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Hackolade Studio vs pgModeler

Both stand on database design tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Hackolade Studio

Free plan APILinuxMac+2

Hackolade Studio covers data modeling, schema engineering, and documentation across many targets. The free edition has clear feature and model-size limits; Workgroup adds team features at €175 per user per month or €1,750 per year.

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pgModeler

Free plan LinuxMacWindows

pgModeler brings visual modeling and deployment workflows to a local PostgreSQL tool, with a free community edition and Plus features. Consider its documented plain-text password storage when configuring connections.

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The facts

	Hackolade Studio	pgModeler
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	No	Not published
Runs on	API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows	Linux, Mac, Windows
Lowest paid plan	See the plans	pgModeler Plus · Single user · 6 months: $59.90 a month
Plans published	10	7
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	hackolade.com	pgmodeler.io
On database design tools	#5 of 35	#12 of 35

Hackolade Studio: what it does well

Supports conceptual, logical, and physical modeling.
Reverse- and forward-engineering capabilities are listed.
Works across Linux, macOS, Windows, and web.
Workgroup includes Git collaboration and support.

What to know first

Community models are limited to 50 objects.
Community omits advanced forward and reverse engineering.
Collibra integration requires an optional upgrade.

pgModeler: what it does well

Supports more than 30 PostgreSQL object types.
Exports models as SQL, images, and HTML data dictionaries.
CLI supports validation and deployment automation.
Runs locally without an account or cloud dependency.

What to know first

Connection passwords are stored in plain text in settings.
Plus single-user six-month plan is $59.90 per month.
The listed database support is PostgreSQL.

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