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SQL Builder
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Retool
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI-assisted low-code platform for building governed internal tools and workflows that connect directly to production data.
1.7K saves
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Open Source Database Designs
✓ verifiedFreemium
Online database-design tool with sample schemas and an AI generator to explore, modify or build database structures visually.
27K visits/mo
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Blaze SQL
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AI SQL analyst that learns your database to turn plain-English questions into queries, dashboards and reports for teams.
23K visits/mo5.4K saves
Pricing
Starter Plan: $1.99/mo
Expert Plan: $5.99/mo
Pro Plan: $2.99/mo
Free: $0/mo (up to 5 users, 500 workflow runs/month)
Team: $10/mo per builder + $5/mo per internal user (5,000 workflow runs/month)
Business: $50/mo per builder + $15/mo per internal user (audit logging, unlimited resource environments)
Free trial available
No public pricing
Team: $400/mo (3 users, +$50/extra user)
Team Advanced: $800/mo (3 users, +$75/extra user)
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦AI-Powered SQL Query Generation
- ✦No-Code SQL Builder
- ✦SQL Syntax Explainer
- ✦SQL Optimizer
- ✦SQL Formatter
- ✦SQL Syntax Validator
- ✦NoSQL Query Builder
- ✦AI prompt-to-app builder for production-ready internal tools
- ✦MCP server for building apps from external AI coding agents
- ✦Import of apps built in other platforms via ZIP or GitHub sync
- ✦Direct, permission-governed connections to production data sources
- ✦Workflow automation and orchestration across systems
- ✦Mobile app support alongside web apps
- ✦Enterprise access controls, SSO and audit logging
- ✦Self-hosting option for regulated environments
- ✦Library of sample database designs
- ✦Visual database designer / diagram tool
- ✦AI database generator
- ✦Modify and optimize existing schemas
- ✦SQL script export
- ✦Dialect converters (MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL)
- ✦Auto-learns database schema without manual setup
- ✦Natural-language querying with accuracy scoring
- ✦Drag-and-drop personal dashboards
- ✦Automated PDF and interactive reports
- ✦Works inside ChatGPT, Claude, Slack and MS Teams
- ✦Desktop app keeps query results local
Use cases
- →Generating complex SQL queries without SQL knowledge
- →Understanding and decoding intricate SQL queries
- →Optimizing SQL queries for faster results
- →Formatting messy SQL code for readability
- →Validating SQL syntax to prevent errors
- →Generating NoSQL queries without manual coding
- →Engineering and ops teams building internal admin tools fast
- →IT centralizing governance over AI-generated business apps
- →Enterprises building embedded portals for external users
- →Teams automating multi-step operational workflows
- →Finding a starting schema for a project
- →Designing a database visually
- →Generating a schema with AI
- →Converting between SQL dialects
- →Let non-technical staff self-serve data insights
- →Speed up ad-hoc analysis for BI teams
- →Generate recurring reports automatically
- →Query across many SQL databases and warehouses
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