DB Designer vs. ERD Lab vs. HeidiSQL vs. MySQL Data Access Components Comparison Chart

Online database design and modeling tool used and loved by more than 315,395 users including 50,000+ organizations, from leading government agencies to enterprise-class firms to smaller-sized companies and more than 150,000 freelancers, database admins, developers and engineers. Do not be deceived by our simple UI. Our web application is the most advanced and stable tool available in the market that gives you the power of visual database design online. Start from scratch just like creating a UML diagram or importing an existing database. Use our powerful features to save time and reduce errors. Share and collaborate with your team. When you are finished, generate an SQL script in one click. Our user interface may look simple but it is fully featured and powerful. Fast and ridiculously easy to use with every feature you can possibly need. Reduce errors and save time. Import an existing database or start from scratch. Generate an SQL script for every major database engine with one click.

HeidiSQL is free software, and has the aim to be easy to learn. "Heidi" lets you see and edit data and structures from computers running one of the database systems MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite. Invented in 2002 by Ansgar, HeidiSQL belongs to the most popular tools for MariaDB and MySQL worldwide. Free for everyone, OpenSource. Connect to multiple servers in one window. Supported database systems: MariaDB, MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite. Connect to servers via commandline. Connect via SSH tunnel, or pass SSL settings. Create and edit tables, views, stored routines, triggers and scheduled events. Generate nice SQL-exports, compress these afterwards, or put them on the clipboard. Export from one server/database directly to another server/database. Manage user-privileges, import text-files, export table rows as CSV, HTML, XML, SQL, LaTeX, Wiki Markup and PHP Array. Browse and edit table-data using a comfortable grid.