Compare Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and ExpressionEngine - Feb 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Feb 12, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or ExpressionEngine?

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is more expensive to implement (TCO) than ExpressionEngine, and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is rated higher (78/100) than ExpressionEngine (60/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.

Looking for the right Development Tools Platform solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Microsoft Vs. EllisLab

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

EllisLab: We founded EllisLab in 2002 with the launch of a blogging application called pMachine Pro. A few years later we took everything we had learned from that experience and built ExpressionEngine, a powerful Content Delivery Platform, and CodeIgniter, an agile, open-source framework. Using these tools, web professionals can build nearly any type of dyna...

Who is more expensive? Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or ExpressionEngine?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Development Tools Platform software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and ExpressionEngine.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 price starts at $3,189 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Development Tools Platform software. ExpressionEngine price starts at $299 per license , When comparing ExpressionEngine to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Development Tools Platform software cost.

Bottom line: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is more expensive than ExpressionEngine.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Vs. ExpressionEngine based on some of the most important and required Development Tools Platform features.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

ExpressionEngine: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

Microsoft SQL Server 2014’s standard edition is specifically designed for smaller businesses that are running without a full-time database admin. Customers of the software include businesses of all sizes and types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012

ITQlick rating
(3.2/5)

starts at $3,189 per license

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is a data management platform that can help users to create mission-critical applications and create big data solutions using in-memory and high-performance OLTP, BI, data warehousing ...

Categories: Database Management.

ExpressionEngine

ITQlick rating
(4.9/5)

starts at $299 per license

ExpressionEngine is a web content management system for businesses of all sizes. It also offers various publishing and dynamic content management services. The software was designed and launched by Elli...

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Microsoft SQL Server 2012: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

ExpressionEngine: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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