MySQL Workbench vs. Sequel Pro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Sequel Pro
Score 9.3 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.
$0
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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MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Features
MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Database Development
Comparison of Database Development features of Product A and Product B
MySQL Workbench
9.3
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Sequel Pro
-
Ratings
Schema maintenance8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Database change management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Database Administration
Comparison of Database Administration features of Product A and Product B
MySQL Workbench
8.3
2 Ratings
3% above category average
Sequel Pro
-
Ratings
User management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Database security8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Database status reporting7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
7.4
(3 ratings)
10.0
(13 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(3 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
MySQL WorkbenchSequel Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Open Source
It's a great tool when building the software, the ability to add SQL and No-SQL databases. Very convenient to write the queries and generate the filtered data we require. Gives the ability to export, import databases of various formats and generate reports from them. It might not be suitable if you want the data to be seen in a visualized manner
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Pros
Oracle
  • Readily available too for quick and easy SQL queries
  • Maintains upgrades
  • Works across multiple OS platforms
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Open Source
  • Table filters are simple and easy to use
  • I love the ability to install plugins: Export tables to Laravel migrations is one of our most used plugins
  • Super easy to connect to local Docker containers, Vagrant and remote DBs through SSH
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Cons
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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Open Source
  • It crashes CONSTANTLY. If you have more than one connection tab open and close one of them, it crashes. If you just have it open in the background, it randomly crashes. If you're using it, it randomly crashes. When you try to send a crash report, the CRASH REPORTER CRASHES.
  • Can be a bit slow.
  • No way that I'm aware of to query multiple databases in the same query.
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Usability
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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Open Source
It is easy to use, but the design could use updating as it's very dated.
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Support Rating
Oracle
No answers on this topic
Open Source
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
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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Open Source
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 editing of existing data is much more cumbersome than it is in Sequel Pro.
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Return on Investment
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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Open Source
  • The user interface is great. Since all of our computers are macOS based, we can all use it and share knowledge with our colleagues
  • It enables me to make things in such a faster way that it enables us to spend our time with coding and providing more solutions to our clients
  • The workflow is much improved with the import and export feature, so we don't waste time with that kind of work.
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