DbSchema comparisons
DbSchema is compared head-to-head with SqlDBM, Hackolade Studio and drawDB and more: 7 head-to-heads in Database Design Tools, each with the specs and prices we checked.
DbSchema head-to-head
- DbSchema vs SqlDBM
- DbSchema vs Hackolade Studio
- DbSchema vs drawDB
- DbSchema vs ERBuilder Data Modeler
- DbSchema vs DB Designer
- DbSchema vs WorksCove ERD
- DbSchema vs dbdiagram.io
DbSchema vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Reverse engineering | Forward engineering | SQL export | Supported databases | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DbSchema | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Access, Amazon Athena, Amazon Timestream, Apache Drill, Apache Druid, Apache Ignite, Apache Pinot, Apache Solr, Aurora MySQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, Azure Synapse, Azure SQL, Cache, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Cockroach, Couchbase, CrateDB, CSV Files, CTreeAce, CUBRID, DaffodilDb, Databricks, Dataverse, Db2, DBF/FoxPro/xBase, Derby, DocumentDB, Dremio, DuckDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, EnterpriseDB, Exasol, Fabric Lakehouse, FileMaker, Firebird, Firebolt, FrontBase, Google AlloyDB, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Spanner, Greenplum, H2, HBase, Hive, Hologres, HSQL, Impala, InfluxDB, Informix, Ingres, Interbase, JDataStore, Kafka, MariaDB, MarkLogic, MemSQL, Mimer, MonetDB, MongoDB, MySQL, Neo4j, Neon, NuoDB, Oracle, OrientDB, Pervasive, PlanetScale, PointBase, PostgreSQL, QuestDB, Redis, Redshift, Salesforce, SAP Adaptive Server, SAP HANA, SAP MaxDB, ScyllaDB, SingleStore, SnappyData, Snowflake, SQL Anywhere, SQLBase, SQLite, SQL Server, Starburst, Supabase, TarantoolDB, Teradata, ThoughtSpot, Tibero, TiDB, TimescaleDB, Transbase, Trino, Vertica, VoltDB, Xata, Yellowbrick, YugabyteDB | 9.4 | |
| 2 | SqlDBM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Snowflake, Azure Synapse, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB, Databricks, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Oracle, MySQL, Teradata | 9.2 | ||
| 3 | Hackolade Studio | Yes | €1,750/seat/yr | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | 9.1 |
| 4 | drawDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, generic dialect | 9.0 | |
| 5 | ERBuilder Data Modeler | Yes | $139/user/yr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Firebird, Microsoft Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool, Amazon Redshift, Amazon RDS | 8.9 |
| 6 | DB Designer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite | 8.8 | |
| 7 | WorksCove ERD | Yes | $10/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server | 8.7 |
| 8 | dbdiagram.io | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL (SQL Server), Oracle, Snowflake, BigQuery | 8.6 |
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