oracle Autonomous Database has a wide range of warehouses, which is competent and of high performance.
    • The transactional processing power that Oracle Autonomous Database outlines are completely important and digital.
    • The efficiency of Oracle Autonomous Database data encryption fosters security measures, a form that demands more threat detectors.
    Incentivized
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    Redgate
    • I definitely think it do have positive impact to our company's database management.
    • We have 4 database environments and thus it is easy when we push the database to various environments.
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    ScreenShots

    Oracle Autonomous Database Screenshots

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    Redgate Flyway Screenshots

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