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 Sequel Ace if mac developers who will stay on Free / MIT while they open a first help_topic Content grid — then keep it at $0, not TablePlus Basic $99 first unless
Best for
Beekeeper Studio A query you start at a public $
Sequel Ace A MySQL query you start at a public $
Free plan
Beekeeper Studio No free plan
Sequel Ace No free plan
Lowest paid
Beekeeper Studio Indie $9/mo yearly
Sequel Ace Not published by the vendor
Next step up
Beekeeper Studio Professional $14/mo
Sequel Ace
Coding agent
Beekeeper Studio
Sequel Ace Claude Code (paid plans)
Runs where
Beekeeper Studio Hosted
Sequel Ace
Watch out
Beekeeper Studio Community misses sync / team
Sequel Ace macOS-only
Last checked
Beekeeper Studio 2026-10-23 · beekeeperstudio.io/pricing
Sequel Ace 2026-10-23 · sequel-ace.com
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 pagemac developers who will stay on Free / MIT while they open a first help_topic Content grid — then keep it at $0, not TablePlus Basic $99 first unless they need Postgres / multi-engine on more than macOS.
Read the Sequel Ace page
