Microsoft SQL ServerPricing

query optimizer is clunky Performance tuning is difficult to use It's expensive

to a previous date/state, it does not work as expected, and restore fails. Cost gets higher on integrating with Azure SQL

it's still a memory hog, but that's gotten better since 2016 it can be expensive to license … stability and reliability performance cost ease of use … MS SQL costs more than open source items, but in the long run it's cheaper and easier to manage integration

Licensing can get complicated Very very expensive combability issues and dependencies with servers etc Microsoft support

Lower prices Better UI Requires a lot of maintainence No visualization of data … queries at one place Able to scale well with new incoming clients High pricing No data visualization

Uptime--we have a truly 24/7 business and can't afford even a moment of downtime Universal SQL inputs--if your analyst knows SQL … decisions Allows analysts to support ad hoc initiatives to drive organizational value Automated updates ease workload on the database administrators, allowing … innovation when it comes to…

Cost for Enterprise Edition Heavy Mgmt Tools … a business application you'll be well served. Licensing costs are far cheaper, more portable and a lot more user friendly than Oracle. Product support … Platform Easy to Install and Maintain Affordable and Predictable…

fast and reliable without looking at the pricing or if you or your company are willing to pay a premium price for the best quality, MS SQL Server is your … its fairly expensive to use in a production e…

The cost of a standard version is has created a barrier to closing business. Support

any need. There could be cheaper alternatives out there if you only have a minimal amount of data. At the same time, the cost can be high for smaller companies … Licensing. Can be sometimes confusing layers and expensive. Efficiency. Can be memory intensive on larger tables.…

through automations using ETL tool allows the product to cover ownership cost

advanced options like Compression and Partitioning are available with no extra cost, thus reducing the overall TCO. … I've found Microsoft SQL Server a robust and affordable solution for most OLTP scenarios, starting with department solutio…

Enterprise is unbelievably expensive. Not tolerant of bad practices and poor query writing, really shows up … SQL Server is overall more powerful and more robust a product, but it is expensive in comparison.

foremost reason [for] its extensive use in almost every industry Less expensive than Oracle tools Multiple user support in [a] single set up Excellent … query but here you have to write it in SQL Enterprises edition is really expensive … using Express edition…

It's price tag and server requirements do not make it cheap, but it is powerful Owning on-prem license allows … Very expensive! Scalable, but not with ease Resource hog 10 … applications or OS, we might have considered other database solutions. It's an expensive solutions…

The ability to connect all departments has a tremendous value Administering the server is not too bad Installing SSMS has improved drastically

Cost can be expensive. Some learning curves for users transitioning from other services

Support cost, need to pay for support. Compatibility with other new technologies. Reporting … the same quality of service and applications. The difference is only the price and support from them. Development codes and almost similar and can be used

largely Microsoft shop, there are additional integrations which increase the value proposition. From a pure RDBMS standpoint, Oracle stacks up well against

The price of the enterprise version could be a little lower and also licensing should

complex right now, tools that make it easier would be useful Cheaper!!! It is too expensive, forcing many people to go to datalakes/s3/NOSQL databases when … There is no value you can put on data integrity. If data is invalid it can cause all kinds

just great. And when you compare the cost of this vs other paid DB products, like oracle, the cost is drastically cheaper! Unfortunately, it still is paid … available in standard edition, a lot of use cases may require the more expensive enterprise edition. SSIS and SSAS doesn't play well with source control … they have put even more money in. It wins against…

insanely fast. Plus, it is also very costly. Same performance for much less cost in Microsoft, which is why we have everything in-house.

the interface and quirks specific to SQL Server and the Management Studio. Cost: as with most enterprise software, especially from Microsoft, the investment … versed in SQL Server Time spent on performance tuning and troubleshooting has cost more time than expected for interns…

user-friendly interface for the database admins. Microsoft SQL Server is cheaper than other databases (like Oracle, etc.). … Microsoft SQL Server is cheaper than Oracle, so it is the best choice for us. But our data is growing, we