When comparing DbVisualizer 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 DbVisualizer is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose XAMPP is:
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Pros
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.
Pro Smooth installation with minimal configuration required
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Pro Multi-platform
XAMPP runs on OS X, Linux and Windows.
Pro Clean and functional interface
Cons
Con Expensive
License for the full product is costly.
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