Sequel Pro

Score9 out of 10

33 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

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Business Problems Solved

Sequel Pro has become an indispensable tool for our engineering department, allowing us to design, investigate, query, and manage databases on a daily basis. The intuitive user interface and powerful capabilities of Sequel Pro have made it our MySQL client of choice for administering databases. It effectively solves the business problem of providing a GUI-based client for managing and administering MySQL databases, which is preferred over terminal or web-based solutions.

Developers widely use Sequel Pro for accessing MySQL and alternatives like MariaDB, providing a more efficient and convenient way to perform basic to advanced tasks and queries. It simplifies database maintenance by making it easier to correct data errors in MySQL tables. We rely on Sequel Pro for querying data from test QA databases and testing certain elements when creating new features, ensuring data accuracy and correctness. Additionally, it serves as a versatile tool for building reports, queries, and basic SQL Server management across our engineering and product departments.

Sequel Pro acts as a database IDE, allowing us to create, update, delete, and view table schemas, contributing to robust and secure software development. The software is widely used as a database management interface by engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders who need easy access to peek into databases and view tables and database schemas. Users also rely on Sequel Pro for data analysis. By pulling custom data sets, they gain insights on products, customers, sales, and more. Furthermore, the marketing department uses the software to connect to the cloud database built on our Magento eCommerce platform and write custom SQL syntax. Overall, Sequel Pro has proven to be an essential tool that enhances productivity and efficiency in managing databases.

Reviews

12 Reviews

Great Database IDE Toolkit

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 18, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sequel Pro is being used by our organization as a database IDE. My department uses it to create, update, delete and view the table schemas. It helps me to build the software robust and secure.

Pros

Ability to define the schemas and run the queries.
Gives a great UI to work with and the ability to see the application content data in an integrated manner and filter them as per our needs.

Cons

User Interface can be made better and appealing.
It can be made smarter by suggestion of auto completion of queries.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's a great tool when building the software, the ability to add SQL and No-SQL databases. Very convenient to write the queries and generate the filtered data we require. Gives the ability to export, import databases of various formats and generate reports from them.

It might not be suitable if you want the data to be seen in a visualized manner.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Simple and Fast

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 22, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sequel Pro is used by the engineering department on daily basis to design, investigate, query and manage our DBs, local and remote.

Pros

Table filters are simple and easy to use
I love the ability to install plugins: Export tables to Laravel migrations is one of our most used plugins
Super easy to connect to local Docker containers, Vagrant and remote DBs through SSH

Cons

A feature to design the DB would be great
NoSQL DB management
It crashes very often and random.

Likelihood to Recommend

Super easy for quick development and investigation
The interface of exporting tables to SQL can be made better, it's not easy to manually check
Not suitable for designing your DB
Connections over SSH to vagrant and Docker hosted DBs
Auto suggestion can be better

Ilyas Bakouch

Cloud Solutions Architect in Engineering at Productions TMV Inc. (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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Sequel Pro - A Great Solution for Mac Users

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 10, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Sequel Pro to pull custom data sets that help gain insights on products, customers, sales, and more. I am the only one using this software in the marketing department. I use this software to connect to our database in the cloud built on a Magento eCommerce platform. I write custom SQL syntax within this software.

Pros

Connect to remote databases
Query database tables
Provide feedback and Query Errors
Good user interface

Cons

More visual aids to help find table realtions

Likelihood to Recommend

Sequel Pro is well suited for quick data extraction and querying. It lacks some more advanced features that enterprise systems might have.

Verified User

Employee in Marketing (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Extremely unreliable SQL program that would be great if it just worked

Rating: 4 out of 10

Incentivized

July 18, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sequel Pro is used to query data from our system. This is usually limited to our test QA databases. It's also used to test certain elements when creating new features to ensure that data is being created correctly in the appropriate tables. It is used across our engineering and product departments today.

Pros

Ability to quickly connect to a variety of databases.
Ability to see the schema and data within the tables so you don't have to go looking for it.
Theoretically, the ability to have multiple connections open in multiple tabs at the same time (see problems section for why I say "theoretically").
Ability to write queries and have them execute locally.
Quickly see relations between tables and rows in tables.

Cons

It crashes CONSTANTLY. If you have more than one connection tab open and close one of them, it crashes. If you just have it open in the background, it randomly crashes. If you're using it, it randomly crashes. When you try to send a crash report, the CRASH REPORTER CRASHES.
Can be a bit slow.
No way that I'm aware of to query multiple databases in the same query.

Likelihood to Recommend

Honestly, if Sequel Pro was more reliable it'd be a great tool for our needs. It does everything we need it to do in regards to querying a single database, seeing the data schema, modifying test data, etc. The fact is that it isn't. The constant crashing is a HUGE problem. It makes simple tasks take much longer and it is extremely frustrating. I can't even report the crash because the crash reporting tool crashes every time you try to send the report. LITERALLY EVERY TIME. I can't wait until we find a new, more reliable tool.

Jake Schlingman

Product Manager in Product Management at AppFolio, Inc. (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Sequel Pro - best MySQL data editor available

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 18, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sequel Pro is used in my department for database maintenance. It greatly simplifies the task of correcting data errors in MySQL tables.

Pros

Editing existing data. Editing record contents is trivial in Sequel Pro, while not nearly as easy in MySQL Workbench or phpMyAdmin.
Deleting data - even simpler than editing data.
Inserting new data - using "Duplicate row" then making needed changes is very simple.

Cons

Sequel Pro would benefit from the addition of a tool to simplify the creation of new tables.

Likelihood to Recommend

When an existing MySQL table needs to be examined or edited, Sequel Pro excels. In the circumstance where a new table needs to be created, I believe phpMyAdmin might offer slightly better interface.

Dan Mahoney

Member of Technical Staff at Global Eagle Entertainment (formerly Row 44, Inc.) (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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The best tool I've used for MySQL management

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

August 24, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Sequel Pro on a daily basis and it helps me to better manage and organize our project databases, without needing to use a browser based solution like phpMyAdmin. We use it in both local, staging and production environments.

Pros

Creating new databases and managing them, like editing some specific fields and options
Great interface; it's easy to execute functions like SQL commands that automates our workflow
The way it imports existing databases makes everything much easier, so we just need to import ZIP or SQL files

Cons

Improving the way we create new connections to remote databases
I couldn't find any way to configure my local server (MySQL), so I need to make changes on server outside the application. I know that there are other tools that integrate it, so you don’t have to leave the workflow
It could have a feature to integrate our databases or connections (favorites) with other devices, like using Google Drive or Dropbox. It would be really useful!

Likelihood to Recommend

It's my definitive solution for managing local and remote databases, and it's the best tool I've ever used for MySQL administration. I've literally learned how to use Sequel Pro in a matter of minutes. We develop a lot of Wordpress websites and it works just fine. Maybe it’s not that appropriate for large scale applications, since it can suffer from the performance viewpoint.

Carlos Eduardo de Souza

Co-founder & Manager in Information Technology at Coopers Digital Production (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Free, powerful and easy to use database management tool

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 13, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sequel Pro is used by our developers for accessing MySQL and alternatives like MariaDB. We work with many different clients and websites so having a GUI application that stores credentials for this database but also provides the ability to perform basic to advanced tasks and queries has proven far more efficient than using the terminal or web-based applications like PhpMyAdmin.

Pros

Searching and filtering
Connections over SSH
Raw SQL when you need it
Database and table management
User management, credentials and roles

Cons

Some queries can be slow and fail to stop
Support for different types of database structures like SQLite or NoSQL would be awesome

Likelihood to Recommend

I always suggest Sequel Pro for accessing databases. It's free, secure and easy to use. Because it's an application that lives on your machine and possesses the ability to connect to databases over SSH it means we don't have to expose web-based database management applications or expose the database port publicly on the server. The only time Sequel Pro is not an option is if the database is not MySQL or an equivalent.

Joey Yax

Web Developer in Engineering at Grady Britton (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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Sequel Pro is for sure an analyst-friendly data leverage tool

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 10, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Sequel Pro daily for my analyses at my company. I don't necessarily run queries in Sequel Pro all the time but it is absolutely my first choice when I need to filter the data or do a quick sanity check. It's used across the whole company.

Pros

Filtering/Sorting data based on single constraint including equal to/in/like/between etc.
Sanity check or data integrity check.
Color coding of different tabs is pretty useful.

Cons

With multiple tabs open, a user can easily forget in which tab he writes query and in which he checks the content. Probably some UI improvements.
Exporting data/query result is not that easy compared to other similar products.

Likelihood to Recommend

As mentioned, it's very convenient when data filtering is needed - no query needs to be written, just play with the drop-down toolbox.

Verified User

Analyst in Research & Development (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Great Database Navigator!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 15, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sequel Pro is used as a database management interface at our company. It's used widely across engineering, and it's a good access point for engineers, product managers, etc. It is a versatile tool for peeking into databases and being able to view the tables and db schema from a top down prospective. Makes it easy for both technical and less technical people all the same.

Pros

Easy to understand interface
Very versatile; it is powerful to both the beginner, and the expert
It makes it easy to navigate across various databases on different servers

Cons

There's not much missing, the tool is pretty complete
There could be an easier way to setup ssh tunnels that require using different keys
It would be cool if the console was more customizable

Likelihood to Recommend

It's really good for when you want to take a look at the overall db schema from a top down view. Everything is laid out in a tree structure that allows you to see the tables and how they're put together. You can also edit rows really easily without typing out update statements.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience