Navicat vs. ApexSQL by Quest

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Navicat
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Navicat Premium is a multi-connection database development and administration tool which can simultaneously connect 7 databases (MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQLite) from a single application. Compatible with cloud databases like Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, MongoDB Atlas and Huawei Cloud, developerws can quickly and easily build, manage and maintain databases.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
Pricing
NavicatApexSQL by Quest
Editions & Modules
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NavicatApexSQL by Quest
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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Features
NavicatApexSQL by Quest
Database Development
Comparison of Database Development features of Product A and Product B
Navicat
8.1
5 Ratings
6% below category average
ApexSQL by Quest
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Ratings
Version control tools7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Test data generation7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance optimization tools8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Schema maintenance9.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Database change management8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Database Administration
Comparison of Database Administration features of Product A and Product B
Navicat
8.2
5 Ratings
4% below category average
ApexSQL by Quest
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Ratings
User management9.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Database security7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Database status reporting7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
NavicatApexSQL by Quest
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
NavicatApexSQL by Quest
Likelihood to Recommend
PremiumSoft
Navicat Premium is a very well-rounded tool with a reasonable licensing fee given its feature set. It is primarily suited for technical resources who must work with a variety of different database systems, but who may not be database or command line tool wizards. However, its query building and job batch scheduling feature support end-users as they build competency, and it continues to hold its value even as users outgrow their training wheels. Navicat is probably not so appropriate for DBAs and others for whom database development and management is already a career path; these folks have their preferred toolsets, both vendor-supplied and homegrown, and they might consider the additional licensing cost to outweigh the value they'd personally get out of Navicat.
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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
PremiumSoft
  • Really helpful auto-completion.
  • Can connect to multiple (different) database types simultaneously.
  • Can generate some really impressive charts.
  • The new data dictionary tool is great!
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Quest Software
  • Templates
  • Code editing
  • Code Review
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Cons
PremiumSoft
  • Remote deploy databases
  • Clone databases
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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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Usability
PremiumSoft
There is quite a lot to learn because Navicat Premium is a very comprehensive database management and development tool, but it's User Interface is intuitive enough to pick up fairly quickly. I have also referred to the documentation on occasion, and can attest that it is quite good. I feel that it works best on a large monitor, but that's fairly common for this sort of software.
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Quest Software
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Support Rating
PremiumSoft
Very robust online community and well as excellent support staff. Easy to follow video tutorials. Detailed sample configurations are provided with guided walk-throughs via remote classroom instruction. Very fast response from support staff. No internal hires were necessary for support as vendor support staff fully met all technical expertise. 24/7 incident reporting and tracking is great.
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Quest Software
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Alternatives Considered
PremiumSoft
Navicat allows for easier querying of data while still allowing for visualization and modeling
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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
PremiumSoft
  • Assisting new employees with understanding our DB
  • Reduce debugging and testing time with being able to visualize data/queries
  • Allowing non-SQL users to execute queries to get real-time data.
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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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