MySQL Workbench vs. Sequel Pro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MySQL Workbench
Score 7.6 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
Sequel Pro
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Sequel Pro is a relational database software solution offered free and open source. It allows users to access any MySQL database through a Mac.N/A
Pricing
MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Editions & Modules
Community Edition
$0
Enterprise Edition
licensed through Oracle
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Considered Both Products
MySQL Workbench
Chose MySQL Workbench
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.
Chose MySQL Workbench
phpmyadmin is way better only when local database is concerned but MySQL Workbench is way better then SQLyog because of the more cleaner UI and cost. SQLYog does not have any open-source featuring whereas MySQL Workbench has open source edition with lot of good free features. …
Chose MySQL Workbench
I found Azure UX easier, menu items are more obvious, but it still also requires preparation to use.
Sequel Pro
Chose Sequel Pro
DataGrip has much better support for other database types and is a modern design. I also love Quercus, which is on the same level as Sequel Pro, but is a much more modern design with a few cache optimizations to make it faster.
Chose Sequel Pro
MySQL workbench is good to work with MySQL databases, but Sequel Pro gives us the ability to work with any SQL databases. It's open-source, lightweight and solves the problem that I am required to solve to run the DDL and DML queries.
Chose Sequel Pro
MySQL Workbench: Sequel Pro is lighter, simpler to use and faster
TablePlus: Sequel Pro is free while Table plus is not
Chose Sequel Pro
I found Sequel Pro through Google and downloaded it because it was free. I haven't used many other Mac-based solutions. You may need to open multiple windows to find the relationship between tables. Other software has better visual aids to help assist with this.
Chose Sequel Pro
MySQL Workbench is a wonderful tool, but the routine editing of existing data is note nearly as straightforward as it is in Sequel Pro. The ability to sort a data view with a single click makes Sequel Pro my definite choice.

phpMyAdmin is pretty ubiquitous, but the routine …
Chose Sequel Pro
It's so much easier to use, it's the perfect balance between something deep enough to manage and customize databases, but it's easy enough to get into really fast.
Chose Sequel Pro
Free is a huge selling point, but beyond that it's secure, powerful and easy to use.
Chose Sequel Pro
The UI design of Sequel Pro is to help people whose work is not typical coding heavy but still data dependent. It stands out for its target users.
Chose Sequel Pro
I've only ever used MySql commandline (haven't tried any other GUIs for sql). Though I like Sequel Pro a lot, I just prefer using the terminal when doing DBA stuff on production databases because I can be sure of the commands I execute. For the test environment, and development …
Chose Sequel Pro
Amazingly full-featured for a free MySQL client. Met all the requirements for our team. Free & for Mac OS X.
Chose Sequel Pro
Sequel Pro has a fully functional free version which is fast and unlimited. None of the others let you get to your data as quickly and directly as Sequel Pro does. With the exception of the default tools provided by MySQL, Sequel Pro is probably the client that remains most up …
Features
MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Database Development
Comparison of Database Development features of Product A and Product B
MySQL Workbench
9.2
Ratings
8% above category average
Sequel Pro
-
Ratings
Schema maintenance8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Database change management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Database Administration
Comparison of Database Administration features of Product A and Product B
MySQL Workbench
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
Sequel Pro
-
Ratings
User management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Database security8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Database status reporting7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
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10.0
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Usability
8.6
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8.0
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Support Rating
-
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7.5
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User Testimonials
MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
It works best when you need to create basic queries or manage an simple MySQL schema. For more complicated data modeling, I'll use another tool. You can't beat the price though.
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  • Super easy for quick development and investigation
  • The interface of exporting tables to SQL can be made better, it's not easy to manually check
  • Not suitable for designing your DB
  • Connections over SSH to vagrant and Docker hosted DBs
  • Auto suggestion can be better
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Pros
  • Send queries to DB
  • Export results in csv
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  • Editing existing data. Editing record contents is trivial in Sequel Pro, while not nearly as easy in MySQL Workbench or phpMyAdmin.
  • Deleting data - even simpler than editing data.
  • Inserting new data - using "Duplicate row" then making needed changes is very simple.
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Cons
  • On the Mac version, quitting always throws an exception. More of an annoyance but still. This should have been fixed a long time ago.
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  • Improving the way we create new connections to remote databases
  • I couldn't find any way to configure my local server (MySQL), so I need to make changes on server outside the application. I know that there are other tools that integrate it, so you don’t have to leave the workflow
  • It could have a feature to integrate our databases or connections (favorites) with other devices, like using Google Drive or Dropbox. It would be really useful!
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Usability
Quite complicated. It's unrealistic to use without prior preparation (guides on youtube or colleagues' help).
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It is easy to use, but the design could use updating as it's very dated.
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Support Rating
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It's open-source and very convenient to work with. I can easily import any database I want using a data dump and runt the queries on them to derive the data insights on the data. I might want to use Excel to visualize that, that might be one of the disadvantages.
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Alternatives Considered
phpMyAdmin is way better only when local database is concerned but MySQL Workbench is way better then SQLyog because of the more cleaner UI and cost. SQLyog does not have any open-source featuring whereas MySQL Workbench has open source edition with lot of good free features. So MySQL Workbench is powerful than SQLyog.
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MySQL workbench is good to work with MySQL databases, but Sequel Pro gives us the ability to work with any SQL databases. It's open-source, lightweight and solves the problem that I am required to solve to run the DDL and DML queries.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Unreliability has lead to wasted time and frustration among staff.
  • The ease of testing database changes and modifying test data WHEN IT WORKS theoretically makes testing quick and easy but in reality, this is far outweighed by the wasted time and frustration involved with it not being reliable.
  • The ease of seeing the relations between tables is very nice and saves time when trying to see how unfamiliar tables are connected.
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