SAP PowerDesigner Alternatives

SAP PowerDesigner is described as 'Collaborative enterprise architecture platform with data modeling, impact visualization, metadata repository, requirement capture, and documentation tools' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to SAP PowerDesigner for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best SAP PowerDesigner alternative is drawDB, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SAP PowerDesigner are Skipper, DbVisualizer, Enterprise Architect and pgModeler.

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  1. drawDB icon
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    DrawDB is a robust and user-friendly database entity relationship (DBER) editor right in your browser. Build diagrams with a few clicks, export SQL scripts, customize your editor, and more without creating an account.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • drawDB is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to SAP PowerDesigner.

    • drawDB is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SAP PowerDesigner.

    • drawDB is Free and Open SourceSAP PowerDesigner is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Skipper icon
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    Skipper, previously ORM Designer, is a visualization tool and a code generator for favourite ORM frameworks (Doctrine ORM, Doctrine2 ORM, Propel ORM and CakePHP). Application allows to edit ORM models in graphical interface and then export them directly to standardized and...

    37 Skipper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Skipper as an Alternative to SAP PowerDesigner
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    Limited to ORM not suited for relational database design

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Skipper is a great SAP PowerDesigner alternative.

    • Skipper is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to SAP PowerDesigner.

    • Skipper is the most popular commercial alternative to SAP PowerDesigner.

    • Skipper is Paid and ProprietarySAP PowerDesigner is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Skipper is CustomizableSAP PowerDesigner is not according to our users
  3. DbVisualizer icon
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    DbVisualizer is the Universal database tool for developers, analysts and DBAs. It runs on all major OS'es and connects to all major databases and JDBC drivers.

    128 DbVisualizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    High performance and scalable visual modeling tool for the planning, design and construction of business architectures, software and systems. With customers based in all industries, Sparx Systems is a leading vendor of innovative modeling solutions.

    52 Enterprise Architect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. pgModeler icon
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    Open source PostgreSQL database modeler with entity-relationship diagrams, data management tools, and PostgreSQL specific functionality.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Rational Software Architect is an object-oriented Unified Modeling Language (UML) software design tool intended for visual modeling and component construction of enterprise-level software applications.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler is a free graphical tool that simplifies data modeling tasks. Using Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler users can create, browse and edit, logical, relational, physical, multi-dimensional, and data type models.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  8. DbSchema icon
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    DbSchema is a visual database design & management tool. It can connect to any SQL, NoSQL or Cloud database via JDBC drivers. The tool includes features such as Relational Data Browse, Visual Query Builder, Interactive Layouts, Data Generator and more.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. Vertabelo icon
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    Online tool for visual database design. This one web application support seven major database engines: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, Oracle 11g, IBM DB2 and HSQLDB.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Some users think Vertabelo is a great SAP PowerDesigner alternative, some don't.

    • Vertabelo is the most popular SaaS alternative to SAP PowerDesigner.

    • Vertabelo is Paid and ProprietarySAP PowerDesigner is also Paid and Proprietary
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    dbForge Studio for MySQL is the universal MySQL and MariaDB client for database management, administration and development. With the help of this intelligent MySQL client the work with data and code has become easier and more convenient.

    94 dbForge Studio for MySQL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    The SQL Power Architect data modeling tool was created by data warehouse designers and has many unique features geared specifically for the data warehouse architect. It allows users to reverse-engineer existing databases, perform data profiling on source databases, and...

    43 SQL Power Architect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Navicat Data Modeler is a powerful and cost-effective database design tool which helps you build high-quality logical and physical data models. It allows you to visually design database structures, perform reverse/forward engineering processes, import models from ODBC data...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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