I have been looking for a native app alternative to pgAdmin ever since they changed it over to a browser based application. I will have to check this out. Actually, if people have suggestions, I'll listen!
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TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management
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#92Free alternative i have been using for some years now: https://dbeaver.io/ The community edition is updated more often than i would like and sometimes features break but bugs get fixed quickly and they add usefull stuff all the time. Dont know what i would do if i was stuck with pgAdmin...
I quite like Postico (Mac-only though) https://eggerapps.at/postico/
It's Mac-only, but also Postgres-only! TablePlus has wider datastores support.
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#93Curious if anyone knows how it stacks up against Sequel Pro? (At least if you only need to work with MySQL, obviously?)
Well, it is maintained! My understanding is that SequelPro hasn't seen any release since 2016 (at least based on https://github.com/sequelpro/sequelpro/releases).
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right, it's not like their cost of production is proportional to the number of computers the software is used in. It's like trying to buy a vacuum cleaner and being charged per room you plan to use it in.
It's not proportional to number of users, either. Zero marginal costs mean pricing is always at least a little arbitrary.
Yup. I'm starting to think that Kickstarter (and similar group-buys) is the only way to fund software that actually makes sense.
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is an odd hill to die on. I'd bet 90%+ of engineers have a single computer they code from at home (even if you have multiple computers) and another at work. It's perfectly fair to pay for a separate license for each of those use cases. I'd prefer this to some $10/month SAAS model.
No it’s not. I have a desktop and 2 laptops. My desktop has 3 OSes, Mac windows and Linux. Why the hell would I buy this, and then have to think really hard about which one I’ll use with it? I probably feel too strongly about this. Last week I setup a nytimes cooking subscription and then immediately canceled it when I realize I had to leave it on auto pay or else it wouldn’t work.
Just having a desktop and a laptop is enough to kill this product for me, I’m not paying twice when it’s only me using it. It shows disrespect for the user, or at least ignorance.
No other paid software I use does that. Sketchup, Sublime, Jetbrains, and Office for instance.
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
Edit: read the parent wrong, but leaving my comment here so it doesn’t look like backtracking some offensive content. > wonder if one is giving up a lot of power. That’s an irrational concern. GUI tools also come with SQL consoles where you can do anything that’s possible in the CLI. With the added benefit of results being presented in a nicer way.
If you've used SSMS extensively you'll know it's tailored to SQL server like a glove. You'd definitely be leaving usability on the table going with a generic DB client. The person you've responded to even mentioned that of course you can do all things via CLI, but SSMS builds powerful GUI layer on top of that
> If you've used SSMS extensively you'll know it's tailored to SQL server like a glove.
Sure, assuming that MSSQL is a foot.
Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management
#98Free alternative i have been using for some years now: https://dbeaver.io/ The community edition is updated more often than i would like and sometimes features break but bugs get fixed quickly and they add usefull stuff all the time. Dont know what i would do if i was stuck with pgAdmin...
I like SequelPro. The UI much simpler, powerful, but it's inactivated, nobody working on it to update for new macOS :(
Nightly builds have some fixes, but it does seem to be mostly abandoned.
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TablePlus for 2 Macs with 12 months of updates: $99 SetApp subscription for 2 Macs (includes TablePlus): $108/year
does SetApp show ads? what is the difference between business and personal pricing? they seem to be the same.
Yeah, I am getting the same impression that the personal might have ads? not sure.
I am trying it now and the trial version doesn't show me ads, at least not yet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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#100The application looks and feels nice, but the per-device pricing/licensing model seems severely outdated to me. I will not make a purchase unless named licenses, which enable me to use the application on all devices and operating systems I use (with reasonable limits if DRM is needed for some reason), are available.
I am totally fine with the license model. I have been using TablePlus for over 2 years. When I first tried it I had a few questions/issues and the developer responded immediately and made changes based on feedback. (the email thread is 42 msgs :)).
I have been using it daily for pg, mysql, occasionally for redis and sqllite, it works great and gets continuous improvements. I wish this company all the best, great product, great support.