Per-Seat Pricing Kills
Illustration: a per-seat tool at $20 per user per month. 5 devs at $20/seat = $100/month. Hire 5 more? That's $200/month. In 2 years, you've spent $4,800 on a SQL client.
Built for Growth
Scale Your Team, Not Your SaaS Bill
Per-seat tools bill every new hire: DbGate Team Premium is $150 per user per year, CloudBeaver Enterprise $1,025 per user per year with a five-user minimum. As you hire, that cost climbs. QueryGlow is $79 once for your whole team — self-hosted on your own infrastructure, so your data never leaves your network. Unlimited users, forever.
Illustration: a per-seat tool at $20 per user per month. 10 devs × $20/seat = $2,400/year. Every year. QueryGlow: $79 once. Unlimited team. Forever.
- Unlimited Users
- Web-Based
- Schema-Only AI
- Self-Hosted
The Startup Database Tool Problem
You're trying to keep burn low. Your tools are working against you.
Costs Scale With Headcount
Every new hire increases your monthly SaaS bill. The more successful you are, the more you pay. It's backwards.
Junior Dev + Production DB
Your intern runs DROP TABLE on production. It happens. Best case: an afternoon restoring from backup while the app is down. Worst case: the backup is stale and you're explaining lost data to customers. Safe Mode blocks it before it runs — on by default.
Onboarding Friction
New hire? Download the app. Request a license. Configure VPN. Wait for IT. With QueryGlow: share a URL, done.
The Math That Makes CFOs Smile
Illustration: a per-seat tool at $20 per user per month vs QueryGlow
| Team Size | Per-Seat SaaS | QueryGlow | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 developers | $1,200/year | $79 once | $1,121 |
| 10 developers | $2,400/year | $79 once | $2,321 |
| 20 developers | $4,800/year | $79 once | $4,721 |
| 50 developers | $12,000/year | $79 once | $11,921 |
That's money you can spend on hiring, marketing, or more pizza.
Built for How Startups Actually Work
Fast onboarding. Safety rails for juniors. AI for non-technical staff. Compliance for investors.
Web-Based Team Access
Share a URL with new hires and they're in. No app installs, no license keys, no VPN setup. Access from any device, any browser.
AI for Non-Technical Staff
Your ops person can type "show me all orders from last week" and get working SQL. No training required.
Instant Onboarding
New hire? Share a URL. No app installation, no license requests, no VPN configuration. They're productive in minutes.
Investor-Ready Compliance
Self-hosted: no third-party data processor for your database access, unless you switch on the optional AI assistant, which sends table and column names and your prompt to the AI provider you chose. Your SOC2 audit and due diligence just got simpler.
Remote-First Ready
Web-based access from anywhere. Your distributed team in 5 time zones can all access the same databases.
Environment Color Coding
Production is red. Staging is yellow. Dev is green. Visual safety rails so no one accidentally queries the wrong database.
Deployed in About 10 Minutes
You have features to ship. Don't waste time on infrastructure.
Step 1
Clone the repo
Step 2
docker compose up
Step 3
Share URL with team
Run it on a small VPS at DigitalOcean, Hetzner or AWS Lightsail—wherever your stack lives.
6 Databases, One Tool
As your stack evolves, you don't need to switch tools.
Startup FAQs
How much does QueryGlow cost for our startup?
QueryGlow is $79 once. That's it. Unlimited users, unlimited databases, all features included. Whether you're 2 co-founders in a garage or 50 employees in an office, the price is the same. No per-seat fees, no monthly subscriptions, no surprise bills.
We have junior developers. Is QueryGlow safe?
Yes! Safe Mode is on by default and is designed exactly for this scenario. It blocks DROP DATABASE (always, cannot be bypassed), prevents DELETE/UPDATE without WHERE clauses, and auto-limits SELECT queries to 1000 rows. Your junior devs can explore and learn without risking catastrophic mistakes.
Can non-technical team members use QueryGlow?
Absolutely. The AI SQL generation feature lets anyone describe what data they need in plain English—"show me all customers who signed up last month"—and QueryGlow generates the correct SQL. Your ops person, customer support lead, or even your CEO can pull reports without learning SQL.
We're raising a Series A. Is QueryGlow compliant?
QueryGlow is self-hosted, meaning your data never leaves your infrastructure. There's no third-party data processor to add to your vendor list, no data processing agreement needed, no additional risk to document. This makes SOC2 audits and investor due diligence simpler.
What databases does QueryGlow support?
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, CockroachDB, and TimescaleDB—6 databases in one interface. As your stack evolves, you don't need different tools for different databases.
How do we deploy QueryGlow?
Clone the repo, run docker compose up --build, done. The getting-started guide budgets about 10 minutes. Run it on a small VPS or on your existing infrastructure. Put it behind your VPN or add Cloudflare Access for extra security.
Keep Your Burn Rate Low
Try the live demo first. No signup, no credit card. If it clicks, grab a lifetime license for $79.