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Head-to-head · Database Design Tools

Hackolade Studio vs DBModeler

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Hackolade Studio #3 in Database Design Tools 9.1/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Hackolade
DBModeler #10 in Database Design Tools 8.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 5 features Visit DBModeler

Hackolade Studio leads on 1 check, DBModeler on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreHackolade Studio · 9.1/10
  • Free planboth
  • Free trialonly Hackolade Studio
  • Most featuresHackolade Studio · 5 of 5

Hackolade Studio scores higher on our rubric for database design tools: 9.1 against 8.4 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #10.

Hackolade Studio offers team collaboration; DBModeler doesn't. On deployment, Hackolade Studio gives you Web_and_desktop where DBModeler offers Web.

Hackolade Studio is the better fit for multi-model enterprise data architecture. DBModeler is the better fit for free web modeling across many database engines.

  • Hackolade Studio fits best

    Multi-model enterprise data architecture

  • DBModeler fits best

    Free web modeling across many database engines

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Side by side

Feature Hackolade Studio 9.1/10 Visit ↗ DBModeler 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.1 8.4
Ranking #3 in Database Design Tools #10 in Database Design Tools
Best for Multi-model enterprise data architecture Free web modeling across many database engines
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free
Starting price €1,750/seat/yr Free
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial 14 days —
Deployment Desktop Cloud
Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, Linux Web
Support Email, Docs Community, Docs
Integrations 6 integrations 5 integrations
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business
Features Hackolade Studio 5/5 · DBModeler 4/5
Reverse engineering ✓ ✓
Forward engineering ✓ ✓
SQL export ✓ ✓
Team collaboration ✓ (best) —
Version history ✓ ✓
Specs
Supported databases Google BigQuery, Cassandra, Couchbase, Cosmos DB, Databricks, DocumentDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, HBase, Hive, MariaDB, MarkLogic, MongoDB, MySQL, Neo4j, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redshift, ScyllaDB, Snowflake, SQL Server, Synapse Analytics, Teradata, TinkerPop, YugabyteDB PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, SQLite, IBM Db2, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, TiDB, DuckDB
Deployment Web_and_desktop Web
Our review
Pros
  • Covers conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling
  • Reverse- and forward-engineers databases, files, schemas, and DDL
  • Adds Git versioning, peer review, CLI workflows, and API generation
  • Supports visual ER modeling across 14 database engines
  • Generates engine-aware SQL, migrations, previews, and exports
  • Includes snapshots, diffs, rollback, and repository workflows
Cons
  • Workgroup pricing starts at €175 per seat per month
  • Its breadth may exceed the needs of simple relational modeling
  • Floating-seat pricing is not specified in the published plan details
  • Collaboration is not supported
  • Projects are stored locally by default
  • Available through the web only
Our verdict

Hackolade Studio is a visual data modeling application for teams designing and documenting data across relational databases, NoSQL systems, APIs, event streams, and data exchange formats. It supports conceptual, logical, and physical…

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DBModeler is a browser-based ER diagram editor for designing relational schemas and organizing database projects. It is suited to developers and database professionals who need to model tables, fields, constraints, and relationships,…

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  1. Hackolade StudioDatabase Design Tools 9.1Free plan · 14-day trial
  2. DBModelerDatabase Design Tools 8.4Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Hackolade Studio — where it wins

    • Covers conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling
    • Reverse- and forward-engineers databases, files, schemas, and DDL
    • Adds Git versioning, peer review, CLI workflows, and API generation

    Where it doesn't

    • Workgroup pricing starts at €175 per seat per month
    • Its breadth may exceed the needs of simple relational modeling
    • Floating-seat pricing is not specified in the published plan details

  • DBModeler — where it wins

    • Supports visual ER modeling across 14 database engines
    • Generates engine-aware SQL, migrations, previews, and exports
    • Includes snapshots, diffs, rollback, and repository workflows

    Where it doesn't

    • Collaboration is not supported
    • Projects are stored locally by default
    • Available through the web only

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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