--- title: "SQL Complete Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra" description: "Is SQL Complete the right Database solution for you? Explore 88 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/233932/SQL-Complete/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-10-28" --- SQL Complete 4.6 (88) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/233932/SQL-Complete/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated October 28th, 2026 # Reviews of SQL Complete Ease of use 4.7 Customer Service 4.4 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews PS PETR S Data ArchitectInformation Technology and Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “SQL Complete provides context-aware suggestions that are more accurate and helpful than the default SQL Server tools, especially when working with complex queries or large schemas.“ March 18, 2026 BS Brandon S Procurement OfficerFinancial Services, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “In larger databases with many objects, the autocomplete suggestion list can sometimes become quite long, which makes it a bit harder to quickly find the exact table or column you’re looking for.“ March 5, 2026 Juan Carlos L CIOFacilities Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “It has increased the team’s productivity exponentially and helped us write cleaner and easier to trade T-SQL queries.“ July 20, 2026 EE Eric E IT ConsultantHigher Education, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I've had to maintain too many other people's code where the aliases are crap, the formatting is non-existant and the experience of working on the code is painful.“ November 25, 2025 EY Emily Y Database EngineerHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Significantly boosts productivity, helps reduce errors, speeds up writing complex queries, and makes navigating large databases much easier.“ July 16, 2025 志弘 莊 CTOInformation Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The aspect I liked least about SQL Complete was the inconsistent stability and the frequent emergence of serious bugs immediately following a version update.“ December 6, 2025 PS PETR S Data ArchitectInformation Technology and Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It streamlines SQL development by reducing repetitive tasks and improving code accuracy.“ March 18, 2026 MT Markus T Self employedInformation Technology and Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Snippets manager don't work properly after restoring a database on instance at first time.“ March 10, 2025 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 88 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use CIO Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Every SQL user should use SQL Complete" July 22, 2026 5.0 SQL Complete is very easy to use and integrates with Microsoft SQL beautifully. It has increased the team’s productivity exponentially and helped us write cleaner and easier to trade T-SQL queries. We use it on a daily basis and it has become an integral part of our development team. Pros Ease of use Integration with SQL Server Management Studio is outstanding. Useful features throughout that are well thought, with the end user in mind. Customization capabilities allows us to fine tune the tool features to our needs. Cons Number of installations restriction. Would like to be able to install in multiple devices but limit the amount of concurrent devices that can use it. This would remove the need to manually manage devices in the web UI. Review Source Senior Lead Developer Project u. System Developer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "SQL-Complete ist ein Muss für ein T-SQL Entwickler" June 14, 2026 4.0 Für mich ist es schwer ohne auszukommen. Die Zeitersparnis und die Unterstützung im Bereich Intelligence sind hervorragend. Pros Es ist schwer zu sagen was einem am besten gefällt aber die Zeitersparnis beim schreiben von TSQL ist auf jeden Fall ein sehr großer Vorteil. Es ist sehr flexibel beim Customizing Cons Wenn man viele und zum Teil komplexe CTE erstellt hat, geht leider die Gesamtperformance komplett in den Keller und macht ein Arbeiten fast unmöglich. Review Source Response from Devart June 17, 2026 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Reporting Analyst Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "The Everyday SQL Efficiency Tool" June 10, 2026 5.0 Pros SQL Complete allows me to be efficient with my daily tasks. I regularly use features like object suggestions, mass renaming, code formatting, and query history. Also, the support team responds to any issues very quickly. Cons There was some recent incompatibility with a newer SSMS update. However, this was addressed pretty quickly and the support team kept us posted on the status of the resolution. Review Source Response from Devart June 17, 2026 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! App Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Booster für deine SQL-Statements" March 24, 2026 5.0 Es vereinfacht und beschleunigt den Umgang guten und effizienten SQL-Code zu schreiben. Auch die Historie im Tool und die SQL-Code Beispiele unterstützen eine besser und schnellere Arbeitsweise. Pros Das Tool "SQL Complete" unterstützt sehr gut beim Schreiben von "SQL-Statements". Es macht die ganze Umsetzung (SQL-Code schreiben) effizienter und schneller. Cons Es wäre wünschenswert, wenn alle wichtigen "SQL Complete" Befehle mit Kurztasten ausführbar wären. Zusätzlich wäre es sinnvoll noch eine AI-Hilfe als Unterstützung einzubinden, um die aktuellen Statements zu analysieren, damit optimierte SQL-Statements vorzuschlagen werden können. Alternatives considered [Redgate Monitor](https://www.capterra.com/p/141452/SQL-Monitor/) Reasons for choosing SQL Complete Gutes Gesamtpaket, Preis- Leistung sind gut Review Source Response from Devart April 7, 2026 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! \- Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Helpful SQL tool" March 23, 2026 5.0 Overall, it’s a solid and useful tool for everyday SQL work. It helps speed up simple tasks, but there’s still room for improvement for advanced users. Pros Very easy to use and saves a lot of time when writing SQL queries. The suggestions are usually accurate and helpful, especially for beginners or quick tasks. Cons I don’t see any drawbacks. If there were any small issues, I noticed them but they were quickly fixed and improved in later updates and releases. Review Source Response from Devart April 7, 2026 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Data Architect Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Long time SQLComplete user" March 18, 2026 5.0 My overall experience with SQL Complete has been excellent. It streamlines SQL development by reducing repetitive tasks and improving code accuracy. The advanced IntelliSense and formatting tools make writing complex queries much easier. Pros The standout feature for me is the advanced IntelliSense. SQL Complete provides context-aware suggestions that are more accurate and helpful than the default SQL Server tools, especially when working with complex queries or large schemas. Cons SQL Server Management Studio generates SQL with square brackets. The bracket removal is still missing from the SQLComplete formatter. Review Source Response from Devart April 7, 2026 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Procurement Officer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A Great Tool for Improving SQL Productivity in SSMS" March 12, 2026 5.0 Pros What I liked most about SQL Complete is how much it improves productivity when working in SSMS. The intelligent auto-completion, query formatting, and code snippets make writing SQL much faster and help keep queries clean and consistent. It integrates seamlessly into the SSMS editor and makes navigating database objects much easier, especially when working with larger schemas. Cons In larger databases with many objects, the autocomplete suggestion list can sometimes become quite long, which makes it a bit harder to quickly find the exact table or column you’re looking for. Initial indexing of very large databases can also take some time. Review Source Response from Devart April 7, 2026 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Senior Software Engineer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Must have extension to SSMS" December 19, 2025 5.0 Love it and would not want to miss it. Have been postponing fully moving over to SSMS 22 until SQL complete is available :-) Pros The Autocomplete functionality is a lot better than SSMS built-in. I also like the very customizable SQL formatter and the code navigation tools. Cons It adds a bit to the SSMS start-up time, which is understandable, but still. Also, sometimes triggering an autocompletion (or not) is a bit confusing. Review Source Response from Devart January 8, 2026 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Vice President, Consulting Services Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Great product, favorite of development team!" December 15, 2025 4.0 Our overall experience with SQL Complete has been great and our developers find it a boost to productivity and code quality. Pros Across my team the favorite features are the auto-complete and formatting provided. Auto-saving and color coding tabs are a big help when having to switch context quickly between project and support work. Code snippets and configurable table aliases generally improve the team's efficiency by allowing commonlu used query elements to be re-used and table aliases to follow standard usage across the team. Cons We've had challenges with exporting and re-importing snippets and table aliases between SSMS versions. For fast typers the auto-complete can lag keyboard input. Review Source Response from Devart December 15, 2025 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! CTO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Essential Tool, Needs Modern AI Upgrade." December 15, 2025 4.0 It greatly assists SQL writing via superior IntelliSense.However, in this AI era, the complete lack of any AI related features is a clear and notable shortcoming that hinders its future value. Pros What I liked most about SQL Complete was undeniably the highly effective and intelligent IntelliSense and code completion feature. Cons The aspect I liked least about SQL Complete was the inconsistent stability and the frequent emergence of serious bugs immediately following a version update. Review Source Response from Devart December 15, 2025 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Software Engineer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "As Complete as it gets for an extension" December 3, 2025 5.0 Extremely positive experience using this tool. I was first introduced to this at the start of my SQL education, and it has proven a mainstay tool in my development through the years. Always iterating and making things better and better, there's no way I could imagine not using this tool as long as I am expected to work with SQL. Pros SQL Complete is exactly what is implied by the name, a complete plugin tool that offers everything you need to be efficient in database work. Query History alone saves you the cost of the subscription many times over in a year, and that's before talking about any of their other tools. The price to performance ratio of this tool cannot be understated. Support has always been fantastic and quick, and their ability to develop for the latest versions of SSMS is second to none. Coming from other tools like SSMS Boost that are no longer updating just proves how much there is need for a tool with the options of SQL Complete at the competitive price it's offered at. Cons The only knock I have is that Query History does not naturally transfer when upgrading to the latest supported version of SSMS. Alternatives considered [Redgate Monitor](https://www.capterra.com/p/141452/SQL-Monitor/) Reasons for choosing SQL Complete A better selection of tools at a better price. Review Source Response from Devart December 15, 2025 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Technical Lead Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Don't pay for this technology stuck in the past." March 13, 2025 1.0 Too expensive for the features it offers Pros The query history in SSMS that store all the queries you made. Cons The performance using the machine and servers resources and the poor integration with Azure Review Source Response from Devart April 1, 2025 Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback on dbForge SQL Complete. We truly appreciate your input, as it helps us improve our product and better serve our users. We’re glad you find the query history feature in SSMS useful. Regarding your concerns about performance and Azure integration, we are continuously working on optimizing resource usage and enhancing compatibility with cloud environments, including Azure. Eric E. IT Consultant Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A critical tool for my code documentation and cleanliness" November 27, 2025 5.0 SQL Complete, for me, is a very focused tool - I use it mostly to do one thing: improve my code formatting so that my work is readable to others. I've had to maintain too many other people's code where the aliases are crap, the formatting is non-existant and the experience of working on the code is painful. SQL Complete gives me comfort that I'm not doing the same to future users. Pros In order of value: Code formatting, code completion, refactoring ability. For me, properly formatted code is a critical form of code documentation, and SQL Complete does it brilliantly. The code completion is a quality-of-life tool, as is the refactoring, both of which make it more pleasureable to do the work. Cons The upgrade notifications can feel a little frequent, but I appreciate the clear priority DevArt is giving to the product - it's certainly not a secondary priority for them. Alternatives considered [dbForge Studio for MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/239795/dbForge-Studio-for-MySQL/) Reasons for choosing SQL Complete it was streamlined, and a single-focused tool. Review Source Response from Devart December 1, 2025 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Application and Systems Support Analyst Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "SQL Complete by Devart " November 25, 2025 5.0 Overall, SQL Complete has become an essential part of my workflow. It’s easy to use, powerful, and takes away much of the repetitive hassle that comes with writing SQL. I’d highly recommend it to anyone who works with SQL regularly Pros SQL Complete by Devart is an incredibly useful tool that makes working with SQL much easier and more efficient. I’ve found it to be intuitive, reliable, and a real time-saver when writing queries. The autocomplete and code formatting features are especially helpful, reducing errors and speeding up query writing. It also improves readability, which makes reviewing or sharing scripts much smoother. Cons As for what I like least. Honestly, there isn’t much to dislike about SQL Complete. It does exactly what it’s designed to do, and it does it very well Alternatives considered [Redgate Monitor](https://www.capterra.com/p/141452/SQL-Monitor/) Reasons for choosing SQL Complete It looked very straightforward and easy to use. Review Source Juan O. Data architect Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "SQL Complete is a great tool and time saver" December 11, 2025 4.0 My experience has been great. I’ve had and renewed my subscription for over 5 years and enjoy the product Pros I use SQL Complete every day. I love the fact that you can close down SSMS and reopen with all of the tabs opened. It’s a great time saver as I often have a lot of tabs open. I also enjoy the history and use it ever day to reopen old successful queries that I may not have saved previously. It’s also very easy to export all of the history and import onto another machine or even version of SSMS when you upgrade. Cons I wish there was a way to create a table out of a view with the right-click context menu. You can right-click on a query’s table and create a Create Table query, but you can’t do that with a view. This is odd as you can see the column definitions of a view when you hover over a view name. I also wish you could install on more than 2 machines. I have work laptop and a personal laptop and desktop. If I want to install on all three, I have to buy 2 licenses. Review Source Response from Devart December 15, 2025 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Database Engineer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Productivity booster" July 17, 2025 4.0 Pros Significantly boosts productivity, helps reduce errors, speeds up writing complex queries, and makes navigating large databases much easier. The ability to quickly preview data and jump to object definitions is especially useful for day-to-day development and troubleshooting. Cons The Intellisense can occasionally lag in large databases or when dealing with complex queries. Additionally, some advanced features (like custom formatting profiles or snippets) require a bit of setup and aren't always intuitive out of the box. Review Source Response from Devart August 4, 2025 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Senior Software Architect Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Decent enough cheaper alternative to the competition!" June 30, 2025 4.0 Pros Reasonably quick completion of SQL statements, decent formatting options, relatively inexpensive compared to the competition and lifetime subscriptions is a nice option Cons Reported a bug and got a response 6 months later to try the new version, bug still existed, so that was mildly annoying. Review Source Response from Devart July 1, 2025 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Sn Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Great product" March 13, 2025 5.0 Pros Helps to writing SQL fast. Aliases are great. Cons Everything is okay. There is no cons at this time. Review Source Response from Devart April 1, 2025 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Consulting Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Title of my review" November 13, 2024 4.0 Pros I really like formatting and snippets... Cons What I like least is that the region doesn't keep closed and they still open when you jump somewhere. It's really annoying Review Source Response from Devart November 13, 2024 Thank you for your feedback on our product. It will help us get better! Senior Development Engineer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Brings real "IntelliSense" to SSMS" May 2, 2024 5.0 In my eyes, it's a great tool when working with SQL code and brings features to SSMS that Microsoft should always have had. Having it \*not\* installed in SSMS is like working with an arm tied to your back - but unfortunately most SSMS users don't even know it existed and are used to work with the crappy built-in feature set. Pros When editing SQL code withing SSMS, this is how Microsoft's IntelliSense should really be - giving you the right suggestions, doing the code completion/correction you really want. Just great! Also crucial when working with a large SQL code base: Easily jump to the definition of e.g. a view or a stored proc from just within the code where it is used. Cons \- Frequency and UI integration of update reminders. Would be better to have some feature like MS introduced within Visual Studio where you get notifications in background. - Overall update installation process. This just stops you from working for quite a long time. Would be nice to have that done in background (as far as possible) and then just getting an info message to e.g. restart SSMS... Switched from SQL Complete has an overall better UX brings better code completion/suggestion results. Review Source DBA Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A nice product that helps a lot" July 18, 2024 5.0 it's a great prodcut that help me every day Pros i like the query grid result, auto complete with metadata, tab color, warning of commands without where and ddl Cons i miss a better way to explorer the metadata of the sql objects, like the sql prompt can do, showing with a overlay the source code of a table or procedure Switched from because of the cost, i'm brazilian and it's too expensive to buy a dollar product Reasons for choosing SQL Complete Best cost benefit Review Source Manager of Student Data and Reporting Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "SQL Complete - Intellisense PLUS!" March 21, 2024 5.0 I have been a SQL Complete user since 2012 and I have had very, very few issues with the application. It has always been part of my daily tool-kit when writing SQL. The application is constantly being improved, fixes and updates are delivered in a timely fashion and the company stands behind its product. I hope to keep using it until I retire ! Pros The main reason I use SQL Complete is the smart auto-complete and intellisense that is the foundation of the product. I also use the SQL Formatter quite often and the Execution History function has saved me many times, countless hours of work when I needed to recall a query that I did not save. Cons I can honestly say that there is nothing I dislike about SQL Complete, for the reasons I use it for. It works perfectly for my work. Review Source IT Director Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Good alternative to Redgate SQL Prompt" June 16, 2023 5.0 Speed up coding of SQL scripts Pros It is quick. The result grid functions (sum, etc) are great Cons The cache can be slow to update and I'm never sure whether I am supposed to Refresh Local Cache or Reset Suggestion Cache so end up doing both. SQL Prompt will complete the Group By for you which SQL Complete doesn't. Switched from Redgate is far more expensive and doesn't have the results grid functions which swung it for me Reasons for choosing SQL Complete Results grid function Review Source KM Kieran M. Security and Infrastructure Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Users find it a lifesaver" June 19, 2023 5.0 Pros Installs fine and users find it very useful Cons The software requires admin to update and doesn't seem an easy way around this apart from asking an admin to update the software Review Source Senior BI Developer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Great SQL development and productivity tool with SSMS" April 18, 2022 5.0 Pros It materially improves SQL coding development time with autocomplete, templates and other various code snippets. In addition the code formatting also helps with readability. It also enhances the SSMS tool with colour coding, saving open tabs etc to also improve productivity. 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