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Oracle SQL Developer vs SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) 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
Ranking in IDE
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SonarQube for IDE (formerly...
Ranking in IDE
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the IDE category, the mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer is 6.4%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) is 5.8%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IDE Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle SQL Developer6.4%
SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint)5.8%
Other87.8%
IDE
 

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.
Archana Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Analyst at Dover Corporation
Continuous code analysis has improved vulnerability detection and prioritizes fixes in our projects
SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) could improve by giving more details about the fixes for particular vulnerabilities and by plotting the dependency trees. In future updates, it would be beneficial to see SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) able to scan AI models and analyze the vulnerability loopholes in AI, as AI is the next upcoming trend.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The newer version has a lot of new features. It generates output and scripts for your Ultrix. It can generate JSON, XML, etc."
"It's free and very user-friendly."
"It's an independent platform, you can use it anywhere, it's good, scalable and a lot of times it works as-is, with very few calls to support."
"It allows us to implement a form of test driven development (TDD) for database-resident code."
"It has done everything that I needed it to do, and it doesn't cost you anything."
"We used to use SQL *Plus, but we needed something with more of a GUI for users who are not technical users."
"Oracle SQL Developer is an IDE that also provides a lot of tools for creating ad hoc reports and organizing your objects; those are the main use cases I would say."
"Oracle is tremendous, and I have always said to everybody, without knowing other databases, that Oracle is the best database that can exist in this world."
"SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) has come up with SCA and secret scanning capabilities, which are really good features for IDE."
"Real-time analysis definitely improves code quality because everyday scans produce reports and predict vulnerabilities that can turn into exploits."
 

Cons

"The GUI ‘navigator’ screen uses different icons for partitioned, indexed organised tables, temporary and of course conventional tables, but this is not the case with indexes in the viewer - they all look the same so you can’t tell if it is a bitmap index, a unique index, a partitioned index or what."
"There are always areas of improvement as it relates to the tool's ability, the process that you need to go through in order to connect to some of the non-Oracle databases."
"It would be nice to have the ability to access DBs than Oracle."
"The initial setup is always a problem, it cannot find the Java SDK."
"Although the GUI is nice, it could still use improvement, a better user interface."
"There are occasional run time issues."
"Queries."
"The areas of Oracle SQL Developer that need improvement are in cloud."
"Support depends on the license. I would rate this a four because sometimes we do not get support on time when it is required, and other customers are blocked because of some changes or other issues."
"SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) could improve by giving more details about the fixes for particular vulnerabilities and by plotting the dependency trees."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is basically free."
"It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."
"It has the advantage that it's free. The next best competitor would cost several thousand dollars."
"It's a free tool."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Marketing Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise20
No data available
 

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 needs improvement with SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint)?
SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) could improve by giving more details about the fixes for particular vulnerabilities and by plotting the dependency trees. In future updates, it would be benef...
What is your primary use case for SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint)?
SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) is used for source code scanning to check for vulnerabilities, memory leaks, and any unnecessary code in the code. Real-time analysis is utilized with SonarQu...
What advice do you have for others considering SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint)?
My overall rating for SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) is 7.5 out of 10.
 

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