Customer Testimonial:

Hi, this is simply a fan letter. I've used DbVisualizer in the past, and I recently downloaded the 6.5 free version to deal with my mySql...

David Goldhirsch, Senior Software Engineer

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Who Uses DbVisualizer

Adobe Systems
Apple Inc.
eBay
EMC
Hewlett Packard
Novell, Inc.
SAP
sd&m AG
Siemens
Uber Technologies Inc
VMware, Inc.
BP Oil International Ltd
DHL
British Telecom
Disney
Ericsson
Netflix, Inc.
Sony Pictures
T-Systems
TietoEnator
HSBC Bank
Merrill Lynch
Lufthansa
Nasa
Arizona State University
Facebook
Rockstar Games
Twitter, Inc.
Zynga Game Network, Inc.
HomeAway Inc.
TripAdvisor

Feature List

These are the major features available in the two DbVisualizer editions, DbVisualizer Pro and DbVisualizer Free.

Supported OS'es

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux/UNIX
Configurable key bindings with pre-defined key maps
Look & Feels for Windows, macOS, Linux/UNIX
HiDPi images on Mac Retina displays
GUI and Archive installers with option to install Java

The DbVisualizer UI

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Rearranging Tabs using drag&drop
Maximize Tabs with double-click
Detach tab in separate Window
Pin tabs
Tile/Collapse all tabs in a tab group
Specify default naming scheme for tabs
Rename individual tabs
Save layout of Object View tabs between DbVisualizer sessions

Connection Management

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Dynamic JDBC driver management (no CLASSPATH editing)
JDBC drivers included with DbVisualizer:
  • DB2 for LUW
  • Derby
  • Exasol
  • H2
  • MariaDB
  • Mimer SQL
  • MySQL
  • NuoDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • Oracle
  • Redshift
  • SQLite
  • SQL Server
  • Sybase SQL Anywhere
  • Sybase ASE
  • Vertica
SSH support with known_hosts and private key support
Step-by-step connection setup with a wizard
Connection Keep-Alive
Optionally use a single physical connection for all operations
Organize database connections in folders
Set individual tab background color and borders for each connection
Parameterized connection data
Supports multiple simultaneous open database connections
Connect a single or multiple connections with a single click
Export and Import connections and general user settings
Basic password Security
Strong master password Security
Show passwords in plain text if using master password Security

Database Browser

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

A tree structure to browse and manage database objects
Multi-object support for open, connect, drop, etc
Database specific support for
     DB2 for LUW
     Derby
     Exasol
     H2
     Informix IDS
     MariaDB
     Mimer SQL
     MySQL
     Netezza
     NuoDB
     Oracle
     PostgreSQL
     Redshift
     Snowflake
     SQLite
     SQL Server
     Sybase ASE
     Vertica
Generic database support
View basic information for
        tables, indexes, primary keys, privileges,
        schemas, databases, procedures and a lot more
Type-to-find objects by name
Database objects filtering
Hide database objects
Sort database connections and folders
Search database objects
Show only default database/schema
Organize database connections and folders with drag&drop
Script multiple database objects using drag&drop

Table

SUPPORTED FOR: Amazon Redshift | DB2 LUW | Derby | Exasol | H2 | Informix | Microsoft SQL Server | MariaDB | Mimer SQL | MySQL | Netezza | NuoDB | Oracle | PostgreSQL | SAP ASE (Sybase ASE) | Snowflake | SQLite | Vertica

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Create and Alter table
Define Referential Integrity Constraints
Rename Table
Drop Table
Empty Table
Create Index
Table DDL viewer

Procedure, Function, Package and Trigger

SUPPORTED FOR: Amazon Redshift | DB2 LUW | Derby | Exasol | H2 | Informix | Microsoft SQL Server | MariaDB | Mimer SQL | MySQL | Netezza | NuoDB | Oracle | PostgreSQL | SAP ASE (Sybase ASE) | Snowflake | SQLite | Vertica

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Create Procedure, Function, Package, Trigger
Edit Procedure, Function, Package, Trigger
Execute Procedure, Function

Export Schema/Database

SUPPORTED FOR: Amazon Redshift | DB2 LUW | Derby | Exasol | H2 | Informix | Microsoft SQL Server | MariaDB | Mimer SQL | MySQL | Netezza | NuoDB | Oracle | PostgreSQL | SAP ASE (Sybase ASE) | Snowflake | SQLite | Vertica

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Export Formats

CSV, HTML, SQL, XML, XLS, XLSX, JSON

Export object DDLs
Export Table Data
Custom Data Format Settings
Support for BLOB, CLOB and binary data

References Graphs

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Graph or list of referential integry rules
Several automatic graph layout managers
Link table nodes by foreign keys
Link table nodes by all columns in a foreign key
Bridge link support to improve readability
Graph zooming, fit, animation and navigator pane
Show Table details
Script Tables as SQL by SELECT, INSERT, CREATE, etc.
Export and print
Save/Load manual layouts

Database Scheduling, Events, Jobs

SUPPORTED FOR: MariaDB | MySQL | Oracle | PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Manage jobs and scheduling in "Oracle Scheduler"
Manage jobs and scheduling in "SQL Server Agent"
Manage jobs and scheduling in "PostgreSQL pgAgent"
Manage jobs and scheduling in "MariaDB Events"
Manage jobs and scheduling in "MySQL Events"

Table Data Viewer/Editor

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Table data editing in grid (spreadsheet like) editor
Table data editing in form editor
Auto-complete column names while writing WHERE filter
Table filters saved between sessions
Copy/Paste with external spreadsheet tools such as Excel
One-click open of grid data in native spreadsheet tool (Excel, Numbers, LibreOffice, etc)
Quick filtering in grids
Display references to other tables
Monitor row count differences
Support for BLOB, CLOB and binary data
View BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF and JPEG images
View PDF documents
View XML data in tree or text format

Table Export

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Export Formats

CSV, HTML, SQL, XML, XLS, XLSX, JSON

Export CREATE DDL for SQL format
Export INDEX DDL for SQL format
Custom Data Format Settings
Support for BLOB, CLOB and binary data

Table Data Import

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Import table data from CSV or Excel files
Support for BLOB, CLOB and binary data
Support multi-character column separator
Automatic data type detection
Automatic mapping of file columns to table columns
Create table from imported data
Save settings between sessions

Data Navigator

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Expose foreign keys by data selection
Limit referenced data with filters
Tag support
Edit table data directly in Navigator

SQL Query Tool

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Execute Script with multiple SQL statements
Execute single SQL statement at cursor position
Execute selected SQL statement(s)
Execute Buffer (as a single SQL statement)
Execute Explain Plan
SUPPORTED FOR: DB2 LUW | Derby | H2 | MariaDB | Mimer SQL | MySQL | Netezza | NuoDB | Oracle | PostgreSQL | Amazon Redshift | SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server | Vertica
Syntax colored SQL editor
Auto Completion (aka code completion, intellisense)
Predefined and user defined editor templates
Support for multiple SQL editors
Support for procedures producing multiple result sets
SQL formatter with extensive customization options
Execution control (stop on error/warning)
View result sets as grid, text or chart

Grid, Text, Chart

Grid

Editable result sets with the inline or form editors
Support for BLOB, CLOB and binary data
View BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF and JPEG images
View PDF documents
View XML data in tree or text format
Export result sets with Create Table option

CSV, HTML, XLS, XLSX, XML, SQL

CSV, HTML

Export large result sets directly to file (@export)
Parameterized SQL queries
Supports objects dragged from the Database Browser
Drop files from Desktop or external tools
SQL execution logging with filtering options
Pre-defined editing key maps
Merge Result Sets in Text Format
Error highlighting in editor
SUPPORTED FOR: Derby | Informix | MariaDB | Mimer SQL | MySQL | Oracle | PostgreSQL | SAP ASE (Sybase ASE)

Result Set Management

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Auto resize columns, manual column resizing
Double click column divider to sort column
Re-arrange columns by drag and drop
Multi colum sort by clicking column header
One-click open of grid data in native spreadsheet tool (Excel, Numbers, LibreOffice, etc)
Copy column name
Copy selection
Quick filter with range options
Quick filter highlights matched cells
Aggregation Data for Selection
Find cell data and column name
Compare Cells
Manual or Automatic Merge of Result Sets in Text Format
Export grid data

CSV, HTML, XLS, XLSX, XML, SQL, TEXT, JSON

CSV, HTML

Query Builder

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Design queries with a few mouse clicks
No SQL expertise is required
Adapts the generated SQL for the actual database
Reverse engineer a SELECT statement
Auto Join of columns by primary/foreign key or name

Client-side commands

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

@beep
@call
@cd
@commit
@continue on
@ddl
@delimiter
@desc
@echo
@export
@import
@log
@mail
@open
@rollback
@run
@set autocommit
@set maxchars
@set maxrows
@set resultset name
@set serveroutput
@sleep
@stop on
@window iconify
@window restore

Explain Plan

SUPPORTED FOR: DB2 LUW | Derby | H2 | MariaDB | Mimer SQL | MySQL | Netezza | NuoDB | Oracle | PostgreSQL | Amazon Redshift | SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server | Vertica

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Browse plan data in graph format
SUPPORTED FOR: DB2 LUW | MariaDB | Mimer SQL | MySQL | Oracle | PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server
Browse plan data in tree format
SUPPORTED FOR: DB2 LUW | MariaDB | Mimer SQL | MySQL | Oracle | PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server
Browse plan data in text format
SUPPORTED FOR: H2 | Derby | MariaDB | MySQL | Netezza | NuoDB | Oracle | PostgreSQL | Amazon Redshift | SQLite | Vertica
Coloring based on node cost (tree and graph format)
SUPPORTED FOR: DB2 LUW | MariaDB | Mimer SQL | MySQL | Oracle | PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server

SQL History

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

SQL History
Limit number of history entries to save
Filter by full script content

SQL Bookmarks

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Organize bookmarks in a folder structure
Save bookmark as favorite for fast access

Charts

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Supports Line, Area, Bar, Point, Pie, Stacked Area, Stacked Bar
Modify serie label without need to use column aliases in select
Set chart, X-axis and Y-axis titles
Pre defined color schemes
Optional legend at top, bottom, left or right
Zooming, Export, Print
Export

PNG, JPEG, GIF

Print
Copy chart image to system clipboard

Favorites

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Display database object details with a single-click
Load bookmark scripts in current or new editor
Organize favorites with drag and drop

Monitor

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Instant Monitor of results from SQL
Automatic monitoring of any result set
Single view of result sets from multiple databases
View data in grid, text or professional charts

Grid, Text, Chart

Grid

Print and export monitored data

Compare

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Compare editor buffers
Compare grid contents
Compare individual grid cells

Configurable

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Define your own key bindings
Pre-defined key bindings for TOAD and SQL Server Analyzer
Set unique properties per database connection
Permissions checks what commands need confirmation
Customize the format of Date, Time and Numbers
Set fonts
And a lot more...

Security

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Basic Security
Strong master password Security
Configurable master password Pattern
Strong password protection of exported user settings
Show database connection passwords in clear text

Export/Import User Settings

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Export Tool Properties
Export JDBC Drivers
Export Master Password encrypted passwords

Auto-update

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Check for Update
Auto-updating to new versions

Task Management and Memory Monitoring

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

Central Task Manager
Memory Monitor warns about high memory usage

Command-line Interface, dbviscmd

Feature

DbVisualizer Pro

DbVisualizer Free

DbVisualizer command-line interface
Command-line generator

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