Compare Data in SQL Server Databases

dbForge Data Compare for SQL Server is your best assistant when it comes to finding differences in the data of two databases, syncing changes from development to production, recovering data from a backup, and migrating data to a target environment with minimum downtime. With Data Compare, you can run quick comparisons, analyze conveniently highlighted diffs, generate comparison reports, and keep your databases in sync.

  • Detect data diffs and changes in live databases, backups, and scripts folders
  • Generate T-SQL scripts to update one database with content from another
  • Restore damaged or missing data from a native backup
  • Copy lookup data from development databases to staging or production
  • Deploy changes to SQL Server, SQL Azure, and SQL Server on Amazon RDS
  • Export data comparison results to CSV, HTML, and Excel
  • Automate reporting and synchronization from the command line
  • Integrate dbForge Data Compare with SQL Server Management Studio

Meet the killer feature of dbForge Data Compare

Compare the results of custom queries

What if you need flexibility that goes beyond the basic comparison of entire tables and views? What if you need selective comparison output based on your custom requirements? It's easy! The solution lies in the killer feature of dbForge Data Compare - comparison of custom query results. Just like with regular data comparison, you get simple setup, fast execution, clear output, and instant generation of synchronization scripts.

Why choose dbForge Data Compare?

Run quick data comparisons

The workflow of a comparison is simple. You select a source and a target, adjust a few settings, launch the comparison, and wait a while to get the results.

Data Compare helps find differences in the following:

  • Tables
  • Dates
  • Views
  • Backups
  • Custom queries
  • Static data from scripts folders
  • Data from SQL Azure Cloud databases
  • Data from SQL Server databases installed on Linux
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Manage data comparison results

After you run a comparison, you get the results in a data comparison document, which gives you a clear picture of the identified differences and provides a slew of handy tools to help you manage them.

  • View data differences for each pair of objects
  • Filter and sort objects in results
  • Quickly navigate through SQL Server data differences
  • Perform full-text data search
  • View number of changes per column
  • Hide unmodified columns to simplify analysis
  • Select arbitrary columns for display
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Sync data to a target database

Data Synchronization Wizard will guide you through deploying differences to your target database. It includes a bunch of options to make your SQL Server data synchronization safe and flawless.

  • Generate T-SQL synchronization scripts for review or deployment
  • Migrate individual records, groups of records, or all SQL Server data differences
  • Toggle synchronization direction to apply data changes to both databases
  • Roll back changes on error
  • Get warnings on possible problems prior to SQL Server data synchronization
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Export data comparison reports

If necessary, the identified differences can be documented in compelling comparison reports.

  • Generate SQL Server data comparison reports in the Excel, HTML, and CSV file formats
  • Include actual data into reports
  • Report on selected objects only
  • Generate comparison reports from the command line
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Automate recurring tasks

Recurring comparison and synchronization tasks should be automated where possible to help you do less manual work and focus on more important matters at hand. That's why dbForge Data Compare has a few automation tricks to help you out.

  • Save comparison project settings for reuse
  • Use the command-line interface to automate routine synchronization operations
  • Save comparison and synchronization settings as command-line execution files (.bat) and run them whenever you need
  • Schedule the execution of .bat files with Windows Task Scheduler
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Integrate Data Compare into SSMS

dbForge Data Compare is available both as a standalone application and as an add-in for SQL Server Management Studio. Thus, if you are a long-term SSMS user, you can easily integrate Data Compare into it and perform your comparison and synchronization tasks directly from the IDE.

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