SQL Backup Evaluation Center

Materials to assist with your evaluation and purchase approval

Why SQL Backup?

• Read how you can benefit from using a third-party backup tool like SQL Backup.
• Find out why your peers use SQL Backup and not its competitors (pdf).
• Take a look at the SQL Backup user recommendations for more detailed information about the everyday use of the tool.
• Check out the new features in version 6.

Purchase information

• Find out how much ROI SQL Backup could bring you with our new ROI calculator.
• Read more about licensing and purchasing SQL Backup.
• Check out the SQL Backup Bundle for all of Red Gate's DBA tools at a discounted rate.

• Download Dan McClain's (winner of the Exceptional DBA Awards '08) guidance to purchase approval (zipped file with PDF and SQL script).
• Get a copy of a sample purchase proposal form (Word).

SQL Backup - tips and general information

• Read our "How to make the most of SQL Backup" article for tips and tricks.
• Want to know how SQL Backup compares to native SQL Server backups? Download T-SQL scripts and put SQL Backup to the test.
• Download the Red Gate company overview (pdf).

"SQL Backup achieved almost 90% data compression, and the reduction in per-GB data costs resulted in 100% ROI in just one month!" Andy Hughes, Snr SQL Server DBA

"Network resilience puts SQL Backup Pro 6 at the top of the list of backup tools. It's the cherry on top, and I definitely recommend using SQL Backup over SQL Server 2008 native backups."William Durkin, Development DBA