Jam SQL Studio
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveCross-platform SQL IDE built to replace Azure Data Studio, with a free personal tier and MCP support for AI agents.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $9.99/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Personal is free forever without an account, for non-commercial use, with size caps on eight bulk operations. Pro is $9.99/month or $99/year per user, adds a commercial-use licence and lifts the caps, with a 14-day trial and no card; Enterprise is custom. Pro is bought inside the app.
Use tool ↗About Jam SQL Studio
Jam SQL Studio is a desktop SQL IDE for macOS, Windows, and Linux that connects to SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and SQLite. It covers the feature set that made Azure Data Studio popular, including IntelliSense, execution plan visualization, schema comparison, built-in charting, and notebooks, and adds a local MCP server so AI coding agents can run SQL against a database under policy control rather than with unrestricted access. It's positioned directly as a replacement for Azure Data Studio, which Microsoft retired, and can import a user's existing Azure Data Studio settings and connections in one step. The personal tier is free indefinitely; a paid Pro tier adds features on top.
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Personal free forever for personal, non-commercial use; Pro $9.99 per month or $99 per year with commercial-use licence; 14-day trial without a card; Enterprise custom (15 October 2026)jamsql.com ↗
- About page: developed by an independent software studio in Poland with no outside investors; started in 2024, public product since early 2026; local MCP server starts with queries blocked (15 October 2026)jamsql.com ↗
- EULA names the developer and publisher as the licensor, an individual rather than a company (15 October 2026)jamsql.com ↗
Is Jam SQL Studio legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Jan 10, 2026Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 3, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2026The vendor's own material, read by us
Pros & cons of Jam SQL Studio
Jam SQL Studio's timing is deliberate: it's built to catch users stranded by Azure Data Studio's retirement, matching its feature set while adding multi-database support Azure Data Studio never had. The free Personal tier is generous for hobby and study use, but it is licensed for non-commercial use only, so anyone using it at work needs Pro at $9.99 a month.
Pros
- Free personal tier includes unlimited connections and the full query editor, not a crippled trial
- Covers five major database engines from one IDE
- Can import existing Azure Data Studio settings and connections directly
- Local MCP server lets AI agents run policy-controlled SQL instead of raw access
Cons
- Made by a single-developer studio in Poland with no outside investors, so continuity rests on a small team
- The browser version is only a demo; real work needs the desktop app
- Being new to the market, its long-term support track record is still unproven
Best for
- Former Azure Data Studio users needing a direct replacement
- Developers working across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and SQLite
- Mac users who can't run SQL Server Management Studio at all
Not for
- Teams fully committed to staying inside VS Code with the MSSQL extension
- Users who don't need cross-database support and are happy with SSMS on Windows
Watch out: The free Personal tier is licensed for personal, non-commercial use only; using it in a job, for a client or inside a company requires Pro.
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