# SQL statement performance

> ![](../img/tip_help.png) Directly compare alternate SQL statements to
> determine which is faster.

The best way to compare the performance of multiple versions of a SQL statement
is to test them directly with your database and data.

The following development tools provide execution times when running SQL
statements. Use them to compare the speed of alternative versions of statements:

- [Run!](https://web.archive.org/web/20150814070531/http://probertson.com/projects/run-air-sqlite-query-testing-tool/)
  (AIR SQL query authoring and testing tool, by Paul Robertson)

- [Lita](https://github.com/davidderaedt/Lita) (SQLite Administration Tool, by
  David Deraedt)
