Best SQL Editors of 2025 - Reviews & Comparison

DbVisualizer

DbVisualizer is one of the world's most popular database editors. With almost 7 million downloads and Pro users in 150 countries worldwide, it won't disappoint you. Free and Pro versions are available. Developers, analysts, and DBAs use it to elevate their SQL experience with modern tools to visualize and manage their databases, schemas, objects, and table data, auto-generate, write, and optimize queries, and so much more. It connects to all popular databases, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Cassandra, Snowflake, SQLite, BigQuery, and 30+ others, and runs on all popular OSes (Windows, macOS, and Linux). A powerful SQL editor with intelligent autocomplete, visual query builders, variables, and more. You can fully control window layouts, key bindings, UI theme, mark scripts, and database objects as favorites for quick access or even work outside of DbVisualizer. DbVisualizer is also built to meet rigorous security standards, all configurable within the product.

516 Ratings

Starting Price: Free

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KS DB Merge Tools

KS DB Merge Tools is an easy to use diff & merge tool for MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle Database, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS Access and Cross-DBMS databases allowing to compare and sync both schema and data. Starting with a schema changes summary, results can be narrowed down to object lists of particular object type (table definitions, views, etc.), and then down to definition of particular object. Data changes can be retrieved as a high-level list of changes totals across all tables in the database, each total row count can be observed as a side-by-side list of rows for the given table, each changed row can be analyzed for changes in each column. Various diff results provide quick filters to show only new/changed/new+changed items (schema objects or table data rows), ability to select required changed items and generate scripts to apply these changes to the other side database. This script can be executed immediately or saved for future use.

9 Ratings

Starting Price: $65

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datapine

RIB Software GmbH

datapine’s business intelligence and dashboard software helps people to turn data into actionable insights and make data-driven decisions in real-time. A user-friendly drag & drop interface empowers managers to data scientists to visualize and analyze complex data by asking important business questions and receiving answers immediately. It offers a wealth of innovative analytics features like predictive analytics and dynamic, interactive business dashboards for modern, KPI driven businesses. Dozens of fast and easy data connectors to all common data sources (databases, flat files, social media, marketing analytics, CRM, ERP, helpdesk etc.) and a wealth of pre-build dashboard templates for different business functions (marketing, sales, management, HR etc.), industries (retail, logistics, healthcare, market research etc.) and platforms (Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, Zendesk etc.) help new users to get started quickly. datapine is a RIB Software GmbH solution.

3 Ratings

Starting Price: $249.00/month

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DataGrip

JetBrains

Meet DataGrip, our new database IDE that is tailored to suit the specific needs of professional SQL developers. Allows you to execute queries in different modes and provides a local history that keeps track of all your activity and protects you from losing your work. Lets you jump to any table, view, or procedure by its name via the corresponding action, or directly from its usages in the SQL code. Gives you an extended insight into how your queries work and into the database engine behavior, so you can make your queries more efficient. DataGrip provides context-sensitive code completion, helping you to write SQL code faster. Completion is aware of the tables structure, foreign keys, and even database objects created in code you're editing. DataGrip detects probable bugs in your code and suggests the best options to fix them on the fly. It will immediately let you know about unresolved objects, using keywords as identifiers and always offers a way to fix the problems.

2 Ratings

Starting Price: $199 per year

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DBeaver

Free multi-platform database tool for developers, database administrators, analysts and all people who need to work with databases. Supports all popular databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, MS Access, Teradata, Firebird, Apache Hive, Phoenix, Presto, etc. Copy As: format configuration editor was added. Extra configuration for filter dialog (performance). Sort by column as fixed (for small fetch sizes). Case-insensitive filters support was added. Plaintext view now support top/bottom dividers. Data editor was fixed (when column name conflicts with alias name). Duplicate row(s) command was fixed for multiple selected rows. Edit sub-menu was returned to the context menu. Columns auto-size configuration was added. Dictionary viewer was fixed (for read-only connections). Current/selected row highlighting support was added (configurable).

2 Ratings

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PopSQL

PopSQL is a collaborative SQL editor and workspace that connects everyone in the data analysis process so that teams can obtain better data insights and visualizations by asking the right questions, together. * Get answers faster with real-time collaboration, version history, searchable shared queries and folders. We make it easy for your power SQL users and data analysts to work with business stakeholders * Built-in data visualization & sharing lets you go from query to chart to Slack in seconds. Build, schedule and push real-time insights and dashboards, in just a few clicks. * Our modern and elegant cloud-based workspace offers a rich SQL editing experience. Dive right in, connect to your databases and iterate on analyses from anywhere. We offer native macOS, Windows, and Linux clients. * One workspace to get it done: PopSQL puts your database connections, shared credentials and an intuitive data catalog at your fingertips so you can access & mine your data, safely, securely

1 Rating

Starting Price: $199 per month

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SQLGate

CHEQUER

SQLGate is a simple but powerful IDE for multiple SQL databases. As an integrated database management and development solution, it simplifies the construction and operation of databases. It is customized for seven different databases that make up 83.2% of the DBMS market. These include Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, Tibero, and PostgreSQL. SQLGate makes it easier and quicker to deal with databases holding large amounts of data. Multiple Languages available: Korean, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, etc..

1 Rating

Starting Price: Free

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Oracle SQL Developer

Oracle

Oracle SQL Developer is a free, integrated development environment that simplifies the development and management of Oracle Database in both traditional and Cloud deployments. SQL Developer offers complete end-to-end development of your PL/SQL applications, a worksheet for running queries and scripts, a DBA console for managing the database, a reports interface, a complete data modeling solution, and a migration platform for moving your 3rd party databases to Oracle. Run your sql and sql scripts, manage users, create and edit objects, import data to new or existing tables, diagnose performance issues, visualize your schemas, and much more. The power of your favorite desktop tool, in your browser. Available with Oracle REST Data Services for your on-premises instances. Migrate Oracle On-Premises to Oracle Cloud. Click, browse, and managed the contents of your Oracle Database.

1 Rating

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Visual Expert

Novalys

Visual Expert is a static code analyzer for Oracle PL/SQL, SQL Server T-SQL, and PowerBuilder. Identify code dependencies to modify your code without breaking your application. Scan your code to improve the security, performance, and quality. Perform Impact analysis to Identify breaking changes. Automatically scan your code to detect and fix security vulnerabilities, bugs and maintenance Issues. Implement continuous code inspection Understand the inner workings of your code with call graphs, code diagrams, CRUD Matrix and Object Dependency Matrix (ODM). Automatically generate an HTML Source Code documentation. Explore your code exploration with hyperlinks Compare applications, databases or pieces of code. Improve maintainability. Clean up code. Comply with dev standards. Analyze and Improve DB code performance: Find slow objects and SQL queries, Optimize a slow object, a Chain of calls a slow SQL, Get a query Execution Plan. And much more.

Starting Price: $495 per year

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Aqua Data Studio

AquaFold, an Idera, Inc. company

Aqua Data Studio is a multiple-platform, integrated development environment (IDE) for data. It provides benefits to a variety of data-centric roles, allowing them to manage a wide range of data sources. Aqua Data Studio provides scalable, cross-platform data management, supporting IT and data-centric specialists, including developers, database administrators, as well as data analysts, data modelers, and data architects. Simplifies tedious tasks involving SQL queries, data, result sets, schema, data models, files, instances, servers, as well as automation. Aqua Data Studio can be installed on the three popular operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, and Linux. The graphical user interface can display the nine of the most widely spoken languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Korean, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese. Aqua Data Studio supports over 40 of the most popular data source platforms, including relational, NoSQL, as well as managed cloud data source

Starting Price: $499 per user per year

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FastQueryBuilder

Fast Reports

FastQueryBuilder is an easy to use visual SQL query builder. It works with local and client-server databases. Let's your customers create DB queries without SQL! FastQueryBuilder enables you to work with local and client-server databases by means of the BDE. It also allows you to work with other data-access components such as ADO, IBX and FIBPlus. Main features: - Supports Embarcadero (ex Borland and ex CodeGear) Delphi, C++Builder 4-7 and RAD Studio 2005-2009 and Lazarus. - Displays a visual model of the query for use and editing. - Possible to embed Visual Query Designer into any window in your application. - Allows FastQueryBuilder designer to be integrated into any application window. - Offers full visual customization of query parameters. It is so simple to query a DB: open FastQueryBuilder -> make a query -> see the result.

Starting Price: $69.00/developer

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AnySQL Maestro

SQL Maestro Group

AnySQL Maestro is the premier multi-purpose admin tool for database management, control and development. SQL Maestro Group offers complete database management and web development solutions for all the most popular database servers providing the highest performance, scalability and reliability to meet the requirements of today's database applications. Support of any database engine (SQL Server, MySQL, Access, etc.) Database designer, data management, editing, grouping, sorting and filtering abilities. Handy SQL Editor with code folding and multi-threading. Visual query builder, data export/import to/from the most popular formats. Powerful BLOB viewer/editor. The application also provides you with a powerful set of tools to edit and execute SQL scripts, build visual diagrams for numeric data, compose OLAP cubes, and much more. High-quality DB2 tools which are as easy in use as Windows explorer.

Starting Price: $79 one-time payment

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TablePlus

TablePlus InC

Modern, native client with intuitive GUI tools to create, access, query & edit multiple databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, MariaDB, CockroachDB, Vertica, Cassandra, Snowflake, Oracle, Redis.

Starting Price: $59.00

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WinSQL

Synametrics Technologies

WinSQL is a powerful universal database management tool that is used by 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies and more than a million programmers and DBAs around the globe. WinSQL is a generic querying tool that connects to any relational database (RDBMS) for which an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver is available, virtually all RDBMS on the market today. Connect to a variety of databases, including: heavy duty vendors Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, Informix to lightweight backends like MS Access, DBase, and Text File. Generate royalty-free executables that can be used by your business users to run queries. These can be either static or dynamic queries that pull fresh data from the back-end. Export or simply open any query results into MS Excel with just a click of your mouse. You can even import an existing Excel spreadsheet to a database table by simply dragging an *.XSL file in the catalog tree.

Starting Price: $99.00/year/user

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JackDB

Write and execute queries in a fully interactive SQL editor. JackDB has everything you'd want in a database client, including: syntax highlighting, code formatting, and intelligent autocompletion. Snippets allow your most useful SQL queries to be saved and shared. Simply write and save any query in JackDB, and share the snippet publicly with your team. Whenever anyone updates a snippet, everyone gets access to its latest version. Security is our highest priority at JackDB. Roles are a very convenient and secure way to restrict database access to authorized users and provision new users with access to data sources. Explore everything in your database, not just tables and views. View your indexes, schemas, and other important system details such as tablespaces and user sessions.

Starting Price: $49 per user per month

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Altova DatabaseSpy

Altova

The DatabaseSpy SQL editor features customizable SQL auto-completion to accelerate SQL query development. Execute queries and see immediate results in one or more windows that may be tabbed or stacked. DatabaseSpy supports asynchronous query execution, allowing multiple SQL queries to be processed in different windows at the same time, either queries to different servers or even multiple queries against the same server. DatabaseSpy includes support for SQL queries that contain parameters, also known as SQL Templates. Parameters can make a query much more flexible, for instance allowing users to easily test complex join statements with multiple values. The DatabaseSpy SQL Editor and result windows at the top left below show a query to report all orders of a specific product by a specific customer.

Starting Price: €109 one-time payment

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dbForge Query Builder for SQL Server

Devart

dbForge Query Builder for SQL Server is a professional tool for designing complex SQL queries in a visual mode using query diagrams and drag-and-drop capabilities. The tool enables SQL developers to quickly and accurately create sophisticated queries without manual code typing, including queries with numerous subqueries. Key Features: - SQL statement builder executes created queries and edits tables data - Accelerate routine tasks with integrated AI Assistant - Construct data manipulation queries without manual coding - Auto Join of columns by primary/foreign key or name - Combine a few queries to a sub-query via visual SQL editor - Sort and filter data based on a custom complex criteria - Reverse engineer queries it into a visual representation - Use visual SQL query builder to profile designed queries dbForge Query Builder for SQL Server significantly reduces the need for manual code ty

Starting Price: $129.95

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Weld

Create, edit and organize your data models. No need to get yet another data tool for your data models. Create and manage them in Weld. Packed with features that will make creating your data models a breeze: smart autocomplete, code folding, error highlighting, audit logs, version control and collaboration. Plus, we use the same text editor as VS Code – it's fast, powerful and easy on the eye. Your queries are organized in an easily searchable and accessible library. Audit logs also let you see when the query was last updated, and by who. Weld Model supports materializing models as tables, incremental tables, views, or a custom materialization of your design. Run all your data operations in one simple platform – with help from a dedicated team of data analysts.

Starting Price: €750 per month

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DBHawk

Datasparc

Using DBHawk, our customers were able to comply with GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, GLBA, and other regulations and were able to implement SOD. Self-Service BI & Ad-Hoc Reporting Tool with feature to define Data Access Policy, Connect to multiple Data sources, Build Powerful SQL Charts and data Dashboards. DBHawk SQL editor is an advanced editor that allows users to build, edit, and run database queries with a web-based interface. DBHawk Query Builder is supported with all major databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Greenplum, MySQL, DB2, Amazon Redshift, Hive, Amazon Athena. Database SQL tasks and batch job automation with a web-based centralized tool. Secure access to SQL, NoSQL and Cloud databases with our all-in-one data platform. Trusted by our customers to protect and access their data. Centralized Security, Auditing and insights about your user’s activities.

Starting Price: $99.00/month/user

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Count

Count is a fully collaborative and reactive data whiteboard. It brings together all the flexibility and creativity of a whiteboard, with the power of a SQL IDE, and the reactivity of BI notebooks. It makes it easy to break apart complex SQL queries and data models into interconnected cells to better understand the logic. Add sticky notes and visuals to help explain your work to stakeholders. Collaborate with other analysts or stakeholders as you build so you can get feedback faster. Turn any canvas into an interactive report or slideshow presentation.

Starting Price: $34 per editor per month

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SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)

Microsoft

SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) transforms database development by introducing a ubiquitous, declarative model that spans all the phases of database development inside Visual Studio. You can use SSDT Transact-SQL design capabilities to build, debug, maintain, and refactor databases. You can work with a database project, or directly with a connected database instance on or off-premise. Developers can use familiar Visual Studio tools for database development. Tools such as: code navigation, IntelliSense, language support that parallels what is available for C# and Visual Basic, platform-specific validation, debugging, and declarative editing in the Transact-SQL editor. SSDT also provides a visual Table Designer for creating and editing tables in either database projects or connected database instances. While you are working on your database projects in a team-based environment, you can use version control for all the files.

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Toad

Quest

Toad Software is a database management toolset from Quest that database developers, database administrators and data analysts use to manage both relational and non-relational databases using SQL. Take a proactive approach to database management. Re-focus your teams on more strategic initiatives, and move your business forward in today’s data-driven economy. Toad solutions enable you to maximize your investment in data technology by empowering data professionals to automate processes, minimize risks and cut project delivery timelines by nearly half. Lower the total cost of ownership for new applications by reducing the impact of inefficient code on productivity, future development cycles, performance and availability. See why millions of users trust Toad for their most critical systems and data environments. It’s time to gain the competitive edge. Work smarter and meet the demands of today’s database environments.

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SQLyog

Webyog

A Powerful MySQL Development and Administration Solution. SQLyog Ultimate enables database developers, administrators, and architects to visually compare, optimize, and document schemas. SQLyog Ultimate includes a power tool to automate and schedule the synchronization of data between two MySQL hosts. Create the job definition file using the interactive wizard. The tool does not require any installation on the MySQL hosts. You can use any host to run the tool. SQLyog Ultimate includes a power tool to interactively synchronize data. Run the tool in attended mode to compare data from source and target before taking action. Using the intuitive display, compare data on source and target for every row to decide whether it should be synchronized in which direction. SQLyog Ultimate includes a power tool to interactively compare and synchronize schema. View the differences between tables, indexes, columns, and routines of two databases.

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SQL Connect

SQL Connect is a desktop-based SQL development tool designed for Oracle Cloud applications, offering a comprehensive suite of features for efficient data querying and management. It provides real-time access to Oracle ERP, SCM, and HCM Pods, enabling users to execute ad-hoc SQL queries, browse database objects, and export results to CSV or Excel formats. It supports background query execution, allowing long-running queries to be processed without interrupting the user's workflow. Additionally, SQL Connect includes IntelliSense for code completion, a SQL Minimap for script navigation, and Git integration for version control and collaborative development. It is secured by Oracle Cloud Role access. It caters to individual users, contractors, developers, consultants, and Oracle Cloud experts seeking a robust SQL IDE for Oracle Cloud environments.

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CloudBeaver Enterprise

DBeaver

CloudBeaver Enterprise is a lightweight, browser-based data management platform designed for secure, multi-source database operations. It enables seamless integration with SQL, NoSQL, and cloud databases, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), through its cloud explorer feature. It supports a range of functionalities such as data visualization, SQL script execution with smart autocompletion, entity-relationship diagramming, and AI-assisted query generation. Deployment is simplified via a single Docker command, and the system supports offline server installations without requiring internet access. Advanced user management capabilities include integration with enterprise authentication systems like AWS SSO, SAML, and OpenID, allowing for secure access control and user provisioning. CloudBeaver Enterprise also facilitates collaboration among teams by enabling shared access to resources and connections.

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CloudMiner

Rite

CloudMiner is a powerful, GUI-based Oracle Database SaaS Query Tool for querying Oracle databases in the cloud. It's incredibly fast and reliable, able to talk to all Cloud PODs with greater speed and efficiency than any other tool on the market. Using a native desktop interface, CloudMiner delivers lightning-fast results for all Oracle Cloud SaaS applications in a matter of seconds. You'll get the same experience as using a traditional on-premises database query tool, but with the added convenience and flexibility of a cloud-based solution. CloudMiner is feature-rich and mature, boasting an extensive query environment that includes smart code completion, code inspections, on-the-fly syntax highlighting, refactoring capabilities, & more. And with its easy installation process and user-friendly interface, CloudMiner saves your time and effort while helping you deliver high-quality code. CloudMiner provides a simple, clean, & responsive interface that helps you get your job done quickly.

Starting Price: $545/year

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Online SQL Editor

Invantive

The Online SQL Editor for Exact Online provides you with real-time Business Intelligence. It doesn't matter where you are; via the web browser you can login from any location and you are be able to extract, organize and analyze data, stored in the cloud of Exact Online. The requested information can then be processed easily into insightful reports. Then, you can save your reports in PDF, Excel and other formats. This allows you to visualize opportunities and threats and deliver reports to the management. This way you can make the right business decisions. Interactive and online access to your company information via any modern web browser. Share reports in PDF, Excel and other formats with information from Exact Online.

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Valentina Studio

Paradigma Software

Create, administer, query and explore Valentina DB, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases for FREE. Design business reports running in Valentina Studio Pro, on Valentina Server or in an application with an Application Developer Kit. Backward Engineering in Standard with forwarding Engineering in Valentina Studio Pro. Reverse engineering and create diagrams for existing databases. Add new objects to diagrams. Write SQL queries with auto-completion, color syntax. Define, manage, save favorite queries; access recent queries. Function browser dictionary of each function. Consoles for errors, warnings, and performance. Search, Export result records into CSV, JSON, Excel. Edit properties of multiple objects at the same time. Drill down to tables and fields; incredible fast searching. Reverse engineering and create diagrams for existing databases. Add new objects to diagrams. Add/drop users, and groups, and manage privileges.

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Database Tour Pro

Vitaliy Levchenko Software

Here are some areas where Database Tour has competitive advantages among database tools in the marketplace. Preparing database queries in SQL editors with syntax highlighting, code completion, and Ctrl+clickable objects. Multiple windows with separate transactions. There is a possibility to execute multi-statement SQL scripts. Collecting SQL execution statistics for each query window. Performing useful operations with databases, such as searching and replacing text, batch data processing etc. Database Tour data grids give you the ability to view CLOB/MEMO (large text) and graphic data, expand rows, use autoscrolling, sorting, selecting group of records, copying data etc. Data in tables can be highlighted depending on its content (so called conditional formatting). There is a tool for working with BLOB fields, such as large text and graphics.

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MySQL Workbench

Oracle

MySQL Workbench is a unified visual tool for database architects, developers, and DBAs. MySQL Workbench provides data modeling, SQL development, and comprehensive administration tools for server configuration, user administration, backup, and much more. MySQL Workbench is available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. MySQL Workbench enables a DBA, developer, or data architect to visually design, model, generate, and manage databases. It includes everything a data modeler needs for creating complex ER models, forward and reverse engineering, and also delivers key features for performing difficult change management and documentation tasks that normally require much time and effort. MySQL Workbench delivers visual tools for creating, executing, and optimizing SQL queries. The SQL Editor provides color syntax highlighting, auto-complete, reuse of SQL snippets, and execution history of SQL. The Database Connections Panel enables developers to easily manage standard database connections.

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Best SQL Editors

Compare the Top SQL Editors as of November 2025

What are SQL Editors?

DbVisualizer

KS DB Merge Tools

datapine

DataGrip

DBeaver

PopSQL

SQLGate

Oracle SQL Developer

Visual Expert

Aqua Data Studio

FastQueryBuilder

AnySQL Maestro

TablePlus

WinSQL

JackDB

Altova DatabaseSpy

dbForge Query Builder for SQL Server

Weld

DBHawk

Count

SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)

Toad

SQLyog

SQL Connect

CloudBeaver Enterprise

CloudMiner

Online SQL Editor

Valentina Studio

Database Tour Pro

MySQL Workbench

Best SQL Editors

Compare the Top SQL Editors as of November 2025

What are SQL Editors?

DbVisualizer

KS DB Merge Tools

datapine

DataGrip

DBeaver

PopSQL

SQLGate

Oracle SQL Developer

Visual Expert

Aqua Data Studio

FastQueryBuilder

AnySQL Maestro

TablePlus

WinSQL

JackDB

Altova DatabaseSpy

dbForge Query Builder for SQL Server

Weld

DBHawk

Count

SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)

Toad

SQLyog

SQL Connect

CloudBeaver Enterprise

CloudMiner

Online SQL Editor

Valentina Studio

Database Tour Pro

MySQL Workbench

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