Used For

• +**Your analysts keep asking IT to install database tools on their laptops** → Everyone just opens a browser, connects, and queries without tickets or installs
• +**You're sharing SQL queries through Slack and email like it's 2005** → Save queries as snippets that auto-update for the whole team
• +**Someone ran a bad query last month and you have no idea who** → Full audit logs show exactly who ran what query when
• +Handles huge result sets without crashing - scroll through millions of rows while the query keeps running
• +Visual execution plans for PostgreSQL show you exactly where your queries are slow

Best For

• >Your team is spread across different locations and installing database clients is a nightmare
• >You're handling sensitive data and need to track every single query someone runs
• >Your databases are scattered across AWS and you want one place to access them all

Not For

• -Solo developers or tiny teams - you're paying for enterprise audit features you'll never use
• -Anyone using NoSQL databases like DynamoDB or MongoDB - it's SQL-only
• -Companies wanting a free solution - no free tier and pricing requires talking to sales

Pairs With

• *PostgreSQL (where it really shines with execution plans and performance insights)
• *Amazon Redshift (for data warehouse queries that would crash your laptop)
• *Active Directory (to sync user permissions instead of managing them manually)
• *Slack (where your team celebrates when someone finally figures out that complex join)
• *AWS (since it's built for cloud databases and has marketplace integration)
• *Tableau (to make pretty charts from the data you just queried)

The Catch

• !No public pricing means you're in for the enterprise sales dance with custom quotes
• !PostgreSQL gets the fancy features like visual execution plans, other databases are more basic
• !You'll still need someone to set up all the role-based permissions or it's just an expensive query tool

Bottom Line

Secure SQL querying in your browser, but you'll pay enterprise prices even if you're just tired of installing DBeaver.