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Microsoft SQL Server

Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
8.2 /10
Category
Microsoft SQL Server
7.8 /10

What is Microsoft SQL Server?

Apply intelligence across all your data with SQL Server 2019. 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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Microsoft SQL Server Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

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.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

96 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.

+90 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
0% Neutral
100% Positive

Pros

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

Cons

  • Less Generous

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Templates

92

Layout Editing

88

Drag and Drop Design

88

Data Visualization

88

Collaboration

86

Asset Hub

85

Text Editing

84

Social Media Integration

75

Graphics Editing

70

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 90

Business Value Created

96

Ease of Data Integration

96

Ease of Implementation

96

Usability and Intuitiveness

96

Quality of Features

93

Breadth of Features

89

Ease of Customization

89

Ease of IT Administration

86

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

86

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Vendor Support

82

Microsoft SQL Server Reviews

Agha A.

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

Submitted Oct 2024

I am in love of SQL Server

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Great Query engine

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Query runs quickly and ease of use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing dsilike in the product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Install it and use it you will like it.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Effective Service
  • Saves Time

Colin B.

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

Submitted Sep 2024

The simple, scalable, stand-by for business.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Ease of implementation and integrastion with other systems. MS SQL Server has been around forever and plays nice with all third party software and applications. It's integration with teams and outlook are also a huge pluse for failure notification or alert triggering.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integration. I use SQL Server for reporting in Tableau, data amanagement for Power Automate Flows, independant alert triggering with Teams. and many more.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It can take a long time to catch up to newer versions, meaning not all syntax is supported in a query depending on the specific server you interact with, this can be annoying. On premises servers also have to incorporate gateways to manage communication, a pain, but doable.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you need a lot of data at a low cost and will only be integrating with standard applications, then this is the one to go with. After years in the market support is readily available online and most questions you have will have been answered many times over. If you need something that can connect directly with APIs or Open AI you might want to look at Azure or Snowflake

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Effective Service
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

Cons

  • Commodity Features

Himanshu S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Easy to use with advanced security features.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

The main difference between SQL Server and other similar products is that the SQL Server provided us with lots of security-related features and also a very friendly UI.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of the SQL server is that it is capable of log transcription with minimal risk factors compared to other similar products, and the SQL server also provides the SQL agent that is enough for observation of the data.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The most disliked thing is that sometimes it shows the server is busy and processes very slowly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I don't have any recommendations.

Pros

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