What are the best MySQL client applications for Windows?

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Syntax completion

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Data synchronization

HeidiSQL can compare and synchronize your data and structure between local and remote databases.

Pro
Great UI and ease of use

HeidiSQL has a comprehensive and intuitive interface.

Con
Can be buggy

HeidiSQL is known to have some bugs that results in crashes.

Con
Intellisense is not intelligent

No intellisense for columns unless table name is aliased.

Con
No built-in debugger included

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MySQL Workbench

Pro
Easy to use

Actions can be directly carried out on tables. The software prepares the relevant query for approval before execution.

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Community version

There is a community edition available that is free and open source; licensed under GPL.

Con
Unintuitive UI

Workbench's user interface is regarded by a lot of users as unintuitive and hard to use. It seems cluttered and hard to get used to. The left side of the application has several sections (which you get to choose which to open) with several tools for each. A lot of features are hidden behind m...

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Con
Freezes constantly

Running any kind of query with more than a thousand records or even just opening a file and other actions crashes the application. You are unable to actually stop a query. You have to kill from Windows Task Manager every single time.

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Navicat for MySQL

Pro
Batch job scheduling

You can schedule things like backups, restores, data transfers or report building.

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Data and structure synchronization

Navicat can compare and synchronize your data and structure between local and remote databases.

Con
Cost

The cost of a license ranges from $119.20-$159.20.

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Toad

Pro
Reliable

Toad is maintained by Dell and has great community support.

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Free

Toad is free to use.

Con
Bit less features

Still some more features are required to add. Other than that its perfectly fine

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Con
No built-in SSH tunneling

Toad currently doesn't provide built-in SSH tunneling.

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dbForge Studio for MySQL

Pro
MySQL prompt

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Query profiler

Supports visual query profiling and can compare profiling results between different queries.

Con
Limited feature on express (Free)

No backup option (Limited to a few MBs in express version).

Con
No SSL and SSH in Express Version

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DataGrip

Pro
Polyglot IDE

DataGrip is a multi-platform SQL IDE that is not limited to any particular database platform. DataGrip support a variety of systems out of the box, such as H2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL. Additionally, you can specify your own drivers for even further compatibility with your prefe...

Pro
Code completion