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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

"I have a lot of flexibility with it."
"SQL Developer has reached a maturity level where it offers pretty much the same essential functionality (and much more) that you can find in other solutions, with the benefit of being free."
"It has done everything that I needed it to do, and it doesn't cost you anything."
"When we migrated to Oracle SQL Developer, we found it very user friendly and easy to work with."
"Using execution plan, I am able to do lots of query tuning."
"It's free and very user-friendly."
"I use the product, and the many aspects of it, because it covers everything from querying a database to monitoring to making a conceptual model to getting the model from the database and producing diagrams."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the database architecture, the good functionality, and the user interface."
"It was immensely helpful in collecting SQL database data, especially as I am not a database admin/engineer."
"I found all features valuable and necessary in Toad Data Modeler, particularly how good the solution is for modeling, database schema generation, and database re-engineering. I also found Toad Data Modeler straightforward to use."
"Toad allowed us to run the query on the cloud DB and return data from the query, making things much faster."
"Ability to save my custom queries and Macros"
"SQL Developer is much better than it was."
"With Toad, all the users have the same database on the server rather than local individual databases which creates a lot of duplication."
"This product is fast to learn and a user-friendly tool."
 

Cons

"Queries."
"There are occasional runtime issues that are easily worked around, especially on a Windows deployment."
"It would be nice to have the ability to access DBs than Oracle."
"SQL Developer only shows a snapshot of the execution statistics and performance metrics at the moment you request the report."
"I think it would be great to have an overview over the sessions it opens so that we could easily see and control which connections to the database we want to keep open, which ones are hanging; and it would be great to make them independent from each other."
"Could be made to load faster."
"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."
"Scalability has room for improvement. Often if you have to do a heavy load of queries or are getting large result sets you have to be careful not to overload the Java virtual machine that's running."
"There were issues due to the databases connectivity."
"It is not feasible for small businesses. It is not used in a small company."
"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."
"Reverse engineering the physical schema is complex and can be made easier."
"The one thing about it is that there are almost too many features and options; some we don’t even use."
"Many users don't know how to add licensing to Toad, or where it is shown, so they could make that easier."
"It's quite stable but takes a bit of a time to run SQL queries if the database is huge."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is basically free."
"It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."
"It's a free tool."
"It has the advantage that it's free. The next best competitor would cost several thousand dollars."
"Though I'm not involved in the licensing for Toad Data Modeler, I believe it's per user and not cheap."
"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."
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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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