What are the best GUI tools for PostgreSQL on Windows?

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The Best 2 of 20 OptionsWhy?

Best GUI tools for PostgreSQL on Windows	Price	Platforms	Technology
95 DBeaver	Free / paid	Windows, Linux, MacOS	Java
92 DataGrip	$ 89/Y	Windows, Linux, Mac	Java
86 Navicat for PostgreSQL	199	-	-
73 OmniDB	Free	-	Python, Django
-- HeidiSQL	Free	Windows	Delphi

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DataGrip

Top Pro

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. See More

Top Con

It's not free

DataGrip costs $19.90/month, or $199/year when paying annually. See More

DependableMehit's Experience

it is good See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Technology:Java

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Windows, MacOS and Linux are supported. That means it is JAVA. See More

Top Con

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. Loading a 95.000 line SQL export, with 4 GB of RAM is super sluggish and execution is about 3 inserts per second, and it gets faster as it goes towards the end, up to about 10 inserts per second. See More

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Supports other database platforms

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

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. See More

Top Pro

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. See More

Top Con

Not user friendly

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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. See More

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Powerful data editor

A powerful data 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. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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Navicat for PostgreSQL

Top Pro

Good balance of management and development features

Navicat excels at both database management and development. It offers many management features (e.g. job scheduling, data sync, etc.) on top of development features (e.g. code completion, data modelling, etc.). See More

Top Con

Licenses are locked to a single user and platform

Navicat requires different licenses for different platforms (a license for Navicat PostgreSQL cannot be used for Navicat MySQL, or other platforms) unless you purchase Navicat Premium, which costs $1,299 for Enterprise, and $599 for non-commercial. The licenses are also locked to a single user/computer. See More

DaringSuleviae's Experience

最好用的，没有之一 See More

Top Pro

UI is fast and intuitive

Navicat's UI is fast and looks native to Windows 10 — it has a similar UI to MS Office products (on Windows). See More

Top Con

Expensive

Navicat is quite expensive at $199 for the standard edition, and $299 for enterprise. It offers a non-commercial license at $119, but this license is restricted to educational and non-profit use only. See More

HonestVertumnus's Experience

Is a friendly UI See More

Top Pro

Very stable

Top Pro

Good autocomplete

Navicat offers a strong code completion feature. See More

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Powerful schema visualization and modelling features

Navicat has a powerful data modelling tool for visualizing database structures, making changes, and designing entire schemas from scratch. You can manipulate almost any database object visually through diagrams. See More

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Saves queries by name

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Can run scheduled jobs

Navicat can run scheduled jobs and notify you via e-mail when the job is done running. This can be useful for automating backups, report generation, data cleanup, and any queries that has to be run on a regular basis. See More

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Supports team collaboration

Navicat has an add-on feature (Navicat Cloud) that offers project-based team collaboration. Each project can hold different database connections, SQL snippets, and such. If you work in a highly collaborative environment dealing with databases, this will help your teams and databases stay in sync. The basic plan is free (for Navicat license owners), and the pro plan is $9.99/mo. See More

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Can compare and sync different databases

Navicat is capable of synchronizing different data sources and schemas. This makes it easy to keep the source and target databases in sync, and is useful when working with backups or database replications. See More

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OmniDB

Top Pro

Open source and actively developed

TheDude's Experience

Clear, logic and intuitive interface. I was able to use it in less than 10 minutes. You won't have to search for features anymore. Work with PostgreSQL, Oracle, MariaDB, MySQL and others to come. See More

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Technology:Python, Django

Database management:PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB

Top Pro

PL/pgSQL Debugger

LearnedNergal's Experience

Very good tool. I'm looked for some substitute PgAdmin III to manage newer version PostgreSQL. And OmniDB is amazing. I got even more than I was looking for. See More

Top Pro

Simple and intuitive interface for everyone.

An easy-to-discover tree panel to classify features/objects on left (with context menus if you don't know what you're doing). Tabs panels for ins and outs on right. That's it. See More

ResponsibleCaishen's Experience

I LOVE Open Source!! I'm also a contributor!! See More

Top Pro

Web-based, can be run locally or deployed on server

OmniDB is web-based and works similarly to pgAdmin 4. You can run the web server locally or deploy it on a server, and connect to it through a web browser. See More

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Multi-database

Supports PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL and MariaDB, with support in the pipeline for Firebird, SQLite, SQL Server and DB2. See More

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OmniDB has 2ndQuadrant as its main sponsor

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HeidiSQL

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Lightweight

The download file size is less than 15 Mb. See More

Top Con

Can be buggy

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

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Platforms:Windows

Technology:Delphi

Database management:PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite

Top Pro

Free

Licensed under GNU GPL. See More

Top Con

No session backup

You cannot recover your session after close or even worse crash. See More

Top Pro

Great UI and ease of use

HeidiSQL has a comprehensive and intuitive interface. See More

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Connect to servers via command line

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

Top Pro

Portable

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

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DbVisualizer

Top Pro

Terrific support

The user community and publisher staffed email are excellent sources of examples and explanations. See More

Top Con

Expensive

License for the full product is costly. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Technology:Java

Top Pro

Export to file types

The paid license version extends the functionality to include exporting to different file types and multiple query windows. See More

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In-line editing

Allows you to edit and save db rows through a spread-sheet like editor. See More

Top Pro

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. See More

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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). See More

Top Pro

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. See More

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pgAdmin 4

Top Con

Resource intensive

pgAdmin4 is a web application. The native binary is a wrapped version of the web app that runs a webserver and web browser, thus it has a high memory footprint and other possible impacts on system resources a native application wouldn't have. See More

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Dashboard displays useful overview of server activity

The dashboard tab includes server load visualizations and other useful details on database activity, such as connected sessions, database locks, and prepared transactions. See More

DynamicXochipilli's Experience

Slow, error-prone, tricky installation. Had clients coming to me after being advised to upgrade that they refuse to use this as it isn't nearly as intuitive as the previous version and they kept having problems. Took ages to convince them that it was just the UI that was bad, not Postgresql itself. See More

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Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Technology:Python, Javascript

Top Con

UI is slow

The user interface is slow, especially when interacting with query results. While queries execute fast, the user interface can lag behind — selecting a row from a table, scrolling through data, and performing other UI operations can have some delays. See More

Top Pro

Open source

pgAdmin is open source and actively contributed to. See More

LuckyBathala's Experience

Compared to the predecessor extremely slow, no macros but a nice and fresh UI. See More

Top Con

Bloated

900MB installed, and for an unintuitive, and feature-lacking software. See More

Top Pro

Can be deployed on a server and accessed remotely from browser

As pgAdmin 4 is a web application, it can be easily deployed on any server and accessed remotely using any web browser. See More

ConfidentAshaVahishta's Experience

UI too slow. Text boxes with fixed size for editting functions. See More

Top Con

Crashes constantly using the query tool

Top Pro

Portable version available

There is a portable version of pgAdmin available, pgAdminPortable that allows you to easily move your info between machines. See More

RickZeeland's Experience

It's slow as molasses, probably due to the developers using a web framework in combination with Python. Oh how I long for the good old pgAdmin 3 ... See More

Top Con

No graphical query planner anymore

Compared to pgadmin3, it's a huge step backwards, favoring looks over functionality. See More

Top Pro

Tabbed views to accomodate different screen/window sizes

The tabbed browser in pgAdmin 4 is excellent for accomodating different screen/window sizes. If you're on a small screen, the tabbed browser can save you screen estate by displaying the different panels in different tabs. If you're on a big screen, you can make full use of your screen estate by detaching the panels and moving it where you like. See More

ai dev's Experience

I want an upgrade of pgadmin3. pgadmin3 vs pdamin4 : pdamin4 too slow, not user friendly GUI. See More

Top Con

Non-native UI

Many "normal" key bindings don't work like in other apps. Scrolling behavior is terrible. See More

Top Pro

UI can be re-organized to user's liking

pgAdmin 4's user interface elements are detachable panels that can be dragged around and re-arranged to be displayed standalone or in the tabbed browser. See More

ConsiderateClotho's Experience

Slow and not stable. See More

Top Con

Crashes on long transactions

The most useful functions are lost. Too many crashes on long transactions. See More

Top Pro

Good connection screens

Connection screens are better than pgadmin's. See More

FascinatingEros's Experience

Frequently introducing bugs in new releases. Every time I update I find new issues and annoyances See More

Top Con

Not Intuitive

Dated and obtuse UI design. See More

Hunter Loftis's Experience

clunky web app See More

Top Con

Can't sort while editing table data

With the new version 4 which is basically a web application, they've lost the ability to sort the table data you're editing. This makes it very hard to find the data to edit. See More

Top Con

No macros

With the predecessor pgAdmin III, you were able to define macros even with placeholders that were replaced automatically with the selected text. This was an extremely useful function that is missing with the current version. See More

Top Con

UI for Mac is very different from other Mac apps

The file navigation seems homegrown and is very hard to use. It resets you to the root directory every time you open a new file browser. Actively frustrating to use. See More

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QueryPie

Top Pro

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. See More

Top Con

Needs cloud connection

Needs cloud connection. It's not suitable for private network. See More

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Platforms:Mac, Windows, Linux

Database management:PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, AWS Aurora

Auto Complete:Fast auto-complete on queries

Top Pro

Cross-Platform

Not sure about Linux but it works on Windows and Mac just fine! See More

Top Con

Still in beta

Top Pro

Clean and pretty UI/UX

The default color is dark and comfortable for the eyes. See More

Top Pro

Fast Auto-complete

Top Pro

Free

Free until end of 2019. See More

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Postico

Top Con

Does not work on windows

Top Pro

Created by an experienced developer in the field

Postico is the successor of PG Commander, an older Mac Posgres GUI tool which is also widely used. They are both maintained by the same person. See More

ThriftyOlodumare's Experience

Mac Only See More

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Platforms:Mac

Top Con

No multiple query tabs

To be fair, multiple windows / tabs IS a feature. It's just part of the paid version. See More

Top Pro

Native experience and clean user interface

Postico is a native OS X app which is available through Mac App Store. The UI is fast, responsive and integrates seamlessly with the OS. See More

Top Con

Commercial

Postico is a commercial app, with a one-time fee of $35. There is a a free trial available. See More

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SQLGate

Top Pro

Saves time with autocomplete & template functions

Top Con

Free version is limited

e.g. only 10 tables allowed in ERD designer. See More

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Platforms:Windows

Top Pro

Includes PL/SQL editor and debugger

Top Pro

Quick data analysis

Functions; filter, sort and group on grid / Copy, past, sum and statistics functions like excel. See More

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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 See More

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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. See More

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Arctype

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

TablePlus for Windows

Adminer

Top Pro

Supports more than MySQL

It supports several database management systems (Postgres, SQLite, Oracle, MS SQL and of course MySQL) See More

PerfectApollo's Experience

The best solution and design for daily work! See More

Top Pro

Lightweight

The installation and Adminer itself only requires a single PHP file. Once it's uploaded you can log in and start using it. See More

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Database views

Anyone who uses the views function will appreciate Adminer better. You can click on a view and edit to change the view. In phpMyAdmin, you can edit a view, but it's not easy or intuitive. SQL Buddy doesn't have any way of doing this. See More

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Themes

Has a great variety of themes which transfers pretty ugly application into a great looking one. See More

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Postbird

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Technology:JavaScript

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DBeaver

Top Pro

Free version

Free version available, licensed under GPL v2. See More

Top Con

Trigger edition

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

HarmoniousCliodhna's Experience

Free = Community edition 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

Top Pro

Better equipped for database development

DBeaver’s features cater to many use cases, but it stands out for database development. It comes with features and tools essential to database development out of the box. See More

Top Con

Impossible to rename DB objects

Cannot rename DB objects on the tree menu. See More

CourageousKuiXing's Experience

I have been working using this tool together with PostgreSQL for over a year and other tools for different databases and DBaver is one of the very best, easy and most intuitive See More

Top Pro

Supports other database platforms

DBeaver supports all popular databases (SQLite, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.) and any database with a JDBC driver. See More

ConfidentAshaVahishta's Experience

Clear, fast, customizable. Perfect for me. 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

PerceptiveHahanu's Experience

Very good product! Templates and auto completion save me a lot of time! See More

Top Pro

SQL editor comes with auto-formatting and auto-completion

DBeaver's SQL editor can auto-format and restructure SQL scripts/code for you. It also has autocomplete capabilities that takes into account objects in your database (e.g. table names). See More

TirelessSalacia's Experience

fast and easy, reads my mind..... 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

DiligentErimon's Experience

I loved DB Viewer. It save and helps the development work a lot. See More

Top Pro

PostgreSQL 10 support, stability, highly personalizable

CourteousAnjea's Experience

it was difficult for me when i used PostgreSql client by web. i need a desktop tools to access it. See More

Top Pro

Quick access to database objects from SQL editor

When you type the name of an object in the SQL editor, it turns into a hyperlink which you can CTRL+Click to go to the object in database directly. For example: if you typed a table name in the editor, CTRL+Click-ing it will bring you to that table. This is convenient when writing SQL queries; it will save you many clicks. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

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

Top Pro

Has Entity Relationship (ER) diagrams

DBeaver supports generating and viewing ER diagrams out of the box. See More

Top Pro

Easy to use, clean neat inteface

Top Pro

ER Diagram

Nice preview of the database on the diagram. See More

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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. See More

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The Best 2 of 20 OptionsWhy?

My Recommendation for DBeaver

My Recommendation for DBeaver

Free version

Trigger edition

Better equipped for database development

Impossible to rename DB objects

Supports other database platforms

Follow foreign key to their primary key

SQL editor comes with auto-formatting and auto-completion

Works for many types of databases

PostgreSQL 10 support, stability, highly personalizable

Quick access to database objects from SQL editor

Cross-platform

Has Entity Relationship (ER) diagrams

Easy to use, clean neat inteface

ER Diagram

Formatted text view

My Recommendation for DataGrip

My Recommendation for DataGrip

Much more powerful than its counterparts

It's not free

Cross-platform

Performance can be slow/sluggish when working with high-volume databases

Supports other database platforms

Expensive

Excellent code completion

Not user friendly

Refactoring support

Powerful data editor

Helps you avoid mistakes

Version control support

Supports multiple languages

Beautiful and customizable UI

18 Other Options Considered

My Recommendation for Navicat for PostgreSQL

My Recommendation for Navicat for PostgreSQL

Good balance of management and development features

Licenses are locked to a single user and platform

UI is fast and intuitive

Expensive

Very stable

Good autocomplete

Powerful schema visualization and modelling features

Saves queries by name

Can run scheduled jobs

Supports team collaboration

Can compare and sync different databases

My Recommendation for OmniDB

My Recommendation for OmniDB

Open source and actively developed

PL/pgSQL Debugger

Simple and intuitive interface for everyone.

Web-based, can be run locally or deployed on server

Multi-database

OmniDB has 2ndQuadrant as its main sponsor

My Recommendation for HeidiSQL

My Recommendation for HeidiSQL

Lightweight

Can be buggy

Free

No session backup

Great UI and ease of use

Connect to servers via command line

Portable

My Recommendation for DbVisualizer

My Recommendation for DbVisualizer

Terrific support

Expensive

Export to file types

In-line editing

Professional tool

Wildcard finder

Duplicate row button

My Recommendation for pgAdmin 4

My Recommendation for pgAdmin 4

Resource intensive

Dashboard displays useful overview of server activity

UI is slow

Open source