Visual ERD diagrams, DDL generation, schema diff & safe ALTER migrations for PostgreSQL.
Visual ERD editor with production-ready DDL generation, schema diff, safe ALTER migrations, and 75 lint rules.
PG-specialized. Git-friendly format. Diff/ALTER engine. Modern visual UI. No other tool has all four.
See your entire schema at a glance. Drag, zoom, auto-layout. Tested on 120+ tables with smooth performance.
Production-ready DDL from your model. 15-phase dependency sort. 99.7% round-trip fidelity on 630+ tables.
Two schemas in, safe migration out. Hazard warnings: DELETES_DATA, TABLE_REWRITE, TABLE_RECREATE, BACKFILL_REQUIRED.
Catch FK mismatches, missing indexes, naming issues, antipatterns. 15 rules with autofix.
Populate your database in one command. FK-aware, 40+ name heuristics, reproducible with seed.
PDD, DBS, DM2, SQL, live PostgreSQL. Migrate from any tool in minutes.
.pgd XML optimized for clean single-line diffs. Split-model for large schemas. Near-zero merge conflicts.
Partitions, temporal constraints, virtual generated columns, IDENTITY. 70+ data types.
pgdesigner lint, diff, generate, testdata in your pipeline. Zero dependencies, single binary.
The only tool that combines PG specialization, git-friendly format, diff engine, and modern visual UI.
| Feature | PgDesigner | pgModeler | DrawDB | Atlas CE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG-specialized | ✓ | Yes | — | — |
| Git-friendly format | ✓ | — | — | Yes |
| Diff/ALTER engine | ✓ | Yes | — | Partial |
| Hazard detection | ✓ | — | — | Partial |
| 75 lint rules | ✓ | Basic | — | 3 rules |
| Sample data generator | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Visual ERD | ✓ | Partial | Yes | — |
| Price (individual) | $19 | $49.90 | Free | $9/dev/mo |
$19 for individuals — less than a lunch with your team.