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
Export SQL statements / source control
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#)