Toad vs DbVisualizer
When comparing Toad vs DbVisualizer, the Slant community recommends Toad for most people. In the question“What are the best MySQL client applications for Windows?” Toad is ranked 8th while DbVisualizer is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Toad is:
Toad is maintained by Dell and has great community support.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Reliable
Toad is maintained by Dell and has great community support.
Pro Free
Toad is free to use.
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.
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.
Pro Wildcard finder
Has a search box that will highlight any matching row, regardless of what field is matched (spans multiple columns).
Pro In-line editing
Allows you to edit and save db rows through a spread-sheet like editor.
Cons
Con Fewer features
Still some more features are required to add. Other than that its perfectly fine.
Con No built-in SSH tunneling
Toad currently doesn't provide built-in SSH tunneling.
Con Expensive
License for the full product is costly.
