Galaxy vs. Sherloq: The Best Query Management Tool in 2025

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Galaxy vs. Sherloq

The Best Sherloq Alternative for Query Management

Why Developers & Data Teams Are Moving From
Sherloq to Galaxy

Not For Devs

Sherloq is a 3rd party plug-in to DataGrip solely meant for query management, there is no visualization, workflows, or other features.

Limited AI Functionality

Sherloq has limited AI functionality due to being a plug-in, making dev teams more inefficient when querying their data

Lacks Key Features

As a plug-in Sherloq lacks key features needed to create a querying platform with no integrations to productivity tools and a UX that is tied to the DataGrip ecosystem

Quick Comparison:

Galaxy vs Sherloq

Key Features	Galaxy	Sherloq
Desktop first	✅ Desktop app built for devs	❌ DataGrip plug-in
AI Copilot	✅ Built in, context-aware AI copilot with query optimization	❌ Limited AI functionality as it is a plug-in
Easy for Devs to Use	✅ Preferred by devs and empowers your biz users	❌ Difficult to use for devs
Sharing and collaboration	✅ Real-time sharing & version control	✅ Core purpose of Sherloq
Integrations	✅ Compatible with all your favorite tools (Slack, Airtable, Notion, Linear, etc.)	❌ No integrations
Workflow manager	Coming Soon	❌ No workflows
Visualizations	Coming Soon	❌ No visualizations
Price	✅ Free plan + affordable tiers	❌ $240/year + DataGrip license ($300+)