When comparing SQL Workbench/J vs SQLGate, the Slant community recommends SQLGate for most people. In the question“What are the best GUI tools for PostgreSQL on Windows?” SQLGate is ranked 9th while SQL Workbench/J is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose SQLGate is:
Functions; filter, sort and group on grid / Copy, past, sum and statistics functions like excel.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Allows you to edit changes before they are executed.
Any changes to the database generate SQL statements that you can review and edit before running.
Pro Works with almost any SQL database
Can work with any database with a jdbc driver.
Pro Can edit data in table mode.
Easy to make changes when viewing data.
Pro Quick data analysis
Functions; filter, sort and group on grid / Copy, past, sum and statistics functions like excel.
Pro Saves time with autocomplete & template functions
Pro Fast processing and easy customization
They put out weekly updates, so there are new and impressive functions being added pretty consistently.
Pro Supports cloud-based DB such as AWS & Azure
Pro Includes PL/SQL editor and debugger
Pro ER diagrams
Entity Relationship database diagrams limitations are: only supports reverse engineering, and can not export to formats other than .erd
Cons
Con Logon
The logon process after starting up the application is rather long winded (tested with PostgreSQL, no defaults shown for e.g. port number).
Con Free version is limited
e.g. only 10 tables allowed in ERD designer.