phpMyAdmin is a free and open source web-based application written in PHP that provides a graphical user interface for managing MySQL databases. It enables users to create, modify, and manage databases, tables, and other database objects, as well as to execute SQL statements and manage MySQL server settings. It also includes tools for backing up and restoring databases, importing and exporting data, and managing user accounts and privileges. phpMyAdmin is one of the most popular open source database management tools and is widely used by developers and webmasters for creating and managing MySQL databases.
Lightweight, single-file application, runs smoothly
Supports PDO drivers like pdo_mysql that phpMyAdmin does not support. Supports multiple databases such as PosgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, etc.
Fast, easy to use and a lot of necessary functions to use with the database server.
Discontinued Last version 1.24.4 January 2011. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/mysqldumper/files/
Discontinued As of July 2014 Chive is no longer actively developed/maintained http: //github.com/fusonic/chive/
Latest version discontinued: January 18, 2011. See http://sqlbuddy.com/
Discontinued Last version of 2013-08-28, but still available, there is a free and a paid version.
Workbench is a standalone application. phpMyAdmin is a web-based application. Completely different.