Nutanix Database Service vs Toad for Oracle comparison

Nutanix and Quest Software are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Nutanix is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.8, while Quest Software is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.3. Nutanix holds a 2.5% mindshare in DDM, compared to Quest Software’s 2.7% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

Nutanix Database Service

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Nutanix Database Service and Toad for Oracle compete in the database management category. Nutanix, with its automation and virtualization, has an edge in simplifying database operations, while Toad excels in user-friendly features and development tools tailored for Oracle.

Features: Nutanix Database Service offers advanced automation for database management, fast deployment, and robust analytics capabilities beneficial for Oracle workloads, along with comprehensive virtualization support. Toad for Oracle is strong in development with extensive debugging tools, seamless code navigation, and effective session management for Oracle databases.

Room for Improvement: Nutanix Database Service could improve its SQL compatibility, expand database and hypervisor integrations, and simplify its pricing model to address performance issues when scaling. Toad for Oracle needs to enhance execution speed for large queries, improve log file readability, and consider price reductions to remain competitive.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nutanix Database Service offers flexible deployment options across private, public, and hybrid clouds but experiences mixed reviews regarding customer support. Toad for Oracle primarily supports on-premises implementations with available public cloud integrations and less dependency on customer service due to its intuitive design.

Pricing and ROI: Nutanix Database Service is viewed as expensive with complex licensing, but its automation features potentially reduce administrative costs. Toad for Oracle also comes at a significant price, justified by its wide-ranging features, offering a structured licensing model seen as an investment in productivity and efficiency for Oracle developers.

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Database Service

Ranking in Database Development and Management

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Toad for Oracle

Ranking in Database Development and Management

7th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.5%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad for Oracle is 2.7%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Nutanix Database Service	2.5%
Toad for Oracle	2.7%
Other	94.8%

Database Development and Management

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Jason Posner

Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Improves time management by reducing database provisioning time

The feature I appreciate the most in Nutanix Database Service is the Time Machine. The simplicity of the Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service and being able to have a point in time that you can go back to at whatever your retention period is, is really great and helpful for us. The Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service has definitely reduced turnaround time for when we need clones or other environments spun up off of our existing environment, such as for corruption. It has helped the workload significantly. We're a very small team of database administrators. It worked really effectively for them and helped the workflow much more than our previous solution. Using Nutanix Database Service has reduced the time it takes to provision a database by 75%. The efficiency gained by using Nutanix Database Service has led to a positive impact on our business as far as bringing in new applications and workloads. Being able to clone and spin up other environments off of what we already have in NDB eases turnaround time when requests come in, and we're able to fill them and get them back to the business and make them available to customers. We've been able to automate DBA tasks. It simplifies turnaround time. Our DBA can deploy on how own and no longer waits for requests to be fulfilled.

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Mark Stocks

Vice President, Director Enterprise Architecture at JE Dunn Construction

Uses trusted data to support financial forecasting and automate complex calculations through daily development workflows

The best features Toad for Oracle offers are the ability to access the database objects and see them in a very simplified manner. The simplified view helps me in my work as it makes troubleshooting easier. Toad for Oracle has positively impacted our organization because our financial forecasting data set is trusted throughout the company because of the ability for us to debug and analyze the data with Toad for Oracle. This trust in the data set has affected business decisions and efficiency by creating a completely separate data department because of the value that we saw with our data because of how we were able to organize and extract data from Oracle with Toad for Oracle.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The patching is the most valuable feature. We spent a lot of time and effort on the patching of our SQL instances after hours. With Nutanix Era, you can schedule and automate them during your normal operational hours (during the day). You schedule all the patching, then everything happens automatically with minor tickets from the engineer. So, our patching, which took four hours, went down to an hour for the engineer. This is much better for us from a return on investment perspective."

"The solution allows quick setting up of new development environments and ensures the use of the storage more efficiently. It manages to create new clients to be utilized for development or reporting."

"Overall, the solution is very good. It's easy to use and simple to handle many actions, such as VM cloning, testing, and prediction."

"The most valuable feature is its robust infrastructure management tools."

"Days have been saved thanks to its provisioning utility."

"There are a lot of options for working with the database."

"The Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service has definitely reduced turnaround time for when we need clones or other environments spun up off of our existing environment, such as for corruption."

"This is a very useful solution for database management."

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"The most valuable feature is the navigation within the UI, where you can right-click on an object in an SQL query and go right to it, versus going through all of the menus to find what you are looking for."

"Toad for Oracle has positively impacted our organization because our financial forecasting data set is trusted throughout the company because of the ability for us to debug and analyze the data with Toad for Oracle."

"I find Toad easy to use and I love the Workspace feature, which allows me to set up projects so that I can open SQL files applicable to what I am working on at any particular time."

"The tool evaluates non-optimized queries and generates the queries in a way that is more optimal - in addition to giving us some good practices for code development."

"One of the most valuable features of Toad for Oracle is its ability to manage sessions by killing those that are hung or blocking other sessions."

"The product's most valuable features are UI and monitoring."

"I haven't seen any issues with scalability. We have about 1000 people on our IT team who use the solution."

"I like that it's very flexible and helpful in query accuracy, analysis, and data visualization. I also like the move facilities available in Toad for Oracle. Overall, I think it's a fantastic product for analyzing SQL queries and managing all kinds of queries."

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Cons

"I would like to see the SQL compatibility enhanced."

"We are also overwhelmed with the quality of technical support associated with the product."

"The only improvement I would suggest is making the template creation and updating process more straightforward and automated."

"The solution should provide more integration with more databases."

"Era should be compatible with various environments, such as VMware and Red Hat, to be hypervisor agnostic."

"It would be helpful if Nutanix added a billing system for databases. We need to automate this with a separate solution. We are service providers, so it would be easier for our customers if there were a built-in system that we could use for billing."

"The solution needs to improve compatibility with other back-ups and products."

"I don't have a comprehensive answer because we're not utilizing it extensively."

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"In future releases, the product can be more intuitive. It has to be lighter than what it is because sometimes it is not responding quickly. If I do some features at the same time, it's not supporting. I have to wait sometimes to get the action. It's dependent on the resources of the workstation, but it has to be improved in this area. The faster processing is needed."

"Query optimization is still very resource-intensive."

"An area where the solution could use some improvement is in terms of user-friendliness. During the initial setup phase, the solution was not very intuitive when attempting to establish connections."

"There should also be a better "cancel query" option as sometimes one cancels a query, but then it still might run for a long time, and then one has to crash Toad in order to cancel the query."

"Sometimes it works in some areas, but in others, it doesn't. Like when you copy, you find that it's blank and doesn't copy anything. So, there are some objects that do copy, and sometimes they don't."

"There could be a tool for automated SQL query functioning."

"It would be better if they had an online option allowing me to connect from anywhere on any device. Sometimes I face some errors, depending on the network and setup. It's not a big issue."

"There may be an issue with processing limitations but this cannot be confirmed as a problem with the product or with the newest releases."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Not everyone can afford it. It's a bit expensive, so the price has to be improved."

"Era is quite expensive. The thing that will be a showstopper for them in the long run is if you look at it from a technical perspective on what it provides and weigh it up against consolidation of multiple other software suites."

"Licensing costs will be the main scalability problem."

"It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost."

"This solution is reasonably priced."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."

"Pricing wasn't a surprise. It was what we were expecting it to be."

"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

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"The product's pricing is just right because if it were slightly higher, it would not have been as widely adopted as it currently is in our organization."

"The pricing is okay, it's reasonable."

"My advice is to try to use the three-year maintenance agreement if possible."

"Toad for Oracle has a relatively high cost compared to other similar tools."

"The professional edition is about $1,000 AUD ($700 USD) and the developer version is about twice that much."

"There are paid and free-for-use versions of the product."

"In my opinion, this solution is a little expensive, but I understand that good programs cost more money."

"I would rate it six, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Transportation Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

11%

Computer Software Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Database Service?

It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost.

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Database Service?

Nutanix Database Service can be improved by implementing more AI capabilities.

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What is your primary use case for Nutanix Database Service?

Clients use Nutanix Database Service for various reasons.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Toad for Oracle?

The licensing cost for Toad for Oracle is relatively high, with their license and DPA suite totaling around five thousand dollars.

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What needs improvement with Toad for Oracle?

Toad for Oracle can be improved by working with Microsoft Fabric.

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What is your primary use case for Toad for Oracle?

My main use case for Toad for Oracle is accessing data in Oracle and building PL/SQL database objects, packages, procedures, and functions. A quick specific example of how I use Toad for Oracle in ...

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Overview

Nutanix Database Service (NDB) simplifies and automates database lifecycle management across on-premises and public clouds for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB databases.

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With Toad for Oracle, you'll reduce costs and risks by easily ensuring the health and performance of your Oracle Cloud Platform and on-premises databases. ... On the operations side, you can automate administration tasks and proactively manage your databases while embracing performance optimization and risk mitigation.

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