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Add to SafariWhen comparing DbDesigner vs SQLGate, the Slant community recommends SQLGate for most people. In the question“What are the best database design programs?” SQLGate is ranked 2nd while DbDesigner is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose SQLGate is:
Functions; filter, sort and group on grid / Copy, past, sum and statistics functions like excel.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Templates
Has lots of templates with example database designs.
Pro Reverse and forward engineering
Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle reverse engineering.
Support for MS SQL and SQLite is planned.
Pro Generic design
Can create a "generic" design for all supported databases.
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 Beta
Seems to be in beta status.
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.
