Oracle GoldenGate vs Toad Data Point comparison

Oracle and Quest Software are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Oracle is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.9, while Quest Software is ranked #28 with an average rating of 9.0. Oracle holds a 3.4% mindshare in DI, compared to Quest Software’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

Oracle GoldenGate

Read 51 Oracle GoldenGate reviews

6,907 Views
4,420 Comparison Views

96% willing to recommend

Toad Data Point

Read 5 Toad Data Point reviews

888 Views
542 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

Oracle GoldenGate

Toad Data Point

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Oracle GoldenGate and Toad Data Point cater to different needs within the data management arena, with GoldenGate leading in data integration and Toad Data Point in analytics. Oracle GoldenGate appears stronger in environments requiring scale and reliability, while Toad Data Point excels in user-friendly data handling.

Features: Oracle GoldenGate offers real-time data movement, high availability, and transactional integrity, making it suitable for mission-critical environments. Toad Data Point provides comprehensive data connectivity, advanced analytics, and automation tools, facilitating data preparation and reporting.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle GoldenGate requires complex deployment and specialized expertise, with customer service often needing technical interaction. Toad Data Point is user-friendly with straightforward deployment and accessible support, ensuring faster implementation.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle GoldenGate's enterprise-grade features result in higher initial costs, justified by scalability and performance. Toad Data Point offers a cost-effective approach with lower setup costs, providing value in data access and analytics return.

To learn more, read our detailed Oracle GoldenGate vs. Toad Data Point Report (Updated: August 2025).

Buyer's Guide

Oracle GoldenGate vs. Toad Data Point

August 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 865,384 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle GoldenGate

Ranking in Data Integration

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Toad Data Point

Ranking in Data Integration

28th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Preparation Tools (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Oracle GoldenGate is 3.4%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad Data Point is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration

Featured Reviews

PatrickKuria

Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl

Syncs data in real-time while managing transaction volumes

The most valuable feature of Oracle GoldenGate is its ability to sync data in real-time, which is crucial for me. I set it to a master-master pluggable database that serves as a container used from clones to provide test environments for various teams. This makes it very effective in managing high-volume transactions. The ability to sync data in real time is a key feature I rely on.

Read full review

Aaron Payne

ERP Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Offers power developers the tooling they need

I am not the end user of this solution. I am not close enough to it because I manage the platform that it runs against. The end users who use the Toad tool come against the database that my team manages, so it is hard for me to provide any area for improvement when it comes to the Toad tool. However, in the administration case, cost is a significant issue. The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is useful for data transformation."

"When we are replicating data between similar databases then it is straightforward."

"They've recently improved the ease of implementation."

"Many of the features of Oracle GoldenGate are valuable. We use Oracle databases and this tool is from Oracle, making it have superior compatibility."

"What I have found the most valuable about GoldenGate is that it does real-time and no-downtime migrations. Its migrations are fast. There are not many tools like it on the marketplace."

"For small databases, GoldenGate handles the migration well."

"Since the world is going towards open source, the solution's heterogeneous data migration feature is very useful."

"The real-time replication feature of the product is particularly beneficial."

More Oracle GoldenGate pros

"The Connectivity and Connection Manager supports a broad number of connection types, and it is trivial for end-users to set up their own connections to sources."

"It provides better SQL development tooling than SQL Developer, which is not a sufficient tool for all development use cases. It offers power developers the tools they need."

"One of the greatest features is that you can get data from anywhere to anywhere with Toad Data Point."

"The best thing about it is its automation features."

"With Toad Data Point, I can automate most steps automatically."

"We love it."

"The most valuable features of Toad Data are you could write a parameterized query and it wouldn't error out, it would give you the parameters that you could input. The auto-formatting feature is useful because it was great for keeping your queries neat and understandable. The auto comment, and uncomment toggles that you could do were convenient."

"I have never experienced any issues with customer service."

Cons

"It's stable but you have to know how to maintain it. That's why it's not 10 out of 10 for me. There are some bugs, there are some issues here and there. All of a sudden your process is not working and you have to figure out why, and sometimes it's not so clear."

"In some cases, expectations were not met, especially when specific tables were expected to be disabled, and changes were anticipated in the target environment. We had to take backups from the source and refresh the address to address this."

"GoldenGate is expensive. It's costly because this solution is unique in our market. The GoldenGate Cloud Service is cheaper than the on-premise solution."

"The product is not easy to use."

"Oracle GoldenGate's installation is not user-friendly, we had to read a lot of documentation for the setup and configuration."

"You cannot put everything in Golden Gate for the license and large models."

"The solution's licensing price is very expensive and could be made more competitive."

"The solution costs a lot."

More Oracle GoldenGate cons

"On the scheduling server, some scheduled reports just sit there and never execute for the first time. After manually executing the first time, they run with no issues."

"Toad Data could improve by having additional features, such as query prediction. This could help someone who's not the strongest programmer. If the software could help them write queries correctly it would be very helpful, especially for small development teams or teams that lack the input skills necessary to write and program efficiently."

"I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky."

"It's not user-friendly. Once you start using it, you eventually get to know the features."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version."

"It's not user-friendly. Once you start using it, you eventually get to know the features."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have an enterprise license for it. It might be for three years or so. I'm not aware of any additional costs to the standard licensing fee."

"The one feature that I think Oracle could perhaps consider is, at the moment, the Veridata option is an extra cost. Golden Gate is an expensive product. You pay a lot for the best. But not including the Veridata license to prove that everything is working correctly... The big improvement for me would be to have that license built in. That would take it to the next level. That would make it a much better product. You may want to look at buying term licenses if you've just got a single migration to do. In that situation, you might want a term license for perhaps a year to save a lot of money, rather than buying a perpetual license."

"We pay a yearly licensing fee for Oracle GoldenGate, which is very expensive."

"Licensing for Oracle GoldenGate is paid yearly."

"Oracle GoldenGate is a high-priced solution because it follows the core-based pricing model versus the software-based pricing model of other solutions."

"Its price can be better. It is a bit crazy, and its licensing is very difficult to understand. I would rate it one out of five in terms of pricing. There don't seem to be any additional costs."

"The licensing model should be improved to be more cost-effective for the end users."

"It is an expensive product."

More Oracle GoldenGate pricing and cost advice

"The cost of this product is reasonable."

"The price of Toad Data Point was approximately $500 annually."

"The Mac licenses are expensive, costing 1,600 dollars each. This is much higher than for the Windows version. I maintain a very limited number of licenses due to this cost."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Data Integration solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

865,384 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Comparison Review

it_user99375

Database Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Mar 31, 2014

Oracle GoldenGate vs. Oracle Active Dataguard

As an Oracle DBA, while working upon high availability of your database you may stumble upon various Oracle strategic capabilities that fall into categories of Oracle Replication. Oracle provides various technologies for replication like GoldenGate, streams, and Active Dataguard. Replication…

Read full review

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

30%

Healthcare Company

12%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle GoldenGate?

The product is reliable for data integrity.

See all answers

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

The pricing of Oracle GoldenGate depends on the discount we receive from Oracle. If the customer orders a larger quantity, we get a more flexible price. The list price is high, and the price can so...

See all answers

What needs improvement with Oracle GoldenGate?

It would be helpful if we had an API for the patching and for upgrading from one version or from a build to another build in future updates of Oracle GoldenGate. If AI was doing patching, it would ...

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Toad Data Point?

The pricing for Toad Data Point is where it gets into trouble. Microsoft is free, so if you get SQL Server, you get all the other stuff with it. You have to use several Microsoft tools that don't a...

See all answers

What needs improvement with Toad Data Point?

I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky.

See all answers

What is your primary use case for Toad Data Point?

When I use it, I'm using it for writing SQL or testing SQL code. I used to use it for moving data, loading files into database tables, from tables to other tables.

See all answers

Comparisons

Qlik Replicate vs Oracle GoldenGate

Compared 13% of the time

AWS Database Migration Service vs Oracle GoldenGate

Compared 10% of the time

Fivetran vs Oracle GoldenGate

Compared 8% of the time

SharePlex vs Oracle GoldenGate

Compared 7% of the time

Azure Data Factory vs Oracle GoldenGate

Compared 5% of the time

More Oracle GoldenGate Competitors

Alteryx vs Toad Data Point

Compared 21% of the time

Teradata vs Toad Data Point

Compared 19% of the time

WhereScape RED vs Toad Data Point

Compared 18% of the time

SAS Enterprise Guide vs Toad Data Point

Compared 17% of the time

SSIS vs Toad Data Point

Compared 16% of the time

More Toad Data Point Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Oracle GoldenGate

August 2025

Download Oracle GoldenGate product report

Buyer's Guide

Toad Data Point

July 2025

Download Toad Data Point product report

Also Known As

GoldenGate

No data available

Overview

Oracle GoldenGate is a real-time data integration and database replication solution. It can detect data events and route them across networks at very low latencies and integrates well with 100s of combinations of non-Oracle databases, data stores, and clouds.

Oracle GoldenGate Features

Oracle GoldenGate has many valuable key features, including:

Simple to use web interface
Fast and easy installation or provisioning
Command line access via AdminClient that can run anywhere
RESTful APIs for DevOps
Offers built-in monitoring but also can be easily adapted to roll your own monitoring
APIs are protected by Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) authentication.

Oracle GoldenGate Benefits

Some of the benefits of using Oracle GoldenGate include:

Oracle GoldenGate is deeply integrated with the Oracle Database (logging, redo, backup and recovery layer, security, administration, data guard, data vault, autonomous database etc.).
It is the most stable, performant, and reliable CDC / replication solution for Oracle.
High performance: Oracle GoldenGate is capable of sub-second latency for data movement. featuring low impact capture, routing, transformation, and delivery of transactional data.
GoldenGate is the only CDC / replication tool that keeps pace with new and emerging innovations (security, features, data types, etc) in the core Oracle Database.
The solution supports a wide range of use cases, from conventional OLTP data replication and high availability to data lake ingestion or multi-cloud ingestion, SaaS application replication, and messaging replication.
GoldenGate is the only CDC / replication technology certified for Exadata, Exadata Cloud Service, and Exadata Cloud at Customer.
For fault-tolerance, GoldenGate has its own mechanism to keep track of how much work is completed and how much is pending. This mechanism is independent of any database and ensures, with the help of automatic gap-resolution, that no data loss occurs.
GoldenGate uses its own proprietary format files for keeping the committed data coming from the source database, making it independently functional irrespective of the database in use.
To maintain the performance and consistency, only committed data is sent. Uncommitted data is captured by GoldenGate, but is discarded after receiving a Rollback.
With GoldenGate, data sending is in “near real time,” which reduces the possibility of latency.

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Oracle GoldenGate users.

PeerSpot user Steve-J., Cloud Migration Software Consultant - UK & EMEA at 1PLACE, says, "What I have found the most valuable about GoldenGate is that it does real-time and no-downtime migrations. Its migrations are fast. There are not many tools like it on the marketplace."

Pinak S., Senior Manager of System and Database at ESL, mentions, “We like how in GoldenGate the heterogeneous database is supported. Sometimes the client actually needs a schedule and needs to ensure the state of databases for reporting purposes. With that in mind, we have been able to configure GoldenGate for certain schema. The solution is quite stable. They've recently improved the ease of implementation.”

A Database Administrator at a manufacturing company explains, "It moves the data as you set it up, and it works. I am also very impressed with its stability and scalability. It is not super feature-rich, but the new releases have more functionality. It recently had more native integrations with Oracle Database. If you are using it against an Oracle database, it has a lot more functionality."

An Oracle ERP DBA Consultant - Oracle Super Cluster T5-8 Admin at a government comments, "GoldenGate can connect and collect data from multiple sources, such as SQL Server."

Oracle

Toad Data Point is a cross-platform, self-service, data-integration tool that simplifies data access, preparation and provisioning. It provides nearly limitless data connectivity, desktop data integration, visual query building and workflow automation.

Quest Software

Sample Customers

Japan Exchange Group, Daewoo E&C, Herbalife, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Canon, Turk Telekom

Concordia University

Buyer's Guide

Oracle GoldenGate vs. Toad Data Point

August 2025

Free Report: Oracle GoldenGate vs. Toad Data Point

Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle GoldenGate vs. Toad Data Point and other solutions. Updated: August 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

865,384 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our Oracle GoldenGate vs. Toad Data Point report.

See our list of best Data Integration vendors.

We monitor all Data Integration reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.