When comparing Toad vs Rise, the Slant community recommends Toad for most people. In the question“What are the best relational database design and modelling tools?” Toad is ranked 15th while Rise is ranked 21st. The most important reason people chose Toad is:
Toad is maintained by Dell and has great community support.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Reliable
Toad is maintained by Dell and has great community support.
Pro Free
Toad is free to use.
Pro Import database
Import from SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2.
Pro Code generators
Code generators for C#, PHP, SOAP web services.
Pro Multi database
Support for popular databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server.
Pro Visual Studio extension
A Visual Studio extension is available (14 days trial version).
Cons
Con Fewer features
Still some more features are required to add. Other than that its perfectly fine.
Con No built-in SSH tunneling
Toad currently doesn't provide built-in SSH tunneling.
