Toad Data Point vs. Toucan

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Toad Data Point
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Toad Data Point is a cross-platform, self-service, data-integration tool that simplifies data access, preparation and provisioning. It provides data connectivity and desktop data integration, and with the Workbook interface for business users, it provides simple-to-use visual query building and workflow automation.
$365
Toucan
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Toucan Toco, from the company of the same name headquartered in France, is an embedded BI solution that communicates contextualised and actionable insights to untrained business users, no matter their data literacy levels or device used, and without the need for training, coding or design skills, or hardware requirements.N/A
Pricing
Toad Data PointToucan
Editions & Modules
Base Edition
$365
Pro Edition
$528
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Toad Data PointToucan
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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User Ratings
Toad Data PointToucan
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(10 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Toad Data PointToucan
Likelihood to Recommend
Quest Software
Appropriate for general querying and some DBA work. It's the universal least-offensive solution for most environments - not best of breed, but not subject to unusual/extensive requirements. It just works. On the other hand, some functionality (e.g. data import/export, snippets) are perfunctory and minimal and seem to be either difficult or impossible to automate. If you need to streamline those operations, you'll be forced to rely on third-party solutions that mostly work on top of (instead of with) TOAD.
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Toucan
Great for folks to visualize data with little to no engineering knowledge, once the product is set up by an engineer. However, tweaks and adjustments to the data set still require engineering know-how, and tweaks to the visuals still require a CSS designer. If you need PDF reports, this is not the best option, but it's great for on-screen reporting.
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Pros
Quest Software
  • Export data into excel.
  • Export data into excel using a pivot table functionality.
  • Navigation between windows is intuitive and easy to understand.
  • Good for SQL novices and experts alike.
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Toucan
  • data visualization
  • data management
  • ease of integration
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Cons
Quest Software
  • The workflow is a relatively new feature. Quest is adding additional functionality and the workflows are useful now.
  • Would be nice if the 'Automate' feature was a bit easier to use.
  • Would be nice if some of the SQL Editor features in the traditional interface worked better in the new workflow interface (although, these are being fixed with each release).
  • Would be nice if there were fewer releases.
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Toucan
  • PDF exporting
  • need SQL and CSS knowledge to make the best use of the product
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Usability
Quest Software
I find Toad Data Point easy to use for both the novice and the experienced business analyst. If all you desire is to access data and create spreadsheets...this is a snap. Toad Data Point actually has cool data analysis features built into it. The newer workflow interface makes automating steps a snap
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Toucan
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Support Rating
Quest Software
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Toucan
Outstanding support, very communicative. We use Slack and have a joint channel - very easy to get the help we need!
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Alternatives Considered
Quest Software
Although Toad and UltraEdit are both great products, from an SQL standpoint Toad is a much better editor and troubleshooter.
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Toucan
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Return on Investment
Quest Software
  • It is the least common denominator - not particularly optimized for our environment or workflows.
  • Hangs or slowdowns add anywhere from 5% - 7% for projects utilizing large/complicated data setts. (This could be due to other IT-imposed constraints and not entirely due to TOAD.)
  • Trying to perform some operations requires reading documentation and experimenting in order to figure out the TOAD-specific approaches and commands.
  • It just works (when we understand it). Updates don't break things and things don't suddenly start behaving differently. Best of all, we don't mysteriously lose functionality.
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Toucan
  • helps us add new features
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