Available Editions

Database Workbench 6 is available in four editions:

Database Workbench Lite * A FREE edition of Database Workbench that supports a single database system and a basic set of features, for personal, non-commercial development only.
If you use Database Workbench for commercial development, please support us by purchasing a license so we can continue product development.
Database Workbench Basic A basic starter edition, suitable for software developers that create and use databases.
Database Workbench Professional A complete edition for database developers and designers, for more complex databases, including testing and debugging tools.
Database Workbench Enterprise A special team edition, with the ability to use shared repositories for server and database registrations, specific multi-user features and a built-in Version Control System for database objects.

* = available for MySQL and Firebird.

Below is a feature matrix, not meant as a guide to all features, but rather as a guide to the differences between the available editions.

Feature Matrix

Free versus licensed
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Commercial database development
Ability to register more than 2 servers
Ability to register/use more than 2 databases per server
Ability to use multiple database systems
Ability to open SQLite databases (without SQLite module license, meta data read only) 1
Support for Windows roaming user profiles
Support for Windows Terminal Server 2
Connect to Database Workbench TeamServer
ODBC & ADO Tools
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Ability to open MS Access databases (meta data read only)
Ability to connect to any ODBC & ADO data source (meta data read only)
Export data from any ODBC & ADO data source
Create INSERT script from any ODBC data source
Cross-Database development
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Compare meta data objects, also from different database systems
Migrate meta data objects to the same or different database systems
Migrate meta data objects from any ODBC & ADO data source
Database design
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Logical Data Model diagramming
Generate DBMS specific physical models from a single logical model
Physical Data Model diagramming
Create a new database directly from a physical model
Export a diagram to image file
Reverse engineer existing databases to a physical model for documentation purposes
Database development
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Unicode enabled source code & SQL editors
Connect to multiple databases at once
Ability to browse database and schema objects
Ability to view, create, modify and delete individual database and schema objects
Two-Way Visual Query Builder
Edit and view data
Edit and view BLOB Data as images, OLE, PDF, DOC and DOCX documents, text, HTML and hex-data
Extract metadata statements for existing objects
Execute queries and scripts in an interactive editor
Execute very large scripts in special Script Runner
Duplicate object capability
Create CRUD (SUID) Procedures
Search schema objects by name
Comprehensive search of source code objects
Session Script Recorder
View object dependencies
Testing & Debugging
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Execute SQL statements and verify changes before committing
Execute stored routines and verify changes before committing
Simple Test Data Generator tool
Visually analyze query plans
Stored Procedure & Function Debugging 3
Trigger Debugging 4
Package Debugging 5
Data import and export, compare and transfer
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Export result sets to INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE scripts
Export data to INSERT script and XML files
Export data to CSV files
Export data to dBase, Text, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 and DIF files
Create INSERT script from any ODBC data source
Import data from CSV file
Data Pump tool to transfer to and from supported native data sources
Data Pump tool to transfer to and from any OBDC & ADO data source
Command line Data Pump tool to transfer data
Data Compare tool to compare and update data in supported native data sources
Server & Database administration
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Perform database administrator tasks
Perform server administrator tasks
Manage users, roles and groups
Monitor activity and performance via visual user interface
Grant Manager tool to visually manage SQL grants, including "grant templates"
Ability to manage grants in object editors
Printing
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Print source code
Print table data or query result sets
Print schema objects
Create database specific custom reports
Create file based custom reports that can be used on multiple databases
Productivity
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Use object templates
Use code templates
SQL Insight
Special Copy/Paste SQL statements from/to your programming environment
Describe Companion for easy access to object structure
Drag & drop features for code editing
Incremental search in the Database Navigator
Filter objects in the Database Navigator
Text (File) Compare tool
Multi-Level Clipboard
Personal SQL & Code Catalogs to store common queries & code
'Favorites' list for quick & easy access to databases & connections
External tools accessible via configurable menu items
Workspace/Project
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Arrange database objects in custom folders
Add notes to a database workspace
Integrated To-Do Lists to keep track of work
Project based SQL & Code Catalog
TeamServer
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Shared repository with registered servers and databases
Non-local workspace, use the same workspace on multiple clients
Team-based To-Do Lists
Shared SQL & Code Catalogs to store common queries & code
TeamServer Version Control System (VCS)
 Lite Basic Professional Enterprise
Ability to add databases to TeamServer VCS
Lock database objects for editing
Automatically archive new meta-data structure on 'check in'
Ability to compare archived revisions of database objects
Notes