ERBuilder Data Modeler vs Model Xtractor
ERBuilder Data Modeler
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| Figure | ERBuilder Data Modeler | Model Xtractor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $11.58/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 1 |
| Spec score · Database Design Tools | 8.1 (#12) | 7.4 (#23) |
| Audience | Softbuilder says its tools are intended for software engineers, analysts, designers, architects, developers, and project managers. | The maker presents Model Xtractor as a tool to help users understand relational data models without needing to be an expert. |
| Purpose | ERBuilder lets developers design databases graphically with entity relationship diagrams and generate SQL databases. | Model Xtractor is a relational database modeling inspection tool for traditional or enhanced ER models, generated models, and diagrams created from scratch. |
| Support | The support page links to documentation, video tutorials, FAQs, feature suggestions, support requests, and bug reports. | The maker describes products other than Data Xtractor as free, provided as-is, and without support. |
Plans
ERBuilder Data Modeler
- Professional$139 a year
- Enterprise$399 a year
- Professional$279, paid once
- Enterprise$799, paid once
- Professional Floating$399, paid once
- Enterprise Floating$999, paid once
- FreeFree
In their own words
ERBuilder Data Modeler
ERBuilder Data Modeler is a Windows desktop tool for designing databases with graphical entity relationship diagrams and generating SQL databases. It supports IDEF1X, Crow’s Foot, Codasyl and Relational notations. Users can create DDL scripts and databases from models, or reverse engineer existing databases into graphical models. Supported systems include Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Firebird, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool, Amazon Redshift and Amazon RDS. The feature matrix lists natural-language generation and updating of ER diagrams, metadata queries powered by the ChatGPT API, and AI descriptions for procedures, views and triggers. Softbuilder says AI inputs are sent to OpenAI servers via HTTPS and are not retained. Enterprise includes navigable HTML and Word documentation, Confluence documentation and Git collaboration for browsing, merging and comparing model versions. A free edition is listed, and the maker offers a 15-day fully functional trial with all features, no credit card required and free technical support. Professional costs $139 a year; Enterprise costs $399 a year. Both include one workstation, one year of Standard support and one year of maintenance and updates.
Model Xtractor
Model Xtractor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.