DBDiagram.io Alternatives

Sites and apps similar to DBDiagram.io include draw.io, which is free and open source. Other options are MySQL Workbench, Lucidchart, Mermaid and StackRender. You're spoiled for choice with Diagram Editors like DBDiagram.io: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, self-hosting and Android.

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  1. SQL Designer is completely free and open source ERD tool. Current features include:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. reladraw icon
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    reladraw is a text language for diagrams where you say where things go.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • npm
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. PhotoDiagram allows you to generate clean SVG diagrams from photos of your drawn diagrams on paper. Easily upload and convert your diagrams.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  4. Sqemo icon
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    ERD tool that generates physical column names from a shared glossary and naming rules, so schemas always follow the team's naming standard.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  5. Free, open-source web tool that generates interactive ER diagrams from any PostgreSQL connection string. No signup required paste your connection string and visualize your schema in seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Databasediagram.com is a free online tool that lets you quickly and easily design ER diagrams by just typing code. Built for modelers and data analysts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Ilograph icon
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    With Ilograph diagrams, you define your resources once, then show how they're related from many different perspectives. Seamlessly change perspectives to demonstrate cross-functional dependencies and shared responsibilities.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  8. WorksCove ERD is a browser-based ERD tool for working with databases that already exist. Paste your SQL DDL and it generates both an entity-relationship diagram and a table specification document, which can be shared with a single link that always reflects the current schema.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  9. Schemity icon
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    Database design software for software engineers. Reads your live PostgreSQL, Supabase, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server or SQLite database, gives your AI agent a local MCP server, and shows each schema migration's impact before it runs. Diagrams are JSON in Git. One-time purchase.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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