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DBeaver Community vs Oracle SQL Developer: catalog facts
DBeaver Community	Oracle SQL Developer
Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. DBeaver PRO…	Free Free to download and use from Oracle.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
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	Full PL/SQL IDE with worksheet and DBA console Built-in data modeling
Eclipse-based and heavy; start-up is slow NoSQL and cloud-specific databases are reserved for the paid edition	Focused on Oracle Database Java application, not open source
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Proprietary
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 September 23, 2026

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