TrustRadius Insights for dbForge Studio (Edge) are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
Useful Import and Export Wizards: Many users have found the Import and Export wizards in the tool to be very useful, with a lot of options and a handy wizard. Several reviewers appreciate the ability to import data to tables that other import tools struggle with.
Effective Data Comparison Tools: The tool's ability to compare data between tables or databases is highly praised by users. It has been described as great for identifying discrepancies, inconsistencies, and changes between source and target environments. Some users also value the schema comparison tool, which is useful for upgrades or syncing up databases.
Intuitive Create View/Edit View Tool: Users find the create view/edit view tool intuitive and easy to use. They appreciate being able to drag and drop from any table, perform functions on any field, and visually see all joins, grouping, and other criteria. This feature doesn't compromise functionality while making the process easy for users.
I use it for database schema synchronization. I usually have to compare schemas (testing versus staging, staging versus production, different versions or releases, etc.). I also use dbForge Studio (Edge) for data migration, which is a much better alternative than SSMS import/export functions and simpler than SSIS. SQL code generation is also a big plus.
Pros
CSV import
schema sync
Efffective UI for visual SQL query creation
Cons
Multi-computer installation
Tools for restoring databases
I frequently find glitches that should be corrected
Likelihood to Recommend
dbForge Studio (Edge) is well suited in scenarios such as database comparisons and
data migrations. Is great for creating change scripts and for visual SQL
code editing. Is less appropriate in scenarios where you want a
one-stop solution for all, because you can't use dbForge Studio (Edge) for all your tasks. Eventually, you have to go to some other SQL client (such as SSMS) to do some stuff.
The well-known features of [dbForge Studio for SQL Server] not only sell [itself] but serve [to] make a real difference in small shops as the tool is all-encompassing. [When using dbForge Studio for SQL Server,] Teams, such as ours, don't have to acquire additional tools, be it schema comparison and deployment, code completion during coding projects, highly intelligent IntelliSense when it comes to object name lookup, aliasing, [or] code completions/suggestion, and this is just scratching the surface.
Pros
Schema compare and synchronization
Database documentation
Database performance analysis [and] optimization
On the fly code completion and object identification
Second to none object export mechanism and supported-formats
Cons
[The] installation error I've already reported (ABARTN).xml [could use some improvement]. This has to do with Windows Defender (the default Windows anti-virus) not allowing the installation on the default installation directory of dbForge Studio [for SQL Server], thus the error. [With] the workaround, [I] was to disable the anti-virus for the duration of the installation, then turn it back on when the installation [was] been completed.
[I would like to see] better defined licensing models for larger teams (seated vs. name licenses).
Likelihood to Recommend
No tool on the market is equal to it - be it in its intelligent design, ease of use, ease of integration, multi-platform support, highly engineered features, and much more.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (1-10 employees)
I use dbForge Studio Professional to develop business applications that use databases hosted on MS SQL server. The features I like the most are: The "Visual Database Editor" function, which is very useful for visually "drawing" even complex queries. I chose dbForge Studio because, compared to other products with a visual editor, it is certainly the most advanced. All "Database Synchronization" functions. With the "Compare and Synchronize Schemas" I can synchronize the schema of the development database, where I create the changes, with that of the production database. The changes can be very granular such as on the single table. With the "Data comparison tool" I can instead see the differences in the data present between the development and production DB. Another feature that I really appreciate is the ease of entering data directly into the table and exporting them to external files (for example in Excel format)Technical support is commendable: When I wasn't even a customer yet, I reported a bug in the Visual Editor and the Support Team fixed it in record time. Another thing I appreciate about DbStudio is the fact that you can publicly ask for the implementation of new features and, if they are also voted on by other users, in some cases they are implemented. I am very satisfied with this product!
Pros
"Visual Query Builder"
"Database Synchronization"
"Data Import and Export Tools"
"Visual Database Editor"
"Data Editor with filtering, grouping, and sorting"
Cons
Visual Query Builder (for example support UNION in Visual Query Builder)
SQL jobs functionality (for example scheduling Backup of Database)
Support Linked Servers
Likelihood to Recommend
In my opinion, dbForge is very useful for DB developers, while it might be lacking for DB administrators
VU
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (51-200 employees)
I am using dbForge Studio for MySQL in my current project, which is based on the agriculture domain. Currently, many other teams are using this product in my organization. It has many features that help us improve productivity like code completion and easy debug, which as a developer is very important. One big feature of dbForge Studio is that we can take backup of the whole DB and whenever needed we can restore it. Database Administrator is also important for any organization.
Pros
Code Completion
Its support run time query, which we can automate
It gives suggestions for joint operations
Easy to debug
We can see physical view models of the database
Easy to take backup and restore
Cons
It has only 30 day trial periods
Some time suggestions of joint operations are not accurate
For students it should be free
Likelihood to Recommend
In my experience, dbForge Studio has one important feature for security, which is Database administration. It helps us to protect the database from a new user or someone who doesn't have enough experience to handle it. The debugging feature is also very useful for developers. It has a one-time subscription that helps organizations. Auto-completion and its code suggestion save development time. We can physically see data models and their relationships. We can take a backup of the existing database and either reuse or restore it.
This is actually the best MySQL database management tool I've ever used. It's intuitive, it works over an SSH connection, it has a 'gibberish generator' to insert test data, it has a nice look and feel, it can automate repetitive tasks, etc. phpMyAdmin is great, but this is even better for medium to large scale projects.
Pros
Generates random data to test databases.
Copies data, but also compares database schemes.
Nice look and feel.
Responsive.
Easy to use.
Lots of features that don't clutter the screen.
Cons
Bit pricy maybe
UI doesn't always save preferences.
Likelihood to Recommend
We're using this tool to do a scrum approach on a health care project. Managing the database schema is easy as drag and drop. The documentation almost generates itself now. I'm especially fond of schema comparison and synchronization. I can now easily upgrade the production database from the schema in acceptance.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (1-10 employees)
dbForge Studio for MySQL is being used across the organization as the primary DBA and developer tool to interact with our MariaDB and MySQL databases. We have a small IT staff, so it's critical to have a tool that works well for many tasks as these databases run our ecommerce engine and manufacturing. These are they key functions that this tool performs every day:
<ul><li>A detailed wizard to compare data between databases or tables.</li><li>Importing and exporting data in many formats from csv's to Excel, Word, and just about anything else. </li><li>Database tools to check Sessions and Security.</li><li>SQL Query completion and error analysis.</li><li>Creation of Views and other objects with visuals and wizards.</li><li>Reporting and other great visuals that we just have not gotten around to yet.</li></ul>It has served as the tool to get us from one database version to another and from one platform to another. It's very handy at creating and modifying stored procedures as its code completion and suggestions are right on. For our IT staff, it serves as a tool to speed up database tasks all in one place.
Pros
Import and Export wizards from and to many different sources with a lot of options and a very handy wizard. I am able to import data to tables that other import tools choke on. The wizard is able to export or import to 15 different options.
It can compare data between tables or databases, which is great as it is, but it also has a schema comparison tool. It makes an all around set of tools useful for upgrades or syncing up databases.
The create view/edit view tool makes that process as easy as dragging and dropping without losing functionality. You can drag from any tables, perform functions on any field, and visually see all of your joins, grouping, and other criteria both visually and in generated SQL.
The database explorer is really nice as it allows grouping, and coloring databases based the type of environment.
I could keep going, but I'll end with the command-line generation, which allows the creation of a snippet of script code that automates the tool. We have some repetitive tasks that are completely executed at the command-line via a script.
Cons
The import wizard is really good, but I would like to have a direct import from a SQL Statement.
The Create View or Modify View function generates the SQL, and you can edit the SQL directly. This is really handy, but directly editing the SQL sometimes produces errors in the view's logic. The conversion from SQL to the visual tool is not always clean.
In the database explorer, I like to keep all of my database connections all neat and orderly in there, which works great with color coding, but it would be a nice to have non-connection objects to create spacing and other organizational functions.
Likelihood to Recommend
This tool is useful for small and large IT departments and associated data analysts that perform direct database functions such as DBA tasks or extracting/importing data. Non-technical staff members would not benefit from this tool as much as the functions are detailed and technical. However, automation engineers will find this tool very open for automation, and can generate the scripting code for any of its functions.
We use various databases--SQL Server being one--and we use dbForge clients to access them all. dbForge Studio for SQL Server is significantly easier to use than SQL Management Studio and has additional functionality that allows me to be a lot more productive.
<div>The software has very well-implemented features including
</div><ul><li>Database documenter</li><li>Database schema comparison and database data comparison</li><li>Unit test</li><li>Code formatting</li><li>Source control</li><li>Database designer</li><li>Index manager</li><li>Data generator</li><li>Search</li><li>Monitor</li><li>Backup and restore</li><li>Debugger</li><li>Query profiler</li><li>IntelliSense</li></ul>
Pros
Visual query designer
Great SQL editor
Simple to create tables and associated columns
Cons
Make it easier to enlarge/zoom table view
Don't automatically add columns to "group by" in query designer
No multi-editing
Likelihood to Recommend
This software is perfect for general management of SQL Server databases and includes a powerful and intuitive GUI for SQL development--it is much more user-friendly than SQL Management Studio, expanding upon this product with many missing features. The query builder/designer is superb and database scripts are very easy to generate.
As part of an Oracle Utilities Suite upgrade implementation, dbForge Studio is being used to compare schemas between our current production environments and test upgraded environments. This tool has been essential in identifying DDL, index, partitioning, and PK and constraint errors. Because of our ability to quickly compare schema details between environments, we are able to quickly respond to Oracle SRs to ask about discrepancies we see between our base version installs and their product documentation. Identification of missing columns, columns with incorrect data types and character lengths, and missing tables have been key to keeping the infrastructure and data conversion side of our project on track.
Pros
Quick, high-level comparison of thousands of tables and their details
Intuitive identification of findings, such as discrepancies, inconsistencies, things that are equal, and source/target environment changes
Cons
The ability to parameterize searches more would be advantageous. For example, being able to specify to only look for certain columns, certain data type changes, etc.
The output reports from dbForge are very plain and could contain more detail, and perhaps be structured more like a pivot table form Excel
Likelihood to Recommend
<p>Whenever a user or DBA wants to compare schematics between two environments, dbForge is extremely helpful. This is useful during version or framework upgrades, a database upgrade, patch implementations, service package implementations, or any time to environments would be different.</p><p>The time it would take to write and execute queries, and then compare is exponentially longer than it takes with dbForge, where this is done and you have an application that allows you to quickly identify incongruities.</p>
Our dev team uses dbForge Data Compare for MySQL to sync data between pre-prod environments, look for differences in data for troubleshooting, and generate update scripts to sync other environments. Data Compare's comparisons can be customized for different scenarios and saved for re-used and sharing among the team. It also allows you to sync different sets of data between environments.
Pros
Compare entire or subset of MySQL tables between databases
Configure comparison rules
Sync data between compared databases depending on differences
Save comparison rules for reuse and sharing
Break down differences between missing/new records, or different records
See differences highlighted per field
Execute sync immediately, or save as an SQL script file
Command-line tool that can be used to add comparisons to deploy scripts
Cons
Comparison can be very slow on large datasets.
Comparing records that are *different* is clunky, especially for tables with many fields.
Likelihood to Recommend
<div>Data Compare covers two main use cases for us:</div><div>1) Keep data in sync between our development, test, and staging environments. When a full database import isn't practical, we will use Data Compare to sync data for key tables. We use this for configuration tables as well as operational test data.</div><div>2) Troubleshoot prod issues. When we have trouble reproducing user issues, Data Compare helps us compare our test environment data vs prod environment data to identify problems.
We've been migrating our applications over to PostgreSQL from Microsoft's SQL Server. We've been on a mission to find a good replacement for SQL Management Studio that everyone uses, not only for development, but also just generalized querying/editing of data. We've tried quite a few tools and when it comes to data querying and editing, we landed on dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL. We started out using just the free version, which at this point in time only has a few drawbacks compared to the paid version. Eventually, Devart plans to have more available in the paid version, but what they have now was enough for us to make the decision to purchase it.
They do not currently have the ability to graphically design or edit table/database schemas, which makes this tool a no-go for most development tasks (unless you are just writing functions/stored procs, and then the intellisense is very handy). However, the grouping and sorting of data right through the data grids is extremely useful. Grouping is also a snap by a simple right-click on any column. You can even edit data from a query instead of having to edit all the data in the table!
Pros
Intellisense is rock solid.
Sorting, filtering, and grouping are super easy by just using the grid columns. No having to write queries!
UI is super intuitive.
There is a master-child detail designer where you drop tables into the designer, link up their relationships (whether there are foreign keys or not), and then you can view the linked data.
Cons
No table/database designers (yet). They have said it's coming.
No way to create scripts to create the database/tables that other tools have. This makes it difficult for developers to use to generate DDL scripts.
Data export does an individual insert per row of data, which is a little inefficient. Other tools will do a single insert for a configurable amount of rows per insert statement.
Likelihood to Recommend
This is completely dependent on job function. If you need to just view/edit data, then this tool is hands down the most intuitive and easy to use for that purpose. Our support team will greatly benefit from the ease of use for sorting, filtering, and viewing data. However, for a development role it would be better to select a different tool unless, of course, that developer was trying to find data issues or see what the data looks like after operations have run.
