Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials

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Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Redgate's SQL Toolbelt Essentials includes industry-standard tools for SQL Server development & deployment, enabling users to include SQL Server databases in agile processes and enabilng developers to embed robust and scalable development practices.
$1,209
per year per user (1-4 users)
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Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
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Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
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 fee
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Honestly, due to prior experience, we just have stuck with Redgate. Great tool and no reason to look anywhere else.
Chose Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
I've used Visual Studio Database Projects for this type of work in the past with some success, but Redgate SQL Compare is faster, more transparent, and simply easier to use.
Faster is self explanatory.
More transparent, means that it's much easier to set up your desired options …
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We did not consider other products before choosing Redgate.
Chose Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
I was familiar with the quality of Redgate's products at the time of making the purchase decision. I checked out a trial version to make sure I could achieve what I wanted from the application, but I never made comparisons with other vendors tools on this occasion. …
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Redgate SQL is better.
Chose Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
I've been using Redgate SQL Compare for 15+ years and have no desire or need to look for anything to replace it.
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We only looked at Redgate SQL Compare if I recall correctly.
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I haven't felt the need to try many different products like Redgate.
Chose Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
We haven't compared SQL Compare with other tools in a VERY long time because they are honestly THE BEST.
Chose Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
Honestly, I have never been interested in the usable alternatives. I have always been good to use it. The license cost after all has always been sustainable. I never had the idea of \ u200b \ u200bchanging it nor the need to look at other software. Also (always a redgate …
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We have used Symantecs Database Agents for Backup Exec and Veeam's Database Backup products. Symantec does not stack up well as compared to Redgate. Veeam is a considerable contender with their SQL Server Explorer. In some scenarios I would prefer to use VEEAM over Redgate, …
Chose Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
Frankly, I came into a RedGate equipped database shop and never considered looking for anything else. I didn't find RedGate, it found me. When I leave one company, to go to a new company I immediately make sure there are licenses to Toolbelt Essentials. It's that important to …
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User Ratings
Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(13 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
Redgate
We use SQL Compare to troubleshoot performance problems quite a bit since our data model is more like a template and not everything is 100% in sync and customization occurs between different client databases. We continually get pulled into performance issues and the developers will say Client A is performing different than Client B, why? Using SQL Compare, we usually find that one client was tuned and had indexes altered or added that weren't deployed to all clients or other objects weren't deployed correctly during the release. On the other hand, since our data model practices allow client databases to drift I tried to create a new golden image by trying to compare multiple databases based on the same data model and found it to be a very difficult process to complete using SQL Compare. SQL Compare gave me too much information and doesn't allow enough filtering to eliminate a lot of the noise.
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Pros
Redgate
  • Simple and easy comparison of database schemas and data. Differences can be copied or synced from one database to another with a click of a button.
  • You can save "projects" so that you can easily rerun a previous comparison whenever you need to.
  • It has a very simple, easy to learn interface. I've never needed to read any documentation or watch any tutorials in order to figure out how to do something.
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Cons
Redgate
  • Pricing.... I wish there was an inexpensive developer version I could buy for myself.
  • Portability.... I would like to use it from a flash drive so I can use it where ever I am asked to work.
  • Unbundled.... This may be available already but I dont' recall I can buy it cheaply as a stand-alone product. Its only part of the bundle - cost effectively.
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Usability
Redgate
It's a good tool to have, but becomes expensive to buy a user license for each developer.
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Support Rating
Redgate
They have a great community website where you can search for answers but are also very responsive when it comes to direct support.
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Alternatives Considered
Redgate
I've used Visual Studio Database Projects for this type of work in the past with some success, but Redgate SQL Compare is faster, more transparent, and simply easier to use. Faster is self explanatory. More transparent, means that it's much easier to set up your desired options for schema change deployment scripts. Easier to use, It's really dead simple. Start a project, connect your source, connect destination, click compare.
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Return on Investment
Redgate
  • Makes deployment fairly simple. Cutting our deployment time down.
  • With the SDK, we can customize our deployment process very quickly and easily.
  • History is not great, it does create scripts you can go back and see but it would be nice to have a quicker version view by object to save time.
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