IDERA SQL Doctor vs Toad for Oracle comparison

IDERA and Quest Software are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. IDERA is ranked #30, while Quest Software is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.5. IDERA holds a 1.2% mindshare in DDM, compared to Quest Software’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IDERA users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

IDERA SQL Doctor

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Toad for Oracle

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA SQL Doctor

Ranking in Database Development and Management

30th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Toad for Oracle

Ranking in Database Development and Management

6th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of IDERA SQL Doctor is 1.2%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad for Oracle is 3.4%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Toad for Oracle	3.4%
IDERA SQL Doctor	1.2%
Other	95.4%

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Menoj Roekalea

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.

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Bikramjeet Singh

Senior Reg Reporting Consultant at Bank of America

Advanced query optimization and tuning features

Sometimes when I write a query, it gives an unusual error code. Toad for Oracle does not have a particular resolution within the application. Then, I have to search for the code and find a solution. I would like Oracle to implement error codes so that we don't have to search for solutions on Google. It would be more convenient if the error codes were included within the application.

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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."

"I like that it's very flexible and helpful in query accuracy, analysis, and data visualization. I also like the move facilities available in Toad for Oracle. Overall, I think it's a fantastic product for analyzing SQL queries and managing all kinds of queries."

"Oracle has advanced query optimization and tuning features that help improve the performance of SQL queries."

"Toad has a lot of features that are very useful, fast, and well developed."

"Toad for Oracle has proven to be better than other tools since we have never experienced any crashes."

"I haven't seen any issues with scalability. We have about 1000 people on our IT team who use the solution."

"I find Toad easy to use and I love the Workspace feature, which allows me to set up projects so that I can open SQL files applicable to what I am working on at any particular time."

"It is very easy to manage all of the objects."

"The most valuable feature of Toad for Oracle is the fashion browser and the Schema browser. It is very complete."

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Cons

"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."

"Once in a while, I may encounter a memory exception and have to abort the application. On a few occasions, the file that stores the saved connections for the New Connection window will become corrupt and I will lose all of my saved connections. I am not sure if that is a Windows or TOAD issue, but it has happened to all of my developers at some point or another."

"An area where the solution could use some improvement is in terms of user-friendliness. During the initial setup phase, the solution was not very intuitive when attempting to establish connections."

"Toad for Oracle does not have a particular resolution within the application."

"I would like to see an improvement in the performance because opening the browser and the editor should be faster."

"The way the dialog boxes appear can be improved."

"It would be beneficial if Toad for Oracle could incorporate OEM features, as having monitoring capabilities in the same interface would simplify workload and management tasks."

"Improvement wise, for the user it should show the minimum features on the screen and not all the features. Toad has a lot of features, but most users will use only 5 or 10 based on their role. Nobody needs all the features, and they should provide the option to choose only the required features. Only minimum requirements should be enabled by default. When all the features are shown, the performance is not good; it loads slowly and has hundreds of popups and unnecessary questions."

"There should also be a better "cancel query" option as sometimes one cancels a query, but then it still might run for a long time, and then one has to crash Toad in order to cancel the query."

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"The pricing is okay, it's reasonable."

"In my opinion, this solution is a little expensive, but I understand that good programs cost more money."

"There are paid and free-for-use versions of the product."

"The professional edition is about $1,000 AUD ($700 USD) and the developer version is about twice that much."

"Toad for Oracle has a relatively high cost compared to other similar tools."

"My advice is to try to use the three-year maintenance agreement if possible."

"The product's pricing is just right because if it were slightly higher, it would not have been as widely adopted as it currently is in our organization."

"I would rate it six, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

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Financial Services Firm

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Computer Software Company

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Government

11%

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Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	9

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Toad for Oracle?

The licensing cost for Toad for Oracle is relatively high, with their license and DPA suite totaling around five thousand dollars.

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What needs improvement with Toad for Oracle?

It would be beneficial if Toad for Oracle could incorporate OEM features, as having monitoring capabilities in the same interface would simplify workload and management tasks.

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What is your primary use case for Toad for Oracle?

We use Toad for Oracle for various database management tasks, including CRUD operations such as create, replace, update, and delete, and for DDL and DML tasks. We rely on Toad for managing the data...

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Overview

SQL Doctor helps database administrators to tune SQL Server performance, security, and disaster recovery via expert recommendations in physical, virtual, and cloud environments - including managed cloud databases. Unlike its competitors, it provides display health of all SQL Servers, generation of ready-to-run SQL scripts to optimize and undo optimization, limiting of analysis to specified databases, applications, and performance categories, and real-time, as-needed, and scheduled checkups.

IDERA

With Toad for Oracle, you'll reduce costs and risks by easily ensuring the health and performance of your Oracle Cloud Platform and on-premises databases. ... On the operations side, you can automate administration tasks and proactively manage your databases while embracing performance optimization and risk mitigation.

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