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At a Glance
DBeaver
DBeaver
Star Rating
(142)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.0% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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pgAdmin
pgAdmin
Star Rating
(65)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (36.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about pgAdmin

DBeaver vs pgAdmin

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found DBeaver easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with DBeaver overall.

  • Reviewers felt that DBeaver meets the needs of their business better than pgAdmin.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that DBeaver is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of pgAdmin over DBeaver.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
DBeaver
No pricing available
pgAdmin
No pricing available
Free Trial
DBeaver
Free Trial is available
pgAdmin
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
108
8.5
52
Ease of Use
8.8
110
8.3
52
Ease of Setup
9.2
21
8.3
25
Ease of Admin
8.9
11
8.7
22
Quality of Support
8.5
75
7.8
43
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
6
8.1
21
Product Direction (% positive)
8.0
106
8.6
49
Features by Category
Database Management Systems (DBMS)Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
8.9
349
Not enough data
Management
9.1
44
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
57
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.6
39
Not enough data
Maintenance
8.9
39
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.9
40
Not enough data
Security
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
40
Not enough data
SQL Integrated Development Environments (IDE)Hide 6 FeaturesShow 6 Features
8.6
56
Not enough data
Integration - SQL Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
9.5
10
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
6.9
9
Not enough data
Management - SQL Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
9.5
11
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
DBeaver
DBeaver
pgAdmin
pgAdmin
DBeaver and pgAdmin share no categories
Unique Categories
pgAdmin
pgAdmin is categorized as Other IT Infrastructure
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
DBeaver
DBeaver
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
27.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
39.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
33.8%
pgAdmin
pgAdmin
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
36.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
26.7%
Reviewers' Industry
DBeaver
DBeaver
Computer Software
27.2%
Information Technology and Services
21.3%
Financial Services
5.9%
Telecommunications
3.7%
Marketing and Advertising
3.7%
Other
38.2%
pgAdmin
pgAdmin
Computer Software
26.7%
Information Technology and Services
18.3%
Education Management
6.7%
Banking
6.7%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
38.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
DBeaver
DBeaver
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Alonso C.
AC
Alonso C.
Verified User in Apparel & Fashion

It's free and it works! Simply as that, I have struggled for years try to find in vain an SQL manager that works with all my engines, and when I heard about DBeaver, I though, why not, at the end, the only that I would may lose is time. But I was really...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Dani S.
DS
Dani S.
Verified User in Market Research

I haven't found a good way to end a query that's taking too long to run or may have been run by mistake. You basically have to kill the whole program. Not the prettiest UI

pgAdmin
pgAdmin
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Tarun R.
TR
Tarun R.
Verified User in Computer Software

It is a very nice tool to monitor databases especially if you are using Postgres SQL, It provides a lot of functionality in UI which you have to write queries if you want to do that in the Terminal. It gives an outlook of the servers, their databases, and...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Abhinav K.
AK
Abhinav K.
Verified User in Entertainment

There is everything to dislike about this, on top of that this is not at all user friedly. Its user interface is wierd, Microsoft SQL is way better.

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Discussions
DBeaver
DBeaver Discussions
Is DBeaver an IDE?
1 comment
NF
Yes, it´s an IDERead more
Can DBeaver connect to MongoDB?
1 comment
SS
yes it canRead more
What is DBeaver used for?
1 comment
Gavin K.
GK
The management of a database.Read more
pgAdmin
pgAdmin Discussions
Sql sheet
1 comment
JA
On web-based PgAdmin, the default load of SQL Editor is not possible. We need to open a query tool for making any database query.Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
pgAdmin has no more discussions with answers