SQL Server Comparison Tools

Commercial

At least SQL Server schema comparison; many vendors also support other databases and/or have data comparison tools.

• AdeptSQL Diff
• ApexSQL Diff
• Clever Components Database Comparer (free for non-commercial use)
• CompareDB (archive; sketchydownload)
• DB SynchroComp
• Devart dbForge Schema Compare for SQL Server
• EMS DB Comparer for SQL Server
• Gemini Delta (archive)
• ideaMK dbComparer(free)
• idera SQL Comparison Toolset
• IDS Sql Examiner
• Innovartis DB Ghost Change Manager
• Microsoft SQL Server Data ToolsSchema Compare
• MSSQL.SchemaDiff(free)
• MssqlMerge(free & pro)
• Pragmatic Works DBA xPress
• RedGate SQL Compare
• Simego SQL Admin Studio(free?)
• StarInix Database Compare(free)
• SLS SQL Server Comparison Expert
• SQL Effects SQL Accord (community edition)
• SQLDBDiff
• TASC SQL Delta
• Teratrax Database Compare (discontinued; download from CNET carefully!)
• Toad for SQL Server
• xSQL Schema Compare
• Upscene Database Workbench

SQL Server data comparison

• Easy SQL Data Compare (archive)
• Microsoft tablediff
• Volpet Table Diff
• Zidsoft CompareData

Export SQL statements / source control

• NMally SSMS Scripting tool
• NobHill Randolph
• SQL Scripter

Open Source

• CompareZilla (2009; GPL3 Java:JSP)
• dabcos (2004/dead; GPL2 C#) (download)
• Data Juggler DB Compare (GPL2 C#)
• DB Compare (2008; GPL2 C++)
• DBScripter DB Schema Compare Tool (2011; Ms-PL C#)
• DBSourceTools (2014; GPL2 C#)
• Druid Database Manager (2013; GPL2 Java)
• Enisey - add-in to SQL Server Management Studio (2006; archive; no download)
• ExportSQLScript (2012; GPL2 C#)
• Generate SQL Insert statements for your SQL Server 2000 Database (2004)
• Jet Database Compare (2011; GPL3 C#)
• MDBDiff (2009; GPL3 Access:VBA)
• MetaQA Compare Database Table Data (2010; GPL2 Java)
• Migration Script Generator (2012; MIT C#)
• PHP SqlDiff (2006; GPL2 PHP)
• NeXtep (GPL Java)
• NE DB Comparator (2013; GPL3 C#)
• Open DBDiff (2012; GPL2 C#)
• SQL Server Objects in SourceSafe using SMO and Visual SourceSafe Automation (2006)
• SQL Statement Generator (2006)
• SqlDiffFramework (2013; MIT C#)
• TSqlMigrations (2014; Apache2? TSQL)
• sql-dbdiff (2010; GPL3 C#)
• ScriptDB (2012; GPL2 C#) (revived)
• Whiz SQL Structure Compare (2005; Public Domain C#)

References

• Wikipedia deletion :(
• Stack Overflow
  • Mechanisms for tracking DB schema changes (89 votes)
  • How do you version your database schema? (65 votes)
  • What is best tool to compare two SQL Server databases (schema and data) (55 votes)
  • Is there an open source SQL Server DB compare tool? (34 votes)
  • Anyone know of any good Database Diff tools? (22 votes)
  • Free Tool to compare Sql Server tables (21 votes)
  • Compare tools to generate update script for SQL server (8 votes)
• Versioning Databases (2008; blog series)
• [tip] Use the Database Publishing Wizard to script your table data (2006; DB Pub Wiz cmd line)
• Is Your Database Under Version Control? (2006 blog)
• Comparative Review: Database Schema Comparison Tools (2011 article)
• Database Comparision- Schema Compare, Data Compare,synchronization and validation (2011 blog)
• Database Versioning: The ignored aspect of version control (2014 discussion)

See Also

• Programatically Deploy Database Schema (2010;VSDBCMD reimplementation)
• ExpressProfiler (2013; BSD C#)