Our take
Pick DBeaver if developers who will stay on Community free while they run a first Customer/Invoice join — then Lite at $113/yr when they need the visual query builder, not Supabase’s Free $0 hosted editor first unless they want a hosted nest. Pick MongoDB Compass if mongoDB developers who will stay on Free $0 while they open a first Schema map — then keep the desktop at $0, not TablePlus Basic $99 first unless they
Best for
DBeaver A query you start at a public $
MongoDB Compass A MongoDB collection you inspect at a public $
Free plan
DBeaver No free plan
MongoDB Compass $0 · download from mongodb.com/try/download/compass
Lowest paid
DBeaver Lite $113/mo
MongoDB Compass Not published by the vendor
Next step up
DBeaver Ultimate $510/yr
MongoDB Compass
Runs where
DBeaver Hosted
MongoDB Compass Hosted
Watch out
DBeaver Community lacks PRO cloud / enterprise connectors
MongoDB Compass A desktop GUI, not Atlas Data Explorer
Last checked
DBeaver 2026-10-23 · dbeaver.com/edition
MongoDB Compass 2026-10-23 · mongodb.com/products/tools/compass
developers who will stay on Community free while they run a first Customer/Invoice join — then Lite at $113/yr when they need the visual query builder, not Supabase’s Free $0 hosted editor first unless they want a hosted nest.
Read the DBeaver pagemongoDB developers who will stay on Free $0 while they open a first Schema map — then keep the desktop at $0, not TablePlus Basic $99 first unless they need a SQL grid, and not Atlas Data Explorer first unless they want the hosted UI.
Read the MongoDB Compass page
