ApexSQL Compare is a tool that can compare files, SQL Server objects, and folders. It can be integrated as an add-in into SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio or it can be used as a desktop application. Automation and scheduling can be performed via Command Line Interface. It can perform two-way script comparison and create a merge script. Three comparison modes include Character, Line and Block, along with the appropriate syntax highlighting. Features:

• Supports SQL Server Management Studio 2012 integration and higher
• Supports Visual Studio 2010 integration and higher
• Supports Windows Explorer integration
• Supports SQL Server 2005 and higher
• Supports Azure SQL Database
• Supports SQL Server on Amazon RDS
• Supports file and folder comparison
• Compare SQL Server objects directly from SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio
• Two-way comparison and merge
• Three comparison modes:
  • Character
  • Line
  • Block
• Syntax highlighting for 9 languages:
  • C#
  • C++
  • HTML
  • JavaScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • Python
  • T-SQL
  • Visual Basic
  • XML
• Ignore options for the comparison process
  • Ansi options
  • Authorization
  • Collation
  • Comments
  • Constraint names
  • Filegroups
  • Indexes
  • Lock escalation
  • Permissions
  • With encryption
• Export comparison results into HTML report
• Command line interface
• GUI themes