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What are the best MySQL client applications for Windows?

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16 Options Considered	Price	Last Updated
92 dbForge Studio for MySQL	$0-249.95	Jul 6, 2018
91 HeidiSQL	FREE	Jul 7, 2018
89 Navicat for MySQL	$99 - $259	Mar 29, 2018
78 MySQL Workbench	FREE	Jul 4, 2018
-- DBeaver	FREE	Jun 12, 2018

dbForge Studio for MySQL

Top Pro

GUI database designer

Has a GUI database designer and query builder for MySQL. Has support for design, editing, and viewing foreign key relations. See More

Top Con

Limited feature on express (Free)

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

Top Pro

MySQL prompt

Сode completion, code snippets, SQL code formatter, сode profiles, сode profiles. See More

Top Con

No SSL and SSH in Express Version

Top Pro

Query profiler

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

Top Pro

Supports multiple relational database systems

Supports MySQL server, MariaDB server, Percona and Amazon RDS. See More

Top Pro

Powerful built-in debugger

Has step-by-step code execution, breakpoints, watches, a call stack and a variables evaluation mechanism. See More

Top Pro

Built-in schema and data comparison and synchronization

Supports comparing schema data and synchronization between them. See More

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Built-in SQL syntax support

Has a built-in SQL syntax checker and highlighter. It also has support for MySQL-only syntax in the form of code completion and syntax highlighting. See More

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Can manage user privileges

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Can schedule regular database backups

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Can help developers detect problems and optimize SQL queries via the GUI

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Can generate a refractoring script for a database without changing the data stored within

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Supports Sphinx search engine

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Copy Database

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Data Generator (in the Enterprise edition)

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Database Documenter (in the Enterprise edition)

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Support for MariaDB 10.3

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Support for MySQL 8.0

Top Pro

Comfortable IDE and user interface

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HeidiSQL

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Free

Licensed under GNU GPL. See More

Top Con

Can be buggy

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

Top Pro

Great UI and ease of use

HeidiSQL has a comprehensive and intuitive interface. See More

Top Con

Works under Linux only with Wine

It works quite well under Wine with Linux, but you must always take notice if the last version of HeidiSQL has been tested, for it may not run at all. There are some bugs in the Wine version that can be annoying and you have to kill the program and restart it. A native Linux version would be great. See More

Top Pro

Portable

Alongside the possibility of downloading the installer and sourcecode, a portable version of the software is available. See More

Top Con

Intellisense is not intelligent

No intellisense for columns unless table name is aliased. See More

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Lightweight

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No built-in debugger included

Top Pro

Syntax completion

Top Pro

Data synchronization

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

Top Pro

Great user management

The user manager of HeidiSQL can easily set privileges on a per-database level or give access to only certain commands. See More

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Works fine with Wine under Linux

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SSH tunnel

HeidiSQL allows connecting to your MySQL database via SSH tunnel. See More

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Connect to servers via command line

You can use command line parameters to automate connections. See More

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Navicat for MySQL

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Data and structure synchronization

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

Top Con

Cost

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

Top Pro

HTTP/SSH tunnel

You can upload a PHP script to enable HTTP tunneling or choose a SSH tunnel instead. See More

Top Pro

Excellent choice of import/export options

You can easily import data from ODBC, Excel, Access, DBF, TXT, CSV, XML, JSON etc and export to Excel, Access, DBF, TXT, CSV, XML, JSON etc. See More

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Easy to use

Navicat manages an intuitive, easy to use UI without sacrificing functionality. See More

Top Pro

Navicat Premium supports Cloud Collaboration

You can work with teammates to collaborate on connection settings, queries and models conveniently. See More

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Batch job scheduling

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

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Visual query builder

Create and edit queries without writing SQL. See More

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Cross-platform

Originally released on Windows, it has been ported to OS X and Linux. See More

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User management

Navicat allows for simple user and access management. See More

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Visual report builder

Build reports in a visual way. Once set up, the process can be scheduled. See More

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Unicode support

Navicat has full unicode support. See More

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SQL code completion

Navicat supports auto-complete for SQL queries. See More

MySQL Workbench

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Top Pro

Community version

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

Top 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 menus and need some getting used to find them. See More

Top Pro

Easy to use

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

Top 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. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Works on Windows, Linux, OS X. See More

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EER diagramming

MySQL Workbench has enhanced entity–relationship modeling support. See More

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Database synchronization

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DBeaver

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Free

It it licensed under GPL v2. See More

Top Con

Cannnot view function

Top Pro

Cross-Platform

Supported on Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10), Linux, Mac OS and Solaris (x86) See More

Top Con

Trigger edition

Until version 3.5.8 you can not edit triggers, only view (since 3.5.6). See More

Top Pro

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 See More

Top Pro

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. See More

Top Pro

Formatted text view

It has the classic grid view and a well-organized text view that you can quick-select with CTRL-A. See More

Top Pro

Easy to use, clean neat inteface

DataGrip

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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 preferred database system. See More

Top Con

Paid software

As with most JetBrains products, DataGrip is a paid tool. It operates on a monthly installment plan. However, after 12 months continuous payment, you will receive a perpetual license for the initial version of DataGrip that you signed up for. See More

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Code completion

Top Pro

Version control integration

TablePlus

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Native, beautiful and friendly

TablePlus is a native app which helps you easily edit database data and structure. See More

Top Con

Mac only as of now

While they are working towards a Windows version, right now the software is not cross-platform See More

Top Pro

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 See More

Toad

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Reliable

Toad is maintained by Dell and has great community support. See More

Top Con

Bit less features

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

Top Pro

Free

Toad is free to use. See More

Top Con

No built-in SSH tunneling

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

SQLyog

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Easy to use and elegant UI

The UI is uncluttered and intuitive. See More

Top Con

Premium support at an additional cost

Top Pro

Visual design of queries

Query builder is very intuitive and easy for designing very complex queries. See More

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Cost

Pricing starts at $69 and goes up to $299. See More

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Community version

There is a free/community version available here. See More

Top Pro

Power tools

There are very useful power tools to do task like database synchronization, visual data comparison, Schedule backup with email notification. One can also schedule task with scheduler and will get report of task completion or error in email. See More

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Session restore

User can enable session restore to avoid loss of unsaved work. See More

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Data visualization

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Store model in project file

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Discounts for multiple users

Top Pro

Free upgrades for 1 year included

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Unconditional 90-day money back policy

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Premium support option

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Personalized themes

Top Pro

Fast and stable

Completely written in c/c++ using win32 api gives is edge in performance over other clients. See More

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Advanced connection options

It's possible to connect to any MySQL server with these powerful connection options - HTTP, SSH, SSL. See More

Valentina Studio

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Cross-platform

Valentina Studio works on Windows, Linux and OS X. See More

Top Con

PRO account needs to be renewed for updates

The purchase of a PRO account only includes 12 months of updates. See More

Top Pro

Good UI

Valentina Studio has a responsive and clean user interface. See More

Top Pro

Free version

Valentina Studio is a free version, with more features in the Pro version. See More

Top Pro

Don't Pay Extra for More Database Support

All databases are supported in both the free and paid for versions. See More

DbVisualizer

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Visual table creation

Supports a variety of visual actions (such as alter, create and rename). See More

Top Con

Cost

Fairly expensive, ranging from $179-$208/user. See More

Top Pro

Query builder

Easy to design queries with a point-and-click interface. See More

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

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Requires MySQL ODBC driver

Top Con

825MB setup file

TeamSQL

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Stores query history

It stores all query history along with locally cached result sets. See More

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Easy sharing

Sharing queries to teammates, and sharing data via URL or Slack. See More

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Easy to use

Top Pro

Lightweight

Datazenit

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Cross-platform and Fast

Node.js based See More

Top Con

Cost

From $79 to $2999 See More

Top Pro

Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redshift

FlySpeed SQL Query

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Portable version available

The portable version is offered at $49/year or $129/lifetime. See More

Top Con

Commercial use requires a license

If you plan on using FlySpeed for commercial purposes, you have to purchase the product at $39-49/year or $99-$129/lifetime. See More

Top Pro

Free version

There is a free version of FlySpeed SQL Query for non-commercial purposes. See More

PopSQL

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Sequel Pro

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I am using this software for all my MySQL backend modifications and maintenance.

Works under Linux only with Wine

Great UI and ease of use

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It's really simple and straightforward. I like the import/exporting options, the user manager, data management, data filtering, multi database connectivity, and so on... I love it!

Great user management

Data synchronization

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Unable to launch program - initial window appears offscreen, with no way to show it.

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Great UI and ease of use

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dbForge Studio for MySQL

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Easy to use, clean neat inteface

Formatted text view

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