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LocalDB pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.6 out of 5

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PROS

Initial setup is straightforward and guidelines are easy to follow.
Maintenance requires very little manpower.
Initial setup is simple.
Most valuable feature is the connection between the application and DB.
LocalDB is excellent for learners, beginners, and small projects.

CONS

ALM features can be improved.
A management tool needs to be created; current tools for local installation are too simplistic.
Internal connection features could improve.
Initial setup is complex and requires a skilled person.
It is only suitable for a small amount of data.
 

LocalDB Pros review quotes

Srini-Dhanaraj - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at imfine.club
May 28, 2024
LocalDB is an excellent solution for learners, beginners, and projects of negligible size; it is very good.
Arthur Muruga - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Access Techy Limited
Apr 14, 2023
The solution is fast.
SatyaprakashSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at skp group
May 8, 2022
The most valuable feature of LocalDBis the connection between the application and DB.
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MO
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at EXEC
Oct 5, 2020
The initial setup was simple.
it_user964113 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect and Test Tool Designer at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 19, 2019
The initial setup is very straightforward. The guidelines are very easy to follow. Maintenance is very easy and requires very little manpower.
it_user70134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior business Intelligence consultant at Asociación SevillaUP
Oct 14, 2015
The memory footprint is the smallest in its category of products, and I think Microsoft did a very good job squeezing as many features as possible in such a tiny executable.
 

LocalDB Cons review quotes

Srini-Dhanaraj - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at imfine.club
May 28, 2024
It is only for a small amount of data. Local DB is made for the purpose of small-volume optics.
Arthur Muruga - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Access Techy Limited
Apr 14, 2023
The initial setup is complex and requires a skilled person.
SatyaprakashSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at skp group
May 8, 2022
The internal connection features of LocalDB could improve.
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MO
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at EXEC
Oct 5, 2020
The solution needs to create a management tool. Right now, the solution has tools for creating a local installation, but it's too simplistic. We need something that's a bit more complex so that we can extend the tools with our scripts.
it_user964113 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect and Test Tool Designer at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 19, 2019
The ALM features can be improved, but the database by itself is reliable.
it_user70134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior business Intelligence consultant at Asociación SevillaUP
Oct 14, 2015
The storage limit is about 10GB, so for medium to big databases it is not applicable.