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IDERA SQL Admin Toolset vs Oracle Coherence comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA SQL Admin Toolset
Ranking in Database Development and Management
30th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Coherence
Ranking in Database Development and Management
16th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
In-Memory Data Store Services (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of IDERA SQL Admin Toolset is 1.2%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Coherence is 2.4%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Coherence2.4%
IDERA SQL Admin Toolset1.2%
Other96.4%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user857298 - PeerSpot reviewer
Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft
Allows for much easier cross server monitoring and administration
I use this software bundle for managing multiple SQL Server instances. The environment has a large number of SQL Servers serving disparate applications, both internal and external.  This product allows for much easier cross server monitoring and administration. When relatively few administrators…
SS
Data Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Facilitating real-time business insights with enhanced data querying
Coherence is beneficial due to its multi-indexing to the same object and filtering based on data attributes within the object, followed by aggregation. These features facilitate querying data with multiple keys rather than just a single key. Its real-time data processing capabilities provide insights for business decisions with up-to-date information.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"SQL Server​ Configuration: This allows admins to compare and edit server configurations for one or more SQL servers saving a lot of time when managing large numbers of instances."
"This product allows for much easier cross server monitoring and administration."
"This product allows for much easier cross server monitoring and administration."
"Introducing a data grid, we moved from a vertically scalable solution to full scalability."
"For high-end solutions, involving advanced features, Coherence outstands competitors, fully justifying its price tag."
"A single logical cache scattered across various geographies ensured we had only one cache to look against (location transparency) at the same time, ensuring high availability."
"Technical support from Oracle is okay."
"In my experience, while working on customers’ solutions where performance is a key requirement, along with robustness and stability needs, I have always found Oracle Coherence as the best solution for integrating with different Oracle products and caching data for application-specific needs."
"Space consumption is much less."
"The product is stable and solid."
"Technical support from Oracle is okay."
 

Cons

"A set of T-SQL admin snippets might be useful, e.g., code to create users, databases, indexes, etc. It would definitely be welcomed in the bundle."
"A set of T-SQL admin snippets might be useful, e.g., code to create users, databases, indexes, etc. It would definitely be welcomed in the bundle."
"Price is very high - as for any Oracle product."
"Technical support is 3 or even 2 out of 10. Working directly through an account rep or a contact on Coherence dev team helps a lot."
"We have encountered the occasional minor bug and very occasional more serious bug."
"We have nodes failing all the time, especially because of timeouts caused by node synchronization, but occasionally there are also memory-related errors."
"The initial setup is complex and time-consuming."
"Coherence failed to live up to its SLA by not being able to recover but getting into a state where new nodes were created when the old ones were still there but for some reason no longer recognized as being part of the cluster."
"Complexity being a huge contributor to risk/cost for projects, I am more likely to use other products as a result."
"Product is too expensive and support is poor. There are better products."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
32%
Computer Software Company
8%
Performing Arts
6%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Oracle Coherence?
The WebLogic Management is quite cumbersome. The initial setup is complex and time-consuming.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Coherence?
I utilize Coherence for data solutions in the financial industry. Its primary use case includes plain lookup, indexing, filtering, and aggregation.
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Coherence?
I recommend Coherence, as I don't have any product issues. The main concerns are high pricing and a complex initial setup. Overall, I would rate Coherence as an eight out of ten.
 

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Coherence
 

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Sample Customers

South Wales Police Department; Deloitte & Touche LLP; Guardian Water and Power; Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc.; Olmsted Medical Center; Desert Development Company; Tri Tech Group; Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP; Crews Banking Corp.; WaukeshaCounty.Gov; Local Government Federal Credit Union; City of Goodyear; American Imaging Management Inc.; International Business Machines Corporation; Vancouver Island Health Authority; Magentar Capital; Questar Assessment, Inc.; Fiserv, Inc.; Brigham Young University; National Institutes of Health; City of Nashua; Baron Software; African Bank Ltd; Crystal Run Healthcare
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