ApexSQL

What do you like best?

Fairly easy and intuitive to setup, modify and use. These tools, especially the data diff tool has allowed us to more easily analyze our data across instances and environments. I recommend giving the tools a try as I think you will find them very useful.

What do you dislike?

There are some free tools but it seems the most useful require a subscription/paying for them. Hopefully in time more features will be on the lower cost/free site. That said, you should try out the tools as we have found that despite the price, there is value in these products.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Def give a try, I think you will find the tools very useful

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Moving data between our environments has been an issue in the past. The data diff allows us to refresh specific tables between instances thus allowing us to test and identify issues more easily. We have been able to assess data discrepancies and refresh environments more quickly now.