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DBeaver Community vs Navicat for MariaDB: catalog facts
DBeaver Community	Navicat for MariaDB
Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. DBeaver PRO…	Paid Commercial software with a free trial and paid licences, including perpetual licences.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS
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	Broad toolset from query editing to synchronization and backup Data modelling and BI features built in
Eclipse-based and heavy; start-up is slow NoSQL and cloud-specific databases are reserved for the paid edition	Paid licence required after the trial Limited to MariaDB; other databases need Navicat Premium or other 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	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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