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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Navicat

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ANavicat is a Database Administration and development platform that provides a unified graphical interface for managing multiple database systems. The solution allows users to connect to both relational and non-relational databases to execute queries, model data, and manage administrative tasks from a single environment.N/A

    SharePlex

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASharePlex from Quest Software is a data replication software offering near real-time replication and supporting a wide variety of databases.N/A
    Pricing
    NavicatSharePlex
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NavicatSharePlex
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    NavicatSharePlex
    Database Development
    Comparison of Database Development features of Navicat and SharePlex
    Feature
    Navicat
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SharePlex
    -
    Ratings
    Version control tools7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Test data generation8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance optimization tools8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Schema maintenance9.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database change management8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database Administration
    Comparison of Database Administration features of Navicat and SharePlex
    Feature
    Navicat
    8.3
    5 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SharePlex
    -
    Ratings
    User management9.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database security8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database status reporting7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
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    NavicatSharePlex
    Small Businesses
    DBeaver
    Score8.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    DBeaver
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Qlik Replicate
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    DBeaver
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Qlik Replicate
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NavicatSharePlex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NavicatSharePlex
    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
    SharePlex really shines when set alongside GoldenGate. The licensing costs of the two products would appear to place them in entirely different ballparks yet they perform nearly identically in practice. SharePlex is suitable for heterogenous replication of one database to another. The list of targets is ever increasing, with support for all major RDBMS vendors as well as support for popular NoSQL and JSON replication. SharePlex is effective when replicating from on-premise to cloud. Whether that's migrating data, creating a high-availability presence in a public or private cloud, or populating a data mart, it does the job quite well.
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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
    • SharePlex is highly configurable and versatile. It can handle virtually any kind of data replication needs.
    • SharePlex is very robust. Its message queuing mechanism provides fast data transfer from the source to the target.
    • SharePlex software is very stable and mature, and it is highly scalable and reliable.
    • SharePlex support is exceptionally good. We are very satisfied with its support engineers.
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    Cons
    PremiumSoft
    • Remote deploy databases
    • Clone databases
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    Quest Software
    • When first introduced the Change Data Capture process was awkward. Each subsequent release has improved the process.
    • Sometimes the Shareplex monitoring service in Foglight gets overly aggressive in sending out error notifications and can end up spamming the admins with email alerts for one problem. We have had to tone that down.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PremiumSoft
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    Quest Software
    We depend on it to supply data to our various OLTP and Data Warehouse environments
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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
    It is very usable once you get over the initial setup.
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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
    Support is very responsive. They take ownership of the problems and see them through to the finish. When a bug is found they work towards developing testing and making the fix available to us to solve the problem.
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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
    SharePlex support is an award-winning team, which is available for 24 hours, and any time they have solutions with perfect expertise. Besides, SharePlex has supported data migration, with multiple reporting features that ensure there are comprehensive database evaluations. The simplicity of SharePlex installation also gives it a higher mark, is very efficient, and allows companies to understand it easily.
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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
    • Postive: easy to replicate data for non-prod use
    • Negative: we spent a lot time due to data out of sync
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