The Top Five Reasons to Choose Toad Over SQL Developer
But in order to read it you have to create a “Quest.com account!”
That’s like being forced to open a charge card just to go window shopping at a
store. And we’re trying to draw people away from SQL Developer?
Just…bad.
The pdf has been uploaded to the Files section of the Board, if you wish to
access it.
I also think a major reason that few docs like these point out is HR related.
When you post an open position with skills reqs like MS Office – you know
it will get applicants because MS Office is everywhere. The same is true with
Toad. Go to any popular job posting/search site and look for people with Toad on
their resume – it’s freaking huge. In fact it seems like a major
percentage of people listing Oracle also list Toad. So from a personnel
standpoint of being able to hire people – Toad is a no brainer. Now look
on those same web sites for SQL Developer – the percentage will be
substantially if not orders of magnitude lower.
I also like to point out one other thought – managers can learn to get
this one if we explain it. They see $$$ saved on initial cost. They don’t
see $$$ lost for retraining and rethinking how one works. If You have ten people
using Toad every day to do most of their database work – you are going to
lose prducitvity. So if the average pay is $80K per person and they each loose
say four hours of productivity during that relearning phase then you actually
lost money.
Not to mention that for many Toad users they are like us Texans and our guns.
Many people feel like you can only pry Toad from my cold, dead fingers J
Staff happiness is not something to ignore ……
Hi Sanjay!
Our Company decided to replace TOAD with freeware sql developer, we need
some strong reason & functionality\features which sql developer doesnt
have but TOAD have. could you plesae provide me such features\functionality
which TOAD have and sql developer doesnt.I searched in google but not able to find enough material to convince my
manager\management which can give proper justification for my claim to use
only TOAD not other freeware softwares...
You're reply is from a thread on the Toad group/list that already touches on
a ton of the reasons why we -- WE, THE USERS OF TOAD -- use this tool over
all of the others, free or not. I'll reiterate a few of my pain points
here.
I'm a DBA. My business analysts do ZERO PL/SQL, only running ad-hoc SQL for
business data troubleshooting and some fun data browsing with the Schema
Browser. We put up with Oracle's free offering for three years (well, I had
Toad, but I had to support my B/As who didn't). It was the cost of the
constant DBA support that SQL Developer caused that finally shifted
management's decision.
In the three years B.T. (Before Toad), I and my copy of Toad had to run
ALL of the major ad-hoc SQLs. Why? Because SQL Developer MUST RERUN a
query in order to simply export its results. And if the query is
time-sensitive, well the results in the export may not match what you've
already seen.
I also got tired of the ineffable effing Java errors from SQL Developer.
We're currently running 32-bit WinXP (transitioning to 64-bit Win7), and it
was a regular event where SQL Dev would throw Java errors. And since my
B/As require JVMs to be running for their real work, it's not like I could
have them go into Task Manager and kill Java.exe -- it could be the wrong
one! So it created a mess that usually ended up in the despicable reboot,
and time lost.
In the years P.S.D. (Post SQL Developer), the only support calls I've taken
for Toad were "Hey! Did you see the F8 history! SWEET! I could never get
that working right on that other crappy tool!", and "I like the new Toad
11!".
Finally, this group is THE BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ANY SOFTWARE ANYWHERE.
The "community" includes the entire Toad Dev Team, a couple/three of us
that have been around here long enough to be given a title, dozens more of
smart folks that are generous to offer their own time to help others here,
and thousands (7.5 thousand or more!) more that look here for answers. It's
a great service that you WILL. NOT. FIND. ANYWHERE. PERIOD. EXCLAMATION
POINT!
Best of luck Sanjay! Will you let us all know how you've fared with your
attempt at keeping Toad and your sanity? I really don't have any vested
interest one way or the other, but I guess I want to know how this chapter
of your story plays out. 
HTH! GL!
Rich -- [TeamT]
Disclaimer: Since when does a winter storm consist of only an inch of slush?
I personally recommend TOAD and never want to stop using it.
Unfortunately it is a very expensive tool.
In some of the companies in which I have worked, I have been accepted to acquire TOAD, but it is increasingly difficult to convince management to buy the tool.
In American dollars, the professional edition is more than 1600, The expert edition is more than 2500, .... and so ... and it is WITHOUT taxes!
As I said before, TOAD is the tool in which I am more productive ... or maybe I am very used to it ... I say this because many colleagues and colleagues do not have the same vision and do not have problems working with "sql developer", "pl / sql developer", "sql navigator" or other tool.
I really resist changing tools and will continue to fight in every job where I am to buy the tool! ... hehehehe
... but I feel that, in the short term, I will end up working with other market tools that are, by far, cheaper than TOAD
regards
We will pass this along to our product managers. This is good feedback.
I would be almost willing to put money on the fact that these same
managers probably insist that your company pays out hundreds of dollars
each for copies of Microsoft Office on numerous PCs around the company!
Surely they would be saying that Libre Office is good enough, after all,
it's better at opening Office documents than Office is sometimes, and
it's free.
Or do they not mind paying out for Office?
Just my $0.02 (about £0.03 at the moment!) 
Finally, and after much battle, in 2020 I was able to acquire "TOAD for Oracle Base Edition" and the cost was $ 375.95 .
Today I wanted to RENEW IT and the cost that QSoft sent me is $ 683.20
...price up 82% !!! ..it's impossible !!
I would like to ask you, please tell me if it is a mistake or really the price is almost double.
Hi cccevallos -
I can't speak to the Qsoft price, but we offer the Toad for Oracle Base product through subscription from shop.quest.com at a significantly lower price than you are mentioning here -- and we usually run deals as well.
here is the link - https://shop.quest.com/682/purl-toad-for-oracle-subscription?x-adcode=ecom-instore?&language=en
Julie ! ...thank you for answering.
I live in Lima-Peru and when I click on the link that you indicate me it answers me "Quest Online Store Not Available".
I'd like to renew my license, ...could you please help me ?
Numero de licencia: 146-936-025
Just FYI, Julie's link seems to return a normally looking page here in Belgium. When "adding to cart" then it just does that. Ccevallos, perhaps you may want to try once more?
Good morning, I keep getting the same "Quest Online Store Not Available"
Must be that for PERU is disabled ?
I would appreciate it if you could help me renew my license