Item: dbForge Studio (Edge)
Rating: 8
Author: Jhonathan de Souza Soares

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

dbForge Studio for SQL Server is a powerful IDE for SQL Server management and development in my company. SQL developers and DBAs uses the GUI tool to speed up almost any database experience, such as designing databases, writing SQL code, and generating meaningful test data. We use the dbForge Studio for SQL Server to deploy queries across different environments. It's very helpful

Pros and Cons

It's easy to use. DBAs and developers can use the dbForge Studio for SQL Server and no complex tutorial is needed.
Queries builder in a visual designer is awesome. Very powerful.
Database scripts are easily generated. And it is fast!

Should be more compatible with SQL Management Studio. Integration would be good.
Sometimes crashes.

Return on Investment

The ROI is good. The productivity of the team increases and you can withdraw the cost because of this.

Alternatives Considered

Actian PSQL

Other Software Used

Azure SQL Database, dbForge SQL Complete

Likelihood to Recommend

It's good for if you need to: Edit and run queries in a new SQL document. Build queries in a visual designer. Run a large script without loading it into memory. Track changes of the production database. Create unit tests using a tSQLt framework. Source control database changes. Create database objects in a visual editor. Generate database scripts.
It's not so good if you need to: Manage user permissions or debug queries.

Best SQL Server IDE for Really Effective Development

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with dbForge Studio for MySQL