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DBeaver Community vs EMS SQL Manager: catalog facts
DBeaver Community	EMS SQL Manager
Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. DBeaver PRO…	Freemium Free Lite edition and free trials; full editions are paid, with backup tools from about…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
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	Editions for PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Firebird, Oracle and DB2 Free Lite edition available
Eclipse-based and heavy; start-up is slow NoSQL and cloud-specific databases are reserved for the paid edition	Windows only Separate products per database system
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	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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