SELECT * FROM tools WHERE id <> 'mysql-workbench' · 7 rows · checked Nov 2, 2026
MySQL Workbench alternatives
MySQL says the 8.0 Workbench line has reached end of life, and the new Workbench lists no data modeling yet. These are maintained tools that name MySQL on their own pages.
Desktop modelers that name MySQL
Closest to the Workbench EER workflow: model, generate DDL, sync.
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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.
Web editors that name MySQL
No install; share a link.
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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.
Free options that name MySQL
Workbench was free; these are too.
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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
- 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.
All of them in one table
| tool | price (as published) | free option | deploy | levels | reverse eng. | DDL out | databases (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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |