SELECT * FROM tools WHERE id <> 'erwin' · 8 rows · checked Nov 2, 2026
erwin Data Modeler alternatives
People usually leave an enterprise modeler over price, Windows-only desktops or collaboration. These groups come from those reasons. We have not verified erwin's own record, so we don't compare against its feature list.
Enterprise modelers with conceptual, logical and physical levels
Closest like-for-like replacements.
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- sqldbm
- price
- quote only
- deploy
- Web
- license
- proprietary
Browser-based modeling platform aimed at cloud data warehouse teams, with conceptual-to-physical modeling and dbt and Git integrations.
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- id
- er-studio
- price
- from $2,687 subscription
- deploy
- not verified
- license
- proprietary
Enterprise modeler covering conceptual, logical and physical models, with DDL generation, reverse engineering and model compare.
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- ellie
- price
- from €49/mo
- deploy
- Web
- license
- proprietary
Browser-based business and semantic modeling tool: conceptual through physical models plus a business glossary, with AI-assisted modeling.
Published prices under $1,000
For teams whose main problem is seat cost.
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- 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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- 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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- 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
- visual-paradigm
- price
- from $799 one-time
- deploy
- not verified
- license
- proprietary
Broad modeling suite whose ERD tools cover conceptual, logical and physical models, SQL generation and database reversal.
Free options with logical modeling
If budget is zero.
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- oracle-sql-developer-data-modeler
- price
- free
- deploy
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- license
- proprietary
Free stand-alone modeler from Oracle for logical, relational, physical and multidimensional models, with forward and reverse engineering.
Browser-based team modelers
No installs; shared models.
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- id
- sqldbm
- price
- quote only
- deploy
- Web
- license
- proprietary
Browser-based modeling platform aimed at cloud data warehouse teams, with conceptual-to-physical modeling and dbt and Git integrations.
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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.
All of them in one table
| tool | price (as published) | free option | deploy | levels | reverse eng. | DDL out | databases (verified) |
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| SqlDBM | quote only | No free option listed | Web | conceptual · logical · physical | yes | yes | Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse |
| ER/Studio | from $2,687 subscription | Trial only | not verified | conceptual · logical · physical | yes | yes | not verified |
| Ellie | from €49/mo | Trial only | Web | conceptual · logical · physical | not verified | not verified | not verified |
| 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 |
| Redgate Data Modeler | from $189/yr | Trial only | Web | logical · physical | yes | yes | PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle Database |
| Luna Modeler | from $99 one-time | Trial only | Windows, macOS, Linux | conceptual · logical · physical | yes | yes | Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, SQLite |
| Visual Paradigm | from $799 one-time | Trial only | not verified | conceptual · logical · physical | yes | yes | not verified |
| Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler | free | Free | Windows, macOS, Linux | conceptual · logical · physical | yes | yes | Oracle Database |