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Best SQL Data Dictionary Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from database documentation tools ranked against SQL Data Dictionary on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    MySQL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.6
    SQL Data Dictionary vs MySQL
  2. 2
    dbdocs Free plan LinuxMacWebWin $20/mo6.5
    SQL Data Dictionary vs dbdocs
  3. 3
    dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL Free plan LinuxMacWin $7.50/mo6.5
    SQL Data Dictionary vs dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL
  4. 4
    DbSchema Free plan LinuxMacWin $9/mo6.5
    SQL Data Dictionary vs DbSchema
  5. 5
    DBX Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    SQL Data Dictionary vs DBX
  6. 6
    Taavik Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin €39/mo6.5
    SQL Data Dictionary vs Taavik
  7. 7
    tbls Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    SQL Data Dictionary vs tbls
  8. 8
    DbSketch Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.4
    SQL Data Dictionary vs DbSketch
  9. 9
    SchemaCrawler Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.4
    SQL Data Dictionary vs SchemaCrawler
  10. 10
    DataDocs Free plan Web $25/mo6.3
    SQL Data Dictionary vs DataDocs
  11. 11
    dbt Semantic Layer Free plan apiWeb $100/mo6.3
    SQL Data Dictionary vs dbt Semantic Layer
  12. 12
    DBDock WebWinMacLinux 5.3
    SQL Data Dictionary vs DBDock
  13. 13
    SchemaSpy WinMacLinux 5.3
    SQL Data Dictionary vs SchemaSpy
  14. 15
    drizzle-docs-generator 5.2
    SQL Data Dictionary vs drizzle-docs-generator
  15. 16
    LLMSchema MacLinux 5.2
    SQL Data Dictionary vs LLMSchema
  16. 17
    Azimutt Web 5.1
    SQL Data Dictionary vs Azimutt
  17. 18
    ErdDocs Web 5.1
    SQL Data Dictionary vs ErdDocs
  18. 19
    Navicat Data Dictionary LinuxMacWin 5.1
    SQL Data Dictionary vs Navicat Data Dictionary
  19. 20
    Navicat Premium Free trial LinuxMacWin 5.1
    SQL Data Dictionary vs Navicat Premium
  20. 21
    Redgate SQL Provision Free trial Linuxself-hostedWebWin 5.1
    SQL Data Dictionary vs Redgate SQL Provision

SQL Data Dictionary alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1MySQL6.6Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2dbdocs6.5Free plan$20/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
3dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL6.5Free plan$7.50/moLinux, Mac, Windows
4DbSchema6.5Free plan$9/moLinux, Mac, Windows
5DBX6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Taavik6.5Free plan€39/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7tbls6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8DbSketch6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
9SchemaCrawler6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10DataDocs6.3Free plan$25/moWeb
11dbt Semantic Layer6.3Free plan$100/moAPI, Web
12DBDock5.3No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux
13SchemaSpy5.3No—Windows, Mac, Linux
15drizzle-docs-generator5.2No——
16LLMSchema5.2No—Mac, Linux
17Azimutt5.1No—Web
18ErdDocs5.1No—Web
19Navicat Data Dictionary5.1No—Linux, Mac, Windows
20Navicat Premium5.1No—Linux, Mac, Windows
21Redgate SQL Provision5.1No—Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
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Questions about SQL Data Dictionary alternatives

What is the best alternative to SQL Data Dictionary?

MySQL, number 1 in database documentation tools with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: dbdocs, dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL, DbSchema and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to SQL Data Dictionary?

MySQL is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 11 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.