When comparing SQLTools for VS Code vs QueryPie, the Slant community recommends QueryPie for most people. In the question“What are the best Mac OS X GUIs for PostgreSQL?” QueryPie is ranked 4th while SQLTools for VS Code is ranked 13th. 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 Integrates with VS Code
Integration with VS Code allows a developer to go from writing code to making DB changes without ever leaving their favorite editor
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!
Cons
Con Integrates with VS Code
This is not a desktop native application. It will just take VS Code and add YET ANOTHER tool to the tool bar, which can get very cluttered very fast
Con Requires creating an account
Requiring an account is rare on SQL IDEs...
Con Still in beta
Con No visualization
