Best Database Clients

DbVisualizer

DbVisualizer is one of the world’s most popular database editors. Developers, analysts, and DBAs use it to elevate their SQL experience with modern tools to visualize and manage their databases, schemas, objects, and table data, and to auto-generate, write and optimize queries. And so much more. It connects to all popular databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Cassandra, Snowflake, SQLite, BigQuery, and 20+ more) and runs on all popular OSes (Windows, macOS, and Linux). With almost 6 million downloads and Pro-users in 145 countries around the world, it won’t let you down. Free and Pro versions are available.

474 Ratings

Starting Price: Free

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myway SQL Manager

The myway SQL Manager is a powerful program for MySQL and MariaDB database administration and programming. Download and using the program is free. Operation on the Intranet or Internet. Web based. Built in PHP and Javascript, fully Ajax controlled. All modules speed-optimized. 132 languages. Tab controlled. Work on multiple tables or other database elements at the same time. Backup copies in case of changes or deletions of views and routines. User management with program rights. Configuration options for program settings and layout for users. Own server connections with individual editing rights for users. Unlimited number of server connections to MySQL or MariaDB databases. Extensive information and editing options on connected servers. Editing tables, sequences, views, procedures, functions, trigger, events. Backup and Recovery. Data import and export. Powerful SQL editor, syntax highlighting, search and replace. Search function for database elements. Helplinks.

Starting Price: $0

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DataGrip

JetBrains

Meet DataGrip, our new database IDE that is tailored to suit the specific needs of professional SQL developers. Allows you to execute queries in different modes and provides a local history that keeps track of all your activity and protects you from losing your work. Lets you jump to any table, view, or procedure by its name via the corresponding action, or directly from its usages in the SQL code. Gives you an extended insight into how your queries work and into the database engine behavior, so you can make your queries more efficient. DataGrip provides context-sensitive code completion, helping you to write SQL code faster. Completion is aware of the tables structure, foreign keys, and even database objects created in code you're editing. DataGrip detects probable bugs in your code and suggests the best options to fix them on the fly. It will immediately let you know about unresolved objects, using keywords as identifiers and always offers a way to fix the problems.

2 Ratings

Starting Price: $199 per year

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DBeaver

Free multi-platform database tool for developers, database administrators, analysts and all people who need to work with databases. Supports all popular databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, MS Access, Teradata, Firebird, Apache Hive, Phoenix, Presto, etc. Copy As: format configuration editor was added. Extra configuration for filter dialog (performance). Sort by column as fixed (for small fetch sizes). Case-insensitive filters support was added. Plaintext view now support top/bottom dividers. Data editor was fixed (when column name conflicts with alias name). Duplicate row(s) command was fixed for multiple selected rows. Edit sub-menu was returned to the context menu. Columns auto-size configuration was added. Dictionary viewer was fixed (for read-only connections). Current/selected row highlighting support was added (configurable).

2 Ratings

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Navicat Premium

Navicat

Navicat Premium is a database development tool that allows you to simultaneously connect to MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases from a single application. Compatible with cloud databases like Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud and MongoDB Atlas. You can quickly and easily build, manage and maintain your databases. Data Transfer, Data Synchronization and Structure Synchronization help you migrate your data easier and faster for less overhead. Deliver detailed, step-by-step guidelines for transferring data across various DBMS. Compare and synchronize databases with Data and Structure Synchronization. Set up and deploy the comparisons in seconds, and get the detailed script to specify the changes you want to execute.

1 Rating

Starting Price: $64.99 per month

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SQLGate

CHEQUER

SQLGate is a simple but powerful IDE for multiple SQL databases. As an integrated database management and development solution, it simplifies the construction and operation of databases. It is customized for seven different databases that make up 83.2% of the DBMS market. These include Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, Tibero, and PostgreSQL. SQLGate makes it easier and quicker to deal with databases holding large amounts of data. Multiple Languages available: Korean, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, etc..

1 Rating

Starting Price: Free

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DronaHQ

DronaHQ is a low-code platform to build internal tools and custom apps for the web and mobile. Developers and engineering teams use this platform to create admin panels, CRUD apps, GUI for Databases or APIs, forms, dashboards & operational apps. Key features include: - Customizable UI components - Mobile + Web app output - 10x faster app development - Seamless integration to any existing tech stack - Scalable cloud-based architecture - Over 50 Engineering Support Hours (UVP) - Free forever developer plans With 3000+ Apps built and 1 million+ users supported, DronaHQ is a platform trusted by global companies.

Starting Price: $0/month

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TablePlus

TablePlus InC

Modern, native client with intuitive GUI tools to create, access, query & edit multiple databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, MariaDB, CockroachDB, Vertica, Cassandra, Snowflake, Oracle, Redis.

Starting Price: $59.00

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dbForge Edge

Devart

dbForge Edge is the newest Devart product - the multidatabase software solution covers all database-related jobs, allowing its users to accelerate the tasks' completion, save costs, and improve overall productivity. A set of powerful features applies to all most popular database management systems - MySQL and MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL. Notice the most helpful features of dbForge Edge: Database design & development. Convert ER diagrams to actual databases or reverse-engineer databases. SQL coding assistance. Visual query building. Query profiling. Database comparison & synchronization. Deploy changes to the target databases on different platforms. Data management. Data import/export. Data analysis and reporting. Database administration.

Starting Price: $99.95

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JackDB

Write and execute queries in a fully interactive SQL editor. JackDB has everything you'd want in a database client, including: syntax highlighting, code formatting, and intelligent autocompletion. Snippets allow your most useful SQL queries to be saved and shared. Simply write and save any query in JackDB, and share the snippet publicly with your team. Whenever anyone updates a snippet, everyone gets access to its latest version. Security is our highest priority at JackDB. Roles are a very convenient and secure way to restrict database access to authorized users and provision new users with access to data sources. Explore everything in your database, not just tables and views. View your indexes, schemas, and other important system details such as tablespaces and user sessions.

Starting Price: $49 per user per month

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HeidiSQL

HeidiSQL is free software, and has the aim to be easy to learn. "Heidi" lets you see and edit data and structures from computers running one of the database systems MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite. Invented in 2002 by Ansgar, HeidiSQL belongs to the most popular tools for MariaDB and MySQL worldwide. Free for everyone, OpenSource. Connect to multiple servers in one window. Supported database systems: MariaDB, MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite. Connect to servers via commandline. Connect via SSH tunnel, or pass SSL settings. Create and edit tables, views, stored routines, triggers and scheduled events. Generate nice SQL-exports, compress these afterwards, or put them on the clipboard. Export from one server/database directly to another server/database. Manage user-privileges, import text-files, export table rows as CSV, HTML, XML, SQL, LaTeX, Wiki Markup and PHP Array. Browse and edit table-data using a comfortable grid.

Starting Price: $0

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EMS SQL Management Studio

EMS Software

EMS SQL Management Studio for PostgreSQL is a complete solution for PostgreSQL database administration and development. The single workbench provides you with must-have tools for managing PostgreSQL databases and objects, as well as for database design, migration, extraction, query building, data import and export, database comparison, and running service tasks. Get access to all databases and their objects from a single console and manage them with a user-friendly interface. You can create and modify all server and database objects, set necessary properties, and view detailed info in advanced visual editors. Transfer structure changes from development to production database automatically with Compare databases tool. Create ER diagrams for newly developed databases to quickly deploy them. Create database maintenance tasks with advanced options and let SQL Studio run them on a regular basis.

Starting Price: $260 one-time payment

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Arctype

Write queries fast, generate, format, and autocomplete SQL. Visualize anything, and build beautiful charts in 2 clicks. Combine multiple charts in a dashboard. Share and control access. Bring your team in on the action with links to charts and queries. With your queries and dashboards at your fingertips, use cmd + k to find anything in your workspace. Edit tables like a spreadsheet, and select any cell to edit. Delete rows and view JSON. If you are working with a PostgreSQL database as part of your project, you’ll probably need to add or edit data. We recommend using an SQL client to do so. In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to connect to your Postgres database using an SQL client. Create the smallest EC2 instance available. Take note of the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network it is created in. Arctype is a fast, beautiful database GUI for developers and teams. With SQL autocomplete, spreadsheet-style editing, one-click visualizations, and collaboration.

Starting Price: Free

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Beekeeper Studio

Encrypt your connection with SSL, or tunnel through SSH. Save a connection password and Beekeeper Studio will encrypt it. Our built-in editor provides syntax highlighting and auto-complete suggestions for your tables so you can work quickly and easily. Open dozens of tabs so you can work quickly without having to switch windows. Table DDL and data views get their own tabs too! Easily save and organize commonly used queries so you can use them again and again across all your connections. Beekeeper's SQL table creator lets you create, edit, and delete table columns in just a few clicks. Export a table to CSV, JSON, JSONL, or SQL with just a few clicks. Optionally apply filters to export only the data you need.

Starting Price: $7 per month

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Kangaroo

SQL client and admin tool for popular databases. A simple and Intuitive GUI helps you focus on data and finish your work quickly. Focus on the experience of editing, and make you feel smooth when working with it. GTK and Adwaita with Vala-based native application, focus on performance, focus on responsible. MySQL/PostgreSQL connection is more complicated because it supports multi-authentication methods, so you should prepare material before making a connection. Your connection could be through the private network over SSH(and over proxy), the built-in SSH client could help you do it. Drag and drop an SQLite database file from the file manager into the connection home page, the connection is created quickly. Create an empty file with SQLite file extension, then drag and drop it on the connection home page to create a connection. GTK4 has HiDPI support on all platforms, all GTK4 apps will scale with the system scale setting automatically.

Starting Price: Free

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Sqlectron

A simple and lightweight SQL client desktop/terminal with cross-database and platform support. A desktop application with a simple interface. Sign and notarize builds for macOS. Supports PostgreSQL and MySQL. Sqlectronhas also has a GUI interface called sqlectron-gui. Most of the time you should not worry about files, because Sqlectron will manage the configuration for you. The paging is not done in SQL query, instead, it is done during the results rendering. Supports PostgreSQL, Redshift, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Cassandra, and SQLite.Although it is possible to change files manually, it is usually better to just use the UI since it allows you to change any of the settings from there.

Starting Price: Free

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DbGate

DbGate has a very powerful data browser and editor. It allows you to quickly find or modify, what you need, even when using complicated relations. In most cases, using a data browser is far more efficient than typing a query by hand or use a query designer (but you can, of course, use all these variants in DbGate too). Database compare tool is super fast, compare to other DB compare tools, as it uses already cached DB models. You can browse and filter objects by type (table, view, procedure function) and by comparing status (equal, changed, added, removed). You can select objects to be synchronized into the target database. Deploy script preview is shown to the user and must be confirmed before applying. DB model could be downloaded from the database into a set of YAML files describing table structure (one YAML file for each table) and SQL files describing other database objects (table, view, procedure function).

Starting Price: Free

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Navicat for MySQL

Navicat

Navicat for MySQL is the ideal solution for MySQL/MariaDB administration and development. It is a single application that allows you to connect to MySQL and MariaDB databases simultaneously. Compatible with cloud databases like Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. This all-inclusive frontend provides an intuitive and powerful graphical interface for database management, development, and maintenance.

Starting Price: $17.99 per month

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Adminer

Replace phpMyAdmin with Adminer and you will get a tidier user interface, better support for MySQL features, higher performance and more security. Security is #1 priority in development of Adminer. Adminer does not allow connecting to databases without a password and it rate-limits the connection attempts to protect against brute-force attacks. Still, consider making Adminer inaccessible to public by whitelisting IP addresses allowed to connect to it, password-protecting the access in your web server, enabling security plugins (e.g. to require an OTP) or by customizing the login method. You can also delete Adminer if not needed anymore, it is just one file which is easy to upload in the future. Adminer had some security bugs in the past so update whenever Adminer tells you there is a new version available (ask your administrator if you could not update yourself). Connect to a database server with username and password. /Select an existing database or create a new one.

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SQLyog

Webyog

A Powerful MySQL Development and Administration Solution. SQLyog Ultimate enables database developers, administrators, and architects to visually compare, optimize, and document schemas. SQLyog Ultimate includes a power tool to automate and schedule the synchronization of data between two MySQL hosts. Create the job definition file using the interactive wizard. The tool does not require any installation on the MySQL hosts. You can use any host to run the tool. SQLyog Ultimate includes a power tool to interactively synchronize data. Run the tool in attended mode to compare data from source and target before taking action. Using the intuitive display, compare data on source and target for every row to decide whether it should be synchronized in which direction. SQLyog Ultimate includes a power tool to interactively compare and synchronize schema. View the differences between tables, indexes, columns, and routines of two databases.

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phpMyAdmin

phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP, intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. phpMyAdmin supports a wide range of operations on MySQL and MariaDB. Frequently used operations (managing databases, tables, columns, relations, indexes, users, permissions, etc) can be performed via the user interface, while you still have the ability to directly execute any SQL statement. phpMyAdmin comes with a wide range of documentation and users are welcome to update our wiki pages to share ideas and howtos for various operations. The phpMyAdmin team will try to help you if you face any problem; you can use a variety of support channels to get help. To ease usage to a wide range of people, phpMyAdmin is being translated into 72 languages and supports both LTR and RTL languages. Browse and drop databases, tables, views, fields and indexes. Create, copy, drop, rename and alter databases, tables, fields and indexes.

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Datazenit

Modern database administration tool. Cross-platform MySQL and PostgreSQL GUI with data grid, schema builder, and interactive charts. Datazenit is a web-based database administration tool. It features a smart data grid, query builder, schema editor, live charts, and raw query editor with auto-complete. The goal is to build a modern and intelligent database tool that would increase productivity. The schema editor has been designed with developer productivity in mind. It is equipped with intelligent features similar to the ones you could find in an IDE. Users can choose to query data via a graphical user interface instead of a classic raw query editor. Query builder supports multiple conditions, sorting and more. Various chart styles can be used to create effective visualizations, like scatter, line, area, bar, and pie chart. Best of all, they can be shared or embedded. Enjoy an advanced data grid with different editors like text area, dropdown, checkbox, and a calendar.

Starting Price: $49 one-time payment

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Querious

View, search, edit, import, export, build, configure, and monitor your MySQL and compatible databases easier than ever before. Querious is full-featured, fast, and made exclusively for macOS, so it feels and works exactly how a Mac app should. The Content view is packed full of convenient features, such as a flexible multiple-condition filter, easy multi-row value assignment, row duplication, copying to the clipboard, and jumping to related tables through foreign keys. Other database programs will have a good editor for viewing table contents and querying, but then completely fall short when supporting other object types. Querious goes all the way, providing editors for everything you need. The various editors in Querious are a great way to expand your knowledge of MySQL by learning what's available and making it easy to use and change.

Starting Price: $49 one-time payment

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Toad Edge

Quest

If yours is one of the majority of organizations migrating your existing commercial database to open sources, such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, or if you’re building new in-house applications on open-source database management systems (OSDBMS), then you know that commercial tooling for these databases falls short. What if you could save money by implementing OSDBMS and ramp up quickly by working with a familiar toolset? You can with Toad Edge®. It’s a lightweight, reliable desktop toolset that simplifies development and management tasks for open-source databases. Using Toad for MySQL and PostgreSQL management makes it easier to master new database platforms quickly. If you’re taking on MariaDB, Amazon Redshift, or EDB Postgres Advanced Server, Toad Edge will simplify your work on those platforms as well. Toad Edge supports coding, editing, schema compare and sync, and DevOps CI processes, so you can manage your open-source databases easily and confidently.

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Valentina Studio

Paradigma Software

Create, administer, query and explore Valentina DB, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases for FREE. Design business reports running in Valentina Studio Pro, on Valentina Server or in an application with an Application Developer Kit. Backward Engineering in Standard with forwarding Engineering in Valentina Studio Pro. Reverse engineering and create diagrams for existing databases. Add new objects to diagrams. Write SQL queries with auto-completion, color syntax. Define, manage, save favorite queries; access recent queries. Function browser dictionary of each function. Consoles for errors, warnings, and performance. Search, Export result records into CSV, JSON, Excel. Edit properties of multiple objects at the same time. Drill down to tables and fields; incredible fast searching. Reverse engineering and create diagrams for existing databases. Add new objects to diagrams. Add/drop users, and groups, and manage privileges.

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Sequel Pro

Sequel Pro Developers

Sequel Pro is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL databases.

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MySQL Workbench

Oracle

MySQL Workbench is a unified visual tool for database architects, developers, and DBAs. MySQL Workbench provides data modeling, SQL development, and comprehensive administration tools for server configuration, user administration, backup, and much more. MySQL Workbench is available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. MySQL Workbench enables a DBA, developer, or data architect to visually design, model, generate, and manage databases. It includes everything a data modeler needs for creating complex ER models, forward and reverse engineering, and also delivers key features for performing difficult change management and documentation tasks that normally require much time and effort. MySQL Workbench delivers visual tools for creating, executing, and optimizing SQL queries. The SQL Editor provides color syntax highlighting, auto-complete, reuse of SQL snippets, and execution history of SQL. The Database Connections Panel enables developers to easily manage standard database connections.

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SQLPro

Native and ready for Big Sur. Using the latest features of macOS, but still supporting Catalina and Mojave. Coming from Microsoft SQL Management Studio? Our interface and workflow is similar to what you are used to with a few of our own improvements. Working with Amazon or Azure relational database service? No problem, SQLPro for MySQL supports MySQL 5.0 and above, including cloud instances. Need to see the results for multiple tables at once? You can execute multiple queries and have the results for each displayed at the same time, including any errors and messages.

Starting Price: $6.37 per month

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Azure Data Studio

Microsoft

Azure Data Studio is a cross-platform database tool for data professionals who use on-premises and cloud data platforms on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Azure Data Studio offers a modern editor experience with IntelliSense, code snippets, source control integration, and an integrated terminal. It's engineered with the data platform user in mind, with the built-in charting of query result sets and customizable dashboards. Use Azure Data Studio to query, design, and manage your databases and data warehouses wherever they are, on your local computer or in the cloud. We recommend the user installer, which simplifies installations and updates and doesn't require Administrator privileges.

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RazorSQL

RazorSQL is an SQL query tool, database browser, SQL editor, and database administration tool for Windows, macOS, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris. RazorSQL has been tested on over 40 databases, can connect to databases via either JDBC or ODBC. Browse database objects such as schemas, tables, columns, primary and foreign keys, views, indexes, procedures, functions, and more. Visual tools to create, alter, describe, execute, and drop database objects such as tables, views, indexes, stored procedures, functions, triggers, and more. Includes multi-tabular display of queries with options for filtering, sorting, searching, and much more. Import data from various formats such as delimited files, Excel spreadsheets, and fixed-width files. Includes a robust relational database (HSQLDB) that is up and running with no manual configuration out of the box.

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Starting Price: $99.95 one-time payment

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Compare the Top Database Clients as of May 2025

What are Database Clients?

DbVisualizer

myway SQL Manager

DataGrip

DBeaver

Navicat Premium

SQLGate

DronaHQ

TablePlus

dbForge Edge

JackDB

HeidiSQL

EMS SQL Management Studio

Arctype

Beekeeper Studio

Kangaroo

Sqlectron

DbGate

Navicat for MySQL

Adminer

SQLyog

phpMyAdmin

Datazenit

Querious

Toad Edge

Valentina Studio

Sequel Pro

MySQL Workbench

SQLPro

Azure Data Studio

RazorSQL

Best Database Clients

Compare the Top Database Clients as of May 2025

What are Database Clients?

DbVisualizer

myway SQL Manager

DataGrip

DBeaver

Navicat Premium

SQLGate

DronaHQ

TablePlus

dbForge Edge

JackDB

HeidiSQL

EMS SQL Management Studio

Arctype

Beekeeper Studio

Kangaroo

Sqlectron

DbGate

Navicat for MySQL

Adminer

SQLyog

phpMyAdmin

Datazenit

Querious

Toad Edge

Valentina Studio

Sequel Pro

MySQL Workbench

SQLPro

Azure Data Studio

RazorSQL

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