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phpMyAdmin vs DBeaver Community: catalog facts
phpMyAdmin	DBeaver Community
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. DBeaver PRO…
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Available on almost every shared host with no installation needed Comprehensive import and export formats	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
A publicly reachable install is a frequent target and must be protected Interface is dated and slow with very large tables	Eclipse-based and heavy; start-up is slow NoSQL and cloud-specific databases are reserved for the paid edition
Self-hosted, Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	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 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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