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ChartDB
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.
Facts at a glance
- vendor
- ChartDB
- category
- Web ERD editors
- deploy
- Web, Self-hosted
- license
- Open source (AGPL-3.0)
- free option
- Free
- model levels
- physical
- methods
- relational
- reverse engineering
- yesRuns a metadata query against your database and imports the result; no direct connection needed.
- DDL / script out
- yes
- model compare / sync
- not verified
- Git / version control
- not verified
- diagram-as-code
- DBMLDBML editor listed for the Pro plan.
- databases
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, SQLite
What does ChartDB cost?
| plan | price | unit | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro (cloud) | $25/mo | 1 user | Yearly billing advertised at up to 40% off. |
| Teams (cloud) | $59/mo | team, Basic tier |
Self-hosted open-source edition is free.
Who is it for?
editorial judgment, based on the facts above
Good fit
Teams that want a free, self-hostable visual editor and keep schema data on their own servers.
Watch for
AGPL terms matter if you modify it and offer it as a service.
Alternatives to ChartDB
Picked by shared category, databases, deployment and free option in our data, not by preference.
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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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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
- 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.
Sources
found an error? email info@datamodelingtools.com with a link to the vendor page