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Oracle SQL Developer vs Toad Data Modeler comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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 SQL Developer
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
IDE (3rd)
Toad Data Modeler
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Oracle SQL Developer and Toad Data Modeler aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Oracle SQL Developer is designed for IDE and holds a mindshare of 7.0%, up 4.2% compared to last year.
Toad Data Modeler, on the other hand, focuses on Database Development and Management, holds 3.0% mindshare, down 3.7% since last year.
IDE Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle SQL Developer7.0%
Codespaces8.2%
JetBrains IDEs7.1%
Other77.7%
IDE
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Toad Data Modeler3.0%
Oracle Enterprise Manager4.1%
Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials3.9%
Other89.0%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

Vikram_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Architect at Ontario Power Generation
Has improved development efficiency through reusable components and intuitive programming features
When errors occur while programming, they are very generic. Even when searching the internet, the errors remain generic and it takes considerable time to understand the fix. This was predominantly felt because we were mostly working on writing code and developing features. Error handling needs to be improved. The patches and upgrade process is very long. In the last year and a half, I haven't upgraded, so we don't know if latest features have arrived. Another issue is with sessions. If we were working on code and then switch off our laptop for two to three days, the session would keep running. This consumes many resources and flags to the team that a user has been continuously using Oracle SQL Developer. There should be a timeout period for inactive sessions.
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

"You can install it on every platform. It just works. The other thing is that it's free. And Oracle is committed to the development of the tool, so it has been improving."
"I would definitely advise others to look into this tool and its solution."
"Everybody should try it because you do not have to code things to create output from JSON or DDL."
"The main benefits of using Oracle SQL Developer include maintaining different connections with environments such as development, quality, and production while ensuring good access control to prevent data mishaps."
"I have a lot of flexibility with it."
"You do not have to install it, just dump it on the OS, then use it."
"When we migrated to Oracle SQL Developer, we found it very user friendly and easy to work with."
"License is free, setup is simple and scriptable."
"The most valuable features are the database architecture, the good functionality, and the user interface."
"Toad is 100% value for money product."
"I don't know the financials, but I wouldn’t be able to do my job (build applications/databases) without it."
"With Toad, all the users have the same database on the server rather than local individual databases which creates a lot of duplication."
"TOAD makes it easy to code and compile stored procedures, is easy to find and edit code, offers the ability to debug and test, and is a great tool that saves a lot of time because it has a lot of components all in one tool so you don’t need to open or use other apps or the command line."
"Horizontal layout for each connected database connection makes it easy to work with multiple databases at the same time."
"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."
"SQL Developer is much better than it was."
 

Cons

"I occasionally have some difficulties with the import of data from other sources, so it sometimes aborts or is not very stable in those areas that still could be improved with Oracle SQL Developer."
"The interface could be friendlier for the DBA by having the dashboard show real-time statistics from the database engine."
"There are always areas of improvement as it relates to the tool's ability, the process that you need to go through in order to connect to some of the non-Oracle databases."
"The competing products have more features."
"Toad is much faster to use. It's not Java which takes a lot of time to query and create things."
"It would be nice to have the ability to access DBs than Oracle."
"The GUI ‘navigator’ screen uses different icons for partitioned, indexed organised tables, temporary and of course conventional tables, but this is not the case with indexes in the viewer - they all look the same so you can’t tell if it is a bitmap index, a unique index, a partitioned index or what."
"They were not supportive. I didn't get a solution."
"Sometimes, Toad crashes without a clue as to why, and it needs an immediate restart."
"It's way overpriced, even if it wasn't the buggy product it has become."
"The product should provide better debugging features."
"Better documentation would be a benefit."
"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."
"Many users don't know how to add licensing to Toad, or where it is shown, so they could make that easier."
"Toad crashes sometimes and it will lose all the saved database information."
"Although a lot of people get deceived by the name “Data Analysis”, it has capacity of any enterprise tool, but not to the point of creating multiple pipes in one integrated work-flow, batching the work-flows and running them parallel for data loads."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."
"It is basically free."
"It's a free tool."
"It has the advantage that it's free. The next best competitor would cost several thousand dollars."
"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
19%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise20
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SQL Developer?
The pricing of Oracle SQL Developer depends on the size of the company and the project. I cannot use Oracle or other solutions if I am just starting. If I start with MySQL, it depends on the size o...
What needs improvement with Oracle SQL Developer?
I want to address performance issues with large amounts of data. When I run queries that return lakhs or millions of rows, Oracle SQL Developer sometimes freezes, takes time to load, or even crashe...
What is your primary use case for Oracle SQL Developer?
In my current project at Cognizant, Oracle SQL Developer is one of the targets to load the data after extracting and transforming it, so this is our use case for my project. For example, I was at a...
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, ...
 

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