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Oracle Coherence vs Toad Data Modeler comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Coherence
Ranking in Database Development and Management
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
In-Memory Data Store Services (4th)
Toad Data Modeler
Ranking in Database Development and Management
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Coherence is 3.8%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad Data Modeler is 3.1%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Coherence3.8%
Toad Data Modeler3.1%
Other93.1%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

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.
KQ
Senior engineer at a government with 201-500 employees
Creates intuitive diagrams with comprehensive control over relationships
1) When updating a model after generating a schema, if only a few tables are imported, the tool assumes you want to delete the rest. If you have a large model, you repeatedly have to clarify that you don't want to delete each one. 2) If one could view the same model on physical, logical, and conceptual levels while retaining all information specific to each level (including layout), that would be excellent.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Since we implemented Coherence, this data is in memory all the time; so the results are found in milliseconds instead of five seconds."
"The product is great, simple, and easy to use and integrate."
"Oracle Coherence is a very good product which helps to create internet-scale applications using a high-performance grid."
"Technical support from Oracle is okay."
"We are storing information from one of our applications; this allows us to answer requests in milliseconds, while the application would take seconds to answer requests from clients."
"For high-end solutions, involving advanced features, Coherence outstands competitors, fully justifying its price tag."
"This product helped our organization to focus on implementing business logic without worrying about scalability on user loads of huge data queries."
"It helped us to cache the data in memory and improved performance by 10x."
"Toad allowed us to run the query on the cloud DB and return data from the query, making things much faster."
"It is a very good option for creating and editing SQL scripts, especially large ones that I have run in support of government billing applications."
"I found all features valuable and necessary in Toad Data Modeler, particularly how good the solution is for modeling, database schema generation, and database re-engineering. I also found Toad Data Modeler straightforward to use."
"Auto-complete is the best feature of the solution."
"I have used it for over six years."
"The feature I really like is the graphical part, especially the control of the relationships, because you can move them around any way you want, which makes it easy to create a comprehensive and easy-to-understand diagram."
"Toad is 100% value for money product."
"This product is fast to learn and a user-friendly tool."
 

Cons

"The product is the best, but it's absurdly expensive because licensing is according to the number of CPUs."
"In my experience, I did find it challenging to use this product when namespace prefixes on the resulting XML object was a requirement."
"It is very easy to set up a basic topology, but hard to configure and tune to make it really work."
"It has become very heavy along with the price for Oracle's integrated product as a fusion middleware."
"Would be good if the initial setup was easier."
"Reloading really takes a lot of time."
"Price is very high - as for any Oracle product."
"Configuration is too complex."
"We sometimes have issues with multiple nested queries. They take a long time to run, and it would be nice to have them run faster."
"Currently, with Windows 10, it sometimes would get stuck and stop responding."
"It's quite stable but takes a bit of a time to run SQL queries if the database is huge."
"The one thing about it is that there are almost too many features and options; some we don’t even use."
"Reverse engineering the physical schema is complex and can be made easier."
"When updating a model after generating a schema, if only a few tables are imported, the tool assumes you want to delete the rest, which is cumbersome."
"It's way overpriced, even if it wasn't the buggy product it has become."
"Toad crashes sometimes and it will lose all the saved database information."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Price-wise, the lesser it is, the better it is for me, especially in Egypt. I think that the licensing cost ranges from 1,000 to 9,000. Also, it includes maintenance and support for a year."
"Though I'm not involved in the licensing for Toad Data Modeler, I believe it's per user and not cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Toad Data Modeler?
Considering its functionality, I would rate its pricing as a seven out of ten. It could be cheaper yet is still pretty good.
What needs improvement with Toad Data Modeler?
1) When updating a model after generating a schema, if only a few tables are imported, the tool assumes you want to delete the rest. If you have a large model, you repeatedly have to clarify that y...
What is your primary use case for Toad Data Modeler?
There are two main use cases. One is reengineering an existing model and making changes from a database. The other is making a new model from scratch. These use cases involve all kinds of systems, ...
 

Also Known As

Coherence
Toad
 

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Sample Customers

Industrial Bank of Korea, Hotelbeds, Canon Inc., Verizon, Securitas Direct Espa_a, S.A.U., CetelemEspa_aGrupo BNP Paribas, Telus
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