When comparing Valentina Studio vs XAMPP, the Slant community recommends XAMPP for most people. In the question“What are the best MySQL client applications for Windows?” XAMPP is ranked 6th while Valentina Studio is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose XAMPP is:
Port 443 is in use from Skype. You can change the port in Skype.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free version
You can download a free version from the app store.
Pro Multi DB
Supports several databases, MySQL/ MSSQL / PostGresSQL / and more
Pro Cross-platform
Valentina Studio works on Windows, Linux and OS X.
Pro Good UI
Valentina Studio has a responsive and clean user interface.
Pro Smooth installation with minimal configuration required
Port 443 is in use from Skype. You can change the port in Skype.
Pro Multi-platform
XAMPP runs on OS X, Linux and Windows.
Pro Clean and functional interface
Cons
Con Bloated
Comes with mail server, FTP server, accelerator, web-dav, ssl out of the box, etc.
Con doesnt has phpselector
Need downgrade to use php5