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Database client software 2021

2021-06-15 database, client, application

TablePlus

  • Plan: Free / Paid (free if use only two tabs at once);
  • Supports: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and more;
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS;
  • Official site;
  • My rate: 8/10;
  • My comment: no Linux support; the paid plan is required to use more than two tabs at once.

phpMyAdmin

  • Plan: Free;
  • Supports: MySQL;
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux;
  • Official site;
  • My rate: 7/10;
  • My comment: it's rather slow and has an unfriendly UI, and you need to install PHP to use it.

Querious

  • Plan: Paid;
  • Supports: MySQL;
  • Platforms: macOS;
  • Official site;
  • My rate: ?/10;
  • My comment: I haven't used it yet, but someone said it's not bad.

Beekeeper Studio

  • Plan: Free;
  • Supports: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and more;
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux.
  • Official site;
  • My rate: 1/10;
  • My comment: very slow and buggy.

DBeaver

  • Plan: Free;
  • Supports: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and more;
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux;
  • Official site;
  • My rate: 9/10;
  • My comment: fast, but its UI isn't as user-friendly as I'd like. It can't back up or restore a dump without a native client installed; however, it's my favorite.