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Add to SafariWhen comparing DBeaver vs Sequel Ace, the Slant community recommends DBeaver for most people. In the question“What are the best MySQL GUI clients for OS X?” DBeaver is ranked 1st while Sequel Ace is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose DBeaver is:
Supported on Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10), Linux, Mac OS and Solaris (x86).
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Cross-platform
Supported on Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10), Linux, Mac OS and Solaris (x86).
Pro Free
It is licensed under GPL v2.
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.
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.
Pro Formatted text view
It has the classic grid view and a well-organized text view that you can quick-select with CTRL-A.
Pro Easy to use, clean neat inteface
Pro Doesn't crash like Sequel Pro
Since this as an updated version of Sequel Pro, there are fewer crashes than the dead project.
Pro Open Source and on Mac App Store
Cons
Con Never-ending function errors
Like, 'Communications link failure', 'Connection refused' (Community Edition 6.2.1).
Con Cannot view function
Con Trigger edition
Until version 3.5.8 you can not edit triggers, only view (since 3.5.6).
Con Doesn't support multiple result tabs for multiple queries
This feature exists in other programs like Navicat, TablePlus, Querious, and MySQL WorkBench.
Con Slow/laggy query editor window
Query editor window is extremely slow/unresponsive when you have several queries in it. Same as Sequel Pro.
