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SQL Server Management Studio vs DBeaver Community: catalog facts
SQL Server Management Studio	DBeaver Community
Free Free to download from Microsoft.	Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. DBeaver PRO…
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux
Official Microsoft tool for SQL Server and Azure SQL Query editor, scripting and administration in one place	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
Windows only Focused on Microsoft database platforms	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
No account 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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