Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
HeidiSQL vs Liquibase: What are the differences?
HeidiSQL: GUI client for MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL. HeidiSQL is a useful and reliable tool designed for web developers using the popular MariaDB or MySQL server, Microsoft SQL databases or PostgreSQL. It enables you to browse and edit data, create and edit tables, views, procedures, triggers and scheduled events. Also, you can export structure and data, either to SQL file, clipboard or to other servers. Read about features or see some screenshots; Liquibase: Source control for your database. Developers store database changes in text-based files on their local development machines and apply them to their local databases. Changelog files can be be arbitrarily nested for better management.
HeidiSQL and Liquibase can be categorized as "Database" tools.
Liquibase is an open source tool with 1.79K GitHub stars and 1.09K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Liquibase's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of HeidiSQL
- Client application which is lightweight1
- Easy configuration1
- Keep queries after execution1
- Connect to multiple servers on same client1
- Run multiple queries simultaneously1
- Multiple query tabulations1
Pros of Liquibase
- Great database tool18
- Many DBs supported18
- Easy setup12
- Database independent migration scripts8
- Unique open source tool5
- Database version controller5
- Precondition checking2
- Supports NoSQL and Graph DBs2
Sign up to add or upvote prosMake informed product decisions
Cons of HeidiSQL
- Mac OS/ Linux incompatible1
Cons of Liquibase
- Documentation is disorganized5
- No vendor specifics in XML format - needs workarounds5