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Oracle SQL Developer vs Toad Data Modeler comparison

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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 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 7.1%, up 4.1% compared to last year.
Toad Data Modeler, on the other hand, focuses on Database Development and Management, holds 3.0% mindshare, down 3.4% since last year.
IDE Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle SQL Developer7.1%
Codespaces8.1%
JetBrains IDEs6.9%
Other77.9%
IDE
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Toad Data Modeler3.0%
Oracle Enterprise Manager4.0%
Redgate SQL Toolbelt Essentials3.8%
Other89.2%
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

"The solution I've created is revenue forecasting and our organization goes to Wall Street with the earnings call, with the forecast."
"It has done everything that I needed it to do, and it doesn't cost you anything."
"License is free, setup is simple and scriptable."
"It allows us to implement a form of test driven development (TDD) for database-resident code."
"Since Oracle SQL Developer is free, we no longer incurred the cost of the previous tool."
"It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."
"As a database trainer, I would like to say that although SQL developer is an open-source software, yet it provides a lot of features that you can find only in paid versions of its counterparts."
"Maintaining databases is the most valuable feature in Oracle SQL Developer; it's also easy to use, fast, and intuitive."
"Ability to save my custom queries and Macros"
"Toad is 100% value for money product."
"Toad allowed us to run the query on the cloud DB and return data from the query, making things much faster."
"It's a must-buy, and both pricing and licensing is well in the range of every organization."
"With Toad, all the users have the same database on the server rather than local individual databases which creates a lot of duplication."
"It was immensely helpful in collecting SQL database data, especially as I am not a database admin/engineer."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the database architecture, the good functionality, and the user interface."
 

Cons

"It's not so stable. Sometimes it crashes, and the connection to the databases is bad."
"The interface could be friendlier for the DBA by having the dashboard show real-time statistics from the database engine."
"The downsides of Oracle SQL Developer include hard typing."
"There is room for improvement in the Real Time SQL Monitoring."
"As our company keeps on growing, our data also keeps on growing. Currently, we are a $12-billion company and this tool supports us; our projection in the future is to grow from $12 billion to $20 billion in the next three years and I am not sure whether it might help then or not, as our data will also grow consequently."
"They were not supportive. I didn't get a solution."
"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 crashes compared to other tools such as DBeaver or Microsoft SQL Server."
"I would say the layout should be improved. I've also have used PL/SQL Developer, and I like the layout, the landscape, of that application better than SQL Dev."
"The product should provide better debugging features."
"What could be improved in Toad Data Modeler is stability and the complex setup."
"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."
"Reverse engineering the physical schema is complex and can be made easier."
"It's way overpriced, even if it wasn't the buggy product it has become."
"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."
"The one thing about it is that there are almost too many features and options; some we don’t even use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is basically free."
"It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."
"It has the advantage that it's free. The next best competitor would cost several thousand dollars."
"It's a free tool."
"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
17%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

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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