
Compares database schemas
and synchronizes differences
SQL Server developers and DBAs use SQL Compare to:
- Save time comparing and synchronizing database schemas
- Eliminate mistakes migrating database changes from dev, to test, to production
- Speed up the deployment of new database schema updates
- Generate T-SQL scripts to update one database to match the schema of another
- Find and fix errors caused by differences between databases
- Compare and synchronize within SSMS
- Deploy to SQL Azure databases
- Make database deployment repeatable and accurate in combination with SQL Source Control
Do this and more with SQL Compare Pro:
- Deploy databases from source control
- Compare and synchronize from backup and script files
- Command line automation for continuous integration
For more information on the differences between Pro and Standard see the features page.
Video: Getting started with SQL Compare
Screenshots: Using SQL Compare
SQL Compare is the industry-standard tool for comparing and deploying SQL Server database schemas.
54% of the Fortune 100 use SQL Compare – because it's relentlessly tested, because it's easy to use, fast, and saves time.
You can work with live databases, database snapshots, SQL scripts in source control, or backups. SQL Compare helps you compare and deploy changes quickly, simply and with zero errors.
What people say...
Red Gate's tools are generally considered to be the gold standard. SQL Compare is fast, extremely easy to use - Red Gate pays a huge amount of attention to its UIs - full-featured and affordable. I wouldn't bother messing around with anything else.
Adam Machanic, SQL Server MVP
I bless the day we bought SQL Compare - it saves me time so often. Must have paid for itself a hundred times
Bill Geake, Martin Currie Investment Management
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