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As of 4 November 2026, SQL Server Management Studio leads database tools with 407 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Oracle SQL Developer at 390.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
SQL Server Management Studio · 407
Runner-up
Oracle SQL Developer · 390
Most hiring, 90 days
Oracle SQL Developer
Highest postings per company
Oracle Grid Infrastructure
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
3,444companies across the category
12%of them on SQL Server Management Studio
8,639postings naming a database tool in 90 days
38tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every database tool we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
SQL Server Management StudioMicrosoft
407
7581.9
2
Oracle SQL DeveloperOracle
390
1,9945.1
3
LiquibaseLiquibase
227
4311.9
4
Oracle Data GuardOracle
215
6423.0
5
ToadQuest Software
202
4782.4
6
Oracle RMANOracle
190
4882.6
7
erwin Data ModelerQuest Software
183
3812.1
8
Oracle GoldenGateOracle
182
4212.3
9
ODBCMicrosoft
173
3982.3
10
FlywayRedgate
155
3652.4
11
SQL*PlusOracle
100
1521.5
12
Alembic
97
1401.4
13
ER/StudioIdera
86
1832.1
14
Oracle Active Session HistoryOracle
67
1472.2
15
SAP PowerDesignerSAP
64
2053.2
16
SQL Server ProfilerMicrosoft
61
941.5
17
SQL Server Always OnMicrosoft
60
1432.4
18
PatroniZalando
56
961.7
19
RedgateRedgate Software
54
781.4
20
PgBouncerPgBouncer
49
1142.3
21
SQL Server Data ToolsMicrosoft
47
761.6
22
pgAdminpgAdmin Development Team
39
651.7
23
SAP HANA StudioSAP
31
1013.3
24
HueCloudera
30
561.9
25
CloudNativePGEDB
29
702.4
26
SnowSQLSnowflake
28
481.7
27
pgBackRestpgBackRest
27
752.8
28
Teradata BTEQTeradata
26
311.2
29
ProxySQLProxySQL
25
230.9
30
DelphixPerforce
23
401.7
31
Oracle Grid InfrastructureOracle
20
1286.4
32
Amazon RDS ProxyAmazon Web Services
17
251.5
33
Oracle Active Data GuardOracle
16
613.8
34
Oracle SQL*LoaderOracle
16
442.8
35
SPUFIIBM
16
422.6
36
Teradata MultiLoadTeradata
14
171.2
37
SQL NavigatorQuest Software
11
171.5
38
Teradata FastExportTeradata
11
121.1
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

SQL Server Management Studio vs Oracle SQL Developer407 · 390SQL Server Management Studio vs Liquibase407 · 227SQL Server Management Studio vs Oracle Data Guard407 · 215SQL Server Management Studio vs Toad407 · 202SQL Server Management Studio vs Oracle RMAN407 · 190Oracle SQL Developer vs Liquibase390 · 227Oracle SQL Developer vs Oracle Data Guard390 · 215Oracle SQL Developer vs Toad390 · 202Oracle SQL Developer vs Oracle RMAN390 · 190Liquibase vs Oracle Data Guard227 · 215Liquibase vs Toad227 · 202Liquibase vs Oracle RMAN227 · 190Oracle Data Guard vs Toad215 · 202Oracle Data Guard vs Oracle RMAN215 · 190Toad vs Oracle RMAN202 · 190
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SQL Server Management Studio leads database tools with 407 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Oracle SQL Developer at 390. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/database-tools)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

database tools: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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