pgAdmin vs phpMyAdmin

pgAdmin is a graphical tool for administering, developing with, and monitoring PostgreSQL databases. It runs as desktop software or in server mode, where multiple users can access it over the web. It supports PostgreSQL and EDB Postgres Advanced Server versions supported at the time each pgAdmin release is issued. Query tools include syntax highlighting, a data grid, graphical query plans, schema diff, an ERD tool, and a procedural language debugger. Users can manage common database objects and inspect their SQL definitions, properties, dependencies, and available statistics. Maintenance features include a monitoring dashboard, auto-vacuum management, and on-demand backup, restore, vacuum, and analyze operations. It also supports SSH tunneling, data editing, query history, and binary, CSV, or text result exports. The free plan costs nothing under the PostgreSQL Licence. Downloads include Windows and macOS installers, Linux packages, Docker, a Python wheel, and source code. Only the latest release is supported; there are no long-term stable versions.

phpMyAdmin is free, self-hosted web software written in PHP for administering MySQL and MariaDB. It provides controls for databases, tables, columns, relations, indexes, and users, and lets administrators execute SQL commands. CSV and SQL files can be imported, while exports include CSV, SQL, XML, PDF, OpenDocument, Word, and LaTeX. Multi-server administration is available for centralized control of multiple MySQL servers. A graphical schema view, query-by-example, and searches across tables, columns, or databases support database work. The project says the interface is translated into 98 languages and handles both left-to-right and right-to-left languages. Installation guidance, downloads, an official Docker image, and Composer installation are provided. Stable 5.2 requires PHP 7.2 or newer and MySQL or MariaDB 5.5 or newer. The software is available on Linux and through web deployment, with roles and permissions supported.