Navicat alternative Edgely Database Manager
A Navicat alternative you can use at home for free
Navicat is a complete, commercial database suite, priced per product and per platform. Edgely Database Manager covers the everyday work across the same engines, browsing, querying, editing, comparing and migrating, and is free for personal use.
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Why switch
Why teams switch from Navicat to Edgely Database Manager
- Free for personal use, every feature unlocked
- One app across macOS, Windows and Linux
- Schema and data comparison, with a generated migration and a rollback script
- An AI assistant that writes SQL against your live schema, on your own model
- An encrypted vault, so credentials never leave the device
Side by side
Edgely Database Manager compared with Navicat
What each product does today, row by row. Every row about Edgely is checked against the code.
| Feature | Edgely Database Manager | Navicat |
|---|---|---|
| macOS, Windows and Linux | Yes | Yes |
| PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB | Yes | Yes |
| MongoDB | Yes | Yes |
| SQLite | No | Yes |
| Schema and data comparison | Yes, with a rollback script | Yes |
| Scheduled backup and reporting | Backup and export | Yes, extensive |
| SSH tunnelling | Yes | Yes |
| Credential storage | Encrypted vault, AES-256-GCM | Yes |
| AI assistant | Yes, your own model | Yes |
| Price for personal use | Free, every feature | Paid licence |
Where Navicat may suit you better
Navicat has a deeper scheduling, reporting and BI toolset than we do, a longer list of engines, and a cloud that shares connections across a team. If your week depends on scheduled report generation, Navicat remains the stronger fit.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What does Navicat still do that Edgely does not?
Navicat has a deeper scheduling, reporting and BI toolset, and a longer list of niche engines. If your work depends on scheduled report generation, Navicat remains the stronger fit; for daily querying, editing, comparison and migration, Edgely covers it.
Is Edgely really free for personal use?
Yes. Edgely Console and Edgely Database Manager are free and complete for personal use: every feature unlocked, no time limit, no nag screens, no account needed. A paid licence is required when a company uses them for work.
Does Edgely run on macOS, Windows and Linux?
Yes, natively on all three. The Rust core compiles to native binaries and the Flutter UI is hardware-accelerated, so the same build runs on macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), Windows 10 and 11, and Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or Arch. A mobile companion ships on Android and iOS.
Can I import my existing servers?
Edgely Console imports MobaXterm session exports (.mxtsessions), Remote Desktop Manager files (.rdm, .xml or .json) and Edgely's own .econ, .evlt, .efull and .eset exports. Other tools are typed in once for now. A MobaXterm or Remote Desktop Manager file brings the hosts, ports, users and folders, never the passwords those tools encrypt; Remote Desktop Manager's user names can also go into the vault, and an encrypted Edgely export or a password manager's CSV fills the vault directly. Whichever route you take, the credential lands in the encrypted vault on the device and is never uploaded.
Compare them on your own schema
Connect Edgely Database Manager to a database you know well and run the comparison and migration tools against it.
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