SELECT * FROM tools WHERE id <> 'dbdiagram' · 10 rows · checked Nov 2, 2026
dbdiagram.io alternatives
dbdiagram.io is quick and text-first. People look elsewhere when they want self-hosting, an open-source license, a visual editor, or real model management.
Other diagram-as-code options
Keep typing your schema.
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- id
- quickdbd
- price
- from $14/mo
- deploy
- Web
- license
- proprietary
Draw database diagrams by typing a short text notation; export SQL and PDF.
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- id
- mermaid
- price
- free
- deploy
- Web, Self-hosted
- license
- MIT
Open-source diagram-as-code library whose erDiagram syntax renders ER diagrams inside Markdown, docs sites and many code hosts.
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- id
- chartdb
- price
- free · paid from $25/mo
- deploy
- Web, Self-hosted
- license
- AGPL-3.0
Open-source database diagram editor (AGPL-3.0) with a hosted cloud plan; imports a schema from one query and exports DDL in your dialect.
Open source and self-hostable
Keep schema data on your own servers.
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- id
- mermaid
- price
- free
- deploy
- Web, Self-hosted
- license
- MIT
Open-source diagram-as-code library whose erDiagram syntax renders ER diagrams inside Markdown, docs sites and many code hosts.
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- id
- chartdb
- price
- free · paid from $25/mo
- deploy
- Web, Self-hosted
- license
- AGPL-3.0
Open-source database diagram editor (AGPL-3.0) with a hosted cloud plan; imports a schema from one query and exports DDL in your dialect.
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- id
- drawdb
- price
- free
- deploy
- Web, Self-hosted
- license
- AGPL-3.0
Free, open-source (AGPL-3.0) in-browser ERD editor that imports and exports SQL scripts and generates migrations.
Visual web editors
Drag-and-drop in the browser.
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- id
- redgate-data-modeler
- price
- from $189/yr
- deploy
- Web
- license
- proprietary
- formerly
- Vertabelo
The browser-based modeler formerly sold as Vertabelo, now part of Redgate, with real-time collaboration, versioning, reverse engineering and SQL generation.
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- id
- drawsql
- price
- from $19/mo
- deploy
- Web
- license
- proprietary
Visual web ERD editor for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server and MariaDB that imports CREATE TABLE statements and exports SQL, Laravel migrations or JSON.
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- id
- chartdb
- price
- free · paid from $25/mo
- deploy
- Web, Self-hosted
- license
- AGPL-3.0
Open-source database diagram editor (AGPL-3.0) with a hosted cloud plan; imports a schema from one query and exports DDL in your dialect.
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- id
- drawdb
- price
- free
- deploy
- Web, Self-hosted
- license
- AGPL-3.0
Free, open-source (AGPL-3.0) in-browser ERD editor that imports and exports SQL scripts and generates migrations.
Desktop modelers with compare and sync
When diagrams must stay in step with a live database.
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- id
- navicat-data-modeler
- price
- from $749 one-time
- deploy
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- license
- proprietary
Cross-platform desktop modeler with conceptual, logical and physical models plus relational, dimensional and Data Vault 2.0 methods.
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- id
- dbschema
- price
- free tier · paid price not captured
- deploy
- Windows, macOS
- license
- proprietary
Desktop design tool that connects to relational and NoSQL databases, keeps the model in a file you can commit to Git, and compares and syncs schemas.
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- id
- luna-modeler
- price
- from $99 one-time
- deploy
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- license
- proprietary
Relational sibling of Moon Modeler: conceptual, logical and physical models, DDL generation, and compare-and-sync against a live database.
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- id
- pgmodeler
- price
- free tier · paid price not captured
- deploy
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- license
- GPL-3.0 (Community edition)
PostgreSQL-only modeler. The open-source Community edition (GPL-3.0) covers core modeling; the paid Plus edition adds import, diff, SQL execution and Git versioning.
All of them in one table
| tool | price (as published) | free option | deploy | levels | reverse eng. | DDL out | databases (verified) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuickDBD | from $14/mo | Free plan | Web | physical | not verified | yes | not verified |
| Mermaid (erDiagram) | free | Free | Web, Self-hosted | conceptual · logical | no | no | none (drawing only) |
| ChartDB | free · paid from $25/mo | Free | Web, Self-hosted | physical | yes | yes | PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, SQLite |
| drawDB | free | Free | Web, Self-hosted | physical | yes | yes | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle Database |
| Redgate Data Modeler | from $189/yr | Trial only | Web | logical · physical | yes | yes | PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle Database |
| DrawSQL | from $19/mo | Free plan | Web | physical | yes | yes | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MariaDB |
| Navicat Data Modeler | from $749 one-time | Trial only | Windows, macOS, Linux | conceptual · logical · physical | yes | yes | MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle Database, SQLite, Snowflake |
| DbSchema | free tier · paid price not captured | Free edition | Windows, macOS | conceptual · logical · physical | yes | yes | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, BigQuery, Snowflake, ClickHouse, Oracle Database, SQL Server |
| Luna Modeler | from $99 one-time | Trial only | Windows, macOS, Linux | conceptual · logical · physical | yes | yes | Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, SQLite |
| pgModeler | free tier · paid price not captured | Free edition | Windows, macOS, Linux | physical | yes | yes | PostgreSQL |