Best SQL Server Software for Microsoft Azure

Compare the Top SQL Server Software that integrates with Microsoft Azure as of July 2025

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This a list of SQL Server software that integrates with Microsoft Azure. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with Microsoft Azure. View the products that work with Microsoft Azure in the table below.

What is SQL Server Software for Microsoft Azure?

SQL server software is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that allows businesses to store, manage, and retrieve data in structured formats using Structured Query Language (SQL). These platforms provide a robust and scalable solution for handling large volumes of data, enabling users to create, read, update, and delete data within relational databases. SQL server software includes features for data storage, transaction management, data security, backup, and performance optimization, ensuring data integrity and availability. It supports a range of applications from small businesses to enterprise-level solutions, offering integration with other business tools and systems. SQL server software is often used in applications requiring high-performance data storage, reporting, and analytics capabilities. Compare and read user reviews of the best SQL Server software for Microsoft Azure currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

SolarWinds

Quickly pinpoint performance issues with SolarWinds® Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) while providing expert advice with tuning advisors. Anomaly detection powered by machine learning allows DBAs to proactively optimize databases before small issues become big problems. Real-time analysis with 24/7 monitoring and automated alerts provides the time an error occurred instead of just knowing it was “sometime last week.” DPA helps ease the use of more than 20 cross-platform databases in hybrid, on-premises and cloud environments.

2 Ratings

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SingleStore

SingleStore

SingleStore (formerly MemSQL) is a distributed, highly-scalable SQL database that can run anywhere. We deliver maximum performance for transactional and analytical workloads with familiar relational models. SingleStore is a scalable SQL database that ingests data continuously to perform operational analytics for the front lines of your business. Ingest millions of events per second with ACID transactions while simultaneously analyzing billions of rows of data in relational SQL, JSON, geospatial, and full-text search formats. SingleStore delivers ultimate data ingestion performance at scale and supports built in batch loading and real time data pipelines. SingleStore lets you achieve ultra fast query response across both live and historical data using familiar ANSI SQL. Perform ad hoc analysis with business intelligence tools, run machine learning algorithms for real-time scoring, perform geoanalytic queries in real time.

1 Rating

Starting Price: $0.69 per hour

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dbFront

Big Ideas Computing Ltd. / dbFront Works

dbFront is a RAD (Rapid Application Development) tool specifically designed for use by DBA's and Analysts. dbFront requires no code, is simple to administer, and is straightforward for users. dbFront can be locally installed or hosted via Azure, Amazon or the hosting service of your choice. dbFront connects to your own data and your own security infrastructure. No 3rd party dependencies. With dbFront, you can quickly build a client application for your existing database that is immediately useful. In addition, dbFront dynamically updates itself as your database changes.

Starting Price: $199.00/one-time

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DBA xPress

SolarWinds

Managing large data estates is challenging. It’s hard to track the dependencies among your databases, particularly if your data estate is constantly changing through growth or acquisitions. Common problems include difficulties understanding the differences among databases, inadequate solutions for comparing data schema, and the inability to track dependencies and connections so that you can successfully manage data, users, and security. DBA xPress simplifies managing large data estates by providing solutions for comparing data schema and browsing through database content: compare databases and synchronize schema and data within them, analyze dependencies and connections among tables, users, functions, and security policies, browse content of SQL Server databases, access the scripts for each object, and export them into an XML file. Automating repetitive tasks can save you time, reduce the risk of human error, and streamline processes.

Starting Price: $325 per year

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Azure SQL Edge

Microsoft

Small-footprint, edge-optimized SQL database engine with built-in AI. Azure SQL Edge, a robust Internet of Things (IoT) database for edge computing, combines capabilities such as data streaming and time series with built-in machine learning and graph features. Extend the industry-leading Microsoft SQL engine to edge devices for consistent performance and security across your entire data estate, from cloud to edge. Develop your applications once and deploy them anywhere across the edge, your on-premises data center, or Azure. Built-in data streaming and time series, with in-database machine learning and graph features for low-latency analytics. Data processing at the edge for online, offline, or hybrid environments to overcome latency and bandwidth constraints. Deploy and update from the Azure portal or your enterprise portal for consistent security and turnkey management. Detect anomalies and apply business logic at the edge using the built-in machine learning capabilities.

Starting Price: $60 per year

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Azure SQL Managed Instance

Microsoft

Part of the Azure SQL family, SQL Managed Instance is an intelligent cloud database service combining the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility (back to SQL Server 2008) with the benefits of a fully managed, up-to-date platform as a service. With your successful assessment on Azure Migrate or Azure Data Studio, confidently modernize your custom and vendor-provided apps to Azure. Stop worrying about updates, upgrades, or end of support. SQL Managed Instance is built on the SQL Server engine, so it's always up to date with the latest SQL features and functionality. Meet your mission-critical requirements up to five times faster while paying up to 93 percent less than AWS RDS. Learn how SQL Managed Instance outperformed across three different benchmarks, spanning transactional and analytics workloads. Accelerate application modernization with the latest managed SQL Server capabilities in the cloud.

Starting Price: $0.674 per hour

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SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

Microsoft

Migrate your SQL Server workloads to the cloud to get the performance and security of SQL Server combined with the flexibility and hybrid connectivity of Azure. Lower your total cost of ownership (TCO)1 and get free, built-in security and automated management when you register your virtual machines (VMs) with the SQL Server IaaS Agent extension at no extra cost. Save time with seamless post-deployment conversions—there's no need for production redeployment. Lower your ongoing operational costs with automatic image maintenance, updates, and patches. Simple, familiar SQL Server for versatile virtual machines.

Starting Price: $1,543.950 per month

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