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# Microsoft SQL Server vs SQLGate Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**Microsoft SQL Server** [

4.4/5(2,289)

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**SQLGate** [

4.2/5(14)

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Pricing

**Microsoft SQL Server**
No pricing available

**SQLGate**
Free Trial

No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Microsoft SQL Server**
3 months

Based on 39 responses

**SQLGate**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**Microsoft SQL Server**
17 months

Based on 30 responses

**SQLGate**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**Microsoft SQL Server**
$$$$$

**SQLGate**
Not enough reviews yet

Average Discount

**Microsoft SQL Server**
14%

**SQLGate**
Not enough reviews yet

Pros & Cons

**Microsoft SQL Server**
[
Ease of Use (29)
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Database Management (24)
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Expensive (21)
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High Licensing Cost (12)
](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1422329&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**SQLGate**
Not enough data

Integrations

**Microsoft SQL Server**
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Databricks

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**SQLGate**
Not enough data

Screenshots

**Microsoft SQL Server**
 ![Microsoft SQL Server screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/79420/screenshot.png)

**SQLGate**
 ![SQLGate screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/94713/screenshot1.JPG)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Microsoft SQL Server**

9.0

9.01,877

**SQLGate**

8.3

8.310

Ease of Use

**Microsoft SQL Server**

8.6

8.61,895

**SQLGate**

8.5

8.510

Ease of Setup

**Microsoft SQL Server**

8.2

8.21,018

**SQLGate**
Not enough data

Ease of Admin

**Microsoft SQL Server**

8.3

8.3955

**SQLGate**
Not enough data

Quality of Support

**Microsoft SQL Server**

8.3

8.31,669

**SQLGate**

8.5

8.510

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Microsoft SQL Server**

8.4

8.4904

**SQLGate**
Not enough data

Product Direction (% positive)

**Microsoft SQL Server**

8.4

8.41,846

**SQLGate**

10.0

10.09

Features

Database Management Systems (DBMS)[Hide 48 FeaturesShow 48 Features](javascript:void(0);)

9.0

180

8.3

6

Management

Data dictionary

8.9(won by 0.3)

156

8.6

6

Data Replication

8.8(won by 0.7)

154

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.1

6

Query Language

9.2(won by 0.6)

162

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.6

6

Data Modeling

8.9(won by 0.6)

156

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.3

6

Performance Analysis

9.0

161

9.2(won by 0.2)

6

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Storage Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Maintenance

Data Migration

8.9(won by 0.3)

159

8.6

6

Backup and Recovery

9.1(won by 1.6)

165

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.5

6

Multi-User Environment

9.1(won by 1.6)

156

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.5

6

Automatic Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Conversion

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Data Encryption

8.9(won by 0.6)

154

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.3

6

User Access Control

9.1(won by 1.3)

157

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.8

6

Mobile Access

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Workflow Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

Relational Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting & Statistics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Templates

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Full Text Search

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Virtualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Drag & Drop

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Fields

Not enough data

Not enough data

Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Programming Languages Supported

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

NOSQL Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Calendar Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Document Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Charting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Relational Databases[Hide 24 FeaturesShow 24 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.8

1,472

8.4

8

Management 

Query Language

9.2(won by 0.2)

158

9.0

5

ACID - Complaint

8.8(won by 0.5)

142

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.3

5

Data Replication

8.8

143

9.0(won by 0.2)

5

Data Schema

9.1(won by default)

154

Not enough data

Support 

Text Search

8.6(won by default)

145

Not enough data

Data Types

9.0(won by default)

152

Not enough data

Languages

8.6(won by default)

145

Not enough data

Operating Systems

8.3(won by default)

155

Not enough data

Security

Database Locking

8.8(won by 0.5)

151

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.3

5

Access Control

9.0(tied score)

152

9.0(tied score)

5

Encryption

8.8(won by 1.5)

148

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.3

5

Authentication

9.0(tied score)

150

9.0(tied score)

5

Performance 

Disaster Recovery

8.7(won by 0.7)

151

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.0

5

Data Concurrency

8.8(won by 0.5)

143

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.3

5

Workload Management

8.7(won by 1.4)

155

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.3

5

Advanced Indexing

8.6(won by 0.3)

150

8.3

5

Query Optimizer

8.8(won by 0.5)

152

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.3

5

Database Features

Storage

8.9(won by 0.3)

1300

8.6

7

Availability

9.0

1303

9.3(won by 0.3)

7

Stability

8.9(won by 1.0)

1317

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.9

7

Scalability

8.7(won by 0.9)

1283

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.8

6

Security

8.8(won by 0.7)

1281

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.1

7

Data Manipulation

8.8

1283

9.0(won by 0.2)

7

Query Language

9.1(won by 0.8)

1302

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.3

7

Big Data Processing and Distribution[Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.4

62

Not enough data

Database

Real-Time Data Collection

8.6(won by default)

58

Not enough data

Data Distribution

8.8(won by default)

57

Not enough data

Data Lake

8.4(won by default)

54

Not enough data

Integrations

Hadoop Integration

7.8(won by default)

45

Not enough data

Spark Integration

8.2(won by default)

46

Not enough data

Platform

Machine Scaling

8.2(won by default)

50

Not enough data

Data Preparation

8.5(won by default)

54

Not enough data

Spark Integration

8.2(won by default)

46

Not enough data

Processing

Cloud Processing

8.6(won by default)

53

Not enough data

Workload Processing

8.5(won by default)

56

Not enough data

Show 1 feature category with incomplete data

Big Data[Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Building Reports

Data Transformation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Modeling

Not enough data

Not enough data

WYSIWYG Report Design

Not enough data

Not enough data

Integration APIs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Platform

Mobile User Support

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customization 

Not enough data

Not enough data

User, Role, and Access Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Internationalization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Sandbox / Test Environments

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance and Reliability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Breadth of Partner Applications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Mobile Access

Not enough data

Not enough data

Metadata Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

[![Microsoft SQL Server](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/a8a99a96fda235658139f710592f8a53/microsoft-sql-server.svg "Microsoft SQL Server")](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews)

Microsoft SQL Server

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

18.3%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

36.6%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

45.2%

[![SQLGate](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1546528854/sqlgate.svg "SQLGate")](https://www.g2.com/products/sqlgate/reviews)

SQLGate

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

28.6%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

42.9%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

28.6%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

18.3%

28.6%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

36.6%

42.9%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

45.2%

28.6%

Reviewers' Industry

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Microsoft SQL Server

Information Technology and Services

24.1%

Computer Software

13.7%

Hospital & Health Care

5.4%

Financial Services

4.3%

Higher Education

2.9%

Other

49.7%

[![SQLGate](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1546528854/sqlgate.svg "SQLGate")](https://www.g2.com/products/sqlgate/reviews)
SQLGate

Information Technology and Services

50.0%

Computer Software

14.3%

Insurance

7.1%

Consumer Services

7.1%

Computer & Network Security

7.1%

Other

14.3%

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