We performed a comparison between IDERA SQL Admin Toolset and Toad for Oracle based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, Quest Software, SolarWinds and others in Database Development and Management."SQL Server Configuration: This allows admins to compare and edit server configurations for one or more SQL servers saving a lot of time when managing large numbers of instances."
"This product allows for much easier cross server monitoring and administration."
"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 proven to be better than other tools since we have never experienced any crashes."
"The best product for working with Oracle databases for support, checking and loading data."
"Oracle has advanced query optimization and tuning features that help improve the performance of SQL queries."
"Simply the best GUI software for administration is the most valuable aspect for me."
"It is very easy to manage all of the objects."
"The schema browser is the most valuable feature. The way it presents the objects in our database."
"The most valuable feature of Toad for Oracle is the fashion browser and the Schema browser. It is very complete."
"A set of T-SQL admin snippets might be useful, e.g., code to create users, databases, indexes, etc. It would definitely be welcomed in the bundle."
"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."
"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 could be a tool for automated SQL query functioning."
"Toad for Oracle could improve code completion, it is very slow."
"Once in a while, I may encounter a memory exception and have to abort the application. On a few occasions, the file that stores the saved connections for the New Connection window will become corrupt and I will lose all of my saved connections. I am not sure if that is a Windows or TOAD issue, but it has happened to all of my developers at some point or another."
"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."
"Query optimization is still very resource-intensive."
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IDERA SQL Admin Toolset is ranked 40th in Database Development and Management while Toad for Oracle is ranked 3rd in Database Development and Management with 15 reviews. IDERA SQL Admin Toolset is rated 9.0, while Toad for Oracle is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of IDERA SQL Admin Toolset writes "Allows for much easier cross server monitoring and administration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Toad for Oracle writes "Advanced query optimization and tuning features ". IDERA SQL Admin Toolset is most compared with , whereas Toad for Oracle is most compared with Toad Edge, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Aqua Data Studio, DbVisualizer and Redgate SQL Toolbelt.
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