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DBeaver Community vs SQL Server Management Studio: catalog facts
DBeaver Community	SQL Server Management Studio
Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. DBeaver PRO…	Free Free to download from Microsoft.
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	Official Microsoft tool for SQL Server and Azure SQL Query editor, scripting and administration in one place
Eclipse-based and heavy; start-up is slow NoSQL and cloud-specific databases are reserved for the paid edition	Windows only Focused on Microsoft database platforms
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Proprietary
No account needed	No account 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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