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Best Database Client Software in 2026

41 database client software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.

41ranked
21free plans on this page
$0.75/molowest paid tier
28 Sept 2026last checked
#1 DBeaver Top pick · 8.6 Free plan · $9.42/mo #2 DbGate Runner-up · 8.6 Free plan · $3.90/mo #3 DataGrip Also great · 8.4 Free plan · Free
  1. 1

    DBeaver

    8.6
    Free planFree trial apiextensionLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, SQLite, Firebird, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB, BigQuery, Snowflake, ClickHouse
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    $9.42/mofirst paid tier About DBeaverVisit site
  2. 2

    DbGate

    8.6
    Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    both
    Database support
    MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, MongoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Redis, MariaDB, CockroachDB, DuckDB, Firebird, libSQL, CosmosDB, Amazon Redshift, Firestore, Amazon DynamoDB
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    $3.90/mofirst paid tier About DbGateVisit site
  3. 3

    DataGrip

    8.4
    Free plan WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    Amazon DocumentDB, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, Apache Cassandra, Apache Derby, Apache Hive, Azure SQL Database, ClickHouse, CockroachDB, Couchbase Query Service, Exasol, Google BigQuery, Greenplum, H2, HSQLDB, IBM Db2 LUW, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server LocalDB, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, Snowflake, SQLite, Sybase ASE, Vertica, Amazon Athena, Apache Ignite, Apache Phoenix, Apache Spark, Databricks, Denodo, DuckDB, Elasticsearch, Firebird, Google Cloud Spanner, IBM Informix, InterSystems IRIS
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About DataGripVisit site
  4. 4

    DbVisualizer

    8.4
    Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, Redis, Elasticsearch, IBM Db2, SQLite, Microsoft Access, Databricks, Cassandra, MariaDB, DynamoDB, Azure SQL Database, Google BigQuery, SAP ASE, Azure Synapse Serverless, Azure Synapse Dedicated, Informix, ClickHouse, Redshift, Vertica, Presto, Greenplum, Netezza, H2, Trino, Derby, SingleStore, Valkey, Exasol, NuoDB, Yellowbrick, Mimer SQL
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    $16.58/mofirst paid tier About DbVisualizerVisit site
  5. 5

    pgAdmin

    8.4
    Free plan WebWindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    both
    Database support
    PostgreSQL; EDB Postgres Advanced Server
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About pgAdminVisit site
  6. 6

    Redis Insight

    8.4
    Free plan LinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    both
    Database support
    Redis Open Source, Redis Software, Redis Cloud, Azure Managed Redis, Azure Cache for Redis
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About Redis InsightVisit site
  7. 7

    Beekeeper Studio

    8.2
    Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Paid from
    9 /user/mo
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, CockroachDB, MariaDB, TiDB, Google BigQuery, Redis, GreengageDB, Oracle Database, Cassandra, ScyllaDB, Firebird, LibSQL, ClickHouse, DuckDB, SQL Anywhere, MongoDB, Trino, Presto, SurrealDB, DynamoDB, Snowflake
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    $0.75/mofirst paid tier About Beekeeper StudioVisit site
  8. 8

    dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL

    8.2
    Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Paid from
    9.95 /user/mo
    Deployment
    both
    Database support
    PostgreSQL, Supabase, Heroku, TimescaleDB, Amazon Redshift, Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Azure PostgreSQL, Alibaba Cloud, AlloyDB, Greenplum DB, YugabyteDB, PolarDB, IBM Cloud
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    $7.50/mofirst paid tier About dbForge Studio for PostgreSQLVisit site
  9. 9

    HeidiSQL

    8.0
    Free plan WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Interbase, Firebird, ProxySQL, Redshift
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About HeidiSQLVisit site
  10. 10

    Valentina Studio

    8.0
    Free plan WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    DuckDB, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, ValentinaDB
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About Valentina StudioVisit site
  11. 11

    TablePlus

    8.0
    Free plan WindowsmacOSLinuxiOS
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, Oracle, CockroachDB, Snowflake, Cassandra, Redis, Vertica, MongoDB
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About TablePlusVisit site
  12. 12

    MySQL

    7.6
    Free planFree trial apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    $178.33/mofirst paid tier About MySQLVisit site
  13. 13

    WinSQL

    7.5
    Free plan Windows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    Any database with an available ODBC or JDBC driver; examples include Oracle, Sybase, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Microsoft Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, and Snowflake.
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About WinSQLVisit site
  14. 14

    dbFront

    7.3
    Free plan WebWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    both
    Database support
    MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About dbFrontVisit site
  15. 15

    mycli

    7.2
    Free plan WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, TiDB, Apache Doris
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About mycliVisit site
  16. 16

    Navicat Premium

    7.1
    WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    No
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, Snowflake
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    About Navicat PremiumVisit site
  17. 17

    SQLPad

    7.1
    Free plan Web
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    web
    Database support
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, ClickHouse, Crate, Vertica, Trino, Presto, SAP HANA, Cassandra, Google BigQuery, SQLite, TiDB, Apache Pinot, Apache Drill, ODBC
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About SQLPadVisit site
  18. 18

    SQuirreL SQL Client

    7.1
    Free plan WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    JDBC-compatible databases; DB2; Derby; Firebird; H2; Informix; Microsoft SQL Server; MySQL; Oracle; Netezza; PostgreSQL; Sybase
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About SQuirreL SQL ClientVisit site
  19. 19

    KEXI

    7.1
    Free plan WindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About KEXIVisit site
  20. 20

    CloudBeaver

    7.0
    Web
    Free plan
    No
    Deployment
    both
    Database support
    Apache Kyuubi, ClickHouse, Db2 for IBM i, Db2 LUW, DuckDB, Firebird, H2, MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite, Trino, Databend, LibSQL, Athena, Aurora DSQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Server, Cassandra, CockroachDB, Couchbase, CouchDB, CloudSQL, CSV, Databricks, DocumentDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Firestore, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Bigtable, Google Cloud Spanner, HANA, InfluxDB, Informix, InterSystems IRIS, JSON, Kafka
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    About CloudBeaverVisit site
  21. 21

    Sequel Ace

    7.0
    Free plan macOS
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    MySQL, MariaDB
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About Sequel AceVisit site
  22. 22

    RazorSQL

    6.9
    WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    No
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    Amazon Athena, Amazon Aurora, BigQuery, Cassandra, CockroachDB, Couchbase, Databricks, DB2, Derby, Druid, DuckDB, DynamoDB, Firebird, Greenplum, H2, HBase, Hive, HSQLDB, Informix, Ingres, InterBase, IRIS, JavaDB, kdb+, Keyspaces, MariaDB, MonetDB, MongoDB, MySQL, Netezza, OpenBase, Oracle, Paradox, Pervasive, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Salesforce, SAP HANA, SimpleDB, Snowflake
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    About RazorSQLVisit site
  23. 23

    DB Browser for SQLite

    6.9
    Free plan WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    desktop
    Database support
    SQLite, SQLCipher
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About DB Browser for SQLiteVisit site
  24. 24

    Pgweb

    6.9
    Free plan WebWindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    Yes
    Deployment
    both
    Database support
    PostgreSQL
    SSH tunneling
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    Free About PgwebVisit site
  25. 25

    Datazenit

    6.8
    WebWindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    No
    Deployment
    both
    Database support
    MySQL, PostgreSQL
    Data editing
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatformsFree trial
    About DatazenitVisit site

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Questions about this list

Which database client software is ranked first on The Geeks Club?

DBeaver is ranked #1 of 41 with a score of 8.6. DbGate is second and DataGrip third.

How many of these have a free plan?

21 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

Which is the cheapest paid option?

On this page, Beekeeper Studio has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.75/mo.

How is this list ranked?

Certifications are listed from the provider's own catalogue with level, role and exam. Platforms are ranked on what each publishes: a free tier or trial, price, certificates offered, the devices it runs on and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.

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