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phpMyAdmin vs DbGate: catalog facts
phpMyAdminDbGate
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

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
  • Available on almost every shared host with no installation needed
  • Comprehensive import and export formats
  • Covers SQL and NoSQL databases, including MongoDB, Redis and Cassandra, in one client
  • Schema compare and synchronisation, ER diagrams and a visual query designer
  • A publicly reachable install is a frequent target and must be protected
  • Interface is dated and slow with very large tables
  • 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, Web application Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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