When comparing Navicat vs DbSchema, the Slant community recommends DbSchema for most people. In the question“What are the best relational database design and modelling tools?” DbSchema is ranked 9th while Navicat is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose DbSchema is:
Includes the possibility to edit tables and data directly in the diagram without writing SQL statements.
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Pros
Pro Navicat Premium supports Amazon Redshift well
Pro It just works
Although it's a paid tool and rather expensive when compared with some of the small indie app developers on the Apple App Store, Navicat seems to have that professional polish and feels very much like a OS X app, not something that's just been ported from Windows or Linux.
Pro Graphical Diagram Editor
Includes the possibility to edit tables and data directly in the diagram without writing SQL statements.
Pro Multi-platform
Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Pro Virtual Foreign Keys
If the Database schema is missing real foreign keys, it is possible to create virtual ones to be used within the tool.
Pro Generator for Random Data
Includes the possibility to generate random numerical data or fetch random entries from a text file to populate the database.
Pro Generate schema from existing database
Includes the possibility to generate an ER diagram from an existing database.
Pro SQL editor with syntax highlighting
Includes an SQL editor with syntax highlighting and code completion feature.
Pro Graphical Query Editor
Includes a visual query editor capable of using different join types, filters as well as the 'group by' clause.