Oracle Database vs. Oracle SQL Developer

Oracle Database

1,185 Reviews and Ratings

Oracle SQL Developer

491 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Oracle Database	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Oracle Database, currently in edition 23ai, is a converged, multimodel database management system. It is designed to simplify development for AI, microservices, graph, document, spatial, and relational applications.	$0.05 per hour
Oracle SQL Developer	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Oracle SQL Developer is an integrated development environment (IDE) which provides editors for working with SQL, PL/SQL, Stored Java Procedures, and XML in Oracle databases.	N/A

Pricing

Oracle Database

Oracle SQL Developer

Oracle Base Database Service - Standard: $0.0538
per hour
Oracle Base Database Service - Enterprise: $0.1075
per hour
Oracle Base Database Service - High Performance: $0.2218
per hour
Standard Edition: Contact Sales
Enterprise Edition: Contact Sales
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Pricing Offerings
Oracle Database	Oracle SQL Developer
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Oracle Database	Oracle SQL Developer
Considered Both Products	Oracle Verified User Chose Oracle Database Oracle Database 12c is head and shoulders above SQL Server for what we need it to do, and the performance is much better. Oracle Database has been in place at our company for a while, and it was really a no brainer going to Oracle Database version 12c instead of another … Incentivized Helpful? John Wedlake Technical Advisor in Information Technology at Veterans Affairs Canada (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Oracle Database We used Java (8) for our web based applications that support our organization. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Oracle Database Good performance and additional features. Incentivized Helpful? Jatel Desai Programmer Analyst in Information Technology at Department of Industrial Relations (Government Administration, 501-1000 employees) Chose Oracle Database Oracle is a cheaper and faster alternative to other companies like Amazon. I haven't compared them too much but it is working pretty well at my company. Incentivized Helpful? Ciprian Onofreiciuc Senior Consultant in Product Management at OCTET INTELLIGENCE (Retail, 501-1000 employees) Chose Oracle Database it was not my choice for Oracle 12C, but during the years I've learned on the advantages. If I would choose the Oracle 12C, I'll take it for the possibility to start from Standard and to go to enterprise based on a business case of use. I really like the possibility to have the … Incentivized Helpful? Paolo Borghi Oracle Business Intelligence Consultant in Information Technology at Techedge SpA (Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Oracle Database Even if is quite expensive, Oracle Database 12c is way better than most of its competitors thanks to Oracle experience and skills on database technologies. Oracle Database has always guaranteed the best data recovery and fault management policies, thanks to Oracle's RAC … Incentivized Helpful? Bert Scalzo Senior Product Manager in Research & Development at IDERA Software (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) Chose Oracle Database While there are several very good relational databases, some are offered by companies where the database is not the key focus. Even though Oracle's software portfolio has expanded greatly over the years, they remain keenly focused on database technology. Incentivized Helpful?	Oracle Lisandro Fernigrini Database Practice Lead in Information Technology at Kapsch Trafficcom Argentina S.A. (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Oracle SQL Developer Having used both TOAD and PL/SQL Developer, I believe SQL Developer from Oracle is a most than acceptable alternative, maybe not as powerful and complete as them but being free has a very positive impact. Most development profiles can work perfectly using SQL Developer while … Incentivized Helpful? Ken Turner Oracle Database Administrator in Information Technology at Auburn University (Higher Education, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Oracle SQL Developer This SQL Developer product stacks up well against TOAD, in that it has most of the functionality that TOAD has and allows better organization for me. It also allows me to make connections within new folders of the same database with different users. The best thing about SQL … Incentivized Helpful? Gurcan Orhan Enterprise Data WareHouse Architect in Information Technology at Ekol Logistics (Logistics and Supply Chain, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Oracle SQL Developer Oracle SQL Developer can connect to many different database management systems, such as Postgres SQL, Enterprise DB, Microsoft SQL Server, etc. Enhanced capabilities for querying Ease of usage and simple UI Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	Oracle Database	Oracle SQL Developer
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (178 ratings)	9.0 (74 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (6 ratings)	10.0 (4 ratings)
Usability	7.4 (5 ratings)	8.9 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	7.0 (5 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.6 (3 ratings)	9.2 (2 ratings)