DBeaver comparisons
DBeaver is compared head-to-head with DataGrip, Navicat Premium and Toad Data Studio and more: 7 head-to-heads in Database Client Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
DBeaver head-to-head
- DBeaver vs DataGrip
- DBeaver vs Navicat Premium
- DBeaver vs Toad Data Studio
- DBeaver vs Oracle SQL Developer
- DBeaver vs pgAdmin
- DBeaver vs HeidiSQL
- DBeaver vs Adminer
DBeaver vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment | Database support | SSH tunneling | Data editing | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBeaver | Yes | Desktop | MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, SQLite, Firebird, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB, BigQuery, Snowflake, ClickHouse | Yes | Yes | 9.4 | |
| 2 | DataGrip | Yes | Desktop | Amazon DocumentDB, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, Apache Cassandra, Apache Derby, Apache Hive, Azure SQL Database, ClickHouse, CockroachDB, Couchbase Query Service, Exasol, Google BigQuery, Greenplum, H2, HSQLDB, IBM Db2 LUW, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server LocalDB, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, Snowflake, SQLite, Sybase ASE, Vertica, Amazon Athena, Apache Ignite, Apache Phoenix, Apache Spark, Databricks, Denodo, DuckDB, Elasticsearch, Firebird, Google Cloud Spanner, IBM Informix, InterSystems IRIS, Mimer SQL, OpenEdge, Presto, SAP HANA, SingleStore, Tarantool, Teradata Vantage, TiDB, TmaxTibero, Trino, YugabyteDB | Yes | Yes | 9.2 | |
| 3 | Navicat Premium | Yes | $1,299 one-time | Desktop | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, Snowflake | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 4 | Toad Data Studio | No | Desktop | Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure/Azure SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, MongoDB, Databricks, IBM DB2, Apache Cassandra, MariaDB, Apache Hive, Amazon DynamoDB, SAP HANA, Teradata, SAP ASE, Oracle Fusion, Amazon Redshift | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 5 | Oracle SQL Developer | Yes | Free | Desktop | Oracle Database; MySQL; Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft Access; selected third-party databases; Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
| 6 | pgAdmin | Yes | Free | Both | PostgreSQL; EDB Postgres Advanced Server | Yes | Yes | 8.6 |
| 7 | HeidiSQL | Yes | Free | Desktop | MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Interbase, Firebird, ProxySQL, Redshift | Yes | Yes | 8.5 |
| 8 | Adminer | Yes | Free | Web | MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle; additional plugin drivers include Elasticsearch, SimpleDB, MongoDB, Redis, Firebird, ClickHouse, IGDB and IMAP | Yes | 8.4 |
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