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IDERA SQL Admin Toolset vs Nutanix Database Service comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA SQL Admin Toolset
Ranking in Database Development and Management
25th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Database Service
Ranking in Database Development and Management
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of IDERA SQL Admin Toolset is 1.6%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.4%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Database Service2.4%
IDERA SQL Admin Toolset1.6%
Other96.0%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user857298 - PeerSpot reviewer
Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft
Allows for much easier cross server monitoring and administration
I use this software bundle for managing multiple SQL Server instances. The environment has a large number of SQL Servers serving disparate applications, both internal and external.  This product allows for much easier cross server monitoring and administration. When relatively few administrators…
JP
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Improves time management by reducing database provisioning time
The feature I appreciate the most in Nutanix Database Service is the Time Machine. The simplicity of the Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service and being able to have a point in time that you can go back to at whatever your retention period is, is really great and helpful for us. The Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service has definitely reduced turnaround time for when we need clones or other environments spun up off of our existing environment, such as for corruption. It has helped the workload significantly. We're a very small team of database administrators. It worked really effectively for them and helped the workflow much more than our previous solution. Using Nutanix Database Service has reduced the time it takes to provision a database by 75%. The efficiency gained by using Nutanix Database Service has led to a positive impact on our business as far as bringing in new applications and workloads. Being able to clone and spin up other environments off of what we already have in NDB eases turnaround time when requests come in, and we're able to fill them and get them back to the business and make them available to customers. We've been able to automate DBA tasks. It simplifies turnaround time. Our DBA can deploy on how own and no longer waits for requests to be fulfilled.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This product allows for much easier cross server monitoring and administration."
"SQL Server​ Configuration: This allows admins to compare and edit server configurations for one or more SQL servers saving a lot of time when managing large numbers of instances."
"Now, it is literally taking under an hour, which is a drastic improvement."
"The most valuable feature is its robust infrastructure management tools."
"We use the solution to save costs and simplify operations."
"There are a lot of options for working with the database."
"The solution enables us to speed up the creation of new instances."
"Nutanix Database Service is a scalable solution."
"The provisioning and other features of Nutanix Database Service have improved my company by making it easy to deploy the databases, and DBAs can just deploy what they need as needed instead of having to manually create VMs for them individually and install the databases and setting everything up with DBAs provisioning databases themselves."
"It has wizards that are very helpful in the installation, and it handles automation as well as virtualization once deployed."
 

Cons

"A set of T-SQL admin snippets might be useful, e.g., code to create users, databases, indexes, etc. It would definitely be welcomed in the bundle."
"We are also overwhelmed with the quality of technical support associated with the product."
"The updating of the database engine is something that can be improved. For example, assume that we are using PostgreSQL out of the box, and it is version 10. If we want to migrate to version 11, 12, or 13, then it is not very easy to do that using Nutanix Era."
"The graphical user interfaces could be much more user-friendly. They are already user-friendly, but they could be simpler so that we do not need L3 staff to handle them. If they were simpler, we could also have some command center or L1/L1.5 associates do some housekeeping activities on it."
"I would like to see the SQL compatibility enhanced."
"If there were data integration services included with the platform then it would be interesting, and it would help us a lot."
"We faced some performance issues with Nutanix."
"This solution could be improved by integrating with more database providers."
"In the past, there were built-in templates, and now, for some particular databases, I have to create my own templates and push them to NDB, so bringing back those templates would save more time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"Era is quite expensive. The thing that will be a showstopper for them in the long run is if you look at it from a technical perspective on what it provides and weigh it up against consolidation of multiple other software suites."
"Pricing wasn't a surprise. It was what we were expecting it to be."
"Not everyone can afford it. It's a bit expensive, so the price has to be improved."
"The licensed-based pricing is confusing and too high."
"The pricing is competitive."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
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Transportation Company
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Outsourcing Company
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Financial Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

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Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise11
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Database Service?
It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Database Service?
Nutanix Database Service can be improved by implementing more AI capabilities.
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Database Service?
Clients use Nutanix Database Service for various reasons.
 

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