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4.3 out of 5
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What is Oracle SQL Developer?

Oracle SQL Developer is a free integrated development environment that simplifies the development and management of Oracle Database in both traditional and Cloud deployments. SQL Developer offers complete end-to-end development of your PL/SQL applications, a worksheet for running queries and scripts, a DBA console for managing the database, a reports interface, a complete data modeling solution, and a migration platform for moving your 3rd party databases to Oracle.

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Oracle SQL Developer is the #6 ranked solution in top IDE solutions. PeerSpot users give Oracle SQL Developer an average rating of 8.6 out of 10. Oracle SQL Developer is most commonly compared to Codeium: Oracle SQL Developer vs Codeium. Oracle SQL Developer is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 71% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 23% of all views.
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Oracle SQL Developer mindshare

As of June 2025, the mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer in the IDE category stands at 4.2%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

  • "The most valuable features of Oracle SQL Developer that I use. However, I do not use all of them"
  • "You can install it on every platform. It just works. The other thing is that it's free. And Oracle is committed to the development of the tool, so it has been improving."
  • "You do not have to install it, just dump it on the OS, then use it."

Room for Improvement

  • "Oracle SQL Developer could improve the speed, it is a bit slow."
  • "It's more stable sometimes and less stable other times. I have used it in Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's variable, it's not the same stability. I think that can be improved on."
  • "There is room for improvement in the Real Time SQL Monitoring."

Pricing

  • "It is basically free."
  • "It has the advantage that it's free. The next best competitor would cost several thousand dollars."
  • "It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."
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Top industries

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Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
9%
Government
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
Educational Organization
6%
Non Profit
4%
Real Estate/Law Firm
4%
Hospitality Company
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
3%
Retailer
2%
Transportation Company
2%
Comms Service Provider
2%
University
2%
Manufacturing Company
2%
Mining And Metals Company
2%
Construction Company
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Media Company
1%
Recruiting/Hr Firm
1%
Renewables & Environment Company
1%
Venture Capital & Private Equity Firm
1%

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Oracle SQL Developer reviews

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Theodoros Loizou - PeerSpot user
Software engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Oracle SQL Developer
Jul 25, 2022
Product version discussed: 12
Useful features, simple implementation, and scalable

Pros

"The most valuable features of Oracle SQL Developer that I use. However, I do not use all of them"

Cons

"Oracle SQL Developer could improve the speed, it is a bit slow."

What is our primary use case?

I am using Oracle SQL Developer for formulas to find results in the databases.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Oracle SQL Developer that I use. However, I do not use all of them

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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MK
Senior Database Consultant at Performing Databases
Verified user of Oracle SQL Developer
Sep 30, 2019
Product version discussed: 18.4
Helps me streamline and unify my approach for different customers

Pros

"I like it because it's very similar in output to SQL *Plus, and it has many convenience features that make it easier to read the data and use the basic reporting features it provides."

Cons

"I think it would be great to have an overview over the sessions it opens so that we could easily see and control which connections to the database we want to keep open, which ones are hanging; and it would be great to make them independent from each other."

What is our primary use case?

I usually use SQL Developer for tuning and analyzing databases, to visualise results, create simple reports and to simplify work by using simple scripts. 

How has it helped my organization?

It makes life easier because I don't need to install something onsite when I am with a customer. And, since it's free, it helps me to unify and streamline my approach over multiple projects so I don't have to have a different approach for different customers.

The new version 18 is really helpful, with a more flexible GUI and more reliable connectors.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Read full review (587 words)
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Senior Partner at a manufacturing company with 1-10 employees
Verified user of Oracle SQL Developer
Aug 22, 2018
Covers everything from querying a database to monitoring to producing diagrams

Pros

"You can install it on every platform. It just works. The other thing is that it's free. And Oracle is committed to the development of the tool, so it has been improving."

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the Real Time SQL Monitoring."

What is our primary use case?

I use the product, and the many aspects of it, because it covers everything from querying a database to monitoring to making a conceptual model to getting the model from the database and producing diagrams. It has many uses.

How has it helped my organization?

If you make it the tool you use, everyone can talk the same "language" in terms of the tool and the use cases. Once you know it, how to use it, you can tell the whole organization how a given task will be done.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Oracle Developer at Freelancer
Verified user of Oracle SQL Developer
Jun 10, 2018
Does not overwhelm a user with too many features, and it's free

What is our primary use case?

Right now I am using SQL Developer to install a database, and I use it as a client tool.

What is most valuable?

Oracle is tremendous. I have always said to everybody, without knowing other databases, that Oracle is the best database that can exist in this world. That's for sure. Everybody is considering cost, mainly, so I've heard many stories recently of migrating to PostgreSQL, for example, because it's open-source and many small customers don't need all the super advanced features of Oracle, which costs a lot of money.

But on the other side, a great feature of Oracle, I think, is that it allows me to download the database and use it at home. Not a demo database or something restricted but the full version. That's fantastic.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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PeerSpot user
CEO at ITFS
Verified user of Oracle SQL Developer
Jun 10, 2018
Streamlines database maintenance but needs better support for background processes

Cons

"I would like it to support background processes better."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case is developing and maintaining databases.

What is most valuable?

Maintaining databases is the most valuable feature in Oracle SQL Developer. It's also easy to use, fast, and intuitive.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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DBA at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of Oracle SQL Developer
Jun 7, 2018
Very user-friendly and free, with good support

What is our primary use case?

It's for monitoring the database and for PL/SQL Developer.

How has it helped my organization?

We can install it on each machine, every user can install it by himself. And we have a lot of support for the utility from Oracle, for free.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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DBA at Yediot
Verified user of Oracle SQL Developer
Jun 7, 2018
Enables QA to query and tune databases, GUI is helpful

Cons

"If they had something on the Web then you wouldn't need to install it, just query, like Enterprise Manager."

What is our primary use case?

Database querying, curating scripts, and database tuning.

How has it helped my organization?

We have a QA team and we don't want to buy a special product for them just to query the database, so we use Oracle SQL Developer.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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PeerSpot user
DBA
Verified user of Oracle SQL Developer
Jun 7, 2018
Enables us to manage user databases but user interface could be nicer

What is our primary use case?

We manage user databases and we see execution plans for performance. It's performing very well.

How has it helped my organization?

We can understand where everything is and we can we work with it very easily.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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