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Microsoft SQL Server

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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What is Microsoft SQL Server?

Apply intelligence across all your data with SQL Server 2022. 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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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft SQL Server won the following awards in the Transaction Data Store category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

5 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Contract Negotiation

2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

4 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft SQL Server Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

84 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.

+92 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

3% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Analytics and Reporting

Data Management

Database Management

Data Monitoring and Administration

Data Backup

Data Protection and Security

Data Replication

High Availability

Operations Management

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews

Paolo D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Aug 2024

Overall, the product is amazing.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Can be easily used with other Microsoft services.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Learning curve for the product is not that steep.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It can be hard to navigate through the versions of the product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If your infrastructure is Microsoft based, this will definitely benefit the organization.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Dishank S.

Role: Operations
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

360 review for Microsoft SQL

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Major feature of Microsoft SQL is its high standards security & ease of integration which are crucial for any organisation. Data management & wrangling is quite easy in MS SQL then any other software. Although major features remaining same but MS provides more reliability then any other software. Additionally it's multi row transaction feature is quite impressive

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I personally think that..Its feature of easy data retrieval & manipulation enables the flexibility in querying. This software provides integration with even modern technologies. Additionally customer support of MS is top notch that provides instructions step by step.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Although there are plenty of features but somewhere there is still scope of improvement regarding vendor specific implementation. & Sometimes it gives setback for working with large datasets. Additionally the cost of implementation MS SQL is much higher then any other softwares which makes it hard for small scale enterprises.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would like to draw attention on cost of implementation and maintenance Along with complex administration & purely financial policies. Also sometimes when database size is increased, it slow downs please address this issue.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Siddhant R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

daily uses this sql server for our software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Proprietary relational database management system by Microsoft,SQL Server supports fewer programming languages than MySQ,SQL Server allows you to filter across multiple databases at once. You can also stop a query without ending an entire process,SQL Server responds better than MySQL when performing in a scaled environment..

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

SQL Server allows you to filter across multiple databases at once. You can also stop a query without ending an entire process.,data security.data management ,response

What do you dislike most about this product?

it doesn not support more programming languages than SQL Server, like Perl and Haskel

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

performance,scalability,availability,data ware house,authentication

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Microsoft SQL Server Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft SQL Server?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Data Management Includes data sharing, data storage, records management, and data security.

Database Management Supports multiple data types, data structuring, data retrieval, database customization, and multi-user access.

Data Monitoring and Administration Includes ability to continuously monitored data quality rules, as well as generate alerts to notify data stewards when they need to address an issue.

Data Backup Includes the creation of duplicate instances to recover from an unplanned data loss. Also, support for high volumes of data processing and data compression.

Data Protection and Security Includes data encryption, data audit, and data compliance.

Data Replication Support for a real-time copy of the database in more than one system to facilitate access to the copy of data from multiple systems without any inconsistencies.

High Availability HA DB designed for near-zero downtown by seamless replication of data between environments for uninterrupted real-time access and fail-over capabilities.

Operations Management Includes cost control, production management, and performance management.

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing Also referred to as OLTP (Online Transaction processing). OLTP databases include strong support for CRUD operations and ACID compliance.

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support Includes OLTP and OLAP (Online Analytical Processing). Most OLTP systems support some level of OLAP but very few OLAP systems support OLTP.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews

Paolo D.

Overall, the product is amazing.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dishank S.

360 review for Microsoft SQL

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Siddhant R.

daily uses this sql server for our software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Analytics and Reporting

Data Management

Database Management

Data Monitoring and Administration

Data Backup

Data Protection and Security

Data Replication

High Availability

Operations Management

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support