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IDERA SQL Doctor vs Oracle Enterprise Manager comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA SQL Doctor
Ranking in Database Development and Management
23rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Ranking in Database Development and Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
129
Ranking in other categories
Server Monitoring (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of IDERA SQL Doctor is 1.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager is 4.0%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Enterprise Manager4.0%
IDERA SQL Doctor1.6%
Other94.4%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

MR
DBA Consultant at Brocacef
By capturing performance issues when they happen, we do not miss crucial data
* Indexing and locking analyses * The ability to generate optimize scripts. * The prioritized recommendations are nice to have. Furthermore, you can have multiple scans archived when comparing the tracing from a baseline perspective. Two scans can give us insights concerning the difference between a good and a bad situation.
reviewer996648 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and President at a training & coaching company with 1-10 employees
Extensive functionality impresses despite occasional setup complexity
The functions and features of Oracle Enterprise Manager that I have found most valuable are its evolution from being problematic in 10g and 11g versions to becoming better and more stable. Now it has become a significantly improved product. We have integrated identity management, and we are using it for normal database examination, tuning, and performance. We are working with STATSPACK and similar tools that are integrated in Oracle Enterprise Manager. We are currently working with version 13.5, having upgraded from 13.4 last year. Automation is useful for improving operational efficiency, and there are many more opportunities to automate outside the databases. Not many things need to be automated inside the databases. We have jobs running, imports, exports, and similar tasks. To automate these processes, we utilize the Scheduler from Oracle, which is managed in the databases by the vendor. This is not part of our DBA functions in Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You can have multiple scans archived when comparing the tracing from a baseline perspective. Two scans can give us insights concerning the difference between a good and a bad situation."
"It is the perfect first action that we can take with the help from our service desk!"
"My company choose to use this product because I can see that it's going to be more aligned with the technology, with the cloud."
"In fact, I've already met many people in which I have done just that."
"We use it extensively for performance tuning testing, monitoring, and configuration."
"We have been using the overall OEM for over eight years."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring because it's very useful for checking and troubleshooting compared with other products, like Nagios for example, that have some interaction with Oracle."
"The most valuable feature is the automation of the alerting, so we can be proactive when we use that program instead of being called in the middle of the night because something is wrong."
"It reduces our downtime; increases our performance."
"This solution was the only one which allows us to monitor all our solutions from one interface."
 

Cons

"SQL Doctor should be improved in Availability Groups, mirroring, and clustering analyses."
"SQL Doctor should be improved in Availability Groups, mirroring, and clustering analyses. We mostly see index and query plan analyses. It should be broader than this."
"Every release, they seem to move the navigation and you have to retrain your entire DBA staff."
"I would say the footprint on the server. Also the GUI can be tricky."
"Better mobile access would be useful."
"I would say mostly backup and recovery, through the Enterprise Manager. Or any corruptions, to be able to fix them through Enterprise Manager."
"UI is the part that I like to see improved in the future."
"With regards to masking still, some options could be added like running in simulation mode, creation of audit file option, file summary, file after masking."
"It could be faster; sometimes it takes a while to make the connection. Sometimes, it's complicated, too."
"I feel more dashboards can be added, especially those useful to higher levels of IT management."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The licensing is the responsibility of our customers."
"The pricing is very high."
"Initially, our deal was for three years, and we extended it to five years. Oracle solutions are very costly."
"As with all Oracle products, care should be taken when using any features to ensure that they do not activate licensed features that have not been paid for."
"The product is highly-priced."
"The product is very expensive."
"The product’s price is reasonable."
"Based upon 3 days of implementation by a single person, plus licensing costs would be approximately $60,000, including the virtualized hosts."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
18%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise81
 

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I would rate the pricing of Oracle Enterprise Manager as very expensive, definitely deserving a 10 out of 10.
What needs improvement with Oracle Enterprise Manager?
The weaknesses I would like to address in Oracle Enterprise Manager involve the dealing of Grid Infrastructure. Oracle Enterprise Manager's handling of Grid Infrastructure needs some improvement. I...
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