Comparison of database administration tools
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of available database administration tools. Please see individual product articles for further information. This article is neither all-inclusive nor necessarily up to date.
Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
General
Product | Creator | Latest stable release date | Latest stable release | License | Runs on Windows | Runs on macOS | Runs on Linux | Oracle | MySQL | PostgreSQL | MS SQL Server | ODBC | JDBC | SQLite | Other | Programming language |
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DatabaseSpy | Altova | 2019-04-02 | 2019r3[1] | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | IBM Db2, Sybase, MS Access | C++ | |
Database Workbench | Upscene Productions | 2024-05-14 | 6.5.0 | Proprietary | Yes | needs Wine | needs Wine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | InterBase, Firebird, NexusDB, MariaDB | Delphi | |
DataGrip | JetBrains | 2023-08-17 | 2023.2.1 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Sybase, IBM Db2, H2, Hypersonic SQL, Amazon Redshift, Apache Derby, Redis, MongoDB, Snowflake, Exasol, BigQuery, Cassandra, ClickHouse, CockroachDB, Couchbase | Java |
DBeaver | Serge Rider | 2023-11-20 | 23.2.5[2] | Apache License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | EXASOL, IBM Db2, Apache Derby, Firebird, Mimer SQL, all with JDBC driver | Java |
DBEdit | Jef Van Den Ouweland | 2012-05-10 | 2.4.6 | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | IBM Db2, HSQLDB, Apache Derby, H2 | Java |
HeidiSQL | Ansgar Becker | 2022-08-13 | 12.1[3] | GPL | Yes | needs Wine | needs Wine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Delphi | ||||
Maatkit | Baron Schwartz | 2010-06-01 | 5247 | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl | |||||||
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio | Microsoft | 2024-07-09[4] | 20.2 | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Yes | including SSAS management, and MDX, DMX, XMLA languages | .NET | ||||||
ModelRight | ModelRight | 2016-12-?? | 4.1[5][6] | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | IBM Db2, Db2/zOS, MS Access | C++ | ||
MySQL Workbench | Oracle Corporation | 2020-09-12 | 8.0.22[7] | Community Ed: GPL
Standard Ed: Commercial Proprietary |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C++–C# Objective-C Python | |||||||
Navicat | PremiumSoft CyberTech Ltd. | 2021-11-23 | 16[8] | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | needs Wine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Delphi Objective-C | ||
Navicat Data Modeler | PremiumSoft CyberTech Ltd. | 2015-12-10 | 2.1 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Delphi Objective-C | ||
Oracle Enterprise Manager | Oracle Corp. | 2015-06-16 | 12.1.0.5 | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | IBM Db2, Sybase, TimesTen | Java | ||||
Oracle SQL Developer | Oracle Corp. | 2018-04-05 | 18.1.0.095.1630 | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Access, Sybase, IBM Db2, Teradata | Java | |
pgAdmin | pgAdmin Development Team | 2024-12-12; 10 days ago | 8.14[9] | PostgreSQL License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | C++ | |||||||
phpLiteAdmin | Dane Iracleous, Christopher Kramer, others | 2019-09-05 | 1.9.8.2[10] | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | PHP | |
phpMyAdmin | phpMyAdmin Development Team |
2023-02-08; 22 months ago |
5.2.1[11] |
GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Drizzle, MariaDB | php | ||||||
SQL Database Studio | Jan Prochazka | 2016-05-27 | 3.4.1 | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | .NET, WPF, C# | ||||
SQLyog | Webyog Softworks Pvt. Ltd. | 2024-07-23 | 13.3.0[12] | GPLv2 | Yes | needs Wine | needs Wine | Yes | C++ | |||||||
SQuirreL SQL | Colin Bell, Gerd Wagner, Rob Manning, others | 2023-06-04 | 4.6.0[13] | GPLv2 & LGPLv2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Access, Axion Java RDBMS, Apache Derby, Daffodil DB, FileMaker (JDBC), Fujitsu Siemens SESAM/SQL, Firebird, FrontBase, HSQLDB, Hypersonic SQL, H2 (DBMS), IBM Db2, Informix, Ingres, OpenIngres, InstantDB, InterBase, Mckoi SQL Database, Mimer SQL, Netezza, Pointbase, SAPDB, Sybase, Sunopsis XML Driver, Teradata Warehouse, ThinkSQL RDBMS, Vertica Analytic Database. | Java |
Toad | Quest Software | Various | Various | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | IBM Db2, Sybase | Delphi, C#.NET | |||
Toad Data Modeler | Quest Software | 2020-10-19 | 7.3[14] | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | IBM Db2, MS Access, Sybase | Delphi | |||
TOra | Community | 2017-07-04 | 3.2 | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Teradata | C++–Qt | ||||
Product | Creator | Latest stable release date | Latest stable release | License | Runs on Windows | Runs on macOS | Runs on Linux | Oracle | MySQL | PostgreSQL | MS SQL Server | ODBC | JDBC | SQLite | Other | Programming language |
Features
Legend
- User Interface:
- Browser based - executes on a computer server and is accessed via a network using a web browser
- desktop - executes on a personal computer
- Create/alter table:
- Yes - can create table, alter its definition and data, and add new rows
- Some - can only create/alter table definition, not data
- Browse table:
- Yes - can browse table definition and data
- Some - can only browse table definition
- Multi-server support:
- Yes - can manage from the same window/session multiple servers
- Some - can manage from a different window/session multiple servers
- Monitoring server:
- Yes - includes a headless server, that runs checks and reports failures
Tools | User Interface | Create & Alter wizard | Browse | Auto Completion | Syntax colored | Multi server support | Monitoring server | ||||||
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Database | Table | Procedure | Trigger | Database | Table | Procedure | Trigger | ||||||
Adminer | Browser-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
Altova DatabaseSpy | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Database Workbench | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
DataGrip | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
DBeaver | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
DBEdit | desktop | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
ModelRight | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
MySQL Workbench | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some |
Navicat | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Navicat Data Modeler | desktop | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Oracle Enterprise Manager | Browser-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
Oracle SQL Developer | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
pgAdmin | Browser-based, desktop (TDI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some |
phpLiteAdmin | Browser-based | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
phpMyAdmin | Browser-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SQL Database Studio | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
SQLyog | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
SQuirreL SQL | desktop | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Some | ? |
Toad | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Toad Data Modeler | desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some | Some | Some | Some | No | Yes | ? | ? |
TOra | desktop | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Features (continued)
Legend:
- User manager:
- Yes - user manager with support for database and schema permissions as well as for individual object (table, view, functions) permissions
- Some - simple user manager with support for database and schema permissions
- No - no user manager, or read-only user manager
user manager | Plugin | Compare | Import | Export | Debugger | Source control | Spatial Visualization | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adminer | Yes | Yes | Yes | SQL script, CSV, TSV or the above in zip (as a plugin); imports of server-site file in SQL or SQL in zip, gzip or bzip2 | SQL script, CSV, TSV or the above in zip, gzip, bzip2; XML (as a plugin) | No | Git | |
Altova DatabaseSpy | No | No | Yes | CSV, XML | XML, XML Structure, CSV, HTML, MS Excel | No | ? | |
Database Workbench | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[15] | |
DataGrip | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | TXT, CSV, HTML, XML, DBF, SQL script, RTF, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Windows Clipboard, Paradox file, WK1, WQ1, SLK, DIF, LDIF | No | Yes | |
DBeaver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | With Eclipse plugins | |
DBEdit | No | No | No | No | MS Excel, PDF, Text, SQL script | No | ? | |
ModelRight | Some | Yes | Yes | Yes - from supported databases using native interfaces, or from any ODBC source | SQL; XML; DTD; Diagram as BMP, JPEG | No | ? | |
Navicat | Yes | No | Yes | Yes - TXT, CSV, DBF, HTML, MS Excel, MS Access, Paradox file, WK1, WQ1, XML, or from any ODBC source (See link for limitations[16]) | Yes - TXT, CSV, HTML, XML, DBF, SQL script, RTF, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Windows Clipboard, Paradox file, WK1, WQ1, SLK, DIF, LDIF (See link for limitations[16]) | Yes | No | |
Navicat Data Modeler | No | No | Yes | Yes - Import Database from server/ODBC | Yes - Export SQL | No | No | |
MySQL Workbench | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes - CSV, HTML, JSON, MS Excel, SQL INSERTS, Tab-separated, XML | Yes - CSV, HTML, JSON, MS Excel, SQL INSERTS, Tab-separated, XML | Yes | No | |
Oracle SQL Developer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
pgAdmin | Yes | Yes | No | CSV, Text, or binary | CSV, text, HTML, XML | Yes | No | |
phpMyAdmin | Yes | Some | Yes | Yes - CSV, SQL, XML, Excel, ODS | Yes - CSV, LaTeX, Excel, Word, ODS, ODT, XML, SQL, YAML, Texy!, JSON, NHibernate, PHP, PDF, MediaWiki | Yes | Git | |
SQL Database Studio | Yes | Yes | No | CSV, XML, MS Excel | CSV, HTML, MS Excel, SQL INSERTS, Tab-separated, XML | No | No | |
SQLyog | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |
SQL Server Management Studio | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[17] | Yes |
SQuirreL SQL | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | |
Toad | Some | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | SVN, CVS, TFS, VSS | |
Toad Data Modeler | No | ? | Yes | Toad for Oracle ERD, ERWin 7.1(XML) via plugin | SQL; meta data in XML; report in HTML/RTF/CSV; diagram as BMP, JPEG, PNG | No | ? | |
TOra | Some | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Features - visual design and reverse engineering
Legend:
- Visual schema/E-R design: the ability to draw entity-relationship diagrams for the database. If missing, the following two features will also be missing
- Reverse engineering - the ability to produce an ER diagram from a database, complete with foreign key relationships
- Yes - supports incremental reverse engineering, preserving user modifications to the diagram and importing only changes from the database
- Some - can only reverse engineer the entire database at once and drops any user modifications to the diagram (can't "refresh" the diagram to match the database)
- Forward engineering - the ability to update the database schema with changes made to its entities and relationships via the ER diagram visual designer
- Yes - can update user-selected entities
- Some - can only update the entire database at once
Visual query builder | Visual schema/model/E-R diagram design | Reverse engineering | Forward engineering | ER diagram groupboxes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adminer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Altova DatabaseSpy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Database Workbench | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
DBeaver | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
DBEdit | No | No | No | No | No |
ModelRight | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Navicat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Navicat Data Modeler | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MySQL Workbench | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Oracle SQL Developer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
pgAdmin | Yes | No | No | No | No |
phpMyAdmin | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
SQL Database Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
SQL Server Management Studio | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
SQLyog | Yes[18] | Yes[19] | Yes | Yes | ? |
SQuirreL SQL | Yes | Yes | Yes[note 1] | ? | No |
Toad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Toad Data Modeler | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[note 2] | ? |
See also
- Comparison of data modeling tools
- Comparison of object database management systems
- Comparison of object–relational database management systems
- Comparison of relational database management systems
- List of relational database management systems
- SQL programming tool
Notes
References
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- ^ "Release 23.2.5". GitHub. 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Releases - HeidiSQL/HeidiSQL". github.com. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
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- ^ "An Overview of Database Diagram Tools Available for PostgreSQL". Severalnines. 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ^ "ModelRight Download full version trials". www.modelright.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ^ "Releases - mysql/mysql-workbench". github.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ "Welcome to Navicat's Press Center - Navicat". www.navicat.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "Release 8.14". 12 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "Phpliteadmin / Public / Downloads — Bitbucket".
- ^ "phpMyAdmin 5.2.1". 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Team, Webyog (2024-07-23). "New Release – SQLyog 13.3.0". Webyog. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "SQuirrel SQL Client - Browse/1-stable". sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Toad Data Modeler 7.3 - Release Notes". support.quest.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ custom system via TeamServer in Enterprise Edition
- ^ "Source Control in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)". 21 November 2016.
- ^ "SQLYog query builder". Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- ^ "SQLYog schema designer". Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2008-05-29.