DBeaver and HeidiSQL are two of the reasons HuginnDB looks the way it does — no two of the five tools below are chasing quite the same thing, and all of them are genuinely good at what they do. Here's where HuginnDB sits relative to each, checked against every project's own docs and pricing pages.
| HuginnDB | DBeaver CE | TablePlus | HeidiSQL | DataGrip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| License / price | MIT — free, always | Apache-2.0 (CE) free · paid from ~$110/yr | Free tier capped · ~$99 perpetual | GPL-2.0 — free | ~$99/yr · free for non-commercial |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux (macOS unverified) | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows-native (Wine for Linux) | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| MongoDB | ✓ native | ✗ CE — paid tiers only | ✓ Beta | ✗ | ✓ |
| SQL Server | ✓ | ✓ JDBC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-cell editor | Full Monaco pane — JSON/XML/SQL, live validation, F11 |
Inline / basic value viewer | Inline / basic value viewer | Inline / basic value viewer | Inline / basic value viewer |
| Credential storage | OS keychain, always | Encrypted file (optional master password) | Keychain on macOS · Windows undocumented | Windows Registry, obfuscated | OS-native (Keychain / Secret Service) |
| AI / MCP connector | Free, built-in — any MCP client | Paid Team Edition feature | Built-in chat only, not exposed to external clients | None | Built-in (2026.1+), consent-gated |
| UI weight | Keyboard-first, minimal chrome | Full IDE (Eclipse-based) | Lightweight, native | Lightweight, native | Full IDE (JetBrains) |
// only one of these is connected right now
Not a popup with a textarea — a full Monaco pane with syntax highlighting, formatting and live validation, the same component behind the SQL workspace.
The MCP connector is free and built in. Point Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor at your real schema instead of having it guess.
Every credential goes through the OS keychain — Credential Manager, libsecret, or Keychain — not an encrypted file or an obfuscated registry key.
Every figure above is checked against each project's own docs and pricing pages as of writing (August 2026) — things move, so double-check anything that matters to your decision. Full source list and citations in the GitHub README.