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Best Database Design Tools in 2026

Updated

In short: MySQL is ranked #1 of 32 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Hackolade Studio and DbSchema. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Hackolade Studio. The lowest first paid tier on this page is QuickDBD at $7.92/mo.

Plan database structures and compare tools by the modeling workflows and database types they support. DbSchema, Hackolade Studio and DB Designer appear among the first entries. Check supported databases and deployment options, then compare forward engineering for turning designs into implementations and reverse engineering for deriving models from existing databases. SQL export can affect how easily you use a model elsewhere; team collaboration and version history help distinguish shared workflows. Free-plan availability and paid starting prices offer cost context. The ranking gives you a way to weigh these features against the databases and design process you need to support.

32 database design tools ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.

32ranked
9free plans on this page
$7.92/molowest paid tier
4 Oct 2026last checked
#1 MySQL Top pick · 7.3 #2 Hackolade Studio Runner-up · 7.2 Free plan · $145.83/mo #3 DbSchema Also great · 7.1 Free plan · $9/mo
  1. 1

    MySQL

    7.3
    Free planFree trial apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About MySQLVisit site
  2. 2

    Hackolade Studio

    7.2
    Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSWebWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    Google BigQuery, Cassandra, Couchbase, Cosmos DB, Databricks, DocumentDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, HBase, Hive, MariaDB, MarkLogic, MongoDB, MySQL, Neo4j, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redshift, ScyllaDB, Snowflake, SQL Server, Synapse Analytics, Teradata, TinkerPop, YugabyteDB
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    $145.83/mofirst paid tier About Hackolade StudioVisit site
  3. 3

    DbSchema

    7.1
    Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    Access, Amazon Athena, Amazon Timestream, Apache Drill, Apache Druid, Apache Ignite, Apache Pinot, Apache Solr, Aurora MySQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, Azure Synapse, Azure SQL, Cache, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Cockroach, Couchbase, CrateDB, CSV Files, CTreeAce, CUBRID, DaffodilDb, Databricks, Dataverse, Db2, DBF/FoxPro/xBase, Derby, DocumentDB, Dremio, DuckDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, EnterpriseDB, Exasol, Fabric Lakehouse, FileMaker, Firebird, Firebolt, FrontBase, Google AlloyDB
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    $9/mofirst paid tier About DbSchemaVisit site
  4. 4

    pgModeler

    7.1
    Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    PostgreSQL
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    $59.90/mofirst paid tier About pgModelerVisit site
  5. 5

    Schemity

    7.1
    Free planFree trial LinuxmacOSWebWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite, Supabase
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    Free About SchemityVisit site
  6. 6

    ChartDB

    6.8
    Free plan self-hostedWeb
    Free plan
    Yes
    Paid from
    25 /user/mo
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, SQLite, Cloudflare D1, CockroachDB, ClickHouse
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    $25/mofirst paid tier About ChartDBVisit site
  7. 7

    DB Designer

    6.8
    Free plan Web
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    $9/mofirst paid tier About DB DesignerVisit site
  8. 8

    DrawSQL

    6.8
    Free plan apiWeb
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MariaDB
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    $14.25/mofirst paid tier About DrawSQLVisit site
  9. 9

    drawDB

    6.4
    Free plan Web
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, generic dialect
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    Free About drawDBVisit site
  10. 10

    Redgate SQL Provision

    6.3
    Free trial Linuxself-hostedWebWindows
    Free plan
    No
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, SQLite, IBM Db2, HSQLDB, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Snowflake
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About Redgate SQL ProvisionVisit site
  11. 11

    Navicat Premium

    6.1
    Free trial LinuxmacOSWindows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, Snowflake
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About Navicat PremiumVisit site
  12. 12

    ERBuilder Data Modeler

    6.0
    Windows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Firebird, Microsoft Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool, Amazon Redshift, Amazon RDS
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    $11.58/mofirst paid tier About ERBuilder Data ModelerVisit site
  13. 13

    Oracle Database

    6.0
    self-hosted
    Free plan
    Yes
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About Oracle DatabaseVisit site
  14. 14

    Database Workbench

    5.9
    Windows
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    Oracle, Firebird, SQL Server, InterBase, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, NexusDB
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About Database WorkbenchVisit site
  15. 15

    QuickDBD

    5.9
    Web
    Free plan
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    MySQL/MariaDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle 12c+
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    $7.92/mofirst paid tier About QuickDBDVisit site
  16. 16

    Moon Modeler

    5.8
    WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    No
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    MongoDB, Mongoose ODM, Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB, Amazon DocumentDB
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About Moon ModelerVisit site
  17. 17

    WorksCove ERD

    5.8
    Web
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About WorksCove ERDVisit site
  18. 18

    dbdiagram.io

    5.7
    Web
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL (SQL Server), Oracle, Snowflake, BigQuery
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About dbdiagram.ioVisit site
  19. 19

    DBModeler

    5.7
    Web
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, SQLite, IBM Db2, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, TiDB, DuckDB
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About DBModelerVisit site
  20. 20

    DeZign for Databases

    5.7
    Windows
    Free plan
    No
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    dBase, DBISAM, Firebird, FoxPro, Google BigQuery, IBM DB2, InterBase, Informix, MS Access, Azure SQL, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Paradox, Pervasive, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, SQLite, Sybase ASE
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    €19/mofirst paid tier About DeZign for DatabasesVisit site
  21. 21

    ERD Designer

    5.7
    Web
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, SQLite, BigQuery, Snowflake
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About ERD DesignerVisit site
  22. 22

    Skipper

    5.7
    WindowsmacOSLinux
    Free plan
    No
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    No
    Supported databases
    SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About SkipperVisit site
  23. 23

    SQL Power Architect

    5.7
    WindowsmacOS
    Free plan
    Yes
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, IBM DB2, HSQLDB, H2, Derby
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About SQL Power ArchitectVisit site
  24. 24

    SqlDBM

    5.7
    Web
    Reverse engineering
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    Snowflake, Azure Synapse, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB, Databricks, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Oracle, MySQL, Teradata
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About SqlDBMVisit site
  25. 25

    YourERD

    5.7
    Web
    Free plan
    Yes
    Forward engineering
    Yes
    SQL export
    Yes
    Supported databases
    MySQL 8
    RecognisedDocumentedFree planPlatforms
    About YourERDVisit site

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Questions about this list

Which database design tool is ranked first on Everything Xiaomi?

MySQL is ranked #1 of 32 with a score of 7.3. Hackolade Studio is second and DbSchema third.

How many of these have a free plan?

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

Which is the cheapest paid option?

On this page, QuickDBD has the lowest first paid tier we found: $7.92/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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