When comparing DbSchema vs DbGate, the Slant community recommends DbSchema for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform GUI tools for DBMS?” DbSchema is ranked 6th while DbGate is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose DbSchema is:
Includes the possibility to edit tables and data directly in the diagram without writing SQL statements.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Graphical Diagram Editor
Includes the possibility to edit tables and data directly in the diagram without writing SQL statements.
Pro Multi-platform
Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Pro Virtual Foreign Keys
If the Database schema is missing real foreign keys, it is possible to create virtual ones to be used within the tool.
Pro Generator for Random Data
Includes the possibility to generate random numerical data or fetch random entries from a text file to populate the database.
Pro Generate schema from existing database
Includes the possibility to generate an ER diagram from an existing database.
Pro SQL editor with syntax highlighting
Includes an SQL editor with syntax highlighting and code completion feature.
Pro Graphical Query Editor
Includes a visual query editor capable of using different join types, filters as well as the 'group by' clause.
Pro Multi database
Supports Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB.
Pro Cross platform
Windows, Linux or Mac.
Pro Open Source
MIT License.
Pro Supports NoSQL for free, unlike Dbeaver
Pro SQL generator
Pro Fast exports
Even when exporting large datasets.
Pro Diagrams
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