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Navicat Data Modeler vs StackRender: catalog facts
Navicat Data ModelerStackRender
Paid

Commercial software with a free trial and perpetual licenses available.

Free

Open source under AGPL-3.0; a cloud version adds an AI assistant.

Windows, macOS, Linux Web, Self-hosted
  • Conceptual, logical and physical models in one workspace
  • Reverse engineering from live databases
  • Generates migrations and rollback scripts from diagram changes
  • Imports existing SQL into an editable ER diagram
  • Paid license after the trial
  • Design tool only, not a full query client
  • Still in public beta
  • AI features are limited to the cloud version
Downloadable app Web application, Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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