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    Liquibase

    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Liquibase is a database change management tool that extends DevOps best practices to the database, helping teams release software faster and safer by bringing the database change process into existing CI/CD automation. According to the 2021 Accelerate State of DevOps Report, elite performers are 3.4 times more likely to incorporate database change management into their process than low performers. Liquibase value proposition: Liquibase speeds up the development…N/A

    Redgate Flyway

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ARedgate Flyway extends DevOps practices to databases to speed up software delivery while keeping business-critical data safe. From version control to continuous delivery, Redgate Flyway helps enterprises build on application delivery processes to automate database development and deployments.

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    LiquibaseRedgate Flyway
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    Community Pulse
    LiquibaseRedgate Flyway
    Considered Both Products
    Liquibase
    Chose Liquibase
    flyway use sql for defining change but Liquidbase provides flexibility to specify change in different formats including sql such as xml, yaml and json
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    With Flyway you need to Write rollback scripts manually. With Liquibase we have a lot of customization with to rollback with options such rollback-one-changeset or rollback-one-update.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase provide rollback feature more matured than others.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase makes it easy to integrate into CI/CD pipelines, keeping the database and code in sync. The switch from one database management system to another is made easier by modeling the structure of the database in DBMS-independent XML rather than SQL. A user-friendly web …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase is much more powerful compared to Flyway since it is much more flexible in nature. You can apply changes programmatically, works with any kind of database and provides features version controlling database schemas. All these features were missing in Flyway and that's …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase is preferred over Flyway if your engineers doesn’t have knowledge in the DDL language used in each database product supported. If you only need to support a single database product and your engineers have the skills I would recommend Flyway instead. Liquibase is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Both liquibase and Flyway help you deploy database changes associated with new application deployments. They will both help with reducing database administration tasks and ensure reliability of the application service. Comparing Liquibase and Flyway, I found liquibase to be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase is head and shoulders better than relying on SQL Compare alone for deployments. I haven't used Flyway, but based on our evaluation, Liquibase seemed to have a lot of functional overlap for considerably less cost. I would recommend the use of GitHub or Bitbucket in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    At the time, Liquibase offered a community version and I think Flyway didn’t. In our case, we did not have any previous experience with any database management tools, so we just went with what was free to try out.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    More configurable and more flexible. Might include solutions for NoSql in the future. A couple of useful plugins (hibernate integration, for example).
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase has better options than Flyway software. Liquibase seems to have everything Flyway has and more flexibility when it comes to rollbacks. The main advantage of just Flyway seems to be not having to use XML, but Liquibase allows you to specify an SQL file in their XML. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    The main reason for Liquibase and against Flyway is the independence of the RDBMS product used.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    Liquibase has a more robust feature set including schema definitions in XML, JSON, and YAML. Liquibase Hub provides a better view of deployment status.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    In my previous project and organization I have used Flyway for database change management and version control similar to Liquibase which I am currently using. Comparing it with Flyway, Liquibase provides more feature flexibility and enhancements to handle complex workflows with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    The functionalities in general were very similar, but Liquibase was less intrusive and had a larger community, which made incident resolution more agile without depending on the support of the platform itself.
    Incentivized
    Chose Liquibase
    We looked at Flyway yet if seemed to be not as comprehensive at Liquibase.
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    Redgate
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    User Ratings
    LiquibaseRedgate Flyway
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (58 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
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    Usability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    7.4
    (56 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    9.1
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