DbGate
Unified database client for 16+ engines (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server…) with a free community edition.
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Description
Most teams end up running a different database client for every engine they touch — one app for Postgres, another for Mongo, a third for SQL Server — because few tools genuinely cover all of them well. DbGate tries to be the one app that replaces that whole shelf of icons.
DbGate is a database management client supporting 16+ engines including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, CockroachDB, Cassandra, DuckDB, Firebird, Firestore, and DynamoDB, available as both desktop and web applications. It offers a data browser with filtering and master-detail views, a SQL query console with code completion, ER diagrams, multi-format import/export (SQL, CSV, JSON, XML, Excel, YAML), and an AI-powered database chat feature. The community edition is free and open-source; Premium tiers ($12/month solo, $15/user/month for teams) add team administration, cloud-synced connections, and collaboration features.
💬 Our review
The short version: DbGate is a strong, genuinely free-to-start alternative to DBeaver or TablePlus if you regularly jump between different database engines and want AI-assisted querying without paying for it upfront.
Against DBeaver, the long-standing free multi-database client, DbGate's edge is a more modern interface and built-in AI chat for querying databases in natural language, though DBeaver has a larger plugin ecosystem and longer track record. Against paid tools like TablePlus or Navicat, DbGate's community edition covers a comparable range of databases for free, with Premium ($12-15/month) undercutting most commercial per-seat pricing if you do want team features. With 7,300 GitHub stars, it has solid community traction for a database client. For anyone managing multiple database engines who wants one client with a real free tier, DbGate is a good default; teams needing the most mature plugin ecosystem should still consider DBeaver.
💰 Pricing
📊 Global score
🤖 AI-enriched data
Gratuit (édition communautaire) ; Premium 12$/mois solo, 15$/utilisateur/mois en équipe
Pros
16+ moteurs de bases de données supportés
Édition communautaire gratuite et complète
Chat IA pour requêtes en langage naturel
Apps desktop et web
Cons
Fonctions d'équipe payantes
Écosystème de plugins plus petit que DBeaver
Qualité du chat IA dépend du modèle utilisé