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Postico vs Sequel Pro: What are the differences?
Postico: A modern PostgreSQL client for OS X. Postico provides an easy to use interface, making Postgres more accessible for newcomers and specialists alike. Postico will look familiar to anyone who has used a Mac before. Just connect to a database and begin working with tables and views. Start with the basics and learn about advanced features of PostgreSQL as you go along; Sequel Pro: MySQL database management for Mac OS X. Sequel Pro is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL databases.
Postico and Sequel Pro can be categorized as "Database" tools.
Some of the features offered by Postico are:
- Peek inside your database. Then edit as needed.
- Design a database with a sound structure.
- Query, Enquire, Investigate.
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
"Very clean, respectable interface" is the top reason why over 3 developers like Postico, while over 21 developers mention "Free" as the leading cause for choosing Sequel Pro.
Sequel Pro is an open source tool with 6.73K GitHub stars and 591 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Sequel Pro's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Sequel Pro has a broader approval, being mentioned in 46 company stacks & 23 developers stacks; compared to Postico, which is listed in 8 company stacks and 8 developer stacks.
Pros of Postico
- Very clean, respectable interface4
- Really modern client3
- Reliable and easy to use3
- Increases productivity2
Pros of Sequel Pro
- Free25
- Simple18
- Clean UI17
- Easy8
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Cons of Postico
Cons of Sequel Pro
- Only available for Mac OS1