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saferow and TablePro.
TablePro is a fast, native, open-source Mac client for 29 databases, and since September 2026 it has an agent of its own. saferow covers four databases and puts a kernel between any agent and your data. Here is where each is the better choice.
Checked 3 October 2026. Every TablePro figure links to TablePro’s own pages, or says where else it comes from. Something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.
Choose TablePro if
- You use databases beyond MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres and SQLite: TablePro lists 29.
- You want a native SwiftUI and AppKit app, an iPhone and iPad app, or Intel Mac support.
- You want open source (AGPLv3) and a free app with no saved-connection limit.
- You keep credentials in Vault or AWS Secrets Manager, or import from Navicat, DBeaver or DataGrip.
Choose saferow if
- You want an agent whose writes are enforced by a kernel: dry-run, counted, and held for one approval bound to the count.
- You want Rewind in the free tier, for you, the agent and MCP clients alike.
- You want no telemetry at all, and to pay once for 3 Macs.
- You want your Sequel Ace passwords to come over, not to be typed again.
side by side
Feature by feature.
| Feature | saferow | TablePro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free tier forever. Pro $24 once for 3 Macs, every 1.x update. Business $49 a seat. | Free app; Starter $24 a year or $59 once, 2 Macs; Team $50 a year a seat, from 5. (source) |
| Platforms | macOS 13 or later, Apple silicon only. | macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel; iPhone and iPad. (source) |
| Databases | MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres and SQLite. | 29: “9 bundled, 20 on demand”. (source) |
| Built with | Electron (Chromium). We publish no speed or memory comparison. | Native SwiftUI and AppKit. (source) |
| AI | Agent first: plans, reads, charts, proposes fixes and migrations. Runs models itself on the Mac by default; Ollama, LM Studio, oMLX, or a cloud model with your own key. | An assistant whose answers arrive as a diff, Agent Mode since v0.76.0, and many providers including Ollama, llama.cpp and MLX. (source) |
| Writes by an agent | Every agent and MCP write is dry-run in a rolled-back transaction, counted, and held for one approval bound to the count; Touch ID on production. Agents are refused DROP, TRUNCATE and DELETE without WHERE on production. | Agent Mode writes wait on a card for Run or Reject. Its docs say of the floor: “a habit, not a lock. It is one keystroke from off.” Touch ID at its Safe Mode levels. (source) |
| Undo after a write | Rewind, from a restore point saved before each write: 7 days free, 30 with Pro. | Data Rewind, in the paid Starter plan. (source) |
| MCP server | Six tools through a signed shim; each client paired once; safe reads; changes only as proposals you approve. Free: one connection, read-only. | Sixteen tools; the client gets a scoped token; levels Ask, Edit and Agent. (source) |
| Telemetry | None, in the app and on the website. | An anonymous analytics heartbeat, on by default, which you can turn off; no crash-reporting SDK. (source) |
| Source code | Closed source. Every safety claim can be checked with the built-in self-test. | Open source, AGPLv3. (source) |
trying it
Three steps to try saferow.
- Install saferow from the download page. The free tier needs no account.
- Choose File › Import from Sequel Ace, TablePlus or TablePro… Your TablePro connections are listed; press Set up on each.
- Connect once. saferow checks each step and saves the connection when it works. What comes over from TablePro.
questions
Asked about TablePro.
Is saferow faster than TablePro?
We don’t claim so. TablePro is native and saferow is built on Electron; TablePro publishes its own startup and memory numbers, and we publish none. If speed on very large grids is what matters most, try both on your own data.
Does TablePro have Touch ID and a floor for destructive SQL too?
Yes: Touch ID at its Safe Mode levels, and DROP, TRUNCATE and an unscoped DELETE stop and ask at every level. saferow’s difference is where the decision lives: a kernel that counts, dry-runs and binds the approval to the count, and refuses those statements for agents on production.