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The product comes in four editions: Enterprise, Professional, Standard, and Express.

The Express Edition will be activated after the expiration of the trial.

Enterprise
Full-featured edition
Subscription
Most popular
Professional
Advanced features edition
Subscription
Standard
Essential features edition
Subscription
Express
Basic functionality
Features
Compatibility
Compatibility
Enterprise
Professional
Standard
Express
SQL Server 2022
New
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server 2005 - 2019
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server 2000
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server installed on Linux
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Server on Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Azure SQL Database (SQL DB)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Azure SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW)) Serverless but not Dedicated
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Entra multi-factor authentication (MFA) (formerly Azure Active Directory
(Azure AD))
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SQL Coding Assistance
SQL Coding Assistance
Enterprise
Professional
Standard
Express
Code Formatter profiles
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax check
Yes
Yes
No
No
SQL refactoring
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Pair highlighting
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Execution Warnings
Yes
No
No
No
Run the script on multiple databases
Yes
No
No
No
Database Design
Database Design
Enterprise
Professional
Standard
Express
Visual Database Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Visual View Editor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Database documentation
Yes
No
No
No
Find invalid objects
Yes
No
No
No
Script Create Database option
Yes
Yes
No
No
Debugging and Diagnostics
Debugging and Diagnostics
Enterprise
Professional
Standard
Express
Data Pump
Data Pump
Enterprise
Professional
Standard
Express
Command-line interface for data import & data export
Yes
Yes
No
No
Data export from the results grid
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Schema import and export
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Data Generation
Data Generation
Enterprise
Professional
Standard
Express
Data generation with RegExp and Python
Yes
Yes
No
No
Generate JSON data based on templates
Yes
Yes
No
No
Check Constraint Generator
Yes
Yes
No
No
Generation of realistic test data via 200+ predefined generators
Yes
Yes
No
No
DevOps Automation
DevOps Automation
Enterprise
Professional
Standard
Express
PowerShell cmdlets collection
Yes
None
None
None
Jenkins plugin for SQL Server
Yes
None
None
None
TeamCity plugin for SQL Server
Yes
None
None
None
Azure DevOps plugin for SQL Server
Yes
None
None
None
Bamboo plugin for SQL Server
Yes
None
None
None
Other Features
Other Features
Enterprise
Professional
Standard
Express
Database Explorer window with a multi-selection tree
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Object Viewer to browse schema object properties
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
General
General
Enterprise
Professional
Standard
Express
Command-line wizard
Yes
Yes
No
No
Command-line interface support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Full shortcut customization
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wizard for exporting/importing user settings
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Support for multiple monitors
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Vector HiDPI skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes