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    MssqlMerge

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMssqlMerge is a diff and merge GUI tool for Microsoft SQL Server databases used to compare and sync both schema and data changes. The application has tabbed UI, there are several types of tabs responsible for particular application features and scope of tasks. The starting point is a Home tab - it is used to open databases and show summary about database schema and programming objects changes: table definitions, views, stored procedures and so on. From here, users can drill-down details…

    $95

    one-time fee per user

    SolarWinds SQL Sentry

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds SQL Sentry is designed to help data professionals optimize SQL Server database performance in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. SQL Sentry delivers metrics to help users find and fix database performance problems and provides scalability, boasting demonstrated success monitoring 800+ SQL Server instances with one monitoring database. With SQL Sentry, the user can monitor: SQL Server Azure SQL Database SQL Server Analysis…

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    Pricing
    MssqlMergeSolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Standard (personal license)
    $95
    one-time fee per user
    Standard (multi-user license)
    120 ~ 75
    one-time fee per user
    Plan Explorer (SQL Server Query Tuning)
    $0
    Free
    SQL Sentry for Azure SQL Database
    $161
    Per year per database (annual subscription)
    SQL Sentry
    1,450
    Per year per instance (annual subscription)
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    MssqlMergeSolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMulti-user license price depends on the number of licensed users. Starting from 5-user license client is getting benefits comparing to a purchase of individual license for each employee.—
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    Features
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    SQL Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of SQL Performance Monitoring features of MssqlMerge and SolarWinds SQL Sentry
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    MssqlMerge
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    Ratings
    SolarWinds SQL Sentry
    8.4
    102 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Performance dashboard00 Ratings9.1102 Ratings
    Intelligent alerting00 Ratings7.996 Ratings
    Top SQL00 Ratings8.6102 Ratings
    Historical trend data00 Ratings8.6100 Ratings
    Virtualization support00 Ratings8.764 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MssqlMergeSolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
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    8.6
    (102 ratings)
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    8.8
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    7.5
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    In-Person Training
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    8.0
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    Implementation Rating
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    8.8
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    Configurability
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    Ease of integration
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    User Testimonials
    MssqlMergeSolarWinds SQL Sentry
    Likelihood to Recommend
    KS DB Merge Tools
    personally I work with different types of databases and based on project requirements I have to create multiple databases like in dev qa and prod.here MssqlMerge help me lot when it comes to work with multiple databases.also it help me search querry easily.
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    SolarWinds
    This solution is perfect for a team with a large server count and, at least, moderate experience supporting a SQL Server environment. If the environment is smaller or the team has less experience working with SQL Server performance tuning methodologies, then the tool may be overwhelming for the users.
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    Pros
    KS DB Merge Tools
    • bulk data Marge
    • efficient and speedy search
    • easy to add multiple databases
    • variety of features
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    SolarWinds
    • The Top SQL functionality has been extremely useful for identifying poorly performing queries by resource consumption.
    • The flexibility of creating your own Advisory Conditions has allowed us to integrate our custom internal alerts into a centralized dashboard and alerting platform.
    • Being able to highlight any chart on the dashboard and then tool-matching that window across all the other charts makes it much easier to correlate the different performance metrics against each other.
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    Cons
    KS DB Merge Tools
    • intra compatibility
    • Merge in-between different types databases
    • enhance features
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    SolarWinds
    • Tuning advice: With all the graphs and data available, it's not always easy to determine the best thing to do. I'd like to see SentryOne provide some best practice analysis based on the historical information collected for the server being looked at.
    • They could add help tips or links to help documents, when you select a graph on the dashboard. Inexperienced users tend to put blinders on and focus on one thing when they see a high counter or something out of the ordinary. It would be very useful to include a link that provides underlying help. The link would provide an explanation of the counter in detail and offer possible explanations as to why the counter is off.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    KS DB Merge Tools
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Absolutely. SQL Sentry is an absolute must have for any company with a SQL Server estate. It provides a force multiplier to effectively manage SQL Server, and the feature sets are second to none. The support and expertise at SentryOne is incredible. They are very supportive of both the platform users and helping your business with the product
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    Usability
    KS DB Merge Tools
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    SolarWinds
    I accept that the flexibility of the alerting comes at a price. Other than the alerting SQL Sentry's interface is intuitive. Connecting to a new SQL instance, given that all the needed ports are open in your firewalls is straight forward. Reviewing the performance and queries for an instance is available in with a right click. As you dig in new tabs are created to present the detailed data. I find the ability to filter and rollup metrics on a query very helpful in dealing with the "it's running slow". You can easily compare the metrics of run times for the same query to let the user know, it's probably data your doing a billion reads instead of the usual 100 thousand.
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    Reliability and Availability
    KS DB Merge Tools
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    SolarWinds
    The system is working perfectly in capturing data, but we do experience issues with SQL Timeout when viewing results in the remote clients. This may be due to the fact that our monitoring service is consuming most of the CPU, and it is the same server that is hosting the SQL Repository. We could probably fix the issue by separating the SQL instance from the monitoring service.
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    Performance
    KS DB Merge Tools
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    SolarWinds
    In most cases the pages load very quickly. In our particular case, we need to do some movement of services to separate our monitoring service to separate infrastructure from the repository. When we first started with SQL Sentry on 5 licenses, we did not have any issues. Since we have now grown that to 25, we are experiencing some challenges. We do not believe this to be a tool problem
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    Support Rating
    KS DB Merge Tools
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    From their infancy as a smaller company to now as a global player they have always kept focus on prioritising he customer. They know their product and the technology it supports and are easily accessible for both resolving problems with the product all the way to adding value through additional training and assisting with getting return on investment through utilisation of the many features the product provides.
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    In-Person Training
    KS DB Merge Tools
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    sql sentry expert came onsight to review the performance of installation and gave us a good insight to using the tool
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    Implementation Rating
    KS DB Merge Tools
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Was suggested that we install the process monitors on a dev or qa database server, but we found it more useful to create an IT db server and put it there (along with a few other apps that we use for monitoring).
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    Alternatives Considered
    KS DB Merge Tools
    in my current project we have mssql database hosted in cloud and onprem both and I used MssqlMerge tool with Microsoft database from long back its feature and operation performance is very smooth and easily integrated with others database. hence I like this.
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    SolarWinds
    SQL Sentry offers more features and is customize-able to fit our business needs. It has more centralized management and support. The company's technical support is also top notch. It is also worth mentioning that SentryOne Team Blog is an excellent source. One can find lots of valuable troubleshooting skills on the blog site - very educational and informational.
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    Scalability
    KS DB Merge Tools
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We are running 25 instances through a single monitoring service and it is able to keep up. We are finding that this many instances in our environment is about as many as can be handled. We will need to deploy additional monitoring services. Luckily, there is no additional licensing costs to deploy additional monitoring services. For us, it's just an additional Azure VM.
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    Return on Investment
    KS DB Merge Tools
    • lots of competitors
    • it's help to accomplish small task
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    SolarWinds
    • Better customer service as it alerts me automatically to loss of service issues so I can react and either get things fixed before it impacts the customers or to let my management know as soon as possible
    • It helps me find expensive SQL so our customers get better performance and we make better use of our resources
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    ScreenShots

    MssqlMerge Screenshots

    Screenshot of MssqlMerge Home tab - schema changes summaryScreenshot of MssqlMerge Batch data diff tab - Data changes summaryScreenshot of MssqlMerge table data diffScreenshot of MssqlMerge Table structure diff tabScreenshot of MssqlMerge Object listScreenshot of MssqlMerge Text diff - compare object definition

    SolarWinds SQL Sentry Screenshots

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