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Oracle Coherence vs Toad Data Modeler comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Coherence
Ranking in Database Development and Management
9th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
In-Memory Data Store Services (3rd)
Toad Data Modeler
Ranking in Database Development and Management
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Coherence is 3.4%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad Data Modeler is 3.0%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Coherence3.4%
Toad Data Modeler3.0%
Other93.6%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

SS
Data Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Facilitating real-time business insights with enhanced data querying
Coherence is beneficial due to its multi-indexing to the same object and filtering based on data attributes within the object, followed by aggregation. These features facilitate querying data with multiple keys rather than just a single key. Its real-time data processing capabilities provide insights for business decisions with up-to-date information.
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

"Since we implemented Coherence, this data is in memory all the time; so the results are found in milliseconds instead of five seconds."
"In my experience, while working on customers’ solutions where performance is a key requirement, along with robustness and stability needs, I have always found Oracle Coherence as the best solution for integrating with different Oracle products and caching data for application-specific needs."
"This product helped our organization to focus on implementing business logic without worrying about scalability on user loads of huge data queries."
"It helped us to cache the data in memory and improved performance by 10x."
"Coherence absolutely outperforms others in terms of scalability, reliability, and performance."
"Space consumption is much less."
"Other technologies don’t allow the same level of scale and compute capability, while providing rigorous resilience and security underpinnings."
"Basically reducing response times to extremely small latencies in their apps."
"I have used it for over six years."
"SQL Developer is much better than it was."
"Toad allowed us to run the query on the cloud DB and return data from the query, making things much faster."
"Horizontal layout for each connected database connection makes it easy to work with multiple databases at the same time."
"I don't know the financials, but I wouldn’t be able to do my job (build applications/databases) without it."
"This product is fast to learn and a user-friendly tool."
"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."
 

Cons

"The cross-site or cross-data center replication seems slow. This can be improved."
"Customer service: Five out of 10."
"Initial setup was complex. We wrote a lot of wrapper code around the Coherence libraries in order to make it easier for the developer."
"We have nodes failing all the time, especially because of timeouts caused by node synchronization, but occasionally there are also memory-related errors."
"They could make the configuration management easier."
"OSB could be tuned to do things like Apigee."
"Technical support is 3 or even 2 out of 10. Working directly through an account rep or a contact on Coherence dev team helps a lot."
"Cluster management tools that are independent of WebLogic. Dynamic cluster config rollout and rollback."
"Many users don't know how to add licensing to Toad, or where it is shown, so they could make that easier."
"Reverse engineering the physical schema is complex and can be made easier."
"What could be improved in Toad Data Modeler is stability and the complex setup."
"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."
"There were issues due to the databases connectivity."
"Currently, with Windows 10, it sometimes would get stuck and stop responding."
"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."
"It is not feasible for small businesses. It is not used in a small company."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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
25%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
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 Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle Coherence?
The WebLogic Management is quite cumbersome. The initial setup is complex and time-consuming.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Coherence?
I utilize Coherence for data solutions in the financial industry. Its primary use case includes plain lookup, indexing, filtering, and aggregation.
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Coherence?
I recommend Coherence, as I don't have any product issues. The main concerns are high pricing and a complex initial setup. Overall, I would rate Coherence as an eight out of ten.
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, ...
 

Also Known As

Coherence
Toad
 

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Sample Customers

Industrial Bank of Korea, Hotelbeds, Canon Inc., Verizon, Securitas Direct Espa_a, S.A.U., CetelemEspa_aGrupo BNP Paribas, Telus
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