SQL Studio
Ranked 6 of 12 database clients by recommenders
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.
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.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cheap, from a solo developer
“I really love it when a single dev makes something like this at a price point that's pretty cheap for us”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “SQL Studio” “I would rather support a solo developer than a faceless corporation”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “SQL Studio” Polished, performant, carefully built
“Craft and care taken with little things are important, and this was well done.”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “SQL Studio” “The page is performant, no gratuitous visual effects.”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “SQL Studio” “definitely built with love”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “SQL Studio”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Subscription pricing
“$4/month subscription, which is a nuisance for anybody who'd actually want to pay for this”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “SQL Studio” “why does a software like this needs a subscription?”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “SQL Studio”
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The four most recommended other database clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 12 database clients, rankedWhat people said
16 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This looks cool and it hits a niche.”
“I don't like how the page disables pulldown-reload on mobile.”
“$4/month subscription, which is a nuisance for anybody who'd actually want to pay for this”
“The site shows me an empty white page in PaleMoon”
“Looks nice. But not "Ready to experience the future?" nice.”
“Crashes on Mac trying to open up a fairly small workspace”
“it's hard to track which query they're linked to, and whether they've been refreshed since the query was last run”
“I'm tired of "rental economy"”
“with postgres support I could see myself using this regularly”
“why does a software like this needs a subscription?”
“This looks really cool, but I'm not going to use it today, because it only supports SQLite, with Postgres and SQL Server 'coming soon.'”
“I would rather support a solo developer than a faceless corporation”
“I really love it when a single dev makes something like this at a price point that's pretty cheap for us”
“definitely built with love”
“Craft and care taken with little things are important, and this was well done.”
“The page is performant, no gratuitous visual effects.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.