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 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 unless they
Best for
DBeaver A query you start at a public $
pgAdmin A Postgres object you manage at a public $
Free plan
DBeaver No free plan
pgAdmin No free plan
Lowest paid
DBeaver Lite $113/mo
pgAdmin Not published by the vendor
Next step up
DBeaver Ultimate $510/yr
pgAdmin
Runs where
DBeaver Hosted
pgAdmin Local or hosted
Watch out
DBeaver Community lacks PRO cloud / enterprise connectors
pgAdmin PostgreSQL and derivatives only
Last checked
DBeaver 2026-10-23 · dbeaver.com/edition
pgAdmin 2026-10-23 · pgadmin.org
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 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
