Adminer vs ClusterControl
Adminer
adminer.orgClusterControl
severalnines.comSide by side
| Figure | Adminer | ClusterControl |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | €250/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Database Administration Tools | 8.2 (#4) | 8.7 (#1) |
| Database support | Adminer works with MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, SQLite, MS SQL and Oracle. | The product lists MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server on Linux, ClickHouse, Galera Cluster, TimescaleDB, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Valkey, and Redis. |
| Integrations | The site lists user-contributed packages for Docker, cPanel, Easypanel, WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, Laravel and Electron, among others. | The installer page lists deployment through an official Helm chart, Ansible playbook, or Puppet module, and marketplace launches through DigitalOcean, gridscale, Vultr, Linode, and Google Cloud Platform. |
| Purpose | Adminer is database management software distributed as a single PHP file. | ClusterControl is a hybrid database automation platform for automating open-source and source-available databases on-premises, in the cloud, or both. |
Plans
ClusterControl
- CommunityFree
- Self-serve€250 a month
- AdvancedPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Adminer
Adminer is web-based database management software distributed as a single PHP file. It supports MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, SQLite, MS SQL, and Oracle; plugin drivers add Elasticsearch, SimpleDB, MongoDB, Redis, Firebird, ClickHouse, IGDB, and IMAP. Users can create and alter database structures, including tables, columns, indexes, foreign keys, views, procedures, functions, and triggers. The interface can search, sort, and limit table results, edit records, run SQL, review query history, and export to SQL or CSV. Listed database capabilities include generated columns and check constraints, MySQL events and partitions, and PostgreSQL schemas, sequences, and user types. Adminer requires a database password and rate-limits connection attempts. Its site recommends restricting public access, for example with IP whitelisting or web-server password protection, and keeping the software updated. Plugins can add options such as OTP or passkey login, SSL connections, SQL highlighting, and extra export formats. It supports PHP 5.3+, 7, and 8 with sessions enabled. Adminer is free for commercial and non-commercial use under either the Apache License or GPL 2.
ClusterControl
ClusterControl has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.