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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AOracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is optimized for analytic workloads, including data marts, data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses. With Autonomous Data Warehouse, data scientists, business analysts, and nonexperts can discover business insights using data of any size and type. The solution is built for the cloud and optimized using Oracle Exadata.N/A

    Toad Database Developer Tools

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AToad by Quest is a database management toolset that database developers, administrators and data analysts use to simplify workflows, create code free from defects, automate frequent or repetitive processes, and minimize risks. Editions include Toad for Oracle, which automates administration tasks and helps proactively manage databases while embracing performance optimization and risk mitigation. Similar editions exist for IBM DB2, SQL Server, SAP, or MySQL and Postgres environments (Toad Edge).

    $229

    per year

    Pricing
    Oracle Autonomous Data WarehouseToad Database Developer Tools
    Editions & Modules
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    Toad Edge For MySQL
    $229
    per year
    Toad Edge For Postgres
    $229
    per year
    Toad for SQL - Pro Edition
    $437
    per year
    Toad for Oracle - Base Edition
    $550
    per year
    Toad for DB2 z/OS - Base Edition
    $636
    per year
    Toad for SAP - Base Edition
    $636
    per year
    Toad for SQL - Xpert Edition
    $763
    per year
    Toad for Oracle - Professional Edition
    $829
    per year
    Toad for SQL - Dev Edition
    $930
    per year
    Toad for DB2 z/OS - Pro Edition
    $996
    per year
    Toad for Oracle - Professional DB Admin Edition
    $1,370
    per year
    Toad for DB2 z/OS - Xpert Edition
    $1,529
    per year
    Toad for SAP - Xpert Edition
    $1530
    per year
    Toad for Oracle - Xpert Plus Edition
    $1,753
    per year
    Toad for DB2 z/OS - Dev Edition
    $1,861
    per year
    Toad for SAP - Dev Edition
    $1863
    per year
    Toad for SAP - Xpert+ Edition
    $2099
    per year
    Toad for SAP - DBA Edition
    $3661
    per year
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    Oracle Autonomous Data WarehouseToad Database Developer Tools
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle Autonomous Data WarehouseToad Database Developer Tools
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (32 ratings)
    9.5
    (34 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Oracle Autonomous Data WarehouseToad Database Developer Tools
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    II would recommend Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse to someone looking to fully automate the transferring of data especially in a warehouse scenario though I can see the elasticity of the suite that is offered and can see it is applicable in other scenarios not just warehouses.
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    Quest Software
    Toad for Oracle is very well suited for all Oracle implementations, be it single instance or RAC. It is best suited for use of Oracle DBA, Developer and Database Engineers. I don't recommend Toad for Oracle for Project Managers or Solution Architects. This can be a pricier choice for these people. They can do fine with free options like SQL Developer.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Very easy and fast to load data into the Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse
    • Exceptionally fast retrieval of data joining 100 million row table with a billion row table plus the size of the database was reduced by a factor of 10 due to how Oracle store[s] and organise[s] data and indexes.
    • Flexibility with scaling up and down CPU on the fly when needed, and just stop it when not needed so you don't get charged when it is not running.
    • It is always patched and always available and you can add storage dynamically as you need it.
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    Quest Software
    • Toad is a de-facto standard tool for data developers and analysts. Generally speaking it provides almost every function needed to manage data in EDW with great performance and stability.
    • The nature of clinical data is big-sized: one table may have billions of rows. Toad provides critical functions to manage SQLs, e.g. Top SQL that can monitor and manage SQLs using CPU power and network bandwidth, so that EDW administrator can optimize ETL operations in the best efficiency.
    • Many of our data analysts are not computer science backgrounded (having clinical / nursing background). Toad provides great auditing tools such as Tuning Lab or SQL Scanner, so that data analysts can train themselves with guidance of the tool.
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • It is very expensive product. But not to mention, there's good reasons why it is expensive.
    • The product should support more cloud based services. When we made the decision to buy the product (which was 20 years ago,) there was no such thing to consider, but moving to a cloud based data warehouse may promise more scalability, agility, and cost reduction. The new version of Data Warehouse came out on the way, but it looks a bit behind compared to other competitors.
    • Our healthcare data consists of 30% coded data (such as ICD 10 / SNOMED C,T) but the rests is narrative (such as clinical notes.). Oracle is the best for warehousing standardized data, but not a good choice when considering unstructured data, or a mix of the two.
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    Quest Software
    • The power and control it gives is at the same time kind of a negative thing. There's too many options available, even when you don't need them. For simple database operations it's sometimes easier to just use SQL Developer since navigation is way more intuitive and easy.
    • Related with the above: there is a steep learning curve. However, since this is the main tool for any Oracle developer, this is not that much of a problem.
    • If I remember well, Toad used to be free, some 20 years ago. Or at least had a free version. It would be nice to have a free version. The dedicated Oracle developers and DBA's won't use the free version, but all the rest of us developers might use it instead of SQL Developer. It would make communications between everybody somewhat easier.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oracle
    Because
    • It is really simple to provision and configure.
    • Does not require continous attention from the DBA, autonomous features allows the database to perform most of the regular admin tasks without need for human intervention.
    • Allows to integrate multiple data sources on a central data warehouse, and explode the information stored with different analytic and reporting tools.
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    Quest Software
    It is the preferred tool for our organization.
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    Usability
    Oracle
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    Quest Software
    I give is an 8 because nothing is a 10 and there is always room for improvement. I believe the user who is not as technologically inclined would be better suited with an easier way to identify the options for setting the layout up for Toad's GUI. To some it is very cumbersome and confusing.
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Quest Software
    I give the overall support for Toad for Oracle a 10/10. This is because whenever there has been an issue with this software, our team has got an immediate response. The same can not be said for similar software. The most recent example of this is when we needed to renew our licenses. Some employees were unable to log in to code with the given license key. Support was able to resolve the issue quickly.
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    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    Understanding Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is really simple, and Autonomous databases are even more. Using shared or dedicated infrastructure is one of the few things you need to consider at the moment of starting provisioning your Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse.
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    Quest Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    As I mentioned, I have also worked with Amazon Redshift, but it is not as versatile as Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse and does not provide a large variety of products. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is also more reliable than Amazon Redshift, hence why I have chosen it
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    Quest Software
    Toad is much better than Tableau query writer. Tableau is not intuitive and requires knowledge of proprietary database language to fully implement. Tableau does not perform as quickly and accurately as Toad. Toad is very easy and slim to install. Additional hardware is often required to run Tableau smoothly. Support for Tableau is even more expensive than Toad support.
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Overall the business objective of all of our clients have been met positively with Oracle Data Warehouse. All of the required analysis the users were able to successfully carry out using the warehouse data.
    • Using a 3-tier architecture with the Oracle Data Warehouse at the back end the mid-tier has been integrated well. This is big plus in providing the necessary tools for end users of the data warehouse to carry out their analysis.
    • All of the various BI products (OBIEE, Cognos, etc.) are able to use and exploit the various analytic built-in functionalities of the Oracle Data Warehouse.
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    Quest Software
    • Quick and easy query development helps reduce man-hours in a project which converts to real dollars.
    • Query analysis and tuning result in low database overhead and low latency, thus translating into real dollars because a system can thus handle more requests from customers.
    • Ease of use makes it easy to deploy greenhorns in projects with minimal training, thus helping save money. Otherwise menial and simple jobs would have required experienced DBAs.
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