Discussion: How do you feel about giving your database credentials to cloud-hosted dev tools?

Question for DB folks:

Curious to hear what people think about this.

Many modern database tools (like schema editors, query explorers, or version control tools) ask for your database connection string so they can connect remotely and perform operations.

Even when they claim to encrypt credentials or use temporary sessions, I’ve always wondered how comfortable developers really are with that.

So, what’s your take?

• Would you ever give your production or staging DB credentials to a cloud-hosted tool?
• What level of transparency or control would make you trust it?

Not trying to start a debate , just genuinely curious where most developers stand on the security vs. convenience trade-off here.