Azimutt vs DbSchema

Azimutt is a database exploration and documentation tool for understanding and managing databases. Its ERDs let users choose which tables, columns, relations, and ordering to show, while data exploration follows relations and can access real data on demand. For schema design, it provides AML, a minimal domain-specific language. Documentation includes table and column notes, layout memos, and visual indications; schema analysis can point out inconsistencies and possible improvements. Listed connectors cover PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Couchbase, BigQuery, and Snowflake. Other schemas can be imported in JSON format, and the CLI includes JSON schema inference. The maker says schema parsing happens in the browser, projects can remain local, and Azimutt can be self-hosted. The free plan has no long-term save and allows a maximum of one user. Solo costs €7.00 per month billed annually; Team costs €35.00 per month billed annually per user. The site says Azimutt is made and hosted in the EU, while its privacy policy says personal data is hosted on DigitalOcean servers in the United States.

DbSchema is a desktop tool for designing, documenting and working with SQL and NoSQL databases on Linux, macOS and Windows. It connects to more than 70 databases through JDBC and can download the needed driver. Users can build interactive schema diagrams, split designs into subsystem diagrams, or create physical schemas while offline and save them as local.dbs files. For connected databases, schema synchronization compares the model with the database and can produce migration SQL for review. The SQL editor offers schema-aware autocomplete, and a visual query builder lets users arrange tables, joins and filters and inspect generated SQL before execution. DbSchema can also publish interactive HTML5 schema documentation that opens in a browser without an installation or license. Connections run directly from the user's computer to the database, with configured SSL and SSH tunnels available. Community Edition is free forever. Pro Monthly is $29.40 a month, and Architect Monthly is $47.04 a month, plus taxes. The shared installer requires no registration and includes a 15-day Architect trial that can be extended by 15 days.