Is Beekeeper Studio open source?

The Community edition is open source and free. The Indie, Pro, and Business tiers add features like cloud workspaces, BigQuery, Oracle, and AI integration on a paid subscription that converts to a lifetime usage license after a year.

Does Beekeeper Studio have an MCP server?

Not at the time of writing. Cocobox ships a first-class GitHub Copilot MCP server so any MCP client (VS Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Zed) can query your databases under permissions you control.

Can I move my Beekeeper connections to Cocobox?

Yes — re-add them in Cocobox in a couple of clicks. Snippets paste straight in. Credentials stay encrypted at rest with AES-256.

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Cocobox vs Beekeeper Studio

Beekeeper Studio is a friendly Electron desktop client with a generous free tier. Cocobox is a browser-based, AI-native SaaS with Copilot MCP, schema-aware AI, and team-grade encryption built in.

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Where Beekeeper Studio wins

Free Community edition. Genuinely useful for hobbyists, students, and quick one-off queries.
Lifetime usage license. Stay subscribed for a year and keep using that version forever — a rare commitment in SaaS.
Polished UX. Clean Electron UI, JSON sidebar, query magics, fast onboarding.
Broad database support on the paid tiers, including BigQuery, Cassandra, Oracle, ClickHouse, and Firebird.

Where Cocobox wins

GitHub Copilot MCP, out of the box. Beekeeper has a basic AI integration; Cocobox ships a full Model Context Protocol server so Copilot, Cursor, and Claude can read your real schema and run permissioned queries.
Bring your own AI keys. OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or DeepSeek — your choice. Or use Cocobox-hosted models with 300 monthly request credits included.
Browser-native, zero install. Beekeeper is a desktop app you have to install, update, and re-install on every machine. Cocobox lives in your browser.
Team collaboration on every plan. Role-scoped connection sharing, audit logs, instant revocation. With Beekeeper, cloud workspaces are gated to Professional and Business tiers.
AES-256 encrypted credentials with session-scoped keys — never stored in localStorage or local config files on disk.

Pricing snapshot

Beekeeper Studio: Community free; Indie $9/mo (yearly), Pro $14/mo, Business $18/mo — per user.
Cocobox: $25/mo flat, 15-day free trial, no credit card. Unlimited connections. 300 AI requests/month included. GitHub Copilot MCP included.

When to pick Beekeeper Studio

You're a solo developer who wants a free, local, no-account tool — or you need an exotic connector like Cassandra or Firebird and you're happy without an MCP server.

When to pick Cocobox

You want one shared workspace for your team, real Copilot/Cursor MCP integration, and AI suggestions grounded in your actual schema instead of generic SQL autocomplete.

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