Reviewers praise DbGate’s lightweight feel, clean UI, and fast, cross‑platform workflow for handling both SQL and NoSQL in one place. It’s favored over heavier tools for quick connections, intuitive tabbed editing, and reliable imports/exports; teams like SSH access, query history, and schema diffing. Noted gaps include occasional flaky import/export errors, limited MongoDB depth, weaker community vs. DBeaver/DataGrip, and better handling of complex multi‑statement queries. Users also want clearer advanced docs, richer visual builders, credential scripting, and performance dashboards. Overall, a stable, efficient, and time‑saving everyday client.