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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 Health, Wellness and Fitness
UH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"SQL Review"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

SQL scales incredibly well with our enterprise and is a lot easier to administer compared to my history with Oracle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Cost with the per core licensing model is poor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Craig P.
CP
Report Developer
Oil & Energy
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"SQL Server Integration Services Review"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

I find the best attribute of SQL Server Integration Services is the ease of use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

I find the worst attribute of SQL Server Integration Services is limitations with functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"MS SQL Server"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

The ability to search through thousands of records. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

I don't have a particular dislike regarding this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Works pretty well "
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Logging into multiple servers is very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Visual Studio contains this tool for all the functionality I need feels like a duplicate application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Highly Recommend SSMS"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

The overall feel of the system is very user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Collaboration is lacking within software to other users that have SSMS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
AM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Overall pleased with SQL"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

the ability to query my database in any scenario to give me better insight on my data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Not very intuitive, requires to research before using it correctly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Narayan S.
NS
Sr. Programmer Analyst
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"10+ Years with SQL Server and still using it..."
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

1. Execution Plan is very helpful in improving the query performance. They are really making it very simple to understand by showing it with nice UI.

2. Profiler helps in debugging and fixing issues in production and UAT environments, where we don't have direct access.

3. UI. Compare to other database tools like Toad for oracle and mysql, SQL Server Management Studio UI is nicely designed. Very limited buttons on screen, but clean and easy to use. Where as you have lot of buttons and options in Toad screen, but they are really confusing and difficult to find useful one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

1. They could have given some better option to see that which server you have connected to, specially when you have multiple windows open and connect to different servers. Let's say you are connected to multiple servers and databases in separate windows, so there are changes that without looking at right side bottom on status bar you can run the query. You may run this in production or UAT environment :(. It happened with my ex. colleague.

2. If we can get font Increase option in sql server also like we have it in visual studio. This will really help when you work on bigger monitors. Font size is really very small in bigger monitor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Product "
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

It’s the best product to use for database Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Actually nothing it’s the perfect software to work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
II
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Data Analyst working on SQL server"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

SQL server can store large sets of data

We performed various functions to extract large sets of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

speed reduces if the data size is huge.

We cannot perform advance analytics like SAS, R etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
CI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"SQL Server"
What do you like best about Microsoft SQL Server?

Ease of use and ability to use tsql to perform data analysis Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Microsoft SQL Server?

Set up and installation needs more documenation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

18 months

Average Discount

14%

Perceived Cost

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