Liquibase vs. ApexSQL by Quest

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Liquibase
Score 8.2 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
ApexSQL by Quest
Score 8.4 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
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Medium-sized Companies
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User Ratings
LiquibaseApexSQL by Quest
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(59 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(4 ratings)
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Usability
9.1
(2 ratings)
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Support Rating
7.5
(57 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
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User Testimonials
LiquibaseApexSQL by Quest
Likelihood to Recommend
Liquibase
Liquibase is very well suited for database schema management. It works great for any DDL/DML deployments, changes made to database are easy to manage, track or troubleshoot. It comes with a wide variety of Rollback options. Liquibase Policy checks are a great way to enforce standards around Database code development across organization and prevent any unexpected from being deployed
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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
Liquibase
  • Automation - Improved data integrity and security validation, Expanded support for non-relational database types
  • Observability - Reports for code quality, security checks, updates, rollbacks, and Flows
  • Governance- Increased control of privileges and access for groups and individual users
  • Tracks every database changes by enforcing policy and compliance
  • Efficient - Standardized and self-service driven deployment process
  • Tracks every database changes by enforcing policy and compliance
  • Efficient - Standardized and self-service driven deployment process
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Quest Software
  • Templates
  • Code editing
  • Code Review
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Cons
Liquibase
  • Reducing Compatibility issues, when we upgraded Liquibase from 4.2 to 4.9. The same changeset which we were able to run on successfully using 4.2, part of it was now failing when tried to deploy using 4.9
  • We are not able to see detailed logs (for different changes) in uDeploy when deploying changes through Liquibase
  • Liquibase should rollback the if any one of the changes fails.
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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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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.
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Quest Software
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Usability
Liquibase
Build process is too time consuming and getting extra DB instance takes a toll
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Quest Software
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Support Rating
Liquibase
I gave this rating because I feel their customer support staff have a very good and deep knowledge about the product and they are very helpful when we are stuck on something. The customer support is passionate about their product and they are always ready to help their customer as quickly as possible.
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Quest Software
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Implementation Rating
Liquibase
the database deployments helped us with increased productivity,
faster delivery and low risk.
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Quest Software
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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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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
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.
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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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