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Data compare tools for SQL Server
List of data compare, synchronization and migration tools.
Data comparison is a process to inspect the structural differences between the source database and the target one. To carry out the comparison process, databases must meet the conditions of compatibility. However, some comparison tools have the ability to synchronize resources whose original schemas did not match each other.
Visual Studio - SQL Server Data Tools
SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio enables you to analyze and compare database schema and data and apply changes on the target database or to generate T-SQL scripts to run later. Data comparison compares data between two existing databases of the same schema and can write the script to apply the changes.
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Red Gate SQL Data Compare
SQL Data Compare is the industry-standard tool for comparing and deploying SQL Server database contents. You can work with live databases, backups, or SQL scripts in source control.
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SQL Data Examiner
SQL Data Examiner compares and synchronizes the data of the databases. It enables you to migrate data between database servers, consolidate data from slave databases to a master database, and setup scheduled comparison and synchronization.
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dbForge Data Compare for SQL Server
dbForge Data Compare for SQL Server is a powerful SQL comparison tool that easily copes with big data and supports native SQL Server backups. With dbForge Data Compare, you can tune flawless SQL database comparison, quickly analyze SQL data differences and smoothly synchronize SQL Server data with the convenient wizard.
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SQL Admin Studio
SQL Admin Studio is a complete database management and design environment for SQL Server, MSDE, Express, Access, and MySQL. It features schema explorer, backup and restore, query designer, full display script editor with syntax highlighting, Intellisense, table designer, code templates, indexes, constraints, and foreign keys.
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SQL Delta Duo for SQL Server
SQL Delta for SQL Server runs two or more projects side by side in separate tabs, whether it's two schema compare projects on completely separate servers or a schema compare and data compare project on the same server. It shows an overview of all the objects that are different or not in either the source or target. By selecting each object you can see at the schema level the various differences.
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xSQL Data Compare
xSQL Data Compare for SQL Server allows you to compare and synchronize data in SQL Server databases. You can use it for data migration, auditing, replication verification, populating development databases with production data, etc.
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ApexSQL Data Diff
ApexSQL Data Diff compares SQL data from live databases, scripts, backups and source control. It compares SQL database backups without restoring and automates and schedules data migrations.
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Quest Toad for SQL Server
Quest Toad for SQL Server is a tool that compares and synchronizes schema and data of the SQL Server databases. It easily identifies differences by comparing and syncing servers, schemas, and data and enables a number of scripts to be executed against different servers at the same time.
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Idera DB Change Manager
DB Change Manager tracks and manages complex database schema changes and complies with database audit and reporting requirements. It protects data privacy within the database environment and track changes from multiple major database platforms.
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Aqua Data Studio Schema Compare Tool
Aqua Data Studio Schema Compare Tool allows you to quickly compare and safely synchronize databases for SQL Server or Oracle database. It detects and repairs unwanted database changes by comparing to backups and snapshots.
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SQL Server Comparision Tool
SQL Server Comparison Tool analyzes, compares, and documents the structure of tables, procedures, functions, views, triggers, and relationships. It compares data stored in tables and generate detailed reports displaying results of comparisons or analysis.
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DB Ghost Change Manager
DB Ghost provides flexible tools for source scripting, building, comparing, synchronizing, creating delta scripts, upgrading and packaged remote delivery. Compare can also produce Delta scripts between database.
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Altova DatabaseSpy
Altova DatabaseSpy is the unique multi-database query, design, and database comparison tool that even generates elegant charts directly from query results.
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Altova DiffDog
Altova DiffDog is a database content comparison and schema diff/merge tool. It allows you to diff databases of the same type as well as the content of equivalent tables and entire database schemas in different database types.
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The core functions provided by data compare tools are:
• Compare and synchronize database from different engines,
• Presentation of comparison results,
• Save a comparison plan.
• Export results as reports to user-friendly formats (HTML, Excell, PDF, etc.),
More advanced tools allow for rich customization options, as well as automation of comparison and sync processes.
Data comparison tools are useful where a comparison of data entries, database schemas and its contents (tables, views, etc.) is required. These tools significantly speed up the time-consuming process of manually searching two or more data resources. What's more, the use of automatic data comparison tools is much more reliable than manual comparison. Typical cases where data compare tools are used:
• Comparison of databases from two or more sources (different platforms are acceptable),
• Comparison of physical resources, with the amount on the page,
• Comparison of customer target groups,
• Other cross-database activities,
In our list, there is a place for free programs, as well as advanced ones, which enables a trial version (with time and/or feature limitations).