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DbGate vs Mongo Express: catalog facts
DbGate	Mongo Express
Freemium DbGate is GPL-3.0 licensed and free to use for any purpose. A few connectors, including…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Covers SQL and NoSQL databases, including MongoDB, Redis and Cassandra, in one client Schema compare and synchronisation, ER diagrams and a visual query designer	Browser access to MongoDB data without a desktop client Easy to run as a Docker container
A handful of connectors are marked premium and are not in the free build Electron-based, so it is heavier than a native client	MongoDB only Needs care to secure, since it exposes the database over HTTP
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	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 September 23, 2026

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