Here’s the Deal
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When comparing Socrates vs SQL Power Architect, the Slant community recommends SQL Power Architect for most people. In the question“What are the best relational database design and modelling tools?” SQL Power Architect is ranked 3rd while Socrates is ranked 14th. The most important reason people chose SQL Power Architect is:
Can convert databases and copy the data from tables.
Specs
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PlatformsWindows, Linux, Unix, Mac
TechnologyJava
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Pros

Pro Parses an uploaded sql file to generate information about tables, fields and primary keys
(current 750K Max filesize)
Pro Convert
Can convert databases and copy the data from tables.
Pro OLAP schema modeling
Cubes, Measures, Dimensions, Hierarchies & Levels.
Pro Reverse engineering
Pro Drag and Drop
Cons

Con Screenshots require a browser plugin
ones that support full-page screenshots (that go beyond the browser viewport when grabbing an image of the page), as this visualizer does not generate the images itself
Con The manual is not free
The SQL Power Architect User Guide costs $ 99.
