SQL Sentry vs Toad for Oracle comparison

SQL Sentry and Quest Software are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. SQL Sentry is ranked #10, while Quest Software is ranked #4 with an average rating of 9.0. SQL Sentry holds a 5.6% mindshare in DDM, compared to Quest Software’s 5.6% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of SQL Sentry users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

SQL Sentry and Toad for Oracle are competitive products in database management, with SQL Sentry preferred for resource management and Toad for Oracle favored for its extensive features, suitable for complex environments.

Features: SQL Sentry focuses on performance monitoring, scheduling, and alerting for efficient server resource management. Toad for Oracle offers a comprehensive suite of database development tools, including scripting abilities, code analysis, and database management features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SQL Sentry provides straightforward deployment and robust troubleshooting support, allowing quick integration. Toad for Oracle offers extensive documentation and community support, beneficial for addressing complex setups.

Pricing and ROI: SQL Sentry requires a significant initial investment but offers returns through improved server performance. Toad for Oracle, with potentially higher upfront costs, delivers higher ROI through its comprehensive toolkit and enhanced database management.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

SQL Sentry

Ranking in Database Development and Management

10th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Toad for Oracle

Ranking in Database Development and Management

4th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of SQL Sentry is 5.6%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad for Oracle is 5.6%, up from 5.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management

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Steve McCubbin

Sql Db Administrator at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Lets you know when your jobs are taking longer than average and allows you to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times

To be able to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times is the most valuable feature of the product. Another thing that's good about the product is that it will let you know when your jobs are taking longer than average so that you can foretell that there's going to be an issue coming up. Your SQL agent job is taking longer.

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Joseph Jolly

Manager Software Engineering at URA

Highly stable solution and efficiently pinpoints specific areas with issues, which has saved us time troubleshooting.

I think one area is being able to use shortcuts, for example, being able to press F5 to run a query or having the ability to seamlessly copy and paste. 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. In additional features, I would like maybe one for the integration with the ticketing system. For example, if a ticket is raised to resolve an issue, there should be something that I can click on to update the ticket when I'm done.

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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

"To be able to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times is the most valuable feature of the product."

"This solution has identified blocking, deadlock, memory pressure, and high CPU consumption issues."

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

"The schema browser is the most valuable feature. The way it presents the objects in our database."

"Toad for Oracle has proven to be better than other tools since we have never experienced any crashes."

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

"Oracle has advanced query optimization and tuning features that help improve the performance of SQL queries."

"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."

"It is very easy to manage all of the objects."

"A quite simple feature that I have not encountered elsewhere is the "Make Code" feature. I can easily export a complex SQL statement to a programming language. This is a great timesaver as I do not have to type in all of the escape/concatenation characters just to create a SQL statement in C# or C++."

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Cons

"There could be some more metrics on the high availability to let us know when there are issues synchronizing between the hosts."

"If we can get details on wait types from system views, it will help identify a more detailed root cause."

"Improvement wise, for the user it should show the minimum features on the screen and not all the features. Toad has a lot of features, but most users will use only 5 or 10 based on their role. Nobody needs all the features, and they should provide the option to choose only the required features. Only minimum requirements should be enabled by default. When all the features are shown, the performance is not good; it loads slowly and has hundreds of popups and unnecessary questions."

"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."

"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."

"I'd like reporting to be more available. If it was a feature that was already installed, more people would take advantage of it."

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

"I would like to see an improvement in the performance because opening the browser and the editor should be faster."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's fairly expensive."

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

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Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

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Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Government

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

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What do you like most about Toad for Oracle?

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

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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?

It would be beneficial if Toad for Oracle could incorporate OEM features, as having monitoring capabilities in the same interface would simplify workload and management tasks.

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Overview

SentryOne is the most capable, scalable platform for enterprise data performance management, from development through production. We empower Microsoft database professionals with the best solutions for developing, testing, documenting, and monitoring the Microsoft Data Platform.

SQL Sentry

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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