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Hackolade Studio
What it is
Hackolade Studio is a data modeling and schema design tool for relational and NoSQL databases, APIs, and data exchange formats. It supports conceptual, logical, and physical modeling with ER diagrams and hierarchical schema views, and the maker describes more than 45 physical targets. Studio can reverse-engineer supported sources and generate DDLs, schemas, validators, and documentation. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web, with forward engineering and SQL export also listed. The free Community edition allows 50 objects per model but excludes advanced forward and reverse engineering, as well as Git and Collibra integrations. A 14-day evaluation provides Professional and Workgroup features without restrictions and does not require a credit card. Workgroup adds Git repository integration for versioning, branching, change tracking, collaboration, and peer review. Listed workflow integrations include GitHub, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, and GitLab; Collibra requires an optional upgrade. Workgroup costs €175 per month or €1,750 per year, with support included. The maker says AI is off by default and models remain local or in Git repositories.
For and against
For
- Supports conceptual, logical, and physical modeling.
- Reverse-engineers sources and generates schemas and documentation.
- Workgroup adds Git collaboration and peer review.
- 14-day evaluation needs no credit card.
- AI is off by default, according to the maker.
Against
- Community models are limited to 50 objects.
- Community omits advanced engineering and Git integrations.
- Workgroup costs €175 per month or €1,750 yearly.
- Collibra integration requires an optional upgrade.
The verdict
Hackolade Studio combines multiple modeling views with engineering and documentation generation across many targets. The Community edition has meaningful limits, while Workgroup adds collaboration for a listed monthly or annual price.
Who it suits
Hackolade Studio suits analysts, data architects, designers, developers, and DBAs working across supported data targets. The maker describes its Personal edition as suitable for startups and individual developers.
Plans and prices
Workgroup Edition Trial
14 days
Read 20 Sep 2026 · hackolade.com
Workgroup Edition Floating Seats Subscription
Unlimited PCs
Read 20 Sep 2026 · hackolade.com
14-day trial
All Professional and Workgroup features · no credit card
Read 14 Oct 2026 · hackolade.com
Community Edition
50 model objects · browser-based · no forward/reverse engineering · no HTML documentation
Read 14 Oct 2026 · hackolade.com
Workgroup dedicated monthly
Per dedicated seat · includes support
Read 14 Oct 2026 · hackolade.com
Workgroup dedicated annual
Per dedicated seat · includes support · two months free versus monthly
Read 14 Oct 2026 · hackolade.com
Workgroup Edition monthly subscription
Polyglot Data Modeling · support included · automatic monthly renewal unless canceled
Read 29 Sep 2026 · hackolade.com
Workgroup Edition annual subscription
Polyglot Data Modeling · support included · automatic annual renewal unless canceled
Read 29 Sep 2026 · hackolade.com
Workgroup floating
Unlimited PC installations · simultaneous users limited by subscribed seats
Read 14 Oct 2026 · hackolade.com
On the record
- AI and data handling
- The maker says AI is off by default, customers choose the model or provider, and data models stay local or in Git repositories rather than on Hackolade servers.hackolade.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- API generation
- An ER model can generate CRUD-oriented OpenAPI or Swagger schemas and documentation using configurable templates.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Browser deployment
- The browser edition runs client-side, stores models locally or in the user's Git repositories, and does not use a Hackolade application server.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The command-line interface supports reverse engineering, forward engineering, model comparison, API generation, documentation, Excel, data dictionaries, obfuscation and polyglot conversions in CI or scheduled jobs.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Collibra integration
- An optional add-on uses Collibra Core and Import APIs to publish and synchronize Hackolade model assets, including nested and polymorphic structures.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Community limits
- The free Community edition limits each model to 50 objects and omits advanced forward and reverse engineering and Git and Collibra integrations.hackolade.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Hackolade as a privately held Brussels IT-services company founded in 2015 with 11–50 employees.be.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Current release
- The download page lists Hackolade Studio version 8.13.4.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Custom properties
- Organizations can add custom properties and validation controls through JSON configuration files, including fields for governance such as PII or GDPR tracking.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Database objects
- Stored procedures, functions, triggers and sequences are represented as physical properties and can be reverse- or forward-engineered when supported by a target.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Documentation output
- The application generates human-readable HTML, Markdown and PDF reports plus machine-readable schema formats.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Engineering
- Studio can reverse-engineer supported sources and generate DDLs, schemas, validators, and documentation.hackolade.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Excel round trip
- Users can export selected model objects and properties to Excel, edit them in a spreadsheet, and import the changes.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Forward engineering
- Models can produce DDL, JSON Schema, YAML, Avro, Parquet, Protobuf, OpenAPI, Excel, dbt and documentation artifacts.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Founder
- Hackolade identifies Pascal Desmarets as its founder and CEO.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Git collaboration
- The Workgroup edition adds Git repository integration for versioning, branching, change tracking, collaboration, and peer review.hackolade.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Git integrations
- Workgroup provides native Git repository workflows with versioning, branching, change tracking, collaboration and peer review, supporting GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Desktop installation does not require administrator rights but does require write access to the chosen installation directory.hackolade.com · read 14 Oct 2026
