When comparing Sequel Pro vs DbVisualizer, the Slant community recommends Sequel Pro for most people. In the question“What are the best MySQL GUI clients for OS X?” Sequel Pro is ranked 4th while DbVisualizer is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Sequel Pro is:
Clean, easy to use, highly polished interface.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Great UI
Clean, easy to use, highly polished interface.
Pro Native OS X from the start
Unlike other solutions, Sequel Pro was built specifically for OS X and for MySQL from the beginning and as such the design takes better advantage of OS X features and is optimized for MySQL.
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under MIT.
Pro Multiple connection methods
Sequel Pro can choose between standard and SSH connection methods.
Pro Multiple import/export options
Sequel Pro can export to SQL, CSV and XML files and import SQL and CSV files.
Pro Command line access
Sequel Pro can also access and manage everything from the command line.
Pro Excellent user management
Has easy user privilege management.
Pro Highly flexible filters
Sequel Pro has highly flexible and customizable filters.
Pro Professional tool
This is a good and stable tool with really good and useful functionality: import/export, SSH tunnelling, fast searching, duplication, DDL visualization etc. If you are a professional, don't complain about the pricing. If you're an amateur, maybe this isn't for you.
Pro Duplicate row button
Makes it really easy to stub out example data while developing, just change the values with unique constraints and you have extra data ready to go.
Pro Wildcard finder
Has a search box that will highlight any matching row, regardless of what field is matched (spans multiple columns).
Pro In-line editing
Allows you to edit and save db rows through a spread-sheet like editor.
Cons
Con Crashes constantly
Crashes when working with mysql 8.0.12 for macos 10.13. Unable to do anything.
Con Not maintained
The app crashes when you close a tab.
Con No MySQL 8 support
Con Not adapted for MacOS Catalina
Con No multiple query tabs
Sequel Pro does not support multiple query tabs in its editor. This is incredibly frustrating for a power user.
Con Text in the query lost on connection failure & crashes
Con OS X only, no Linux or Windows versions
Power users have to manage in many different environments. A consistent admin interface is hugely beneficial.
Con Query editing capabilities much poorer than MySql Workbench, Querious, and others
Con No visual query editor
Con Unable to import from binary SQL files
I frequently import binary multipolygon data from another source, and it won’t open.
Con Expensive
License for the full product is costly.