Oracle SQL Developer vs Toad Data Modeler comparison

The compared Oracle and Quest Software solutions aren't in the same category. Oracle is ranked #5 in IDE , and holds a 4.2% mindshare in the category. Quest Software is ranked #10 in DDM , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

Oracle SQL Developer

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92% willing to recommend

Toad Data Modeler

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94% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle SQL Developer

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IDE (5th)

Toad Data Modeler

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

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 4.2%, down 4.9% compared to last year.
Toad Data Modeler, on the other hand, focuses on Database Development and Management, holds 3.6% mindshare, up 3.1% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Theodoros Loizou

Software engineer at Amdocs

Useful features, simple implementation, and scalable

For first-time users of Oracle SQL Developer, it's going to be a bit difficult, but they can find their way around over time. I rate Oracle SQL Developer a nine out of ten. I didn't face any other issues other than it being a bit slow when you have a lot of work to do.

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JamesBlack

Owner at JRB Software

A scalable and stable product that is easy to deploy and provides excellent features

The Oracle side of things was very popular. The admin features for Oracle were great. It would be a really good thing if we had a similar functionality to SQL Server. The product is not too bad with maintenance. MySQL would be better than Toad. I always recommend the product to others. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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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."

"It's easy to deploy, I can copy it onto the system and run it without having to install it and this makes it a very good solution for quick use."

"Ability to analyze performance, using Explain Plan statement."

"Using execution plan, I am able to do lots of query tuning."

"The most valuable features of Oracle SQL Developer that I use. However, I do not use all of them"

"You can install it on every platform. It just works. The other thing is that it's free. And Oracle is committed to the development of the tool, so it has been improving."

"The newer version has a lot of new features. It generates output and scripts for your Ultrix. It can generate JSON, XML, etc."

"It allows us to implement a form of test driven development (TDD) for database-resident code."

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"Auto-complete is the best feature of the solution."

"The feature I really like is the graphical part, especially the control of the relationships."

"It is not feasible for small businesses. It is not used in a small company."

"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."

Cons

"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."

"The initial setup is always a problem, it cannot find the Java SDK."

"The competing products have more features."

"Oracle SQL Developer could improve the speed, it is a bit slow."

"I would like it to support background processes better."

"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."

"There is room for improvement in the Real Time SQL Monitoring."

"It would be nice to have the ability to access DBs than Oracle."

More Oracle SQL Developer cons

"The product should provide better debugging features."

"Many users don't know how to add licensing to Toad, or where it is shown, so they could make that easier."

"What could be improved in Toad Data Modeler is stability and the complex setup."

"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

"It's a free tool."

"It has the advantage that it's free. The next best competitor would cost several thousand dollars."

"It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."

"It is basically free."

"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%

Computer Software Company

11%

Insurance Company

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

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By reviewers

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What do you like most about Toad Data Modeler?

Auto-complete is the best feature of the solution.

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Considering its functionality, I would rate its pricing as a seven out of ten. It could be cheaper yet is still pretty good.

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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...

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Overview

Oracle SQL Developer is a free integrated development environment that simplifies the development and management of Oracle Database in both traditional and Cloud deployments. SQL Developer offers complete end-to-end development of your PL/SQL applications, a worksheet for running queries and scripts, a DBA console for managing the database, a reports interface, a complete data modeling solution, and a migration platform for moving your 3rd party databases to Oracle.

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Toad Data Modeler helps you create high-quality data models. This data modeling tool enables you to easily deploy accurate changes to data structures across more than 20 different platforms.

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