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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 August 2026, in the IDE category, the mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer is 7.0%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) is 5.2%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IDE Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle SQL Developer7.0%
SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint)5.2%
Other87.8%
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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

"Helps us to test and to develop scripts for monitoring applications."
"You do not have to install it, just dump it on the OS, then use it."
"Technical support is great; they are extremely responsive and helpful with issues and questions."
"It's free and very user-friendly."
"IT staff supporting the SIS could not do our jobs without SQL Developer."
"When we migrated to Oracle SQL Developer, we found it very user friendly and easy to work with."
"As a database trainer, I would like to say that although SQL developer is an open-source software, yet it provides a lot of features that you can find only in paid versions of its counterparts."
"Since Oracle SQL Developer is free, we no longer incurred the cost of the previous tool."
"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

"Versioning is there, check. But it sucks a lot, double check."
"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 are occasional runtime issues that are easily worked around, especially on a Windows deployment."
"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."
"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."
"They were not supportive. I didn't get a solution."
"Oracle SQL Developer could improve the speed, it is a bit slow."
"It's not so stable. Sometimes it crashes, and the connection to the databases is bad."
"SonarQube for IDE (formerly SonarLint) could improve by giving more details about the fixes for particular vulnerabilities and by plotting the dependency trees."
"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."
 

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
19%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
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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