Pricing
Free on your Mac. One price beyond it.
Free for the databases on your own Mac. A licence when you connect to servers elsewhere: one price for the first year of upgrades and support, a lower one for each year after that. No account is ever required to run the app.
Free
For the databases on your own Mac.
Local connections
No account, no trial clock, no nag screens.
- Every engine and every feature
- SQLite, DuckDB and data files, and servers on localhost
- Unlimited connections and tabs
- Editing, designers, diagram, charts
- AI assistant with your own key
- Homebrew and in-app updates
- Community support on GitHub
Individual
For connecting to servers elsewhere. One key registers one Mac at a time, and moves whenever you like.
then $… a year
A licence runs for a year, upgrades and support included. Renew it to keep connecting to other machines; your own Mac's databases stay free either way.
- Everything in Free
- Remote connections: any host, SSH tunnels, proxies, hosted services
- A year of upgrades and support, renewable for $…
- One Mac at a time per key; move it whenever you like
- Email support
- 30-day refund, no questions
Team & Business
For a team or a company: five licences or more, on one invoice.
then $… per licence a year
From 5 licences. Each runs for a year, upgrades and support included, and renews at the lower price.
- Everything in Individual
- One Mac per licence at a time, moved when people or machines change
- One invoice; purchase orders welcome
- Priority email support
- 30-day refund, no questions
the first year, then a year for 5 licences
Already have a licence? Renew a licence The key stays the same, and there is no sign-in.
| What you get | Free | Individual | Team & Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| All twelve engines, every feature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Local connections files and localhost on this Mac | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote connections other hosts, SSH, proxies, hosted services | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| First year | $0 | $… | $… per licence |
| Each year after to keep remote connections | — | $… | $… per licence |
| Licences | — | 1 | 5 or more |
| Upgrades and support | Updates always, GitHub | 1 year, then renewal; email | 1 year, then renewal; priority email |
| Macs per licence | — | One at a time | One at a time |
| Invoices and purchase orders | — | Receipt | ✓ |
| Refund | — | 30 days | 30 days |
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What counts as local, how a licence is checked and what the app stores are written down in the docs. Licences and local connections
Buy a licence.
Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or with PayPal. Your keys are shown as soon as the payment is through, and sent to your email with a receipt and an invoice.
Already have a licence and want another year? Renew it instead: the key stays the same.
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Fair questions, plain answers.
What counts as a local connection?
A database on the Mac you are using: a SQLite or DuckDB file, a CSV or Parquet data file, or a server listening on localhost — a Homebrew PostgreSQL, a Docker container, a development server. A database on any other machine is remote, and so is one you reach through an SSH tunnel or a proxy, and every hosted service.
Is the free version really the whole app?
Yes. Every engine and every feature, with no limits on connections, tabs or rows, and no nag screens. The one thing a licence adds is connecting to servers that are not on your Mac.
Can I use the free version at work?
Yes. Free is about where the database is, not about who you are. If it runs on your Mac, it is free, at home or at work.
What happens when my first year ends?
Connections to other machines stop until you renew; everything on your own Mac keeps working, free as ever, and nothing you saved is touched. The app says so when it happens. Renewing, at your plan's lower renewal price, adds a year to the same key.
How do I renew?
On the renew page: type your licence key and the email address it was issued to, see the price and the new end date, and pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal. There is no sign-in, and the key stays the same. You can renew early — the year is added to the end of the one you have — or after it has lapsed.
How do Team & Business licences work?
An order starts at five licences, each at the plan's per-licence price for the first year and its lower one to renew. A licence registers one Mac at a time, and it can be moved to another Mac — or another person's — whenever that changes. The whole order is one invoice.
How do I pay, and what do I get?
By card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or with PayPal, on the payment company's own page: we never see your card. The keys are shown as soon as the payment is through, and sent to the address you gave with a receipt and a PDF invoice.
What if I lose my key?
It is in the purchase email, and it is kept for you: sign in at azcode.dev with the same address — a sign-in link is mailed to you, there is no password — and open My Licenses.
How do refunds work?
Within 30 days of buying, for any reason: sign in at azcode.dev with your purchase email and open a ticket. A refunded key stops being a licence.
Do I need an account?
Not to use the app: it never asks you to sign in. A licence is a key and the email address it was issued to, entered once per Mac in Settings ▸ License. Buying one leaves a record at our store under your email address, so that your keys and invoices can be found again; it has no password.
Can I move my licence to another Mac?
Yes. Press Deregister This Mac in Settings ▸ License on the old one, or simply register on the new one with the same email and key: the key moves over, and the old Mac goes back to unregistered at its next check. One key covers one Mac at a time.
Does the app phone home?
No analytics, no tracking. A registered copy checks its registration with our licence server about once a day, sending the email address, the Mac's serial number, the app's version and the macOS version. Being offline never ends a registration. A copy that is not registered contacts no licence server at all. The privacy page has the whole list.
Students, teachers, open-source maintainers?
Free already covers everything on your own Mac. If your school or project needs remote connections and cannot pay for them, write to us and we will sort out a key.
Is it on the Mac App Store?
Not yet. DBClient is distributed directly — signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple — and through Homebrew. That lets it open your SQLite files without a sandbox in the way.