When comparing DbForge Studio for PostgreSQL vs pgModeler, the Slant community recommends pgModeler for most people. In the question“What are the best relational database design and modelling tools?” pgModeler is ranked 10th while DbForge Studio for PostgreSQL is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose pgModeler is:
Can generate scripts to synchronize a database.
Specs
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Advanced code completion features
Prompting the names of existing materialized views, as well as context prompting of database objects
Pro Query Profiler
Helpful diagrams of query execution, and also the list of operations that takes place on the server
Pro Data Editor
The data can be edited in the same way as with Google Sheets/MS Excel or in the card view mode.
Pro High execution speed
Downloading the main_ExceptionFrames.sql file of 100 Mb in size ~ 1 min
Pro SQL Code Formatter
Automatic formatting of SQL Code based on user-chosen code styles
Pro Data Export/Import
10+ file format support, including Google Sheets
Pro Master-Detail Browser
The 'design view' for setting up relations between tables, smart sorting, and filtering
Pro Code complition
Prompting keywords for functions etc.
Pro Cached update mode in Data Editor
Allows to control data editing within database objects
Pro Generate Script AS feature
Allows generating a script for the CREATE statements for specific database objects (views, materialized views, triggers, functions, procedures)
Pro Object Explorer
Provides a quick navigation through the object tree
Pro File format support
Dozen of file formats are supported, including Google sheets.
Pro Diff scripts
Can generate scripts to synchronize a database.
Pro Reverse engineering
Can generate diagrams from an existing database.
Pro Export formats
Can export to SQL script file, PNG, SVG or directly to PostgreSQL.
Cons
Con Data export
Data export does an individual insert per row of data, which is a little inefficient.
Con Compiling
Can't be compiled in Microsoft Visual Studio because of gcc/clang extensions.
Instructions on how to compile for Windows.
