SqlDBM
SqlDBM: A broad modeling workspace for teams aligning schemas, warehouses, lineage, and documentation. Ranked #2 of 34 in Database Design Tools by our editors (9.2/10); pricing: Pricing on request; best for collaborative analytics and warehouse modeling.
At a glance
- Editor score9.2 / 10
- PricingPricing on request
- Best forCollaborative analytics and warehouse modeling
- Reverse engineeringYes
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Supports conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling
- Combines branching, merging, lineage, and impact analysis
- Connects with major warehouses, databases, Git, Jira, and Confluence
Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires contacting sales
- Plan details do not include published numeric prices
- Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of simple diagramming
Our verdict on SqlDBM
SqlDBM is a browser-based data modeling platform for data architects, database developers, project managers, and enterprise data teams. It covers conceptual, logical, and physical modeling, with reverse engineering from DDL, Excel, or direct database connections. Teams can forward-engineer SQL and alter scripts, generate dbt source and model YAML, and maintain documentation pages, HTML reports, and custom metadata fields. Its web and API availability suits organizations working across cloud data platforms and traditional databases.
Pricing is offered through a contact-sales model. According to the vendor’s pricing page, users can start free without a credit card, while the published pricing approach does not provide numeric plan prices. Buyers should therefore evaluate the commercial model alongside their requirements for collaboration, version control, and integrations rather than comparing fixed public tiers. The platform’s core planning value comes from concurrent modeling, branching and merging, revisions, rollback, and change comparison, which gives teams a structured way to manage evolving schemas.
SqlDBM’s strongest fit is a data organization that needs more than visual diagrams. Column-level lineage, impact analysis, documentation, and custom metadata extend the model into analysis and communication, while integrations include Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Teradata, dbt, GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket. Choose it when collaborative warehouse modeling and connected documentation are priorities. A team seeking only a lightweight diagramming tool may find this wider scope unnecessary.
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SqlDBM fact sheet
| Free plan | Not verified |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Reverse engineering | Yes |
| Forward engineering | Yes |
| SQL export | Yes |
| Supported databases | Snowflake, Azure Synapse, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB, Databricks, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Oracle, MySQL, Teradata |
| Team collaboration | Yes |
| Version history | Yes |
| Deployment | Web |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Compliance & security | SOC 2, SSO/SAML |
| Support | Tickets, Docs |
| Built for | Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 20 integrations: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric … See all → |
| Pricing | Pricing on request (source) |
| Website | sqldbm.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
SqlDBM integrations
SqlDBM lists 20 integrations on its own site.
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- BigQuery
- Amazon Redshift
- Azure Synapse
- Microsoft Fabric
- SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- Oracle
- MySQL
- Teradata
- dbt
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- AWS CodeCommit
- Confluence
- Jira
- Slack
- Collibra
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