Discover Better Than Alternatives
Discover Better Than Alternatives
Discover Better Than Alternatives
See why developers choose ChartDB - the lightweight, open-source, embeddable DB visualization tool built for real use (not just modeling).
See why developers choose ChartDB - the lightweight, open-source, embeddable DB visualization tool built for real use (not just modeling).
How ChartDB compares with
Entity-Relationship Diagram tools
How ChartDB compares with ER Diagram tools
DrawSQL
DrawSQL
DrawSQL
A clean and collaborative ER diagram tool - but no open-source option, limited SQL dialect support, and no self-hosted deployment.
A clean and collaborative ER diagram tool - but no open-source option, limited SQL dialect support, and no self-hosted deployment.
dbdiagram.io
dbdiagram.io
dbdiagram.io
Simple for quick mockups, but lacks advanced features like database syncing, AI-powered export, or offline/self-hosted mode.
Simple for quick mockups, but lacks advanced features like database syncing, AI-powered export, or offline/self-hosted mode.
DrawDB
DrawDB
DrawDB
A functional ERD tool for basic schema sketching, but lacks open-source flexibility, AI-powered exports, and deep database introspection.
A functional ERD tool for basic schema sketching, but lacks open-source flexibility, AI-powered exports, and deep database introspection.
DBeaver
DBeaver
DBeaver
A powerful, desktop-based SQL client with built-in ER diagrams and cross‑database support, but it's heavy, not web-native or open-source, and diagrams are read‑only without self-hosted or embeddable export options
A powerful, desktop-based SQL client with built-in ER diagrams and cross‑database support, but it's heavy, not web-native or open-source, and diagrams are read‑only without self-hosted or embeddable export options
SqlDBM
SqlDBM
SqlDBM
Cloud-native, no‑code modeling with live reverse/forward engineering and enterprise integrations. But it's expensive, closed-source, lacks offline/self-hosted mode, and not designed for quick embeddable visualizations.
Cloud-native, no‑code modeling with live reverse/forward engineering and enterprise integrations. But it's expensive, closed-source, lacks offline/self-hosted mode, and not designed for quick embeddable visualizations.
SchemaSpy
SchemaSpy
SchemaSpy
Free, open-source Java tool that reverse-engineers live databases into interactive HTML/ER diagrams. But it's CLI-only, requires Java/Graphviz, supports no editing, and lacks offline embeddings-less flexible and user-friendly than ChartDB.
Free, open-source Java tool that reverse-engineers live databases into interactive HTML/ER diagrams. But it's CLI-only, requires Java/Graphviz, supports no editing, and lacks offline embeddings-less flexible and user-friendly than ChartDB.
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