Comments on: SQL Developer vs. PL/SQL Developer

By: Chubby

Chubby — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:14:28 +0000

I vote for TOAD. It comes with Knowledge Xpert which I think is the best Help file. It is not only good for DBA, but also for developer. Bug tracking is good also.
PL/SQL Developer? maybe just 80% of it.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:46:09 +0000

As a daily user of PL/SQL Developer for the past 18 months I cannot sing its praises loud enough. It has been a highly effective tool during the development of hundreds of pl/sql programs and sql scripts. The program is very reliable, I’ve experience bugs/crashes very infrequently (

By: Rolland

Rolland — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:18:15 +0000

PL/SQL Developer form Allround Automation is the best tool specially designed for PL/SQL developers. I recommend it highly. It has all the features a professional IDE for Java and C++ has.

By: Willem

Willem — Fri, 18 May 2007 04:49:24 +0000

If you are serious about SQL and PL/SQL development then Allround Automations’ PL/SQL Developer is the tool to have.

By: BJCooperIT

BJCooperIT — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:58:14 +0000

Hands down, PL/SQL Developer is the best editor for developers. Toad was designed as a tool for DBAs, but PL/SQL Developer was designed specifically to aid development work. You cannot beat the price or the service from Allround Automations. They have online forums to ask questions, resolve problems and they DO respond to posts, usually within 24 hours. They also offer free plug-ins that add functionality. You can even get a powerful reporting tool, Query Reporter, that offers SQL/HTML reporting – free! You can customize the editor the way it suits you and set preferences for company standards such as indentions and uppercase/lowercase. If my client doesn’t have this tool, I bring my copy because I do not want to be without it.

By: kannan

kannan — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:27:20 +0000

I would truly rate ‘PL/SQL Developer’ way ahead of TOAD and SQL Developer – for ease of use and as Patrick says it is focussed on PL/SQL development. It also has a clean, uncluttered interface with all the required features which makes is higly appealing. – kannan, NZ

By: JR Peck

JR Peck — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:20:11 +0000

As the first article says – the price is right on sql developer. I think this, combined with the rapid improvement of the software will enable it to win out in the end.

SQL Developer is the best program I have found for Linux – aside from the price, and linux is my preferred platform. The ease of developing extensions is also a big plus.

The SQL Developer folks have some catching up to do, but if the last 9 months or so are any indication, they will be a front runner before long.