Beekeeper Studio - AI Tools Nav

What it is for

Beekeeper Studio is a cross-platform SQL-client desk: you write select * from film, read the results grid, and Community is free. Use it when the job is a query you start at a public $, not when you need Supabase’s Free $0 hosted Table Editor only.

Soft-note: Community free + Indie $9/mo yearly ($18 monthly) + Professional $14 / $28 + Business $18 / $35. Distinct from Supabase, Neon, and PlanetScale.

What makes it unique: the cover is Beekeeper’s official dark SQL + results (homepage_example, select * from film left outer join language, Sakila ACADEMY DINOSAUR rows) from the GitHub README still — not a wordmark. The Save / Run cluster itself is ops of the editor.

Key features

SQL editor — autocomplete + Run (cover still; product). One desk. Cover film query sits here.
Results grid — film_id / title / description (cover). A grid, not an Indie tile.
Entity tree — PINNED / ENTITIES (customer, film, staff) (cover). A tree, not a $9 meter.
Tabs — homepage_example / film_list / inventory (cover). Tabs, not Get started.
Import / export — paid power tools (pricing). Export, not Enterprise.
Cloud workspaces — Professional+ shared workspace (pricing). A workspace, not SSO.

Download / Start trial are CTAs (not desks). Community / Indie / Pro $ stay in Pricing. AI Shell stays off Key features as an AI extra.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from beekeeperstudio.io/pricing. Soft-note: pay 12 months and keep paid features on those versions (lifetime access license).

Community — free and open source (GPL-3.0 Community Edition). Core query / grid / SSH. Intended for students / individuals / small orgs on the FAQ; larger orgs are asked to buy.
Indie — $9/month billed yearly (or $18/month). 1 device. Lifetime access license.
Professional — $14/month yearly ($28 monthly). Cloud workspaces; unlimited devices.
Business — $18/month yearly ($35 monthly). SSO cloud DB auth / air-gap / invoice.
14-day paid-feature trial in-app; 30-day money-back. Enterprise from $4,999/month on the FAQ — do not invent a smaller Enterprise $. Confirm checkout.

Limitations / costs

Community misses sync / team. Cloud workspaces need Professional+ and an active subscription.
A local SQL client, not hosted Postgres. For Free $0 Table Editor see Supabase.
Paid extras are source-available, not all GPL. Community is GPL-3.0; we link the verified repo.

Alternatives

Supabase — a hosted Table Editor when you want Free $0 / Pro $25, not a local film grid.
Neon — serverless Postgres when you want Free $0 / Launch CU-hours, not a desktop SQL tab.
PlanetScale — a branching database when you want Postgres from $5, not Beekeeper’s Community editor.

Official tutorial

We searched @beekeeperstudio (404), @BeekeeperStudio (404), and beekeeperstudio.io (no YouTube link on the HTML we fetched). No official product channel to embed. Written path: beekeeperstudio.io/pricing plus the README still and github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio.

Website

https://www.beekeeperstudio.io/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Beekeeper’s official dark SQL + Sakila results still from the GitHub README. Dollars checked on beekeeperstudio.io/pricing (Community free; Indie $9/mo yearly; Pro $14; Business $18). GitHub: beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio (Community GPL-3.0). No official YouTube.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.