PhpStorm vs. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PhpStorm
Score 9.0 out of 10
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JetBrains supports PhpStorm, an integrated development environment (IDE).
$99
per year per user
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is an integrated environment for managing any SQL infrastructure, from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database. SSMS provides tools to configure, monitor, and administer instances of SQL Server and databases. SSMS is used to deploy, monitor, and upgrade the data-tier components used by applications, and to build queries and scripts. SSMS can also be used to query, design, and manage databases and data warehouses on a local…N/A
Pricing
PhpStormSQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Editions & Modules
For Individuals
$99
per year per user
For Organizations
$249
per year per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PhpStormSQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
PhpStormSQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
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7.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
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Support Rating
9.4
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User Testimonials
PhpStormSQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Likelihood to Recommend
PhpStorm is well suited for any PHP development. It integrates well with Symfony, Laravel, CodeIgniter, Cake & Twig. I have used it very successfully in the past and despite not being my go-to editor, I will still use it when working on PHP heavy frameworks.
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Very well easy to use and helps productivity of user drastically
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Pros
  • Version Control: Git, Subversion, and Others.
  • Alerts about code being developed, alerts like errors, discontinuation of some function, suggestions for improvements.
  • Application database access can run SQL commands directly from PhpStorm without having to have any other clients open.
  • Shortcut keys that assist in the coding process.
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  • Export data
  • Generate scripts
  • connecting to SQL instances
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Cons
  • There is a bug sometimes, when you pull that the directory structure it forgets all the folders
  • It's not free
  • When I copy paste the default is to not keep the same spacing/tab pattern of the original, which I'm not a fan of
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  • it can still be made easier for connecting perspective
  • some bugs on versions of SQL can be avoided.
  • can be more user friendly
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Usability
PhpStorm is very easy to use, once you get the hang of it. It can take a while to get the hang of it because there's so many options, some of which are buried in the imposing settings panel. It could use some help with multi-cursor, especially multi-file editing but that's a minor gripe.
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Support Rating
The JetBrains community is all about helping others succeed, even in the most obscure setups. I have never had a question go unanswered, or I have never been able to come up with empty results in searching for the answer. My questions or concerns are typically address from other users in the community, so timing is pretty quick for a response
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Alternatives Considered
Each one of the products I've listed are great in their own right, but non of them provide as complete a solution as PhpStorm in my opinion. Very few products offer all of the features that PhpStorm does and those that do don't have the greatest performance in my experience. Some have a great text editor but lack other critical features while others have a bounty of features, but the text editor is garbage. Before I tried PhpStorm, I stuck to using simple text editors because the features the IDEs offered didn't outweigh performance hit of running such a large, slow program. PhpStorm isn't lightweight by any means but I haven't noticed any of the common performance issues that I experienced with other IDEs.
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SSMS is very efficient and aids to do multiple tabs easily
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Return on Investment
  • Recent AI advancements have saved us time to build by integrating it direct with the IDE allowing build to deployment to happen at a more rapid pace than previously possible
  • Integrated AI commit message generation saves time and effort from team members shorting time writing documentation allowing more time spent in development
  • Integrated git development causes less friction across team with version control and merge conflict resolution shortening development work flows
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  • easy to use accessibility
  • durability, It has been durable
  • recovery of old tabs.
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