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Oracle Enterprise Manager vs Toad for Oracle comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

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 (4th)
Toad for Oracle
Ranking in Database Development and Management
7th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager is 2.9%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad for Oracle is 2.8%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Enterprise Manager2.9%
Toad for Oracle2.8%
Other94.3%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

VG
Contact Administrator at A.S. Watson Group
Monitors databases and applications efficiently with timely alerts
The most valuable features are the monitoring capabilities and how it provides time-to-time alerts, which are very beneficial. It is particularly helpful in providing alerts for tablespace issues or when databases or applications cross certain thresholds. The tool allows us to monitor 24/7, configure dashboards, and quickly check the status of databases that are in critical states. This saves time and enhances productivity.
Mark Stocks - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Director Enterprise Architecture at JE Dunn Construction
Uses trusted data to support financial forecasting and automate complex calculations through daily development workflows
The best features Toad for Oracle offers are the ability to access the database objects and see them in a very simplified manner. The simplified view helps me in my work as it makes troubleshooting easier. Toad for Oracle has positively impacted our organization because our financial forecasting data set is trusted throughout the company because of the ability for us to debug and analyze the data with Toad for Oracle. This trust in the data set has affected business decisions and efficiency by creating a completely separate data department because of the value that we saw with our data because of how we were able to organize and extract data from Oracle with Toad for Oracle.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I have found the singular GUI feature very helpful. Fewer DBA resources can be allocated with Toad licenses."
"It's easy to implement as it's made by Oracle for Oracle."
"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."
"The dashboards are great for gathering analytic information and seeing where the problems are."
"What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues."
"We use Oracle Enterprise Manager for a lot of services like ERP and PLM."
"We use Oracle Enterprise Manager as a tool to monitor Oracle products."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager helps to control servers."
"Toad for Oracle has proven to be better than other tools since we have never experienced any crashes."
"The best product for working with Oracle databases for support, checking and loading data."
"I haven't seen any issues with scalability. We have about 1000 people on our IT team who use the solution."
"The most valuable feature of Toad for Oracle is the fashion browser and the Schema browser. It is very complete."
"Simply the best GUI software for administration is the most valuable aspect for me."
"A quite simple feature that I have not encountered elsewhere is the "Make Code" feature. I can easily export a complex SQL statement to a programming language. This is a great timesaver as I do not have to type in all of the escape/concatenation characters just to create a SQL statement in C# or C++."
"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."
"Oracle has advanced query optimization and tuning features that help improve the performance of SQL queries."
 

Cons

"My opinion is that this solution needs to improve consolidation. That is what our business needs the most right now."
"The fact that Oracle Enterprise Manager is an expensive solution is a matter of concern and needs to be considered for improvement."
"The product must improve its support team."
"They should improve the hover text context. This would provide assistance whenever a task is attempted by a DBA."
"There are limited numbers of other OEM devices that can be integrated into enterprise management that can be scaled by Oracle by adding other OEM devices to enterprise management."
"Better mobile access would be useful."
"In my opinion, rather than a younger DBA, think the user interface could be improved."
"I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager six out of 10 for affordability. It's expensive."
"Sometimes it works in some areas, but in others, it doesn't. Like when you copy, you find that it's blank and doesn't copy anything. So, there are some objects that do copy, and sometimes they don't."
"In future releases, the product can be more intuitive. It has to be lighter than what it is because sometimes it is not responding quickly. If I do some features at the same time, it's not supporting. I have to wait sometimes to get the action. It's dependent on the resources of the workstation, but it has to be improved in this area. The faster processing is needed."
"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."
"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."
"I'd like reporting to be more available. If it was a feature that was already installed, more people would take advantage of it."
"Query optimization is still very resource-intensive."
"It would be better if they had an online option allowing me to connect from anywhere on any device. Sometimes I face some errors, depending on the network and setup. It's not a big issue."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"As far as I know, you do not pay for Oracle Enterprise Manager separately. You can use Enterprise Manager for free if you already have an Oracle license for your database."
"Be careful to only enable the packs for which you have a license as this is an issue we see time and again."
"The product is highly-priced."
"The pricing is very high."
"Initially, our deal was for three years, and we extended it to five years. Oracle solutions are very costly."
"The solution is free."
"Based upon 3 days of implementation by a single person, plus licensing costs would be approximately $60,000, including the virtualized hosts."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager is a free tool from Oracle."
"My advice is to try to use the three-year maintenance agreement if possible."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"In my opinion, this solution is a little expensive, but I understand that good programs cost more money."
"The pricing is okay, it's reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise81
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager?
What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Enterprise Manager?
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...
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.
What needs improvement with Toad for Oracle?
Toad for Oracle can be improved by working with Microsoft Fabric.
What is your primary use case for Toad for Oracle?
My main use case for Toad for Oracle is accessing data in Oracle and building PL/SQL database objects, packages, procedures, and functions. A quick specific example of how I use Toad for Oracle in ...
 

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