01−Ship schema updates with context switching02+Compare and search in one view.
Antara DB Diff gives SQL Server teams two workflows in one desktop app: Schema Compare for side-by-side object diffs and Schema Search for quickly finding object definitions by name or SQL text.
SQL_SERVER1.DEV
SQL_SERVER2.PROD
Schema Compare coverage
Five object types. One consistent picture.
Toggle any category on or off before you analyze — Antara only scripts and compares what you ask it to.
Procedures & Functions
Stored procedures and scalar/table functions, normalized before comparison.
Views
View definitions compared for structural and logical changes.
Tables
Columns, defaults, constraints and keys, diffed field by field.
Triggers
Trigger bodies across both servers, matched to their parent tables.
User Defined Types
Alias types and table types, including their column definitions.
Object status
Every object lands in one bucket
No ambiguity about what needs your attention before a release.
Modified
Definition differs between source and destination
MissingInLeft
Exists on destination only
MissingInRight
Exists on source only
Match
Identical on both servers
Schema Search
Locate objects by name or SQL definition text
Search scans object names and module text so you can jump straight to a procedure, view, function, trigger, or table definition before or after running a compare.
Workflows
Compare and search without leaving the app.
Schema Compare
- 01
Enter both servers
Point Antara at a Source Server and a Destination Server — dev, staging, prod, wherever you need a diff.
- 02
Select the database
Pick the target database from a picker loaded live from the source server.
- 03
Choose what to compare
Enable or disable procedures, views, tables, triggers and UDTs independently.
- 04
Click Analyze This
Antara scripts every enabled object on both servers and classifies each one.
- 05
Inspect the SQL
Select any object in the tree to see its side-by-side difference, line by line.
Schema Search
- 01
Open Schema Search
Switch to the Schema Search tab in the same app window.
- 02
Connect and choose database
Enter the server details and select the target database.
- 03
Enter search text
Use an object name or SQL snippet, then run search.
- 04
Inspect matching SQL
Select a result to view generated SQL and validate the object quickly.
Product view
Two workflows, one consistent interface.
Schema Compare highlights exact line-level changes, while Schema Search finds objects by name or SQL content with immediate preview.
Local & persistent
Settings stay where you left them
Servers, database, compare toggles and theme are saved locally under %AppData%/AntaraDbDiff, so the next comparison starts exactly where the last one ended.
Known limitations
What we're still expanding
- UDT table-type scripting currently focuses on columns; advanced constraints and index definitions are on the roadmap.
- Comparison quality depends on generated script fidelity for each object provider.
Get Antara DB Diff
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Free and MIT-licensed. Point it at two servers and see the real difference in minutes.
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