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Mongo Express vs DbGate: catalog facts
Mongo Express	DbGate
Free Free and open source.	Freemium DbGate is GPL-3.0 licensed and free to use for any purpose. A few connectors, including…
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Browser access to MongoDB data without a desktop client Easy to run as a Docker container	Covers SQL and NoSQL databases, including MongoDB, Redis and Cassandra, in one client Schema compare and synchronisation, ER diagrams and a visual query designer
MongoDB only Needs care to secure, since it exposes the database over HTTP	A handful of connectors are marked premium and are not in the free build Electron-based, so it is heavier than a native client
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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