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Best SQL Workbench/J Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from SQL query tools ranked against SQL Workbench/J on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    DBeaver Free plan apiextensionLinuxMacself-hosted $9.42/mo8.0
    SQL Workbench/J vs DBeaver
  2. 2
    Beekeeper Studio Free plan LinuxMacWin $9/mo7.9
    SQL Workbench/J vs Beekeeper Studio
  3. 3
    dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL Free plan LinuxMacWin $7.50/mo7.8
    SQL Workbench/J vs dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL
  4. 4
    DataGrip Free plan LinuxMacWin $10.90/mo7.7
    SQL Workbench/J vs DataGrip
  5. 5
    DbVisualizer Free plan LinuxMacWin $16.58/mo7.7
    SQL Workbench/J vs DbVisualizer
  6. 6
    Hex Free plan apiWeb $36/mo7.6
    SQL Workbench/J vs Hex
  7. 7
    MotherDuck Free plan apiWeb $250/mo7.6
    SQL Workbench/J vs MotherDuck
  8. 8
    Outerbase Studio Free plan AndroidapiextensioniOSLinux Free7.3
    SQL Workbench/J vs Outerbase Studio
  9. 9
    TablePlus Free trial iOSLinuxMacWin 7.2
    SQL Workbench/J vs TablePlus
  10. 10
    Mode Free plan apiWeb Free7.1
    SQL Workbench/J vs Mode
  11. 11
    Snowflake CoCo Free trial apiLinuxMacWebWin 7.1
    SQL Workbench/J vs Snowflake CoCo
  12. 12
    Apache Drill Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    SQL Workbench/J vs Apache Drill
  13. 13
    Apache Hue Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    SQL Workbench/J vs Apache Hue
  14. 14
    Databricks Notebooks Free plan Web Free7.0
    SQL Workbench/J vs Databricks Notebooks
  15. 16
    Amazon Redshift Free trial apiWeb $0.54/mo6.6
    SQL Workbench/J vs Amazon Redshift
  16. 17
    BigQuery Data Clean Rooms apiWeb 6.5
    SQL Workbench/J vs BigQuery Data Clean Rooms
  17. 18
    Oracle Database self-hosted 6.3
    SQL Workbench/J vs Oracle Database
  18. 19
    Querybook apiself-hostedWeb 6.3
    SQL Workbench/J vs Querybook
  19. 20
    HeidiSQL WinMacLinux 5.8
    SQL Workbench/J vs HeidiSQL
  20. 21
    Oracle SQL Developer LinuxMacWin 5.8
    SQL Workbench/J vs Oracle SQL Developer

SQL Workbench/J alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1DBeaver8.0Free plan$9.42/moAPI, Browser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Beekeeper Studio7.9Free plan$9/moLinux, Mac, Windows
3dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL7.8Free plan$7.50/moLinux, Mac, Windows
4DataGrip7.7Free plan$10.90/moLinux, Mac, Windows
5DbVisualizer7.7Free plan$16.58/moLinux, Mac, Windows
6Hex7.6Free plan$36/moAPI, Web
7MotherDuck7.6Free plan$250/moAPI, Web
8Outerbase Studio7.3Free planFreeAndroid, API, Browser, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9TablePlus7.2No—iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows
10Mode7.1Free planFreeAPI, Web
11Snowflake CoCo7.1No—API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
12Apache Drill7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13Apache Hue7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14Databricks Notebooks7.0Free planFreeWeb
16Amazon Redshift6.6No$0.54/moAPI, Web
17BigQuery Data Clean Rooms6.5No—API, Web
18Oracle Database6.3No—self-hosted
19Querybook6.3No—API, self-hosted, Web
20HeidiSQL5.8No—Windows, Mac, Linux
21Oracle SQL Developer5.8No—Linux, Mac, Windows
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Questions about SQL Workbench/J alternatives

What is the best alternative to SQL Workbench/J?

DBeaver, number 1 in SQL query tools with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The others here: Beekeeper Studio, dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL, DataGrip and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to SQL Workbench/J?

DBeaver is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.