--- title: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 Reviews meta_title: 'Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.9 review_count: 5 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-09-02' parent_category: name: Marketplace Apps url: https://www.g2.com/categories/marketplace-apps --- # Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 Reviews **Vendor:** Amazon Web Services (AWS) **Category:** [AWS Marketplace Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/aws-marketplace) **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 5 ## About Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 SQL Server on AWS has lower TCO, higher performance, and the broadest and deepest capabilities. This SQL Server Amazon Machine Images (AMI) is built by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for use on Amazon EC2, the proven, reliable, and secure place for SQL Server. ## Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 Pros & Cons Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews. **What users like:** - Users value the **smooth performance and scalability** of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web, enhancing data management efficiency. (2 reviews) - Users find the **data management capabilities** of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web efficient and user-friendly. (1 reviews) - Users find Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 to be **easy to use and install** , enhancing data management. (1 reviews) - Users find the **easy installation** of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 highly convenient and efficient. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **scalability** of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web, accommodating both small and large applications effortlessly. (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find **complex coding** in MS SQL Server 2016 Web a barrier due to its high resource consumption and licensing costs. (1 reviews) - Users find MS SQL Server 2016 Web to be **not cost-effective** due to high licensing fees and resource consumption. (1 reviews) - Users find the **limited features** of MS SQL Server 2016 Web insufficient compared to alternatives like MySQL or PostgreSQL. (1 reviews) - Users experience **slow performance** due to fragmented indexes, requiring query optimization for better efficiency. (1 reviews) ## Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 Reviews ### 1. Microsoft SQL Server Benefits **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) This reviewer's identity has been verified by our review moderation team. They have asked not to show their name, job title, or picture. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** March 11, 2025 **What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** MS SQL is the database with a smooth interface. Scales well from small applications to large level. **What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** MS SQL is not cost-effective. Need to purchase a license at a high cost. Can consume high system resources if not optimized properly. Unlike MySQL or PostgreSQL, MS SQL is not open-source. **What problems is Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 solving and how is that benefiting you?** MS SQL database is a master for data engineering where we store different types of data in tabular columns. All developers will use this data from the database to fulfill their business requirements. ### 2. Very good data management **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aishwarya T. | Staff Product Developer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2025 **What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** It’s very easy to use and install. Data management is good. Its features are very helpful and time consuming **What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** Some common performance issues in SQL Server include fragmented indexes. To improve performance, users can review and optimize their SQL Server queries **What problems is Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 solving and how is that benefiting you?** robust data management features with improved scalability and security while maintaining compatibility with existing applications ### 3. Microsoft SQL Server used for DB management. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vishal B. | Senior System Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through a review partner **Source: Organic:** Organic review. This review was written entirely without invitation or incentive from G2, a seller, or an affiliate. **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2022 **What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** Microsoft SQL Server is best for backend database management, we can easily configure this tool with our main code and can use it for CRUD operations and DB changes. **What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** Some versions of Microsoft SQL Server do not have or work with some of the DB features. For example, lower versions do not have commit, stored procedures, and also lack a good debugging tool. **What problems is Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 solving and how is that benefiting you?** The first and best benefit is that it is a free tool, and using this we can solve our daily basis problems with DB management. It is used for DB management of any product. ### 4. The web version of Microsoft's greatest database server on their most feature-packed and secure OS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David W. | Head of Engineering - Data and Business Intelligence, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** January 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** The web version of SQL Server is always good for using on a web server, offering you and your .NET developers a database server they're comfortable with at reduced licensing costs. SQL Server 2016 introduced a lot of great new features, and SQL Server 2019 offers you vast security (such as headless mode, and modern updates) to ensure your web host is protected. **What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** Licensing has got more complex, and of course, there's always an additional fee to pay for hosting when using Microsoft vs. open source products - but the trade-off is you will find many more .NET / SQL devs than others. **What problems is Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 solving and how is that benefiting you?** We used SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 for our web hosting on an AWS server. ### 5. MS SQL Server is just a nuisance that we need to stick to when dealing with legacy environments. **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) This reviewer's identity has been verified by our review moderation team. They have asked not to show their name, job title, or picture. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2021 **What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** AWS is a nice environment, and very configurable, but the experience with MS SQL Server is not good enough. The management of resources and scale are simple, practical and intuitive (although it lack some triggers on AWS side to not scale the cost too quickly) **What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019?** Dealing with MS SQL Server is a true nightmare. It's pretty at the beginning, but it doesn't scale with a better performance than free alternatives such as MariaDB, and the integration with NoSQL tools (Neo4J and MongoDB) is too bureaucratic and non intuitive. I'd just recommend SQL Server if there's too much work in transferring the environment to other DBMS. **What problems is Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 solving and how is that benefiting you?** I had a system already running on SQL Server that needed to be moved to cloud (due to storage costs not scaling fast enough). The primary usage was to get information for data prediction, which I had to model in NoSQL environments, and migrating it to MariaDB wasn't a viable alternative. The queries to connect SQL Server to our environment, however, were terrible. I found no benefits other than not migrating the entire DB to another DBMS. ## Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 Discussions - [What is Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-microsoft-sql-server-2016-web-on-windows-server-2019-used-for) - [View Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server-2016-web-on-windows-server-2019/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-09-16+05%3A36%3A18+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=a3623338-7e5a-4a84-9ac8-9e4bee7f2e3f&secure%5Btoken%5D=f7f4e53dfad109da9d807412a03393190082cc517a87a4851c57ebeda1c404b6&format=llm_user) ## Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 Features **Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration ## Top Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web on Windows Server 2019 Alternatives - [WordPress.org](https://www.g2.com/products/wordpress-org/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (9,390 reviews) - [TeamViewer](https://www.g2.com/products/teamviewer/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (4,080 reviews) - [Okta](https://www.g2.com/products/okta/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,371 reviews)