Best Database Client Software in 2026
Updated
In short: MySQL is ranked #1 of 46 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of DBeaver and DbGate. The best-ranked option with a free plan is DBeaver. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Beekeeper Studio at $0.75/mo.
A database client gives you tools to connect to databases, run queries, and work with the results. Database support and deployment options are key points to compare, along with data editing, query history, and the availability of a visual query builder. SSH tunneling and result export formats can matter for your connection setup and how you use query output; free-plan availability and paid-from pricing help frame the cost. DBeaver and DbGate head the entries, with DbVisualizer and Redis Insight also among the first options. Match the listed features to the databases you use and the tasks you need your client to handle.
46 database client software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
46ranked
10free plans on this page
$0.75/molowest paid tier
4 Oct 2026last checked
#1 MySQL Top pick · 7.3 
#2 DBeaver Runner-up · 7.2 Free plan · $9.42/mo
#3 DbGate Also great · 7.2 Free plan · $3.90/mo
- Free planFree trial apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - 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 planPlatforms$9.42/mofirst paid tier About DBeaverVisit site - 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 planPlatforms$3.90/mofirst paid tier About DbGateVisit site - Free plan AndroidapiextensioniOSLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- both
- Database support
- Turso/LibSQL, SQLite, Cloudflare D1, rqlite, StarbaseDB, Val.town, MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - 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 planPlatforms$0.75/mofirst paid tier About Beekeeper StudioVisit site - 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 planPlatforms$7.50/mofirst paid tier About dbForge Studio for PostgreSQLVisit site - 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 planPlatforms$16.58/mofirst paid tier About DbVisualizerVisit site - Free plan extensionLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- both
- Database support
- DuckDB
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - 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 planPlatforms - Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSWindows
- 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 planPlatforms$10.90/mofirst paid tier About DataGripVisit site - Free trial LinuxmacOSWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, Snowflake
- SSH tunneling
- Yes
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - LinuxmacOSWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- HSQLDB, dBase, Microsoft Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Adabas D
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - self-hosted
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- Oracle Database; MySQL; Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft Access; selected third-party databases; Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
- SSH tunneling
- Yes
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- both
- Database support
- PostgreSQL; EDB Postgres Advanced Server
- SSH tunneling
- Yes
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - 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 planPlatforms - 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 planPlatforms - Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- MongoDB
- SSH tunneling
- Yes
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- both
- Database support
- PostgreSQL
- SSH tunneling
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- DuckDB, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, ValentinaDB
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- SQLite, SQLCipher
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WindowsLinuxmacOS
- Free plan
- Yes
- Database support
- SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, DB2, InterBase, Microsoft Access, Firebird
- SSH tunneling
- Yes
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- LDAP, DSML, LDIF
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, TiDB, Apache Doris
- SSH tunneling
- Yes
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms - macOSWindowsiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
- Deployment
- desktop
- Database support
- MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, Oracle, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift
- SSH tunneling
- Yes
- Data editing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
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Questions about this list
Which database client software is ranked first on Everything Xiaomi?
MySQL is ranked #1 of 46 with a score of 7.3. DBeaver is second and DbGate third.
How many of these have a free plan?
10 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?
Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.
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