Best Database Administration Tools in 2026
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Database administration tools address the work of managing database environments, but their engine coverage and deployment options differ. Compare supported database engines and deployment model, then assess audit logging, roles and permissions, and automated provisioning. High availability management is another listed capability; free-plan availability and paid-from pricing help with cost comparisons. ClusterControl, YugabyteDB Anywhere and OpenEverest are options to examine, along with EDB Postgres AI Hybrid Manager and Elastic Cloud Enterprise. Consider the databases your team runs and the administrative access and availability requirements your setup calls for.
Database Administration Tools, one module each.A lit port is something its maker publishes; 9 of 9 with a known API signal have a public API.
- 01 ClusterControl API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3€250/mo
- 02 YugabyteDB Anywhere API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3
- 03 OpenEverest API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.2Free
- 04 Progress Application Server for OpenEdge API yesDOCS 7.0
- 05 EDB Postgres AI Hybrid Manager API yesDOCS 6.9
- 06 Elastic Cloud Enterprise API yesDOCS 6.8
- 07 SAP Customer Data Platform API yesFREE noDOCS 6.8$1.15/mo
- 08 ScyllaDB Manager API yesDOCS 6.8
- 09 MongoDB Ops Manager API yesDOCS 6.7
- 10 Neo4j FREE yesDOCS 5.9$65/mo
- 11 Trusted Postgres Architect FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 12 Adminer FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 13 DbNinja FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 14 phpLiteAdmin FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 15 phpMyAdmin FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 16 pgAdmin FREE yesDOCS 5.7Free
- 17 Oracle Enterprise Manager DOCS 5.6
- 18 Oracle Maestro FREE noDOCS 5.4
- 19 Redgate SQL Provision DOCS 5.4
- 20 MariaDB Enterprise Analytics DOCS 5.3
- 21 DBArtisan FREE noDOCS 5.2
- 22 SQLyog FREE noDOCS 5.2
- 23 MariaDB Enterprise Manager DOCS 5.1
- 24 SQL Server Management Studio DOCS 5.1
Compare all 24 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Supported database engines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ClusterControl | 7.3 | Free plan | Yes | hybrid | MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server for Linux, ClickHouse, Galera Cluster, TimescaleDB, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Valkey, Redis | |
| 2 | YugabyteDB Anywhere | 7.3 | No | hybrid | YugabyteDB via YSQL and YCQL | ||
| 3 | OpenEverest | 7.2 | Free plan | Yes | self-hosted | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB | |
| 4 | Progress Application Server for OpenEdge | 7.0 | Yes | hybrid | Progress OpenEdge Database | ||
| 5 | EDB Postgres AI Hybrid Manager | 6.9 | hybrid | PostgreSQL, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, EDB Postgres Extended Server; Oracle supported for external connections and migrations | |||
| 6 | Elastic Cloud Enterprise | 6.8 | self-hosted | Elasticsearch | |||
| 7 | SAP Customer Data Platform | 6.8 | No | Yes | cloud | ||
| 8 | ScyllaDB Manager | 6.8 | self-hosted | ScyllaDB | |||
| 9 | MongoDB Ops Manager | 6.7 | No | self-hosted | MongoDB | ||
| 10 | Neo4j | 5.9 | Free plan | Yes | |||
| 11 | Trusted Postgres Architect | 5.9 | Free plan | Yes | hybrid | PostgreSQL; EDB Postgres Advanced Server | |
| 12 | Adminer | 5.8 | Free plan | Yes | |||
| 13 | DbNinja | 5.8 | Free plan | Yes | self-hosted | MySQL | |
| 14 | phpLiteAdmin | 5.8 | Free plan | self-hosted | SQLite2, SQLite3 | ||
| 15 | phpMyAdmin | 5.8 | Free plan | Yes | self-hosted | MySQL, MariaDB | |
| 16 | pgAdmin | 5.7 | Free plan | Yes | |||
| 17 | Oracle Enterprise Manager | 5.6 | hybrid | Oracle Database; MySQL; Microsoft SQL Server; IBM Db2 | |||
| 18 | Oracle Maestro | 5.4 | No | No | self-hosted | PostgreSQL | |
| 19 | Redgate SQL Provision | 5.4 | No | self-hosted | SQL Server | ||
| 20 | MariaDB Enterprise Analytics | 5.3 | No | self-hosted | MariaDB Server | ||
| 21 | DBArtisan | 5.2 | No | No | self-hosted | Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Oracle, IBM Db2 LUW, IBM Db2 for z/OS, Sybase ASE, Sybase IQ, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Greenplum, Amazon Redshift, Snowflake | |
| 22 | SQLyog | 5.2 | No | No | |||
| 23 | MariaDB Enterprise Manager | 5.1 | No | self-hosted | MariaDB Server | ||
| 24 | SQL Server Management Studio | 5.1 | Yes | self-hosted | SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, SQL database in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics |
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