Flyway vs Sequel Pro: What are the differences?

Developers describe Flyway as "Database Migrations Made Easy". Easy to setup, simple to master. Flyway lets you regain control of your database migrations with pleasure and plain sql. Solves only one problem and solves it well. Flyway migrates your database, so you don't have to worry about it anymore. On the other hand, Sequel Pro is detailed as "MySQL database management for Mac OS X". Sequel Pro is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL databases.

Flyway and Sequel Pro can be primarily classified as "Database" tools.

Some of the features offered by Flyway are:

• Supported databases: Oracle, SQL Server, SQL Azure, DB2, DB2 z/OS, MySQL, MariaDB, Google Cloud SQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Vertica, H2, Hsql, Derby, SQLite
• Supported build tools: Maven, Gradle, Ant and SBT
• Works on: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Java and Android

On the other hand, Sequel Pro provides the following key features:

• Quickly filter and paginate table content
• Fast, threaded UI
• Document based connections — Save your connection and share it

"Superb tool, easy to configure and use" is the top reason why over 6 developers like Flyway, while over 21 developers mention "Free" as the leading cause for choosing Sequel Pro.

Flyway and Sequel Pro are both open source tools. Sequel Pro with 6.73K GitHub stars and 591 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Flyway with 4.2K GitHub stars and 915 GitHub forks.

Movielala, Algorithmia, and Nano Solutions are some of the popular companies that use Sequel Pro, whereas Flyway is used by JustWatch, Red Panda Platform, and Picnic Technologies. Sequel Pro has a broader approval, being mentioned in 46 company stacks & 23 developers stacks; compared to Flyway, which is listed in 15 company stacks and 19 developer stacks.