SQLGate

Dev tools

database ide

SHOW HN2019

89points
96comments
#543of 2,195 in 2019
Top 25%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

4 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 19 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score -0.40.

Docs: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful tool with workflow focus and good features like ER design and query planner

    From 2 comments
    • I love the music for the demo video. Especially the second part. Oracle never sounded better. Joke aside. Looks like a pretty useful tool. Seems to be focused on workflows.
      m19n on HN
    • ER design, Query builder, Query Debugger, Query planner, DB Report generation are some best features to me comparing to pgAdmin.
      revskill on HN
  • Looks similar to DataGrip

    From 1 comment
    • I use Datagrip every day and SQLGate looks very similar.
      apeace on HN

Objections

  • Built on Electron, which commenters dislike for performance

    From 2 comments
    • You lost me at Electron. Good luck, but I'm not your target market.
      stephenr on HN
    • It uses ridiculous amounts of resources, introduces security issues (when you remove a bunch of the sandboxing a browser does, but then still execute content that comes from the…
      stephenr on HN
  • Windows-only and not open source

    From 2 comments
    • It's 2019 and not a single mention of which OS this runs on. I had to download it to find out it's for Windows. Might want to make a note of that somewhere.
      stephenr on HN
    • It's hard to find information on this marketing website. Here is a summary gathered from the comments : - It's for windows - It's not open source - They plan to build a…
      Phenix88be on HN
  • Subscription pricing seen as too high and free version too limited

    From 3 comments
    • One-time fee okay. 40$ a month? Hell no.
      nexact on HN
    • $15-25 a month? (or $40 a month for all?) (The free version doesn't support basic things like import and export, so it's really not viable for professionals) DataGrip is…
      bdcravens on HN
    • I've been using Toad for a long time and looking for something better, less buggy, more performant. Watching the video this looks very promising. Looking at the limitation of the…
      Dnguyen on HN
  • Requires personal information to get trial download

    From 1 comment
    • I'm not sure the "free" version of the product exists. After installing from here https://www.sqlgate.com/product/download and handing over a lot of personal information, I…
      CaptainHiggins on HN
  • Broken pages and Korean-only video demos

    From 3 comments
    • On the Frontpage, "Start your Subscription" inside the Description for the Free Version there is the Link [0] which leads to a broken "403 forbidden" page. [0]…
      Padrio on HN
    • Is the video in Korean for everyone or just me?
      m3nu on HN
    • For crying out loud why is your site in english and your videos in whatever asian language that is. Gradeschool level mistakes her, wtf.
      garbonicc on HN

Requests

  • High-resolution screenshots on the website

    From 2 comments
    • Would be nice to be able to see some high-res screenshots without having to go through watching several videos.
      michaelmior on HN
    • Screenshots.
      jvagner on HN
  • Postgres execution plan exploration examples

    From 1 comment
    • Any screenshots of postgres execution plan exploration? This is 99% of what I'd consider a new tool for. (Other tool suggestions also welcome.)
      evrydayhustling on HN
  • Fix schema-ambiguous autocomplete for same table names

    From 1 comment
    • Tried this for a few minutes at work (very heavy SQL Server shop). It doesn't play well with databases that have different schemas but the same table name. schema1.users…
      paracyst on HN

Questions

  • How is this better than DataGrip or DBeaver?

    From 2 comments
  • What UI toolkit does the cross-platform version use?

    From 1 comment
    • Can you give some info about the cross platform version - specifically the UI toolkit it uses? i.e. it is Java, QT, Electron, platform-specific UI with a C/C++ core, etc?
      stephenr on HN

Alternatives named

  • DBeaver

    From 2 comments
  • DataGrip

    From 2 comments
    • DataGrip is $20 a month for more features. However, after you've paid for 12 months you get perpetual access, so you can essentially pay for 12 months (or yearly at $199) and it…
      bdcravens on HN
    • If you have IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, try the Database plugin. It essentially turns IntelliJ into DataGrip (their dedicated database IDE).
      lunchladydoris on HN
  • SQL Server Management Studio

    From 1 comment
  • TablePlus

    From 1 comment
    • If on Mac, try Tableplus. Free version is already great. I use it for Postgres and Redis. Recommended
      tnolet on HN
  • pgAdmin

    From 1 comment
    • I also switched, pgAdmin4 is terrible and using pgAdmin3 with new PostgreSQL versions wasn't officially supported (manual driver upgrade mostly worked).
      aiCeivi9 on HN

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