# SQL Studio

10 Hacker News commenters recommended SQL Studio and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a cheap, carefully built tool from a solo developer, but it only supports SQLite for now and costs a monthly subscription.

## Why people recommend it

- Cheap, from a solo developer (2 comments): "I really love it when a single dev makes something like this at a price point that's pretty cheap for us" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46547235)) "I would rather support a solo developer than a faceless corporation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46547259))
- Polished, performant, carefully built (3 comments): "Craft and care taken with little things are important, and this was well done." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46547104)) "The page is performant, no gratuitous visual effects." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46546980)) "definitely built with love" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46547169))

## What people warn about

- Subscription pricing (2 comments): "$4/month subscription, which is a nuisance for anybody who'd actually want to pay for this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46548189)) "why does a software like this needs a subscription?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46547370))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [DataGrip](https://hackerapproved.com/p/datagrip.md): 27 recommend
- [sqlit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sqlit.md): 19 recommend
- [DBeaver](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dbeaver.md): 17 recommend
- [HeidiSQL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/heidisql.md): 16 recommend
- [DB Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/db-pro.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SQL Studio", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sql-studio/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).