# ERDPlus Reviews **Vendor:** ERDplus **Category:** [Database Management Systems (DBMS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-management-systems-dbms) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 2 ## About ERDPlus ERDPlus is a database modeling tool for creating Entity Relationship Diagrams, Relational Schemas, Star Schemas, and SQL DDL statements. ## ERDPlus Reviews ### 1. Great Entity Relationship Diagram tool **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ABDUL R. | Android Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2019 **What do you like best about ERDPlus?** The feature of forward engineering to convert the entity relationship diagram to the SQL relational schema is delightful and of much benefit for everyone.The too has all the shapes required to denote each & every item which is to be depicted in an entity relationship diagram. The associations and relationships can be easily draw between two entities. Total Participation and Partial Participation can also be depicted in the diagram easily. Various other features like exporting the diagram as a PDF or Image is also provided by the ERDPlus **What do you dislike about ERDPlus?** There is as such no downside in this tool but sometimes relationship between more than two entities can be quite tiresome to make. The constraint need to be applied manually, if any in the relational schema after we have used the forward engineering feature to obtain the relational schema of the diagram. **Recommendations to others considering ERDPlus:** Recommended for all people to use this tool for making their entity relationship diagram in a very easy, smooth and rapid way. It is free of charge and hence one has to spend no bucks to carry out the work which is very important for specially those who are just at a learning stage of making a normalized and correct entity relationship diagram. It has certain cool features to assists you in proceeding with the further tasks after the creation of entity relationship diagram as well. **What problems is ERDPlus solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can easily make all the entity relationship diagrams required. I can obtain relevant relational schema for the same diagram as well. I can also update and change the diagram whenever required as per my convenience. We can also import existing diagrams and can export the diagrams as PDF or Image which is great help we get out of this tool ### 2. ERDPlus is a great database modeling tool! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bett C. | Data Assistant, Non-Profit Organization Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 25, 2019 **What do you like best about ERDPlus?** ERDPlus is one of the best free database modeling tools online. With the availability of a ton of features, you can create entity relationship diagrams, relational schemas and star schemas with ease. The best part is there's a brief guide on how to create your ER diagrams especially for beginners.You can also easily convert your created ER diagrams to relation schemas. **What do you dislike about ERDPlus?** I haven't found a weakness worth mentioning in my experience with using ERDPlus so far. **Recommendations to others considering ERDPlus:** ERDPlus can be a vital asset to any person or IT professional working on their database design and modelling,one looking to create their Entity relationship diagrams,Relational schemas and Star schemas with ease,and I would highly recommend it to them. **What problems is ERDPlus solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used ERDPlus for creating Entity relationship diagrams and relational schemas for the database design of IT projects I was working on, on numerous occasions. ## ERDPlus Discussions - [What is ERDPlus used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-erdplus-used-for) - [View ERDPlus pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/erdplus/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-14+13%3A17%3A01+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=dbb691aa-486e-4875-bb4d-cc85548bfc63&secure%5Btoken%5D=b4c0b74556b16a82aea292af156f7662b2e7057a39cd715454382c38cd8c236a&format=llm_user) ## ERDPlus Features **Management** - Data dictionary - Data Replication - Query Language - Data Modeling - Performance Analysis **Maintenance** - Data Migration - Backup and Recovery - Multi-User Environment **Security** - Data Encryption - User Access Control ## Top ERDPlus Alternatives - [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (2,112 reviews) - [SAS Viya](https://www.g2.com/products/sas-sas-viya/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (754 reviews) - [Databricks](https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (740 reviews)