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Microsoft SQL Server

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

9.0 /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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Microsoft SQL Server won the following awards in the Data Integration category

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2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2026

2026 Data Quadrant Champion

2026

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2026

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Microsoft SQL Server Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+89 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?

3% Negative

3% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Data Security

Administrative Features

Batch Integration

Synchronization and Replication

Exception Handling and Notifications

Real-Time Integration & CDC

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Metadata Management

Pipeline Orchestration & Workflow

Multi-Channel Support

iPaaS

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews

Sriharsha K.

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

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Submitted Oct 2024

Microsoft SQL Server: Integrate Database Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

Azure SQL Managed Instance simplifies migration to the cloud and enables hybrid deployment options, offering flexibility for businesses moving toward cloud infrastructure and providesSQL Server includes SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for end-to-end business intelligence (BI) and analytics.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Microsoft SQL Server is its seamless integration with the Microsoft ecosystem, particularly with Azure. This tight integration makes it incredibly easy to extend on-premise SQL Server databases to the cloud, enabling hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The ability to leverage Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and other cloud services offers unparalleled flexibility for scaling and modernizing data infrastructure. This cloud-readiness, combined with deep support for tools like Power BI and Visual Studio.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Microsoft SQL Server is its high licensing costs, especially for the Enterprise edition. While SQL Server offers a wide range of powerful features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

When considering Microsoft SQL Server, assess your business scale and performance needs to choose the right edition—Express is ideal for smaller projects, while Enterprise offers advanced features and it ensure your team has strong SQL expertise to manage advanced features like In-Memory OLTP and security configurations. Overall, it's a robust choice for businesses heavily invested in the Microsoft ecosystem.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Rahul r.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Sep 2024

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft SQL Server from other similar products?

The OLTP works great and helps in identifying if any issues.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

OLTP and Analytics is my favorite aspects.

What do you dislike most about this product?

All seems to be very fine.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Please use the product, it provides good ROI and gives more flexibility to gain customers.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Colin B.

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

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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

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Emotional Footprint Champion

2026 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft SQL Server Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 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

Data Security Includes ability to hide sensitive data by masking with special characters or anonymous information.

Administrative Features Includes basic aspects of data extraction, transformation, and loading. Administrative console and process viewing, interruption, restart, cancel, and rollback.

Batch Integration Includes ability to schedule integration processes to run on a periodic basis to control the movement of data from a source to target.

Synchronization and Replication Includes the ability to accurately catch, reflect, and correct changes in data across multiple data stores.

Exception Handling and Notifications Ability to catch, report, and handle exceptions; includes transaction logging and event viewing.

Real-Time Integration & CDC Able to integrate data in near-real time and handle movement of data from a source to target. Monitoring for changes in a data source in a non-invasive manner.

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing Includes data cleansing, reconciliation, and profiling across multiple sources in batch mode.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Pipeline Orchestration & Workflow Includes publishing, promoting and overseeing APIs and Orchestration Services.

Multi-Channel Support The ability to support and connect with channels including Cloud Services, Big Data Platforms, web, mobile, social, IoT, wearables, etc.

iPaaS Includes iPaaS (Cloud hosting) features and other advanced integration capabilities

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews

Sriharsha K.

Microsoft SQL Server: Integrate Database Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

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Rahul r.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Colin B.

The simple, scalable, stand-by for business.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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