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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MySQL Workbench

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AMySQL 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.

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    Navicat

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ANavicat Premium is a multi-connection database development and administration tool which can simultaneously connect 7 databases (MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQLite) from a single application. Compatible with cloud databases like Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, MongoDB Atlas and Huawei Cloud, developerws can quickly and easily build, manage and maintain databases.N/A
    Pricing
    MySQL WorkbenchNavicat
    Editions & Modules
    Community Edition
    $0
    Enterprise Edition
    licensed through Oracle
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MySQL WorkbenchNavicat
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MySQL WorkbenchNavicat
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
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    PremiumSoft
    Chose Navicat
    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.
    Incentivized
    Chose Navicat
    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 …
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    MySQL WorkbenchNavicat
    Database Development
    Comparison of Database Development features of MySQL Workbench and Navicat
    Feature
    MySQL Workbench
    -
    Ratings
    Navicat
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Version control tools00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Test data generation00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Performance optimization tools00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Schema maintenance00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Database change management00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Database Administration
    Comparison of Database Administration features of MySQL Workbench and Navicat
    Feature
    MySQL Workbench
    -
    Ratings
    Navicat
    8.3
    5 Ratings
    1% below category average
    User management00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Database security00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Database status reporting00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Change management00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    User Ratings
    MySQL WorkbenchNavicat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MySQL WorkbenchNavicat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    PremiumSoft
    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.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Readily available too for quick and easy SQL queries
    • Maintains upgrades
    • Works across multiple OS platforms
    Incentivized
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    PremiumSoft
    • Really helpful auto-completion.
    • Can connect to multiple (different) database types simultaneously.
    • Can generate some really impressive charts.
    • The new data dictionary tool is great!
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    Cons
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    PremiumSoft
    • Remote deploy databases
    • Clone databases
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Oracle
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    PremiumSoft
    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.
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    PremiumSoft
    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.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    PremiumSoft
    Navicat allows for easier querying of data while still allowing for visualization and modeling
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
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    PremiumSoft
    • Assisting new employees with understanding our DB
    • Reduce debugging and testing time with being able to visualize data/queries
    • Allowing non-SQL users to execute queries to get real-time data.
    Incentivized
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