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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

18 months

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Users consistently praise Microsoft SQL Server for its reliability and ease of use, making it a preferred choice for managing large datasets and integrating with other Microsoft tools. The intuitive interface and robust performance help streamline data management tasks, although some users note that licensing costs can be high, particularly for smaller organizations.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Microsoft SQL Server Review"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

There are quite a few things that are so great about Microsoft SQL Server. It has great performance while working with complex and high-volume data. It is well known for providing reliability through ACID properties. It is highly scalable and hence as business grows, server size can be expanded. Apart from this, it works great with other Microsft products and frameworks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

A few things which go south for Microsft SQL Server are its complexity and cost. The user will be required to learn SQL to work with a Microsoft SQL server and all the versions are not free hence based on the requirements, the user might to required to pay for a few of the services. Also, its mainly compatible with Microsoft platforms and hence does not as efficiently as Windows, with other platforms like Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Susanta Kumar P.
SP
Senior Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Relational Database Management System for storing as well retrieving data"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

1. It's very well equipped with features for RDBMS.

2. Storing and retrieving data with ease

3. Development using SSMS is a good experience for backend developers like me.

4. Multi-language support, BLOB data storage.

5. Writing DB queries and their proper analysis for query optimization is easy with the use of SQL Server Profiler.

6. Many more features like DB backup, monitoring and SQL server job creation features are also used and liked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Compared to Oracle, the SQL server is a bit on the slower side in terms of performance. But support is excellent from Microsoft team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals
UP
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Perfect Database Solution"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Integration-friendly with various platforms, SQL is also user-friendly and easy to troubleshoot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Low code no code should be followed from the very beginning to avoid complexity in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Consumer Electronics
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"One Stop Resolution for all data needs"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

SQL server is easy to use to store huge amount of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

SQL server licencing model is little expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vivek G.
VG
Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Useful for better growth."
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

It's easy to use in implementation, integration and frequecy of use also it provides a better customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Need of integartion with openai, grok, bard, perplexity.ai like platform, for better and smoth productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
UM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"SQL Server is mostly useful to keep your data in mannered structure"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

It has lots of features like easy to use, good portability, high security etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

It has some limited scalability. Also, for some features it may require high costing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chetan B.
CB
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Ms SQL server"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

It's is software tool it used to enter query and manage data base and it is easy to use the software were handled large data set query was similar to mys SQL only so it was very helpful to have Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Because nowdays every company uses Oracle and my sql so the demand was less and managing cloud in very difficult so some how it dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sowdepalli s.
SS
Business Intelligence Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Data In Your Hands - Most Secured Database"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

MS SQL server is user friendly and Easy to understand from ground level Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

The main concern is its License too expensive to buy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mamata K.
MK
Technical Lead
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Working with RDBMS makes easier"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

It is best suited for RDBMS structures. Performing DDL, DML, DCL queries are easy if you have SQL knowledge. Gives privileges to have store procedures, views, functions, triggers makes easier. Good for small or medium scale applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

If you are dealing with large number of data then fetching records are slow. So, normalisation is key but if not done properly then performance hits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"MS SQL- Microsoft's Redemption"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

The robust and resilient structured query language box that never ceases to amaze you in your quest to data sanity and digital transformation journey. Worth every penny. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

The learning curve associated with the tool. The syntax and semantics of the queries is often hard to grasp and apply in day to day activities of your company/service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

18 months

Average Discount

14%

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