# dbForge Comparison Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 dbForge Comparison Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on May 5, 2026

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dbForge Comparison

## What is dbForge Comparison?

Compare Bundle for SQL Server is a complex solution to handle SQL data and schema diffs. The bundle contains two separate tools, dbForge Schema Compare for SQL Server and dbForge Data Compare for SQL Server, which harmoniously complement each other to help users compare, analyze, and synchronize data of Microsoft SQL Server databases.

## What is dbForge Comparison used for?

[Data Management](https://www.capterra.com/data-management-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 15 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

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Starting price

$269.95

Per User, Per Year

Free trial  
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### dbForge Comparison

4.5 (15)

VS.

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Starting Price

$269.95

Per User, Per Year

Starting Price

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Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.4 (15)

Ease Of Use

5.0 (2)

Value For Money

4.4 (12)

Value For Money

5.0 (2)

Customer Service

4.3 (4)

Customer Service

5.0 (1)

## dbForge Comparison alternatives

[VOLTA](https://www.capterra.com/p/217410/VOLTA/)

[5.0 (1)](https://www.capterra.com/p/217410/VOLTA/#reviews)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

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[Secoda](https://www.capterra.com/p/246438/Secoda/)

[5.0 (1)](https://www.capterra.com/p/246438/Secoda/#reviews)

Starting price

$50.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/246438/Secoda/)

[Komprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/187544/Komprise/)

[0.0](https://www.capterra.com/p/187544/Komprise/#reviews)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

0%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

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[TDM Systems](https://www.capterra.com/p/186434/TDM/)

[0.0](https://www.capterra.com/p/186434/TDM/#reviews)

Starting price

$10.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

0%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/186434/TDM/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Customer Database

A collection of customer information such as contact details, demographics, previous interactions, etc.

Customizable Reports

Alter the layout and content of reports

Data Analysis Tools

Analyze survey results via statistical testing or crosstabs directly within the software

Data Integration

Combining data from different sources and providing a unified view

Data Migration

Move from one database to another, or upgrade the version of database software being used

Data Quality Control

Establish guidelines about how much and what kind of data can be stored in the repository

dbForge Comparison 8 features

A collection of customer information such as contact details, demographics, previous interactions, etc.

Alter the layout and content of reports

Analyze survey results via statistical testing or crosstabs directly within the software

Combining data from different sources and providing a unified view

Move from one database to another, or upgrade the version of database software being used

Establish guidelines about how much and what kind of data can be stored in the repository

Synchronizing data between two or more devices/systems and automatically updating changes to maintain consistency

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

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Features

4.7 (15)

4.7

Based on 15 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.4 (12)

Free Trial

[View pricing plan details](https://www.capterra.com/p/233712/dbForge-Comparison/pricing/)

Standard (Subscription)

$269.95

Per User,Per Year

It includes:

-   Support for all schema objects
-   DB properties compare & sync
-   Snapshots comparison
-   Tables & views comparison
-   Rich customization options
-   Custom mapping

Professional (Subscription)

$329.95

Per User,Per Year

It includes:

-   All features from Standard +
-   Version control comparison
-   SVN, TFS, GIT, Hg support
-   Native backups comparison
-   Static data comparison
-   Command-line interface

Standard (Perpetual)

$529.95

Per User,One Time

It includes:

-   Support for all schema objects
-   DB properties compare & sync
-   Snapshots comparison
-   Tables & views comparison
-   Rich customization options
-   Custom mapping

Professional (Perpetual)

$649.95

Per User,One Time

It includes:

-   All features from Standard +
-   Version control comparison
-   SVN, TFS, GIT, Hg support
-   Native backups comparison
-   Static data comparison
-   Command-line interface

Value for money

4.4 (12)

4.4

Based on 12 reviews

## Integrations

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.3 (4)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.3 (4)

4.3

Based on 4 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.5

Based on 15 reviews

Filter by rating

5(8)

4(6)

3(1)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

AU

Anonymous User

Data Architect

Consumer Services

### "Customizable comparison"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

December 17, 2020

Seems fast enough and has a decent UI

Pros

You can customize the comparison rules (ignore these tables etc), then you can ensure your comparison is not noisy. The free tools (like Microsoft's don't do this).

Cons

It costs more to get the command line capability. BUT to put this in a CICD pipeline you always need command line support.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

DC

David C.

Senior Data Engineer

Aviation & Aerospace

### "dbForge Schema/Data Compare tools save me a lot of time"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

December 17, 2020

Pros

We are in the process of standing up a new data warehouse and we use the dbForge tools to compare schemas as well as the data (old versus new). They are easy to use and have a number of configurational features that are helpful in avoiding false negatives during comparisons.

Cons

I would like it if there was an export feature on the comparison results so that I could save them to an Excel spreadsheet. Currently I have to select the results and paste them into a spreadsheet manually.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RO

Robert O.

Senior Database Developer

Machinery

### "Finally I found a good comparison tool"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 20, 2020

Overall I am happy with dbForge Comparison tool. Visual Studio Schema Comparison does not allow you to filter by object. RedGate has an awkward user interface. Adept SQL Diff is no longer supported (used to be my favorite comparison tool). The winner is dbForge :-)

Pros

dbForge Comparison tool has a clean, simple User Interface. I've tried lots of other tools and never liked the UI and too many steps to start comparison. My favorite operation is to filter by stored procedure name and see the differences in two environments.

Cons

Unfortunately even if you need to do a small comparison like one table schema, dbForge still runs full database comparison which takes extra 30-40 seconds.

Switched from

[Redgate Monitor](https://www.capterra.com/p/141452/SQL-Monitor/)

I do not like RedGate user interface. It's confusing, not straight forward.

Reasons for choosing dbForge Comparison

Better user interface. Filer by object ability.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

LZ

Linda Z.

IT Procurement Analyst

Commercial Real Estate

### "easy and reliable software"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

October 20, 2020

Pros

Very interactive and smart software. reasonable maintenance cost.

Cons

Theres definitely a learning curve but it gets easier after.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Lead Technical Manager

Financial Services

### "The easiest way to compare schemas and data and keep them in sync."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 20, 2020

We save time when performing deployments and we can be confident that changes have been migrated correclty and that we have not missed anything that should have been moved over.

Pros

We use this software when migrating changes between our development, staging and production environments. It is easy to use and speeds up the time it takes to ensure that the changes we make on our database (schemas and reference data) gets moved correctly between environments.

Cons

The UI is sometime a bit slow, hopefully that has been improved in the new version but I have not upgraded yet. The software is also windows only, there is no Linux or MacOS version so we have to run a windows box to use it.

Reasons for choosing dbForge Comparison

Support for MySQL, cost and ease of use.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RC

Ricardo C.

IT Admin

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

### "Data Compare"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 20, 2020

We are in a system migration where everything is being build from scratch, and this software allows the comparition and detection of problems in the new data insertion system.

Pros

How easy and quick is to compare millions of records between two databases.

Cons

There should be a way to apply filters on the result comparition, specially when having multiple differences on data and is needed to isolate each one for futher analysis.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

SW

Stephan W.

Director

Information Technology and Services

### "My Swiss Army Knife"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 20, 2020

After a short period of learning, I like the intuitive way in which the tools let me compare and transfer structural changes and changes to the data between systems.

Pros

In the process of dealing with new software versions to test, staging and live systems, the dbForge Comparison tools make it easy to identify differences that may indicate bugs in the software, and to prepare scripts for deploying structural changes and changes to data between software versions and systems.

Cons

There were moments in time when the tools did not yet support the latest version of the database product (in my case MySQL), so that the tools were not usable for a while for me.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AA

Andy A.

Information Security Manager

Information Technology and Services

### "What a great way to compare DB structures"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

October 20, 2020

Pros

This is a very easy to use software that will quickly compare any databases that you need. Gives very accurate results that can easily be run on the target environment to move changes

Cons

Initial load of the software is a bit slower than it should be

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

GD

Garry D.

Senior Analyst Programmer

Higher Education

### "dbForge Data and SQL Compare are incredible time savers"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 26, 2020

Pros

Due to the way our legacy data is configured, I frequently need to selectively move data from one SQL Server instance to another. With Data Compare, I am able to do this in a few minutes. Without it, moving the data could easily take hours. Schema Compare is equally useful. It allows us to quickly compare databases in a development environment to make sure changes are applied correctly. The software is also very useful for comparing a current database to an older one to see the cumulative changes when researching a bug.

Cons

When dealing with many differences in Data Compare, it can be tedious to find the records you want to synchronize. Additional filtering options in the results view would be greatly appreciated.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

BC

Bill C.

Partner

Information Technology and Services

### "Solid tool"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

July 23, 2020

I am satisfied with this application and there have only been a few situations where it would not complete the sync function and I had to finish manually.

Pros

The applications doesn't seem to lack any features or functions that I have found in other similar tools.

Cons

The application is not as easy to navigate as other similar tools that I have used.

Reasons for choosing dbForge Comparison

Most complete in features and kept data safe.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/233712/dbForge-Comparison/reviews/)

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