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Microsoft SQL Server

Composite Score
8.9 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10
Category
Microsoft SQL Server
8.9 /10

What is Microsoft SQL Server?

Apply intelligence across all your data with SQL Server 2022. Whether your data is structured or unstructured, query and analyze it using the data platform with industry-leading performance and security. Regardless of where your data is stored, query and analyze it with the data platform known for performance, security, and availability.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft SQL Server won the following awards in the Transaction Data Store category

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Microsoft SQL Server Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft SQL Server?

0% Negative
4% Neutral
96% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Analytics and Reporting

86

Data Backup

86

Database Management

86

Data Management

86

Data Protection and Security

86

Data Monitoring and Administration

85

High Availability

84

Data Replication

84

Operations Management

83

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

83

Systems Performance Management

83

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

87

Quality of Features

86

Ease of Implementation

85

Breadth of Features

84

Usability and Intuitiveness

83

Ease of Data Integration

83

Availability and Quality of Training

83

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

81

Ease of IT Administration

81

Vendor Support

79

Ease of Customization

78

Microsoft SQL Server Reviews

Mahesh H.

  • Role: Industry Specific Role
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2022

Extremely helpful for DBMS needs

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

It is very helpful software product for storing and querying data, Comes with a user-friendly interface. It supports many transaction processing and BI engines. For example, you can connect a SQL Server database to most reporting tools to create reporting solutions for your organization.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The feature I used and liked in SQL server is activity monitoring, SQL server profiling and other features that can help me to administer the server easily.

What do you dislike most about this product?

High license cost, SQL Server Standard Edition costs $7000 per processor. Other cheap options are available in the market like MYSQL. Also, SQL Server is a windows based solution, not supported on Unix.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Cost of product is on higher side and budget is not the constraint, its a must go.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service

anju g.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Utilities
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2022

A Solid Enterprises Database tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

-Multi-language support, BLOB information storage capacity. -Inbuilt query manufacturer and perspectives capability with AI-empowered features. -Advancement utilizing SSMS -Features for RDBMS.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We as of now using Microsoft SQL Server as our database application for our applications. We are utilizing the Microsoft SQL Server jobs, Analysis administrations, cubes, and numerous different highlights to assist with giving front end information answers for our clients. It has a well-disposed administration interface for the information base administrators. It unified our information management. we had the option to bunch every one of our databases in a solitary director and this could make a failover group among servers and keep the database excess on the servers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

High memory utilization and it are not that much sufficient to file include. Costly contrasted with its rivals. Bug tracking is likewise precarious; should be improved and simplified. The settings and adjustments can be worked on somewhat more.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Microsoft SQL Server is appropriate when the organization needs to have high command over their information from creating, figuring out how to keep up with. It will give you the security and effectiveness that your organization needs while dealing with its database and keeping them safe and performing great. Information should be exceptionally organized and connected with one another. It very well may be coordinated with a ton of systems. As it is the most involved database in the market you can track down all the important data and how to make it functions in a superior manner.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Shailja S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Very easy to use ,fantastic product,easily availab

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

it provides variety of platforms which are already installed in MS SQL

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

it gives you option while installation that which feature to include and which you can install later

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing to dislike about

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

fantastic product and easy to leanr

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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