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DBeaver Community vs DBeaver Lite: catalog facts
DBeaver Community	DBeaver Lite
Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. DBeaver PRO…	Paid Paid licence with a free trial available.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS
More than a hundred drivers out of the box, and anything with JDBC or ODBC SQL editor with completion, plus a spreadsheet-style data editor	Supports over 100 databases AI-assisted query writing
Eclipse-based and heavy; start-up is slow NoSQL and cloud-specific databases are reserved for the paid edition	Paid, unlike DBeaver Community Fewer administrative features than higher editions
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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