TablePro vs Navicat

Compare Navicat Premium, Premium Lite and TablePro by features, licensing and supported databases. Navicat offers a perpetual license or a monthly or yearly subscription; TablePro has free and optional paid features.

Facts checked October 8, 2026Sources

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Choosing between them

Reasons to use TablePro or Navicat Premium.

Consider TablePro for

A free client with AI chat, MCP and Safe Mode. Paid plans add Compare & Sync, Query Insights, Data Rewind and iCloud Sync.
Open-source code, including paid features.
ClickHouse, DuckDB or Cassandra connections.

Consider Navicat Premium for

Windows or Linux support.
Data modeling in Premium Enterprise.
Navicat Cloud or Navicat On-Prem Server for shared connections, queries and models.

At a glance

Navicat Premium is sold per user, as a perpetual license with a year of maintenance or as a monthly or yearly subscription, and Premium Lite is free. Both products have an AI assistant: Navicat added its own in version 17.2.2, released March 13, 2025.

TablePro and Navicat Premium, compared on October 8, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of the page.
Compared	TablePro	Navicat Premium
Platforms TablePro Mac, iPhone and iPad macOS 13 Ventura or later Runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel iOS and iPadOS 18 or later Navicat Premium Mac, Windows, Linux macOS 14 or later Apple silicon and Intel builds^{Source 1}	Mac, iPhone and iPad macOS 13 Ventura or later Runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel iOS and iPadOS 18 or later	Mac, Windows, Linux macOS 14 or later Apple silicon and Intel builds^{Source 1}
Price TablePro Free to use. Paid plans add optional features to the Mac app. Starter: $2.99 a month, $24 a year or $59 once, for up to 2 devices Team: $1.25 a month, $10 a year or $25 once, per seat, at least 5 seats The iPhone and iPad app is free, with no in-app purchases. See pricing Navicat Premium Premium Lite: Free A free edition with the core features, for commercial and non-commercial use, with up to 5 user accounts for each organization Premium Standard: $74.99 a month per user Premium Standard: $749.99 a year per user Premium Standard: $1,499 once per user Premium Enterprise: $99.99 a month per user Premium Enterprise: $999.99 a year per user Premium Enterprise: $1,999 once per user Premium Non-Commercial: $49.99 a month per user Premium Non-Commercial: $499.99 a year per user Premium Non-Commercial: $999 once per user A perpetual license is paid once and includes a year of maintenance: upgrades and technical support.^{Source 4Source 7Source 2}	Free to use. Paid plans add optional features to the Mac app. Starter: $2.99 a month, $24 a year or $59 once, for up to 2 devices Team: $1.25 a month, $10 a year or $25 once, per seat, at least 5 seats The iPhone and iPad app is free, with no in-app purchases. See pricing	Premium Lite: Free A free edition with the core features, for commercial and non-commercial use, with up to 5 user accounts for each organization Premium Standard: $74.99 a month per user Premium Standard: $749.99 a year per user Premium Standard: $1,499 once per user Premium Enterprise: $99.99 a month per user Premium Enterprise: $999.99 a year per user Premium Enterprise: $1,999 once per user Premium Non-Commercial: $49.99 a month per user Premium Non-Commercial: $499.99 a year per user Premium Non-Commercial: $999 once per user A perpetual license is paid once and includes a year of maintenance: upgrades and technical support.^{Source 4Source 7Source 2}
Open source TablePro Yes: AGPL-3.0, including the code of the paid features Navicat Premium No^{Source 1}	Yes: AGPL-3.0, including the code of the paid features	No^{Source 1}
Databases TablePro PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis and more Supported databases Navicat Premium MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis and Snowflake, including their cloud services. Premium Enterprise adds others, such as OceanBase, TiDB, KingbaseES and openGauss.^{Source 1Source 8}	PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis and more Supported databases	MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis and Snowflake, including their cloud services. Premium Enterprise adds others, such as OceanBase, TiDB, KingbaseES and openGauss.^{Source 1Source 8}
AI assistant TablePro Yes Free in the Mac app. Choose a cloud provider or local model; provider fees may apply. Navicat Premium Yes In Premium Standard and Premium Enterprise, not in Premium Lite Since version 17.2.2, March 13, 2025^{Source 3Source 8}	Yes Free in the Mac app. Choose a cloud provider or local model; provider fees may apply.	Yes In Premium Standard and Premium Enterprise, not in Premium Lite Since version 17.2.2, March 13, 2025^{Source 3Source 8}
iPhone and iPad TablePro Yes A separate free app, with no in-app purchases iOS and iPadOS 18 or later Navicat Premium Separate paid apps for single engines, such as Navicat for MySQL and Navicat for PostgreSQL. There is no Navicat Premium app for iPhone.^{Source 5}	Yes A separate free app, with no in-app purchases iOS and iPadOS 18 or later	Separate paid apps for single engines, such as Navicat for MySQL and Navicat for PostgreSQL. There is no Navicat Premium app for iPhone.^{Source 5}
Sync TablePro iCloud Sync: part of Starter on the Mac, free on iPhone and iPad Navicat Premium Navicat Cloud, or Navicat On-Prem Server on your own server, syncs connection settings, queries and models and shares them with people you invite^{Source 6}	iCloud Sync: part of Starter on the Mac, free on iPhone and iPad	Navicat Cloud, or Navicat On-Prem Server on your own server, syncs connection settings, queries and models and shares them with people you invite^{Source 6}
Moving to TablePro TablePro Yes TablePro imports Navicat Premium connections from a .ncx file you export in Navicat Premium, including saved passwords. How to switch Navicat Premium Does not apply	Yes TablePro imports Navicat Premium connections from a .ncx file you export in Navicat Premium, including saved passwords. How to switch	Does not apply
More about Navicat Premium			More about Navicat Premium
Structure synchronization TablePro Compare & Sync, for structure and data, in Starter Navicat Premium Yes^{Source 1}	Compare & Sync, for structure and data, in Starter	Yes^{Source 1}
Data modeling TablePro No modeling tool. A read-only ER diagram, exported as PNG or SQL, free Navicat Premium In the Premium Enterprise edition^{Source 2}	No modeling tool. A read-only ER diagram, exported as PNG or SQL, free	In the Premium Enterprise edition^{Source 2}
Single-engine editions TablePro One free app connects to every supported engine Navicat Premium Editions for one engine, such as Navicat for MySQL, are sold separately at a lower price than Navicat Premium^{Source 9}	One free app connects to every supported engine	Editions for one engine, such as Navicat for MySQL, are sold separately at a lower price than Navicat Premium^{Source 9}

Reasons to use Navicat Premium

Premium Enterprise adds a data modeling tool. TablePro’s ER diagram only shows a schema that already exists.^{Source 2}
Navicat Cloud, or Navicat On-Prem Server if everything must stay in-house, keeps connection settings, queries and models in sync and shares them with the people you invite.^{Source 6}
Premium Lite is free for commercial and non-commercial use, if its core features cover your work.^{Source 4Source 7Source 2}

Differences that matter

TablePro is open source under the AGPLv3, including the code of its paid features. Navicat is closed source.^{Source 1}
The free app connects to every supported engine and includes the AI assistant, the MCP server and Safe Mode. Paid plans add features such as Compare & Sync, Query Insights, Data Rewind and iCloud Sync.
TablePro’s Compare & Sync compares structure or data and generates a sync script. Destructive statements stay excluded until you allow them. It is part of Starter.^{Source 1}Starter plan
One free app for iPhone and iPad connects to several engines, with no in-app purchases. Navicat sells separate apps for single engines, such as Navicat for MySQL.^{Source 5}
TablePro adds ClickHouse, DuckDB, Cassandra and Elasticsearch beyond Navicat Premium’s listed engines. Premium Enterprise in turn lists some that TablePro does not, including KingbaseES and openGauss. The table lists the engines they share.^{Source 1Source 8}

TablePro’s limits

There is no data modeling tool. The ER diagram is a read-only view of an existing schema, which you can export as PNG or SQL.
There is no task scheduler, so comparisons, exports and backups run only when you start them.
TablePro’s iPhone and iPad app covers several engines, but has no AI assistant, MCP server or autocomplete.
Navicat perpetual licenses keep working after their year of maintenance. TablePro one-time purchases do not expire. TablePro subscriptions lock paid features when they end; the free app keeps working.

Switching from Navicat Premium

Export a connection file from Navicat, then import it in TablePro. Navicat’s settings are not changed.

In Navicat, choose File > Export Connections…, select the connections, turn on Export Password and save the .ncx file.
In TablePro, choose File > Import > Import from Other App…
Select Navicat, turn on Include passwords, click Continue and choose the .ncx file. TablePro decrypts the saved passwords, so there is nothing to approve in the Keychain.
Review the list, decide what happens to any duplicates, and click Import. SSH tunnel and SSL settings come across. A connection to a database TablePro does not support arrives unchecked.
Before you remove Navicat, open a connection that had a password to check that it came across.

Connections arrive without their Navicat groups, so sort them into groups in TablePro.
The .ncx file protects passwords with a key built into Navicat, so anyone who has the file can read them. Delete it once the import is done.
Queries, models, snippets and Navicat Cloud projects stay in Navicat.

Switching guide in the documentation

Questions

Navicat Premium Lite is free too. How is TablePro different?

Both are free for commercial work. Premium Lite has Navicat’s core features. TablePro’s free app connects to every supported engine and includes the AI assistant, the MCP server and Safe Mode, and a Starter or Team plan adds features such as Compare & Sync, Query Insights, Data Rewind and iCloud Sync.

Can I pay once for TablePro, as with a Navicat license?

Yes. Starter and Team can be paid monthly, yearly or once, and a one-time purchase has no expiry date. A Navicat Premium perpetual license is paid once and includes a year of maintenance. See pricing.

Which engines does the iPhone and iPad app open?

One free app connects to MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite and DuckDB, among others, with no in-app purchases. It has fewer features than the Mac app. About the iPhone and iPad app.

Sources

Navicat Premium facts checked October 8, 2026. Prices are US list prices before tax.

Navicat Premium (checked October 8, 2026)
Navicat Premium store (checked October 8, 2026)
Navicat Premium release notes (checked October 8, 2026)
Navicat Premium Lite (checked October 8, 2026)
Navicat mobile database GUI bundle (App Store) (checked October 2, 2026)
Navicat Collaboration (checked October 2, 2026)
Navicat Premium plans (checked October 8, 2026)
Navicat Premium feature matrix (checked October 8, 2026)
Navicat for MySQL store (checked October 8, 2026)

Latest Navicat Premium release at that date: 18.0.3, published September 29, 2026.^{Source 3}

TablePro’s column describes TablePro 0.82.0 for Mac and 1.0 for iPhone and iPad.

TablePro is an independent open-source project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of the products compared here. Product names are trademarks of their owners.

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