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Pricing

Simple plans, no engine paywall.

Free covers the entire SQL family with a fast native UX. Pro adds NoSQL, cloud data warehouses, and the safety features that make Quay Quay.

14-day refund window, no questions asked. Cancel any time, your local data + saved queries always stay yours.

  • Free

    For SQL devs who want a fast, beautiful native client.

    Free

    Forever · no time limit, no row caps

    Download

    Unlimited devices

    20 SQL dialects · 7 core + 13 wire-compat presets

    • Multi-tab SQL editor with auto-complete + history
    • Schema browser + saved queries (local)
    • Basic SSH tunneling (key / password / agent)
    • Plain SQL backup + restore
    • ER diagram (screen view + low-res PNG)
    • Per-engine deep tools for the SQL family
    • Native Tauri app — fast, lightweight, single binary
    • Unlimited connections, unlimited queries, no nag screens
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    Pro

    Adds NoSQL, cloud data warehouses, and the safety features.

    $15 / month

    $150 / year (2 months free)

    Buy Pro

    2 active devices

    20+ engines · all of Free + NoSQL · Cloud · Vector

    Everything in Free, plus

    • Edit-as-draft buffer + prod-tag confirmations
    • FK-aware backup with cycle detection
    • Restore preview (DROP / TRUNCATE warnings)
    • Streaming import with progress bar
    • EXPLAIN with plain-language interpretation
    • Schema diff between connections
    • SSH live health monitoring + auto-reconnect
    • Encrypted backups (.qenc — AES-256-GCM + Argon2id)
    • Per-engine deep tools for NoSQL · Cloud · Vector
    • Live tail subscriptions — Postgres LISTEN / NOTIFY, MongoDB change streams, Redis pub/sub
    • High-res ER diagram export (PDF / SVG)

  • Pro Plus

    For teams, scheduled backups, and (opt-in) AI.

    $30 / month

    $300 / year (2 months free)

    Buy Pro Plus

    5 active devices

    20+ engines · same engines as Pro + Pro Plus features

    Everything in Pro, plus

    • Team sync — shared encrypted connections + saved queries (AES-256-GCM + Argon2id, server stores ciphertext only)
    • Cloud backup destinations — S3, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage (SigV4 + service-account JWT, no SDK dependency)
    • Scheduled backups (5-field POSIX cron + in-process scheduler) that fire the dialect's export pipeline + optional cloud upload
    • AI assistant — BYO key, off by default — Explain query + Generate SQL routes straight to OpenAI or Anthropic, nothing transits Quay
    • Native migration runner — discovers `<version>_<name>.up.sql` files, applies pending in order, records each in a tracking table, supports rollback via `.down.sql`
    • Stored procedure trace mode — auto-instruments T-SQL (SQL Server) bodies with per-statement breadcrumbs, runs once, returns the trace in order. No engine extension required.

Questions, answered.

  • Free vs. Pro vs. Pro Plus — what unlocks?

    Free is the SQL family — 7 core engines (Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, SQL Server, DuckDB, ClickHouse) plus 13 wire-compat presets (Cockroach, Yugabyte, Neon, Supabase, Timescale, Redshift, Aurora-PG, Greenplum, Citus, TiDB, PlanetScale, Aurora-MySQL, Vitess) — with the full SQL editor, schema browser, plain backup/restore, and per-engine deep tools for SQL. Pro adds the 15 NoSQL / Cloud / Vector engines and the safety-critical features (edit-as-draft, prod-tag confirmations, FK-aware backup, restore preview, streaming import, EXPLAIN tips, schema diff, SSH health monitoring, encrypted backups). Pro Plus adds team sync, cloud backup destinations, scheduled backups, opt-in AI, the native migration runner, and the stored procedure trace mode.

  • Subscription or lifetime?

    Subscription: monthly or yearly, billed in USD through Polar. A lifetime plan is not on sale. Questions? Email quay@uncle-z.com.

  • Per-user or per-seat?

    Per-user, with a device cap. Free has no device limit and no enforcement. Pro covers up to 2 simultaneously active devices; Pro Plus up to 5. Sign in to the account portal to deactivate a device when you swap machines.

  • What happens if my Pro subscription expires?

    The app reverts to Free tier on the next license refresh (which runs every 30 minutes while Quay is open). Local data, saved queries, and connection profiles stay intact — but Pro-only engines and features lock until you renew.

  • Refunds?

    14-day refund window, no questions asked. See the refund page for the policy in detail.

  • Does Quay phone home / collect telemetry?

    If you have Pro or Pro Plus, Quay checks your license with our server every 30 minutes while it is open. The Free tier never contacts our servers on its own: if you have never activated a license, there is no license check. That check sends only your activation token, with no query content, schema names or usage data. When you activate a license, your license key, a hashed device fingerprint and the device name are sent to our server. Your database contents are never sent to us. Beyond that, data leaves your machine only if you turn on Pro Plus team sync yourself (encrypted queries and connection profiles, to our server), cloud backup (to your own bucket) or the AI assistant (to the provider, with your API key).