iDBQuery vs AskYourDatabase: how do they compare?
AskYourDatabase is a chatbot that lets you ask a connected SQL database questions in plain language, whereas iDBQuery joins many sources — databases, spreadsheets, PDFs and APIs — into one live model, cites every figure to its source row, and offers cloud, VPC, air-gapped and Desktop deployment for sensitive data.
AskYourDatabase and iDBQuery both let you chat with a database and skip writing SQL. The differences show up as your needs grow beyond a single database and toward cross-source analysis, verifiability and stricter deployment.
- More than one source. iDBQuery builds one live queryable model across MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Excel, CSV, Google Sheets, PDFs, whole folders of files (with OCR), REST APIs and SQL warehouses — so a question can span systems, not just one connected database.
- Cited answers. Each figure links back to the exact source row, so numbers are auditable, not just plausible.
- An Analyst agent. For open-ended questions, iDBQuery can investigate autonomously, planning and running the steps needed to reach an answer.
- Deploy anywhere. Cloud, your own VPC, fully air-gapped, a Desktop app, or an Embedded SDK — with query-in-place so data need not be force-copied.
- Beyond structured data. It reads PDFs and scanned documents and makes them queryable alongside your tables.
AskYourDatabase is a convenient way to chat with a single SQL database. iDBQuery is aimed at teams that need cross-source answers, citations they can trust, document support, and flexible deployment for sensitive environments.
Updated 2026-06-22