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What are the best SQL graphical schema viewer / editor / import/export programs?

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14 Options Considered

Best SQL graphical schema viewer / editor / import/export programs	Price	Platforms	Technology
-- MySQL Workbench	-	Windows, Linux, Mac	-
-- DBeaver	Free / paid	Windows, Linux, MacOS	Java
-- SchemaSpy	-	Windows, Linux, Mac	Java
-- SchemaCrawler	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac	Java
-- Schemaball	-	-	-

MySQL Workbench

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Easy to use

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

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Diagram elements often overlap each other, requiring a great deal of manual intervention

When generating a diagram from a database or schema, of even moderate complexity, MySQL Workbench does not automatically prevent table elements from overlapping or even overlying each other, and requires a fair amount of manual dragging to get a useful diagram to show a client. See More

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Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

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Community version

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

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Has problems when talking to MariaDB

MySQL Workbench, while great, has some issues dealing with the supposed 'drop in replacement', MariaDB in its current incarnation (6.2.5.0 build 397), and them being in somewhat competition I don't see the compatibility agenda being pushed any time soon See More

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Database synchronization

Forward & reverse engeneering See More

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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

DBeaver

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Cross-platform

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

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No Crow's foot

By default DBeaver uses IDEF1X notation for table relations, which is not like Crow's foot notation what a lot of users are used to. See More

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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Free

It is licensed under GPL v2. See More

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Limited free version

Some databases are only supported in the paid version. Although the free version offers a generous amount of functions, some are only available in the paid version, like: Visual Query Builder Schema compare Data compare See More

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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 See More

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ER diagram

Can visualize data tables and their relationships with the ER Diagram view. See More

SchemaSpy

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Entity Relationship Digramming for nearly any JDBC-compliant database

SchemaSpy can analyze database metadata in order to reverse engineer ER (Entity Relationship) diagrams for any JDBC-compliant database which includes Oracle, MySQL, Sql-Server and Postgres among others. See More

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Does not work with schema dumpfiles

SchemaSpy has no methods for dealing with when you only have a schema generated via something like (mysqldump --no-data [options] >schema-only_dump.sql) , and do not currently have access to a live database to connect with. See More

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Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Technology:Java

Database management:JDBC-compliant

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Has a GUI option available

SchemaSpy is a CLI tool. For people who prefer GUI-based tools there's one available from a different maintainer which stands on top of the CLI version. See More

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GUI option is a separate download by a different maintainer

Since the GUI version is from a different maintainer, it may be abandoned and eventually break if SchemaSpy development continues beyond that. Or it may implement new features much later than the CLI version. See More

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Project may be dead or dying

The codebase on sourceforge hasn't seen an update since 2010. See More

SchemaCrawler

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Need Java

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Many options for output formats in addition to graphical

The text-based output serves for database documentation, and is designed to be diff-ed against other database schemas. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Technology:Java

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Does not work with schema dumpfiles

SchemaCrawler has no methods for dealing with when you only have a schema generated via something like (mysqldump --no-data [options] >schema-only_dump.sql) , and do not currently have access to a live database to connect with. See More

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Extensive and detailed documentation online

Including visuals of the results of command-line option usage. See More

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Free

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