Redgate Flyway vs. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Database Migrations on Java-based solutions. It has one of the best integrations with it as a database migration tool, you can do it with the community edition (no pricing involved) and it works flawlessly with Maven and Gradle. It's not an expensive tool in order to use the next level of features and is worth the money. I would recommend reaching that edition level as the object mapping feature gets really handy. I would not recommend it for any Microsoft-based solution (.Net) as is not compatible at all based on my experience, this is a tool only worth it with Java applications.

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Very well easy to use and helps productivity of user drastically

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• Supports many databases
• Community version uses Apache license
• Widely used, good community support

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• Export data
• Generate scripts
• connecting to SQL instances

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• GUI could be more user friendly
• Applying patch scripts on a blank DB differs from on a DB with data, so the migration could still fail when all tests passed
• Configurations options could be more flexible / powerful

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• it can still be made easier for connecting perspective
• some bugs on versions of SQL can be avoided.
• can be more user friendly

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The problem with a cloud-based tool for migration services is the cloud dependency. You are restricted to use the tool along the Cloud provider. Flyway gives you the freedom to use it in any scenario as long as you are working with a compatible database engine. Even if you are working on-premise and you don't have plans to move to a cloud architecture. Or even for sandbox development scenarios where you are a developer playing around with some project ideas. And you don't have to pay anything as long as you need advanced features, and not less importantly, you are using an open-source tool.

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SSMS is very efficient and aids to do multiple tabs easily

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• Reduced our effort for release processes.
• Easy to setup - less than 5 minutes.
• Improve reliability of our databases.
• Easy backup and version control.

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• easy to use accessibility
• durability, It has been durable
• recovery of old tabs.

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