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SqlDBM

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"Excellent Product"

5.0

Bob D. - ProfessorSeptember 8, 2020

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What is SqlDBM ?

SqlDBM is the only collaborative, cloud-based database modeling solution for enterprise data teams. It is the first all-in-one solution that brings relational and transformational modeling into one platform. SqlDBM seamlessly integrates with data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, Google BigQuery, and Amazon Redshift. Data teams can easily manage modeling projects from anywhere with anyone, and have the flexibility of writing code or working with no code templates. Main features include: -Reverse/Forward Engineering -Concurrent working for team collaboration -Database Documentation -Version Control -Compare Revisions -Naming Conventions -Alter Script -Physical Design -Logical Design -Schema Conversion

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Most Helpful Reviews for SqlDBM

Bob D. avatar
Bob D.
Professor
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
September 8, 2020

"Excellent Product"

Overall: The company is excellent to work with. They listen to me and my needs and are quick to respond. I have never had an issue with the responses. Plus, you get to talk with live people who are courteous, knowledgeable, and helpful.

Pros: I have been in the Database industry since before they were called Databases, beginning with IMS in the 1970s. I have reviewed and used many data modeling tools but none of them meet my needs as well as SQLDBM. SQLDBM excels at data modeling. It is easy to use, powerful, convenient because it is web based, responsive, and comprehensive. It has all of the features that I need and none of the bloatware that impedes the tasks at hand.

Cons: I am scratching my head on this one. There may be some databases that it does not generate code for that I am unaware of, but none that I use.

Switched From: Visio
Reasons for Switching to SqlDBM : I love that SQLDBM is web-based, fully functional, and less expensive than Microsoft VIsio. Plus the company is much easier to work with.
Eric M.
Database Architect
Market Research, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 9, 2020

"Brilliant collaboration tool for database design and documentation"

Overall: This tool is fundamental to drive our team database design discussions. One of us would come up with an idea, including whatever details he thinks appropriate. Then we would have team discussions based around the graphical representation (a good diagram worth a thousand words...).

Pros: - has a built-in Snowflake option (not just SQL Server and MySQL) - great visual representation - flexibility (can re-arrange tables & objects in "subject Areas" and "Diagrams") - built-in version control (and comparison tool) - reverse engineer databases - easy to modify on the fly during team design discussions

Cons: - sometimes it took us a while to "spot" some features - I would love an "export to HTML" for documentation purpose

Alternatives Considered: Visio
Reasons for Choosing SqlDBM : Our main aim is design and documentation, not implementation (we can write sql ourselves). Visio is not good enough because it does not let you define a database and reorganise it visually on the fly as you wish. I did not find SQL Developer good enough for dynamically tweaking design and document it. I much preferred Case Studio (but it's really getting too old!)
Reasons for Switching to SqlDBM : My licenses were bought in 2005 (…) and a cloud based tool is slightly more up to date!
Vitor P. avatar
Vitor P.
Senior Financial Analyst
Banking, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
3.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
June 19, 2019

"An innovative platform for creating entity-relationship models"

Overall: An innovative platform for creating entity-relationship models in our customer database, and flexible because it is cloud-based and integrated reverse and inverse engineering.

Pros: As a cloud platform, it minimizes infrastructure costs.

Cons: Most database languages ​​are not supported, only the most popular, such SQL.

Davor A.
University lecturer
E-Learning, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
September 30, 2020

"By far the best software in its niche"

Overall: I've asked for an academic licence and got it in no-time for free! Support responded within minutes and was super polite. Thank you SqlDBM team for supporting the academy in general.

Pros: Ease-of-use, 90% features you need "right now" are arranged really good and have perfect sense.

Cons: Autolayout feature - when you have a bigger model you never know how absurd it will rerender it. I sometimes click on it just to get a laugh sometime haha. I'm so alone ...

Jamie P. avatar
Jamie P.
Partner
Financial Services, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
February 9, 2021

"Great for Database Modeling"

Overall: SqlDBM has been incredibly helpful to our team when modeling complex database architecture.

Pros: SqlDBM is the most intuitive database modeling platform I have used. It is simple yet robust. It allows you to model in your preferred flavor of sql database. We've used it on several projects and find it to be very helpful.

Cons: The sharing features could be improved a bit, but I think they are sufficient for our needs and use case at this time.