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Schemaball vs DbDesigner

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When comparing Schemaball vs DbDesigner, the Slant community recommends DbDesigner for most people. In the question“What are the best database design programs?” DbDesigner is ranked 6th while Schemaball is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose DbDesigner is:

Has lots of templates with example database designs.

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What are the best database design programs?

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

Pros

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Supports reading schemas from multiple sources

Schemaball can read schemas from multiple sources such as SQL schema dumps, flat files or live databases.

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Interesting twist on visual interface

Gives a quick way to grasp an overview on the past/present complexity of the database (or group of tables) undergoing inspection.

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Templates

Has lots of templates with example database designs.

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Reverse and forward engineering

Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle reverse engineering.
Support for MS SQL and SQLite is planned.

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Generic design

Can create a "generic" design for all supported databases.

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Cons

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Visualizations may be hard to get used to

Since schemas are visualized by using stylized "schema balls" it may be hard getting used to them since they are so different from the other, more straightforward options.