We performed a comparison between IDERA ER/Studio and Redgate SQL Toolbelt based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Developing new dimensional models; for the data we're hosting, dimensional modeling is more useful."
"We have been able to quickly create models for our enterprise-wide databases, even when some of them are third-party databases."
"The data modeling and reverse engineering features are most important to us."
"The reverse engineering is the most important feature."
"When validating the model, the ability to provide sub-models to developers, and generate a physical model from the logical, makes it easier to review a logical model with stakeholders."
"It does the job."
"Using this product has improved the way we maintain our models because they have a place where we can keep all of them, and they can be viewed using the web interface."
"We found a lot of duplication, a lot of non-conformity in the way our databases were designed. By identifying these situations, we're able to go back in and try to create a more standardized solution."
"The most valuable feature is SQL Search."
"It is easy to track the reports, this is what is most valuable for me."
"when there are some links to the external databases, if this database is not structured it is not uploaded. It gives me errors and I cannot see the view that was created on this structure and I cannot change those views, even manually. It skips the views. I have to ignore those views. I cannot re-upload them because it gives me an error."
"Whenever there is a new version, there are a lot of release notes on the technical side of it, but I would like to be told why are we doing the upgrade... What I would like to really see is how this benefits us from the business point of view. What are the real benefits that the user gets? I want some kind of way white paper. The release notes describe the technical enhancements but, from the layman's point of view, if someone asks me what are the business benefits of this upgrade, I don't have any documentation to explain it to the business."
"I'd like the ability to debug the errors ourselves instead of having to call them. There are certain types of errors that, I wouldn't say they come up regularly, but when you have an error it is very often the same type of error. Knowing that it's a Type III or Type I, it would be nice to have some kind of debugging facility for us to use to find out where the problem that threw that error occurs. That would be a really cool feature."
"What needs the most improvement are semantic lineage and usability."
"This solution needs more precise documentation."
"I would like to upload, a database with about 3,000 tables. It takes so much time and, finally, it freezes the whole solution so that I actually cannot work with that environment. For the data warehouse, it's fine because I have 20 or 30 tables. It works fine. But, when I reverse-engineer the database with 3,000 tables, it freezes and it's hard to upload and reverse-engineer such environments in ER/Studio."
"One limitation I have found in ER/Studio is that when you want to make some changes to the table definitions, you have to go item by item. You cannot do it globally. Another issue concerns defining the foreign keys between the different tables. It is a little more tedious in the ER/Studio than in ERrwin. With ERwin it is direct."
"We would always like to see Repository performance improve, checking in and checking out."
"The biggest problem with the Redgate SQL Toolbelt is just how heavy it is; it seems to take a lot of resources."
"I would like to see the bandwidth increase allowing me to easily analyze more data."
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IDERA ER/Studio is ranked 14th in Database Development and Management with 34 reviews while Redgate SQL Toolbelt is ranked 8th in Database Development and Management. IDERA ER/Studio is rated 8.4, while Redgate SQL Toolbelt is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IDERA ER/Studio writes "The solution has important reverse engineering features, but it needs a single sign-on feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Redgate SQL Toolbelt writes "SQL Search and change automation functionality help us manage our code repository and databases". IDERA ER/Studio is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, SAP PowerDesigner, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Toad Data Modeler and Komprise, whereas Redgate SQL Toolbelt is most compared with Quest Spotlight, DBmaestro Database Source Control, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server, Toad for Oracle and SQL Sentry. See our IDERA ER/Studio vs. Redgate SQL Toolbelt report.
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