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SQL Prompt

Add-in for SQL Server Management Studio & Visual Studio

The fast and easy way to write, format and debug SQL

Save time and effort from day one with the original SQL code completion tool, loved by the SQL Server community for nearly 20 years.

SQL Prompt Write accurate SQL faster in SSMS with SQL Prompt's AI-powered features

Writing SQL can be time-consuming, repetitive and frankly dull. SQL Prompt changes that. It works alongside you to make your SQL coding fast, accurate and effortless, whether your SQL Server databases are on-premises, in the cloud, or both.

SQL Prompt enhances SSMS and Visual Studio by automatically completing, analyzing and fixing your code, as well as taking care of formatting, refactoring, and query history. Best of all, it’s ingeniously simple to use, so you can get started in minutes.

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Save time and effort writing SQL

Write SQL up to 50% faster and win time back in your day. SQL Prompt speeds up coding by auto-completing your code with valid, context-aware suggestions. Say goodbye to repetitive typing with customizable code snippets and comprehensive query history.

Improve code quality as-you-type

Avoid last-minute rework by writing error-free code by default. Smart code completion reduces syntax errors, while real-time code analysis and auto-fixes debugs code. Tab coloring helps keep your changes in the right environment, and refactoring helps you to confidently optimize your queries, code objects and databases.

Keep code consistent without breaking a sweat

With SQL Prompt, you don’t have to worry about structuring your code as you write it. Simply write SQL your own way and use a shortcut to format your code into a team standard instantly. Same applies for reformatting legacy code, just press CTRL+K+Y to improve readability.

AI-enhanced coding, on your terms

SQL Prompt includes optional AI-powered features designed to support your workflow. Write or modify queries using natural language, get clear explanations for unfamiliar code, and fix and optimize SQL with ease—all without leaving SSMS.

Key features for SSMS and Visual Studio

Try formatting your own SQL code below

Use predefined styles, or create and share your own with the full formatting options in SQL Prompt.

Styles

or press Ctrl+Enter

Format SQL in seconds

Effortlessly format your code to match your team's style, or update legacy code for better readability, with just one click or a simple keyboard shortcut (CTRL+K+Y).

Customize your formatting

Advanced options allow you to fine-tune your formatting styles to get them exactly how you like them, and you can even share them with your team to keep code consistent.

SQL Prompt users say

Over 200,000 people rely on Redgate to deliver ingeniously simple software.

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The essential tool for serious SQL Server database development. Don't use SSMS without it.

I use SQL Prompt constantly. I refuse to work without it. It has become so engrained in muscle memory. Snippets save me so much time. My favorite thing is how it enforces consistency, such that I can take any SQL code written by anyone and format it to be clean and understandable instantly.

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Great tool for all SQL Developers

I have used SQL Prompt for day-to-day development work in my office. It has been a great experience and a good tool for all the developers. It offers great features like query formatter and code standardization.

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I refuse to work on SQL Server without SQL Prompt installed

SQL Prompt makes my work much easier. I spend a lot less time typing, looking up tables/columns, or performing standard queries. I get so much more done - I can't imagine doing SQL coding without it.

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SQL Prompt Feels Like an Out-Of-The-Box Product

SQL Prompt provides an important set of time-saving features that integrate so well, you would think they should come out of the box with SSMS.

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The product every SQL developer must have!

SQL Prompt is a MUST HAVE for an SQL Developer. The amount of time saved from its many capabilities is amazing...

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SQL Prompt is a game changer

SQL prompt has been a real time-saver and really helps me write more efficiently

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SQL Prompt is Pretty Much a Necessity for SQL Server

Not only does it make it faster/easier to write code, it is also great for exploring/understanding new data sets.

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Everything SSMS Should Have Been OOTB

I use SQL prompt every day as it slices the amount of development time for tasks... I'm also a stickler for clean and concise code, and SQL Prompt really helps in that endeavour.

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Coding without it is like wearing handcuffs!

The ease of use and speed at which you can write code is exponentially faster. I'll never NOT use it.

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I won't work without it

When I changed organizations and lost access to SQL Prompt, I immediately decided to purchase it myself.

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SQL Prompt is part of SQL Toolbelt Essentials

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SQL Prompt

Double coding speed and improve the accuracy of your SQL code.

Includes:

  • IntelliSense-style SQL code completion
  • One-click, customizable SQL formatting
  • SQL refactoring
  • Customizable SQL snippets
  • SQL code analysis and auto-fixes
  • SSMS SQL history and tab colouring
  • AI powered features: Text-to-SQL, Explain SQL, Intelligent Suggestions and Query Index Analysis

SQL Toolbelt Essentials

Increase efficiency and code quality throughout your entire SQL Server database development cycle with 11 essential tools.

Includes SQL Prompt plus:

  • Bulk formatting, code analysis and auto-fixes
  • Team sharing of formatting styles and code snippets in SSMS via the Redgate Platform

Additional products

  • SQL Source Control
  • SQL Compare
  • SQL Data Compare
  • SQL Test
  • SQL Data Generator
  • SQL Doc
  • SQL Dependency Tracker
  • SQL Multi Script
  • SQL Search

Supported SQL Server & Microsoft Data Platforms

SQL Server-based platforms

  • SQL Server 2025, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014
  • SQL Server on Azure VM
  • Amazon RDS for SQL Server & Virtual Machines
  • Google Cloud SQL for SQL Server & Virtual Machines

Microsoft cloud data services

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Dedicated & Serverless SQL Pools
  • Microsoft Fabric (SQL endpoints)

Development environments

  • SQL Server Management Studio 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 2017
  • Visual Studio 2026, 2022, 2019

See the value SQL Prompt brings