Toad Database Developer Tools

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Toad Database Developer Tools	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Toad by Quest is a database management toolset that database developers, administrators and data analysts use to simplify workflows, create code free from defects, automate frequent or repetitive processes, and minimize risks. Editions include Toad for Oracle, which automates administration tasks and helps proactively manage databases while embracing performance optimization and risk mitigation. Similar editions exist for IBM DB2, SQL Server, SAP, or MySQL and Postgres environments (Toad Edge).	$229 per year

Pricing

Toad Edge For MySQL: $229
per year
Toad Edge For Postgres: $229
per year
Toad for SQL - Pro Edition: $437
per year
Toad for Oracle - Base Edition: $550
per year
Toad for DB2 z/OS - Base Edition: $636
per year
Toad for SAP - Base Edition: $636
per year
Toad for SQL - Xpert Edition: $763
per year
Toad for Oracle - Professional Edition: $829
per year
Toad for SQL - Dev Edition: $930
per year
Toad for DB2 z/OS - Pro Edition: $996
per year
Toad for Oracle - Professional DB Admin Edition: $1,370
per year
Toad for DB2 z/OS - Xpert Edition: $1,529
per year
Toad for SAP - Xpert Edition: $1530
per year
Toad for Oracle - Xpert Plus Edition: $1,753
per year
Toad for DB2 z/OS - Dev Edition: $1,861
per year
Toad for SAP - Dev Edition: $1863
per year
Toad for SAP - Xpert+ Edition: $2099
per year
Toad for SAP - DBA Edition: $3661
per year

Pricing Offerings
Toad Database Developer Tools
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

No setup fee

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	Toad Database Developer Tools
Considered Both Products	Quest Software Verified User Chose Toad Database Developer Tools SQL Developer is perfect for non-Oracle developers. It's lean and powerful. Except that Toad is even more powerful. Especially navigating through package definitions, packages body's, schema's and scripts is as if you're driving a Porsche in the fast lane with Toad, whereas SQL … Incentivized Helpful? Christee Carter Selway Sr. Manager, Distributed Systems, Retail Engineering, and ITSM Dvmt. in Information Technology at Office Depot (Retail, 10,001+ employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle is a better product, but the other products are free, so they do have that going for them. Incentivized Helpful? Jatel Desai Programmer Analyst in Information Technology at Department of Industrial Relations (Government Administration, 501-1000 employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle is a better tool in that it has more advanced features. With Toad, altering tables is very user friendly. You can also see specific sql scripts for the table modifications you have made. Also, with Toad for Oracle, you can monitor packages running in specific … Incentivized Helpful? Maurice Samuels DBA in Information Technology at Duquesne Light Company (Utilities, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad is much better than Tableau query writer. Tableau is not intuitive and requires knowledge of proprietary database language to fully implement. Tableau does not perform as quickly and accurately as Toad. Toad is very easy and slim to install. Additional hardware is often … Incentivized Helpful? Ram Nair Director in Research & Development at Tekvista, Inc (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle has an excellent user interface with excellent features for development and also to query, execute and identify performance or issues with database syntax. It also does auto-correction on the database query syntax. It is far better than SQL navigator or other DB … Incentivized Helpful? Aaron Baker Senior Systems Analyst in Information Technology at Duquesne Light Company (Utilities, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle compares favorably to Oracle SQL Developer. I think it is mostly a matter of preference between our user base. I see some using Toad and others using SQL Developer. The one thing that Toad does which SQL Developer doesn't is running more than one query against … Incentivized Helpful? SUbrat Mishra Account Director in Information Technology at CCC Information Services (Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools SQL Developer has been used significantly by the development team for their sql designing and development. RedGate is primarily used for ms sql and for CICD pipeline. We also use liquibase for our change deployment to automate the cicd. Toad is better to compared the both these … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Toad Database Developer Tools It has a lot more functionality and is easier to use for end-users. But overall, it is quite pricey Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad for Oracle outperforms other programs like SQL Plus in almost every category. The only downside is the price, which makes it less appealing for smaller businesses. Their customer service is fantastic and they offer a very extensive knowledge base for most common issues … Incentivized Helpful? Ravinder Gupta Senior Oracle Database Administrator in Information Technology at CGI (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools [Toad offers:] Better interface More advance features Incentivized Helpful? Dhruba Jyoti Nag Associate in Information Technology at Cognizant (Entertainment, 10,001+ employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Many other products can be used for query development like sql workbench, squirrel sql or even the good old notepad++ in sql mode. But toad being an enterprise product , specially the toad for oracle is very fast and does not have many bugs unlike other ides which tend to … Incentivized Helpful? Rajat Wadhwani Process Data Engineer(Subsurface and Wells) in Engineering at Shell (Oil & Energy, 10,001+ employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Microsoft Access has a disadvantage of local databases. Everyone has their different databases which becomes a real problem for the decisions. Toad plays an important role by making sure everyone is on the same page. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad definitely had a lot of customization and functionality, unfortunately it is also where it falls short on user interface and usability for beginner and intermediate users. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Toad Database Developer Tools We didn't make a decision of choosing one and dropping the other. Our database guys have their own preference of tools. Since SQL Developer is a free-to-use tool and light weighted tool, we used it for education materials. For those who need advanced functions, database … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Compare to SSMS toad has more options on the interface for developers. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad is a robust tool that can perform many database functions. It stacks up well to the competition. I have previously interacted with databases via command line and Toad's graphical interface is a major advantage. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Toad Database Developer Tools This is much easier to get directly at the data whereas with Tableau and Hyperion you have to have a report created. For my specific team we do not have the ability to create reports so we have to rely on another team to create the reports with takes time and money. Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Kuhn System Analyst Manager in Information Technology at Cigna (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools I have used SQL Developer and XML spy. Both tools have their strengths but do not have as many options for interacting with data. I have also used SQL*Plus but it is not as user friendly for quick interaction with the data. I have not utilized any other tools to interact … Incentivized Helpful? Tom Blades Oracle HRMS & Payroll Functional Consultant in Corporate at Experian (Information Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad has a very user-friendly GUI and perfectly compliments supporting the Oracle application. With the built in functionality and levels of security we can confidently use this software for our daily needs, which far more outweighed other comparable products for us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Toad Database Developer Tools SQL Developer is a good product but seems more difficult to use. Incentivized Helpful? Robb Glietz Technology Advisor in Information Technology at RE/MAX Advantage Redlands (Real Estate, 51-200 employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools I was introduced to Toad for Oracle when I started to work with Oracle databases at the start of my career and was lucky enough to work at a company that allowed us to use them. So I have never used anything else. I would not want to spend the time to learn a new program. Incentivized Helpful? Dan Hotka author in Professional Services at McGraw-Hill (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad has far more templates than SQL Developer. You can customize Toad. Toad is far more flexible with its options and setup features. Toad is much better at SQL Performance Tuning than what is available in SQL Developer. SQL Developer is free and is a good tool … Incentivized Helpful? Sergio Alvarez Técnico Informático in Information Technology at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools I have used some SQL clients like Squirrel SQL or Dbeever before and they are good but do not have all the options and flexibility Toad offers: help on code, data tables browsing, errors reporting, filters, different visualization modes for data, optimization, etc. Incentivized Helpful? Veera Sadayappan OBIEE Developer in Information Technology at TravelClick (Hospitality, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Toad Database Developer Tools Toad is much better than other two. Thus for simple work PLSQL developer will work (it's a little lighter). SQL Developer is a Java application and not one of my preferred tools. Incentivized Helpful?
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Toad Database Developer Tools

Comparison of Database Development features of Toad Database Developer Tools
Feature	Toad Database Developer Tools 8.5 32 Ratings
Version control tools	8.918 Ratings
Test data generation	6.025 Ratings
Performance optimization tools	9.030 Ratings
Schema maintenance	9.029 Ratings
Database change management	9.528 Ratings

Comparison of Database Administration features of Toad Database Developer Tools
Feature	Toad Database Developer Tools 9.1 32 Ratings
User management	9.030 Ratings
Database security	9.028 Ratings
Database status reporting	9.529 Ratings
Change management	9.022 Ratings

User Ratings
	Toad Database Developer Tools
Likelihood to Recommend	9.5 (34 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	8.2 (7 ratings)

Toad Database Developer Tools

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