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What are the best SQL Clients for Windows?
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Best SQL Clients for Windows
Price
Platforms
Technology
78
DBeaver
Free / paid
Windows, Linux, MacOS
Java
62
HeidiSQL
Free
Windows
Delphi
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QueryPie
PAID
Mac, Windows, Linux
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DataGrip
$ 199/Y
Windows, Linux, Mac
Java
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Squirrel SQL
FREE
Windows, Linux, Mac
Java
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78
DBeaver
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DBeaver
My Recommendation for
DBeaver
All
18
Experiences
1
Pros
9
Cons
7
Specs
Top
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Free
It it licensed under GPL v2.
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Slow
Starts to get laggy once you have more than a few tabs open.
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PerfectCalleis's Experience
While staying at the "lower" Versions 7.x everything was fine, with the newer updates (20.x) this thing is a buggy, complicated unusable mess
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows, Linux, MacOS
Technology:
Java
Database management:
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, SQL Server, Access, Sybase, Firebird, Derby (JavaDB), SQLite, Mimer, HSQLDB, H2, IBM Informix, Teradata, SAP MAX DB, Cache, Ingres, Linter, Vertica, MongoDB, Cassandra, ODBC, Any JDBC compliant data source
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Works for many types of databases
MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Sybase, Java DB (Derby), Firebird (Interbase), Derby (JavaDB), SQLite, Mimer, HSQLDB, H2, IBM Informix, Teradata, SAP MAX DB, Cache, Ingres, Linter, Vertica, MongoDB, Cassandra, ODBC, Any JDBC compliant data source.
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Con
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Java
Needs Java to be installed when installing manually, in the Windows / Mac installer the JRE is included.
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Formatted text view
It has the classic grid view and a well-organized text view that you can quick-select with CTRL-A.
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Bad UX
Hard to use and understand. Tiny icons with colours and shapes that don't make sense. The icons and windows layout cannot be customized.
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Pro
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Follow foreign key to their primary key
If you have a table with a foreign key you can click on it to see the table row where this key references to.
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Very buggy
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Cross-platform
Supported on Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10), Linux, Mac OS and Solaris (x86).
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Free edition doesn't work with NoSQL databases
It has a free/community edition and a paid edition, only the paid edition allows working with NoSQL databases and other non-standard databases.
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Diagrams
Can generate ER diagrams.
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Cumbersome to work with projects
Once you start working in the default project, it's not straight forward to migrate your SQL queries to a new project if you want to split the project up
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Easy to use, clean neat inteface
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Cannot view function
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It supports direct data migration from one database to another
E.g. from MySQL to Oracle, from CSV to SQLite, etc.
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Offers basic GIS Support
If you have geometry or geography data types, you can view them on a map.
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62
HeidiSQL
My Rec
ommendation
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HeidiSQL
My Recommendation for
HeidiSQL
All
18
Experiences
6
Pros
8
Cons
3
Specs
Top
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Great UI and ease of use
HeidiSQL has a comprehensive and intuitive interface.
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Can be buggy
HeidiSQL is known to have some bugs that results in crashes.
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Natta Wang's Experience
I love it, because of its lightweight resource using application. But the most annoying is crash and force restart/close application quite too much if you use the GUI to insert, edit, alter to the tables.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows
Technology:
Delphi
Database management:
PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite
License:
GPL-2.0
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Free
Licensed under GNU GPL.
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Con
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Intellisense is not intelligent
No intellisense for columns unless table name is aliased.
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LivelyHuehuecoyotl's Experience
Have been using for almost a year and it's really awesome :)
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Portable
Alongside the possibility of downloading the installer and sourcecode, a portable version of the software is available.
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Con
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PostgreSQL support is poor
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ConscientiousAriadne's Experience
It crashes every time. I lost my requests every time
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SSH tunnel
HeidiSQL allows connecting to your MySQL database via SSH tunnel.
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HilariousAmmit's Experience
Many crashes and any recover process after theses crashes.
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Lightweight
Download size is less than 15 Mb.
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102020's Experience
Lightweight and simple. But the UI doesn't support High-DPI.
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Great user management
The user manager of HeidiSQL can easily set privileges on a per-database level or give access to only certain commands.
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CoolYatha's Experience
It's pretty useful, but ... mostly unusable. It's even starts to crash more frequently every new update ...
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Connect to servers via command line
You can use command line parameters to automate connections.
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Syntax completion
Sad thing is that it does not autocomplete tablenames without pressing CTRL+SPACE.
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Free
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QueryPie
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QueryPie
My Recommendation for
QueryPie
All
11
Experiences
1
Pros
8
Cons
1
Specs
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Free
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Still in beta
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SmartSvarog's Experience
It's a awesome tool. Clear, light, free, with a auto-complete that works.
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Specs
Platforms:
Mac, Windows, Linux
Database management:
PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, AWS Aurora
Auto Complete:
Fast auto-complete on queries
Top
Pro
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Clean and pretty UI/UX
The default color is dark and comfortable for the eyes
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Multiple Query Tabs
It's always good to be able to compare results in one window instead of having to go through and re-run stuff.
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Multiple Databases
They only support 3 at the moment (MySQL, PostgreSQL and MariaDB) but their social site says they'll be updating with more DBMSes in the near future which is pretty nice because I hate learning new GUIs~
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Fast Auto-complete
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Cross-platform
Works on Windows and Mac just fine.
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Free!
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Supports SSL/SSH
Has the built-in support for SSL/SSH connection.
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PAID
Recommend
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DataGrip
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DataGrip
My Recommendation for
DataGrip
All
13
Experiences
1
Pros
9
Cons
2
Specs
Top
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Excellent code completion
DataGrip's code completion is context-sensitive and schema-aware code completion. It will take into account tables structure, foreign keys, and even database objects created in your code.
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Expensive
This is an annual subscription with tiered pricing that diminishes a small amount year over year. But there are other much cheaper or free alternatives. This is the premium priced product of the bunch.
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Lewis Crichton's Experience
DataGrip is Jetbrains' independent database IDE. Most of the features inside of DataGrip are implemented in the other IDEs, however if you just want to edit some databases, this is one of the best tools to get. Even though it is expensive, I still recommend it. If you are in education and you want to get these tools for free, you most certainly can! Jetbrains has an education license (and also links in with GitHub for Education) that you can get for a year and can renew as long as you're still in education. This license covers all of their products, too.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Technology:
Java
Top
Pro
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Beautiful and customizable UI
DataGrip currently provides two theme options, light and dark. The UI is intuitive to navigate and provides powerful features such as a diagram view of table relationships.
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Con
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Performance can be slow/sluggish when working with high-volume databases
As with all other IDEs, DataGrip is powerful and thus requires more resources than usual. It can use up to several GB's of memory when working with high-volume databases, and this has an impact on performance if your system is not equipped to handle it.
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Free for Students
Jetbrains has an education license (and also links in with GitHub for Education) that you can get for a year and can renew as long as you're still in education.
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Supports multiple languages
DataGrip is not a language-specific IDE. It supports a wide variety of languages by default, such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Derby, H2, Sqlite, and many more. You can also specify your own JDBC drivers to get support for additional platforms.
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Powerful data editor
A powerful table editor lets you add, remove, edit, and clone data rows. Navigate through the data by foreign keys and use the text search to find anything in the data displayed in the table editor. All your changes are stored locally and can be submitted at once. Multiple fields can also be edited at once.
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Much more powerful than its counterparts
DataGrip is a full-featured IDE for working with databases and SQL. It includes commonly found features in database clients, and offers IDE-specific features beyond that — version control, autocompletion, refactoring support, etc.
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Helps you avoid mistakes
It can catch SQL bugs and suggest ways to resolve them. It will inform of unresolved objects and the use of keywords as identifiers.
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Version control support
DataGrip supports a wide variety of VCS tools out of the box so that you can edit, test, and commit changes without ever leaving the tool.
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Refactoring support
You can refactor SQL code with DataGrip — it resolves all references automatically and when an object/variable is renamed, you can choose to update all references to it in your project.
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Squirrel SQL
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Squirrel SQL
My Recommendation for
Squirrel SQL
All
12
Experiences
2
Pros
7
Cons
2
Specs
Top
Pro
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Works with multiple database vendors
Squirrel SQL works with any database that has a JDBC driver (e.g. Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, ...).
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Top
Con
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Sometimes sluggish syntax highlighting
Pasting large scripts into the editor is slow.
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TerriToniAX's Experience
Didn't manage to install it.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Technology:
Java
Top
Pro
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Can be extended through plugins
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Con
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Java required
Requires Java to be installed.
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chan's Experience
Started using it 10 years ago, because I am using Linux at home and this is a cross-platform tool, based on Java. We are using it with Oracle, MS SQL Server and probably soon PostgreSQL. Currently we are five people in our department using it regularly. Having some users stuck on old Office versions, we extract a lot of (summarized) data into XLS files. Pasting large SQL scripts into the editor can be quite slow. For any newcomer the biggest obstacle is that you have to separately download the database driver for your database yourself (apparently a legal issue) and then config the connection parameters correctly. It's the 1st entry in their FAQ for a reason.
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Pro
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Multiple exports formats
You can export to CSV, XLS, XLSX,TSV,XML.
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Cross-platform
Available for Windows, Linux and Mac.
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Top
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FREE
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Top
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Project of the month
Chosen on SourceForge as January 2018, “Community Choice” Project of the Month.
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Diagrams
Using the "Graph plugin" diagrams of tables and their relations / Query builder can be created.
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FREE
Recommend
30
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DbVisualizer
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DbVisualizer
My Recommendation for
DbVisualizer
All
13
Experiences
1
Pros
8
Cons
3
Specs
Top
Pro
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Wildcard finder
Has a search box that will highlight any matching row, regardless of what field is matched (spans multiple columns).
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Con
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Oracle packages
Can sometimes be a bit clunky when working w oracle packages.
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RickZeeland's Experience
The free version provides basic features.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Technology:
Java
Top
Pro
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Duplicate row button
Makes it really easy to stub out example data while developing, just change the values with unique constraints and you have extra data ready to go.
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Top
Con
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Auto completion could be better
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Pro
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Multi database
Support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Derby, H2, Sqlite etc.
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Con
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Expensive
License for the full product is costly.
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Pro
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In-line editing
Allows you to edit and save db rows through a spread-sheet like editor.
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Professional tool
This is a good and stable tool with really good and useful functionality: import/export, SSH tunnelling, fast searching, duplication, DDL visualization etc. If you are a professional, don't complain about the pricing. If you're an amateur, maybe this isn't for you.
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Pro
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Reasonable price, especially renewal cost
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Pro
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Great support
I always receive replies within 24h from the devs.
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Many functionalities
Intuitive features, non cluttered ui.
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Recommend
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TOAD
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ommendation
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TOAD
My Recommendation for
TOAD
All
1
Cons
1
Top
Con
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No built-in SSH tunneling
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SQLGate
My Rec
ommendation
for
SQLGate
My Recommendation for
SQLGate
All
10
Experiences
1
Pros
6
Cons
2
Specs
Top
Pro
•••
Includes PL/SQL editor and debugger
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Con
•••
Cumbersome PostgreSQL login
No default settings for PostgreSQL login.
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Geonguk Han's Experience
That's so good
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Platforms:
Windows
Top
Pro
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Supports cloud-based DB such as AWS & Azure
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Con
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Free version is limited
e.g. only 10 tables allowed in ERD designer.
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Top
Pro
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ER diagrams
Entity Relationship database diagrams limitations are: only supports reverse engineering, and can not export to formats other than .erd
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Pro
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Saves time with autocomplete & template functions
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Pro
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Fast processing and easy customization
They put out weekly updates, so there are new and impressive functions being added pretty consistently.
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Quick data analysis
Functions; filter, sort and group on grid / Copy, past, sum and statistics functions like excel.
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Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
My Recommendation for
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
All
5
Pros
2
Cons
2
Specs
Top
Con
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Bloated
SSMS eats up a lot of disk space and memory, but Microsoft seems to have addressed the issue in the newest version, quote "The current size of the bundle is less than half of what SSMS 17.x is (~400 MB). The size will eventually grow a little when the IS components are added back to SSMS, but it should not be as large as it used to be." https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/sql-server-management-studio-changelog-ssms?view=sql-server-2017
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Can work for other databases if Linked Servers are used
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Platforms:
Windows
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Con
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Doesn't natively support other databases
SSMS is aimed at SQL Server. Use of Linked Servers will give you some access to query other types of DBs using the tool, but this is a workaround.
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Pro
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Great for SQL Server
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Free
Recommend
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TablePlus
My Rec
ommendation
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TablePlus
My Recommendation for
TablePlus
All
8
Experiences
1
Pros
5
Cons
1
Specs
Top
Pro
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Multi-tabs & code review
TablePlus supports multi-tab and multi-window viewing, as well as generates code review whenever you make a change to your database.
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Con
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It's not free
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CompassionateKhonvoum's Experience
Ligthweight and fast
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Top
Pro
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It's fast
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Top
Pro
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Powerful SQL editor
Equipped with the following features: •Highlight syntax •Indent SQL Command •Split Results into Tabs •Save favorite SQL to snippet •Customize font size
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Pro
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Clean interface
Unlike many database editors, TablePlus is simple and clean. Just enough. Think SequelPro, but for many databases.
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Native, beautiful and friendly
TablePlus is a native app which helps you easily edit database data and structure.
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Jailer Relational Data Browsing Tool
My Rec
ommendation
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Jailer Relational Data Browsing Tool
My Recommendation for
Jailer Relational Data Browsing Tool
All
6
Experiences
1
Pros
4
Specs
Top
Pro
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Navigates bidirectionally through the database by following foreign-key-based or user-defined relationships
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RickZeeland's Experience
Jailer is open-source, written in Java, and uses the JDBC-driver to interact with almost any database.
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Technology:
Java
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SQL Console with code completion, syntax highlighting and database metadata visualization
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Allows to display not only the data but also the relationships between them
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Free
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Free
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SQL Workbench/J
My Rec
ommendation
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SQL Workbench/J
My Recommendation for
SQL Workbench/J
All
5
Experiences
1
Cons
3
Specs
Top
Con
•••
UI is not intuitive
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LuckyHunBatz's Experience
Buggy, bad UI
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Technology:
Java
Top
Con
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Buggy, crashes a lot
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Con
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Slow
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Arctype
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ommendation
for
Arctype
My Recommendation for
Arctype
All
2
Experiences
1
Specs
DreamerNotus's Experience
was good sad
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
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Database .NET
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Database .NET
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Database .NET
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6
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2
Pros
3
Cons
1
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Con
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Website
The website looks chaotic and gives a bad first impression of an otherwise good product.
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Pro
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Portable
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TerriToniAX's Experience
Windows blocks execution of the installer.
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Pro
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Multiple databases
Supported databases: SQL Server SQL Azure LocalDB MySQL Oracle IBM DB2 Informix PostgreSQL HP Vertica NuoDB Teradata Sybase ASE Firebird SQLite SQLCe Access Excel VistaDB dBase FoxPro OleDB ODBC OData Text NoSQL
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RickZeeland's Experience
Supports a plethora of databases, needs .NET framework.
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Diagrams
Can generate diagrams.
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EMS SQL Manager for SQL Server
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EMS SQL Manager for SQL Server
My Recommendation for
EMS SQL Manager for SQL Server
All
1
Pros
1
Top
Pro
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Rich user interface
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A5:SQL Mk-2
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A5:SQL Mk-2
My Recommendation for
A5:SQL Mk-2
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8
Experiences
3
Pros
3
Cons
1
Specs
Top
Pro
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ER diagrams
Supports two-way Entity Relationship diagrams.
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Con
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Website
The website is mostly in Japanese.
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matsu's Experience
I am making it.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows
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Excel support
Support for Excel input and output.
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102020's Experience
It's the most powerful in free apps. It generates ER diagrams from the exiting DB. But UI is awful, it doesn't support High DPI.
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Portable
Can be made portable by simply creating a folder "Portable" in the app folder.
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RickZeeland's Experience
Free lightweight SQL tool with support for Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.
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Free
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Oracle SQL Developer / Raptor
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Oracle SQL Developer / Raptor
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Oracle SQL Developer / Raptor
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PopSQL
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PopSQL
My Recommendation for
PopSQL
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5
Experiences
1
Pros
2
Cons
1
Specs
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Con
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No ER diagrams
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Pro
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Multi platform
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caitlanyu's Experience
PopSQL provides a seamless experience to write queries, visualize data, as well as sharing results with my team.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
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Multi database
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SQL Notebook
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ommendation
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SQL Notebook
My Recommendation for
SQL Notebook
All
6
Pros
4
Cons
1
Specs
Top
Pro
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Portable version
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Con
•••
Some queries do not work
Did some tests with PostgreSQL 9.5 and some complicated queries did not work.
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Technology:
C# / C++
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Pro
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Cross database queries
Any combination of data sources can be used together in the same SQL query, including cross-file, cross-database, and cross-server queries.
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Pro
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Multi database
Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
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Free
Free and open source.
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Trevor.io
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Trevor.io
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Trevor.io
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