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Microsoft SQL Server - Database Management Software

Microsoft SQL Server Reviews in September 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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Microsoft SQL Server Reviews & Ratings

4.48

Very Good

Based on 780 ratings & 804 reviews

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Excellent

(568)

Very Good

(209)

Good

(24)

Poor

(1)

Terrible

(2)

Spotsaas Editor’s POV

Microsoft SQL Server is a versatile and robust database management system that excels in handling complex data structures. Users appreciate its seamless integration with other Microsoft products like Azure, allowing for a streamlined experience. The tool's exceptional performance, combined with reliable ACID properties, ensures efficient data management even for ...Read more

Microsoft SQL Server pros and cons

  • Strong performance handling large and complex databases efficiently without downtime.

  • Easy integration with other Microsoft tools and services.

  • User-friendly installation and interface for smooth setup even for non-technical users.

  • Exceptional performance executing complex queries and high concurrent transactions.

  • Licensing costs can be on the higher side.

  • Limited compatibility with non-Microsoft platforms, making it less efficient with other operating systems like Linux.

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Anonymous

05/01/19

4 out of 5

Review - Microsoft SQL

What do you like best? SQL server is one of the most efficient RDBMS to handle and store data. It provides a nice Graphical user interface for all components like query editor, profiler, sql resource optimizer etc. Service Updates and installation is easy. and Plug in third party utility is generally very convenient. Configuring sql server is very easy with a minimum support of technical resources. Creating reports from the query result is easy in day to day tasks. What do you dislike? ...

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Anonymous

05/01/19

5 out of 5

A powerful all times standard

What do you like best? SQL Server was the mos robust scalable database solution for big environment, and small too with the SQL Lite version. We use MySQL as well but as government institution the application growed up very quick and suddenly mysql was too small to handle all the info (20+GB databases. So we went back to ours beginnings and use SQL for internal an web applications. What do you dislike? May be the biggest disadvantages are the price and that it runs on windows (not all ...

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Anonymous

05/01/19

4 out of 5

Runs my EMR system

What do you like best? Works great with our ever expanding database for storing and reporting medical records for our clients. What do you dislike? Performance issues when using over VPN & as database gets larger What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Using SQL to create a database for our clients in the Healthcare facility that I manage

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Anonymous

04/30/19

5 out of 5

Best Database server for Microsoft technologies like DotNet, MVC,and Webservices etc

What do you like best? SQL Server is best database server to working with microsoft technologies like MVC, Dotnet, WCF and etc. It Is provide the verious functionalities like create database and tables to create stored procedure, functions and views etc. It is also provide SSRS and SSIS features. What do you dislike? Microsoft SQL Server is made to support millions of records across an enterprise. Because of its robust technology, it also comes with a high price. Users also need to ...

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Anonymous

04/30/19

4.5 out of 5

Excellent database RDBMS backed my Microsoft

What do you like best? Microsoft SQL Server has strong support with .Net and other Microsoft software help to reduce the time for setup application framework and coding effort. It is very reliable, it provides stable performance and behaviour, it provides a wide range of feature and function which may not exist in another database SQL Server could setup quickly on both standalone or cluster and run with little management effort, it supports multi-user mode allow us to use one server for ...

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Anonymous

04/29/19

4 out of 5

Professional solution for enterprise-wide data management

What do you like best? Microsoft SQL server can be used in a wide variety of applications and as the backend of an active application. Storing and retrieving huge varieties of data in SQL server is easy and highly scalable and the transact capabilities of the SQL server ensure that if a data is not updated at the other end due to any network failures or other such issues, this doesn't lead to loss of data on either side. What do you dislike? Microsoft SQL server is best utilized when ...

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Anonymous

04/29/19

5 out of 5

good experience

What do you like best? I like how easy it is to perform all the functions on it. I can easily handle all the sql jobs and make changes to the database. learning sql language is very easy and there is a lot of online help available. I can easily search all the issues online. Backing up the data from sql server is very easy and it helps us in case of shut down as it has the ability to recover files not closed properly. What do you dislike? I am not very familiar with their debugging ...

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Anonymous

04/29/19

4.5 out of 5

Best RDBMS(Relational Database Management System)

What do you like best? Microsoft SQL helps in managing underlying database. We can create different different database objects to perform analysis and to manipulate and convert data in usable format. What do you dislike? No dislike about SQL. As this is a Microsoft product so we need to pay large money to use this software. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We can convert the raw data into usable formats with the help of Microsoft SQL.

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Anonymous

04/29/19

4.5 out of 5

Smarter

What do you like best? Sql is easy to use and it stores data entities.its allows to work in client server mode. It has great security. What do you dislike? Licence is too costly that small companies cannot afford.It supports only with windows operating system. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? It's interface is simple to use. It has a reliable database.

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Anonymous

04/29/19

4.5 out of 5

Outstanding DBMS for daily use for all Business Enterprise

What do you like best? Things I like best are: 1.Can store large amount of data. 2.Multi -User in a single set up 3.User Friendly Interface. 4.Good customer support 5.Ease of working What do you dislike? Things I Dislike are: 1.Little bit costly 2.Only support Windows 3.Training is time consuming What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? 1.Development task 2.Database tracking 3.Training purpose

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