When comparing QueryPie vs A5:SQL Mk-2, the Slant community recommends QueryPie for most people. In the question“What are the best SQL Clients for Windows?” QueryPie is ranked 3rd while A5:SQL Mk-2 is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose QueryPie is:
The default color is dark and comfortable for the eyes.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Clean and pretty UI/UX
The default color is dark and comfortable for the eyes.
Pro Multiple Query Tabs!
The multi-tab and multi-SQL-runs are great. It's always good to be able to compare results in one window instead of having to go through and re-run stuff.
Pro Fast Auto-complete
Pro Multiple Databases
They only support 2 at the moment (MySQL and MariaDB) but their social site says they'll be updating with more DBMSes in the near future which is pretty nice because I hate learning new GUIs~
Pro Cross-Platform
Not sure about Linux but it works on Windows and Mac just fine!
Pro Free!
Pro ER diagrams
Supports two-way Entity Relationship diagrams.
Pro Excel support
Support for Excel input and output.
Pro Portable
Can be made portable by simply creating a folder "Portable" in the app folder.
Cons
Con Requires creating an account
Requiring an account is rare on SQL IDEs...
Con Still in beta
Con No visualization
Con Website
The website is mostly in Japanese.