Navicat is a Database Administration and development platform that provides a unified graphical interface for managing multiple database systems. The solution allows users to connect to both relational and non-relational databases to execute queries, model data, and manage administrative tasks from a single environment.
Senior Developer in Information Technology at Recognia by Trading Central (Financial Services, 51-200 employees)
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Some of the free database clients are not bad at all. In fact, I have known a few developers who swear by them. However, I don't share that view. As a professional, I want a lot of features that you just can't find in free products, or at least, all in the same product.
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CIO in Information Technology at The National Beta Club (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees)
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Navicat is superior in allowing us to save complex queries and share them with other users. It is also better at administering the database. It also allows us to easily transfer data and structure to a test database server. This saves a ton of time when working on our dev …
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DBA in Information Technology at Duquesne Light Company (Utilities, 1001-5000 employees)
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Pros: Mac OS, Linux, Windows OS support. Cloud db support for all major vendors. Standard HTML accessibility. Standard/Enterprise edition compatibility. Remote and performance monitoring, alert notification, online query analyzing. Cons: No disaster recovery management, …
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Technical Project Manager in Information Technology at California State University, Northridge (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees)
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While Sequel Pro is a great shareware tool, it's limited to MySQL databases; while our department does use MySQL databases, we also use Oracle databases, so Navicat Premium's multi-product support is an absolute requirement. Navicat Premium also provides data browser support, …
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Features
Navicat
Database Development
Comparison of Database Development features of Navicat
Feature
Navicat
8.2
5 Ratings
4% below category average
Version control tools
7.03 Ratings
Test data generation
8.24 Ratings
Performance optimization tools
8.04 Ratings
Schema maintenance
9.25 Ratings
Database change management
8.85 Ratings
Database Administration
Comparison of Database Administration features of Navicat
Navicat Premium is a very well-rounded tool with a reasonable licensing fee given its feature set. It is primarily suited for technical resources who must work with a variety of different database systems, but who may not be database or command line tool wizards. However, its query building and job batch scheduling feature support end-users as they build competency, and it continues to hold its value even as users outgrow their training wheels. Navicat is probably not so appropriate for DBAs and others for whom database development and management is already a career path; these folks have their preferred toolsets, both vendor-supplied and homegrown, and they might consider the additional licensing cost to outweigh the value they'd personally get out of Navicat.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
There is quite a lot to learn because Navicat Premium is a very comprehensive database management and development tool, but it's User Interface is intuitive enough to pick up fairly quickly. I have also referred to the documentation on occasion, and can attest that it is quite good. I feel that it works best on a large monitor, but that's fairly common for this sort of software.
Very robust online community and well as excellent support staff. Easy to follow video tutorials. Detailed sample configurations are provided with guided walk-throughs via remote classroom instruction. Very fast response from support staff. No internal hires were necessary for support as vendor support staff fully met all technical expertise. 24/7 incident reporting and tracking is great.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
