We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer and Toad for Oracle based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer helped us locate the performance issues quickly."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer's most valuable features include the notification of consuming the SQL queries, collecting data, and notifying about managing space and tables."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support for older databases and the ability to manage them in a centralized dashboard."
"Monitoring is most valuable, and being able to know that there is an issue or problem and I need to go look is also valuable. So, monitoring and learning are the most important features."
"In IT, problems often occur in areas such as applications, web interfaces, or databases. The tool allows users to easily determine the root cause of these issues, whether they stem from the network layer, database layer, or elsewhere."
"What I like most about SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is that it's a powerful solution that lets me advise customers about performance, and it also gives a lot of supporting information."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer can help us identify issues we cannot see manually."
"Oracle has advanced query optimization and tuning features that help improve the performance of SQL queries."
"The most valuable feature of Toad for Oracle is the fashion browser and the Schema browser. It is very complete."
"I like that it's very flexible and helpful in query accuracy, analysis, and data visualization. I also like the move facilities available in Toad for Oracle. Overall, I think it's a fantastic product for analyzing SQL queries and managing all kinds of queries."
"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."
"The tool evaluates non-optimized queries and generates the queries in a way that is more optimal - in addition to giving us some good practices for code development."
"Simply the best GUI software for administration is the most valuable aspect for me."
"Toad for Oracle has proven to be better than other tools since we have never experienced any crashes."
"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++."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should include more details on how everything works."
"One area where the tool could improve is by adding support for additional databases. For instance, supporting newer databases like Couchbase or MongoDB would be beneficial."
"The solution should add little details on the server so that an independent team could easily do the implementation."
"Technical support for this solution needs to be improved."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should provide customization options allowing users to add different columns."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should be easy to implement and it should have more facilities to make it better."
"It is capable, but I don't believe it has the right value matrix. It also depends on the budget of the company."
"The areas where it currently lags are in reporting and dashboarding. The reports and dashboards are somewhat static, and we cannot create custom dashboards for specific customer needs."
"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."
"Improvement wise, for the user it should show the minimum features on the screen and not all the features. Toad has a lot of features, but most users will use only 5 or 10 based on their role. Nobody needs all the features, and they should provide the option to choose only the required features. Only minimum requirements should be enabled by default. When all the features are shown, the performance is not good; it loads slowly and has hundreds of popups and unnecessary questions."
"Query optimization is still very resource-intensive."
"There should also be a better "cancel query" option as sometimes one cancels a query, but then it still might run for a long time, and then one has to crash Toad in order to cancel the query."
"There may be an issue with processing limitations but this cannot be confirmed as a problem with the product or with the newest releases."
"Toad for Oracle does not have a particular resolution within the application."
"I'd like reporting to be more available. If it was a feature that was already installed, more people would take advantage of it."
"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."
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SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is ranked 4th in Database Development and Management with 11 reviews while Toad for Oracle is ranked 3rd in Database Development and Management with 15 reviews. SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is rated 8.2, while Toad for Oracle is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer writes "Powerful monitoring solution with good technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Toad for Oracle writes "Advanced query optimization and tuning features ". SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is most compared with SQL Sentry, Quest Foglight for Databases, Quest Spotlight and IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server, whereas Toad for Oracle is most compared with Toad Edge, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Aqua Data Studio and DbVisualizer. See our SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer vs. Toad for Oracle report.
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