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How SayQL compares
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How SayQL compares with other tools that put AI on your databases, on the questions that matter when that database is production: what the AI sees, what it can change, and what gets recorded.
Checked on 3 November 2026 against each product's own docs, code and pricing; every cell links to its source. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@azenvoc.com and we'll fix it.
At a glance
| SayQL | Chat2DB | DBeaver | DataGrip | MCP Toolbox for Databases | Vanna | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Desktop SQL client, plus a self-hosted team server source | Database client with AI source | Database tool with AI source | Database IDE with AI source | MCP server from Google source | Python text-to-SQL framework (archived) source |
| Open source | App: yes (Apache 2.0) source | Source-available source | Community: yes (Apache 2.0) source | No (free for non-commercial use) source | Yes (Apache 2.0) source | Yes (MIT) source |
| Price | Free; team server $149 a month source | Free; paid plans source | Free; paid from $113 a year source | $259 per user a year source | Free source | Library free; hosted from $50 a month source |
| MCP server | Yes source | Yes source | Paid editions source | Yes source | Yes source | No official server source |
| AI sees query results | You choose per connection: nothing, counts (default), masked rows or all rows source | Yes, up to 200 rows source | Names by default; sample rows optional source | Yes, a sample of rows source | Yes, tool results source | Yes, results go to the model source |
| Keep chosen columns from the AI | Yes source | Not found source | Not documented source | Not documented source | Not built in source | No source |
| Read-only for AI | Enforced source | App runs only reads source | Changes ask first (configurable) source | Per data source option source | Some sources; fixed-SQL tools source | Not enforced source |
| Record of AI queries | Yes source | Execution history source | Debug log only source | AI Enterprise only source | OpenTelemetry source | Opt-in source |
| Per-agent rules | Per AI app; per agent on the team server source | Single-user (Community) source | Per AI tool (paid) source | Organisation AI controls source | OIDC, per tool source | Groups per tool (2.0) source |
| Desktop app | Yes source | Yes source | Yes source | Yes source | No source | No (web) source |
"Not documented" and "not found" mean we couldn't find it in the product's docs or code, not that it can't be done.
One page per tool
- SayQL vs Chat2DB: Database client with AI.
- SayQL vs DBeaver: Database tool with AI features.
- SayQL vs DataGrip: Database IDE with an AI assistant and agents.
- SayQL vs MCP Toolbox for Databases: Open-source MCP server for databases, from Google.
- SayQL vs Vanna: Open-source Python text-to-SQL framework.
Moving off Vanna? See Vanna alternatives, grouped by what you used it for.
How we compare
- Every fact comes from the product's own website, docs, code, licence or pricing page, linked in its cell.
- Each page says what the other tool does better. Most of these tools do more than SayQL in some way.
- We recheck these pages every few months and show the date we last did.
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