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Eclipse Luna vs Oracle SQL Developer comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Eclipse Luna
Ranking in IDE
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle SQL Developer
Ranking in IDE
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the IDE category, the mindshare of Eclipse Luna is 1.0%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SQL Developer is 4.2%, down from 6.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

RahulJain7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Good plugins and helpful templates with a useful auto-code suggestion feature
Eclipse's auto-code suggestion feature makes programming very easy and fast. Thanks to Eclipse, we can deliver fast and well-compiled code as it compiles the code on every hit which stops developers from writing bad code instantly. On top of this, we can integrate other software like Tomcat, and MySQL in Eclipse very easily which makes development even faster. Now, we can deploy our Java app directly into Tomcat from Eclipse itself which saves a lot of time in development. The same thing is true in MySQL. we can see data in Eclipse itself using SQL queries. There's no need to install a query browser application.
Theodoros Loizou - PeerSpot reviewer
Useful features, simple implementation, and scalable
For first-time users of Oracle SQL Developer, it's going to be a bit difficult, but they can find their way around over time. I rate Oracle SQL Developer a nine out of ten. I didn't face any other issues other than it being a bit slow when you have a lot of work to do.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Eclipse's auto-code suggestion feature makes programming very easy and fast."
"It works like a one-stop shop for all of our application development requirements."
"It is very extensible and uses resources optimally."
"It allows us to implement a form of test driven development (TDD) for database-resident code."
"Ability to analyze performance, using Explain Plan statement."
"It's easy to deploy, I can copy it onto the system and run it without having to install it and this makes it a very good solution for quick use."
"You can install it on every platform. It just works. The other thing is that it's free. And Oracle is committed to the development of the tool, so it has been improving."
"Using execution plan, I am able to do lots of query tuning."
"The most valuable features of Oracle SQL Developer that I use. However, I do not use all of them"
"The newer version has a lot of new features. It generates output and scripts for your Ultrix. It can generate JSON, XML, etc."
"I like it because it's very similar in output to SQL *Plus, and it has many convenience features that make it easier to read the data and use the basic reporting features it provides."
 

Cons

"I would like to see it extend native support for functional languages like Scala."
"The development of the product needs improvement."
"Eclipse can sometimes be a plugin nightmare. Various plugins require different versions of the same plugin running for different reasons."
"Oracle SQL Developer could improve the speed, it is a bit slow."
"The stability depends on what version you're using. There are more successful versions and are less successful versions. For example, 17.3 is less successful. There were many bugs. Now, we are trying to pull all the developers to upgrade to 17.4."
"If they had something on the Web then you wouldn't need to install it, just query, like Enterprise Manager."
"There are occasional runtime issues that are easily worked around, especially on a Windows deployment."
"There is room for improvement in the Real Time SQL Monitoring."
"Scalability has room for improvement. Often if you have to do a heavy load of queries or are getting large result sets you have to be careful not to overload the Java virtual machine that's running."
"It would be nice to have the ability to access DBs than Oracle."
"It's more stable sometimes and less stable other times. I have used it in Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's variable, it's not the same stability. I think that can be improved on."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's a free tool."
"It has the advantage that it's free. The next best competitor would cost several thousand dollars."
"It's a no-cost license and it offers outstanding functionality on that basis."
"It is basically free."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
21%
Government
15%
Computer Software Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Eclipse Luna?
Eclipse's auto-code suggestion feature makes programming very easy and fast.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Eclipse Luna?
It is available free of cost on the Eclipse website. Anyone can download from there as per their needs. There are different versions available for different languages.
What needs improvement with Eclipse Luna?
The only improvement I need in Eclipse is it consumes a lot of RAM, which makes my PC slow. If the Eclipse team can solve this issue, it would be very impactful for us (Developers). Also, opening a...
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