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