Altova DatabaseSpy
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Plans and prices
From Altova DatabaseSpy's own pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Edition | Priced on request | Multi-database query and design · Database table comparison |
| Enterprise Edition | Priced on request | All Professional Edition capabilities · Charts from SQL query results |
| DatabaseSpy 2026 Professional Edition | €159, paid once | Multi-database SQL query and database design · chart creation is not listed among its edition features |
| DatabaseSpy 2026 Enterprise Edition | €179, paid once | Includes Professional Edition capabilities · adds pie, line, bar, and gauge charts from SQL query results |
The facts
Each one read from Altova DatabaseSpy's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI features
- Altova AI features include generating SQL, explaining statements, and offering help with execution errors; the editions page describes the Altova AI subscription as optional.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Charts
- Enterprise Edition includes chart types such as line, bar, pie, area, gauge, and candlestick charts for SQL query results.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Database support
- The product page lists support for 15 database types, including Firebird, DB2, MariaDB, Azure SQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Teradata.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data editing
- Users can edit table content in an interactive preview and review changes before committing them.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data import and export
- The editions page lists XML and CSV import and XML, CSV, HTML, or Excel export.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- DatabaseSpy is a multi-database query and design tool for SQL editing, database structure design, content editing, and database conversion.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Query execution
- DatabaseSpy supports asynchronous query execution, allowing multiple queries to run in different windows at the same time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Schema design
- The graphical database designer displays and edits database structures and constructs SQL statements for proposed structure changes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Schema scripts
- DatabaseSpy can generate complete DDL scripts for database schemas, including objects such as tables, views, constraints, indexes, functions, and procedures.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SQL editor
- The SQL editor provides color coding, customizable auto-completion, and query results in tabbed or stacked windows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- XML integration
- DatabaseSpy can display XML in query results, expand XML cells with the Data Inspector, and send XML to XMLSpy for editing.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- Altova says it was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, and Vienna, Austria.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1992checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Beverly, Massachusetts, United States and Vienna, Austriachecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform
- The product documentation describes DatabaseSpy as a Windows database client application, and the editions page lists 32-bit and 64-bit versions.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- Altova offers a fully functional 30-day free trial of DatabaseSpy.checked 11 Oct 2026
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