DBeaver vs. MySQL Workbench

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DBeaver
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
DBeaver offers comprehensive data management tools designed to help teams explore, process, and administrate SQL, NoSQL, and cloud data sources. DBeaver is available commercially as DBeaver PRO and for free as DBeaver Community.
$11
per month per user
MySQL Workbench
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
MySQL Workbench is a unified visual tool for database architects, developers, and DBAs. MySQL Workbench provides data modeling, SQL development, and comprehensive administration tools for server configuration, user administration, and backup. MySQL Workbench is available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It is available free through its Community edition, and an Enterprise edition is available for a commercial license as well, supported by Oracle.
$0
Pricing
DBeaverMySQL Workbench
Editions & Modules
Lite Edition Subscription
$11
per month per user
Enterprise Edition Subscription
$25
per month per user
Lite Edition License
$110
per year per user
Enterprise Edition License
$250
per year per user
Ultimate Edition License
$500
per year per user
CloudBeaver Enterprise
$1,000
per year per 5 users
DBeaver Team Edition
$1,280
per year per 1 administrator and 2 developers
Community Edition
$0
Enterprise Edition
licensed through Oracle
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DBeaverMySQL Workbench
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for multi-user licenses.
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Community Pulse
DBeaverMySQL Workbench
Features
DBeaverMySQL Workbench
Database Development
Comparison of Database Development features of Product A and Product B
DBeaver
7.3
11 Ratings
15% below category average
MySQL Workbench
9.3
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Version control tools6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Test data generation6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance optimization tools7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Schema maintenance8.49 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Database change management9.07 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Database Administration
Comparison of Database Administration features of Product A and Product B
DBeaver
5.5
9 Ratings
37% below category average
MySQL Workbench
8.2
2 Ratings
2% above category average
User management8.06 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Database security5.06 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Database status reporting4.07 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Change management5.06 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
DBeaverMySQL Workbench
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(10 ratings)
7.4
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(2 ratings)
8.1
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DBeaverMySQL Workbench
Likelihood to Recommend
DBeaver
If you are connecting to Snowflake and want to query from your laptop, I find that this is much easier to use than Snowflake's IDE. It allows us as a business intelligence team to more easily connect to our servers, and code with much less hassle. It would be less appropriate if you are only on an on-premises SQL server, in that case, I would just use SSMS.
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Oracle
It is good software when we have to connect the database of the remote server but it is not as good as phpMyAdmin. When local server is concerned, phpMyAdmin is way better because it has more cleaner UI than Workbench. Workbench is preferred only because phpMyAdmin does not support the connection of remote servers.
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Pros
DBeaver
  • Identify types of DB connections by color code: development, testing and production.
  • Predictive typing, it is incredibly accurate and saves me a lot of time.
  • Jump between different simultaneous DB connections.
  • Navigate through the schema object tree.
  • Provide all the tools I need in one window.
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Oracle
  • Readily available too for quick and easy SQL queries
  • Maintains upgrades
  • Works across multiple OS platforms
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Cons
DBeaver
  • Schema editing is not very intuitive. Editing a single column forces you into multiple tab windows when trying to change something simple like a column name.
  • Sorting and filtering in data is nice, but buried in long right-click menus.
  • Some things are definitely non-standard UI for a Windows application, so it might be hard for die-hard Windows fans to get used to.
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Oracle
  • There are a lot of menus, some of them aren't needed or users who only need to send queries. I had to watch a videos on youtube to learn how to use workbench. It would be great to have some videos inside software (or links to videos on youtube)
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Usability
DBeaver
It's perfectly easy to use. Not super new and shiny with lots of accessibility tailored tools, but does the job
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Oracle
MySQL Workbench is useful for specifically remote databases. Remote databases generally does not have any UI and we have to connect the server via SSH and on CLI, we write the queries and it shows the data, which is quite tiering and more prone to make mistakes whereas MySQL Workbench provides cleaner way to connect and provides lot of tools, so that we do not have to write queries all the time.
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Support Rating
DBeaver
Not a lot of users have DBeaver so fewer resources are available online to help you if you have any issues. When I was trying to figure out how to create my own ER diagrams, it was a little tough to find resources
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Oracle
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
DBeaver
MySQL workbench from MySQL only supports MySQL databases and it only provides basic functionality. On top of that, the user experience could be quite confusing for first-time users. SSMS from SQL server doesn't support inline editing nicely. The view for inline editing and view data is different, making it uncomfortable to use. All in all, DBeaver is the best tool when you manage a lot of databases with different types.
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Oracle
It's like comparing a VW to an performance car like a Ferrari. If you need the performance, bells and whistles you'll want PhpStorm. If you just need to get from one place to another, MySQL Workbench will do just fine.
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Return on Investment
DBeaver
  • Positive Ability to manage DBeaver and query ad-hoc quickly
  • By having the queries saved it has saved developer time and thereby increased the ROI on the investment on the tool
  • This has made firefighting quicker and freed up resources for more development work.
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Oracle
  • It provides good features and saves the time.
  • When we use remote server, we can connect without using ssh etc. so saves the time and easy to understand.
  • Do not have to write the queries to check the schema, so saves the time.
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