Our take
Pick Beekeeper Studio if developers who will stay on Community free while they run a first film query — then Indie at $9/mo yearly when they need JSON sidebar / import-export, not Supabase’s Free $0 hosted editor first unless they want a hosted nest. Pick pgAdmin if postgres developers who will stay on Free OSS while they open a first postgres Properties dialog — then keep it at $0, not TablePlus Basic $99 first
Best for
Beekeeper Studio A query you start at a public $
pgAdmin A Postgres object you manage at a public $
Free plan
Beekeeper Studio No free plan
pgAdmin No free plan
Lowest paid
Beekeeper Studio Indie $9/mo yearly
pgAdmin Not published by the vendor
Next step up
Beekeeper Studio Professional $14/mo
pgAdmin
Runs where
Beekeeper Studio Hosted
pgAdmin Local or hosted
Watch out
Beekeeper Studio Community misses sync / team
pgAdmin PostgreSQL and derivatives only
Last checked
Beekeeper Studio 2026-10-23 · beekeeperstudio.io/pricing
pgAdmin 2026-10-23 · pgadmin.org
developers who will stay on Community free while they run a first film query — then Indie at $9/mo yearly when they need JSON sidebar / import-export, not Supabase’s Free $0 hosted editor first unless they want a hosted nest.
Read the Beekeeper Studio pagepostgres developers who will stay on Free OSS while they open a first postgres Properties dialog — then keep it at $0, not TablePlus Basic $99 first unless they need MySQL / multi-engine.
Read the pgAdmin page
