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Oracle Coherence vs Toad for Oracle comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Coherence
Ranking in Database Development and Management
9th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
In-Memory Data Store Services (4th)
Toad for Oracle
Ranking in Database Development and Management
4th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Coherence is 3.8%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad for Oracle is 2.4%, 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 (%)
Toad for Oracle2.4%
Oracle Coherence3.8%
Other93.8%
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.
Philemon Olusegun - PeerSpot reviewer
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Tool has transformed debugging of massive datasets and has improved data migration workflows
I think Toad for Oracle should create an academy for training youngsters on how to code and debug using the Oracle PL/SQL extension plugin and make it more intuitive, probably using gamification, because people learn differently. Some are kinesthetic learners, some are audio learners, some are visual learners, and some are audio-visual learners. Having a gamification aspect on Toad for Oracle where it explains how to code, debug, and gives young starters or new starters confidence and understanding of what to do and how to do it would help ensure that those wanting to get into coding have that flair, making them able to engage with using it effectively.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Coherence has helped us to drastically reduce the request time of our web applications."
"Coherence has improved response times for queries of sizeable data sets, and by allowing for data distribution and replication through clustering, it improves the reliability of information systems."
"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."
"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."
"Basically reducing response times to extremely small latencies in their apps."
"Oracle Coherence improved site performance and the customer experience."
"Space consumption is much less."
"The Customer Facing Application response time has been improved 95%."
"Oracle has advanced query optimization and tuning features that help improve the performance of SQL queries."
"The most valuable feature is the navigation within the UI, where you can right-click on an object in an SQL query and go right to it, versus going through all of the menus to find what you are looking for."
"The product's most valuable features are UI and monitoring."
"The best product for working with Oracle databases for support, checking and loading data."
"Toad is fast and very convenient."
"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."
"Toad for Oracle is one of the main tools in our work, so it really helps speed up the process."
"I personally believe Toad for Oracle is a fantastic software for Oracle PL/SQL developers, giving developers the window with tools and the platform to write fantastic codes to link up with databases."
 

Cons

"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 cross-site or cross-data center replication seems slow. This can be improved."
"Data transfer performance over geographical locations. Oracle database has better performance compared to Coherence when accessed from different regions."
"This platform has issues with stability and performance."
"Reloading really takes a lot of time."
"Initial setup is very complex; specifically, a lot of XML effort is required."
"Complexity being a huge contributor to risk/cost for projects, I am more likely to use other products as a result."
"Scalability falls short for my organization because from a scalability perspective, the software sometimes seems bloated when installing it on a new machine, and it would be nice if we could reduce the amount of features we are actually installing and keep it streamlined for our current needs."
"I would like to see an improvement in the performance because opening the browser and the editor should be faster."
"Toad for Oracle does not have a particular resolution within the application."
"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."
"The price of this solution should be reduced."
"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."
"Query optimization is still very resource-intensive."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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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."
"My advice is to try to use the three-year maintenance agreement if possible."
"The professional edition is about $1,000 AUD ($700 USD) and the developer version is about twice that much."
"There are paid and free-for-use versions of the product."
"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."
"Toad for Oracle has a relatively high cost compared to other similar tools."
"I would rate it six, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Media Company
11%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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 Business7
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise15
 

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 for Oracle?
I did not directly get involved in the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Toad for Oracle; I only provided my recommendations to the procurement team. However, a comparable cost analysis was con...
What needs improvement with Toad for Oracle?
I think Toad for Oracle should create an academy for training youngsters on how to code and debug using the Oracle PL/SQL extension plugin and make it more intuitive, probably using gamification, b...
What is your primary use case for Toad for Oracle?
I used Toad for Oracle for two years when I was lead Oracle 10g database administrator, during which I worked on the Nigerian census 2006 results and migrated the database into the National Populat...
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

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