diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/databaseConnections.js b/packages/api/src/controllers/databaseConnections.js
index 8096fff9e..3a50d538e 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/databaseConnections.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/databaseConnections.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const {
   generateDbPairingId,
   matchPairedObjects,
   extendDatabaseInfo,
+  modelCompareDbDiffOptions,
 } = require('dbgate-tools');
 const { html, parse } = require('diff2html');
 const { handleProcessCommunication } = require('../utility/processComm');
@@ -231,6 +232,11 @@ module.exports = {
 
   structure_meta: 'get',
   async structure({ conid, database }) {
+    if (conid == '__model') {
+      const model = await importDbModel(database);
+      return model;
+    }
+
     const opened = await this.ensureOpened(conid, database);
     return opened.structure;
     // const existing = this.opened.find((x) => x.conid == conid && x.database == database);
@@ -298,9 +304,7 @@ module.exports = {
   // },
 
   async getUnifiedDiff({ sourceConid, sourceDatabase, targetConid, targetDatabase }) {
-    const dbDiffOptions = {
-      // schemaMode: 'ignore',
-    };
+    const dbDiffOptions = sourceConid == '__model' ? modelCompareDbDiffOptions : {};
 
     const sourceDb = generateDbPairingId(
       extendDatabaseInfo(await this.structure({ conid: sourceConid, database: sourceDatabase }))
diff --git a/packages/api/src/shell/generateDeploySql.js b/packages/api/src/shell/generateDeploySql.js
index 2bcf75411..acc7bd7f9 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/shell/generateDeploySql.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/shell/generateDeploySql.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const {
   matchPairedObjects,
   databaseInfoFromYamlModel,
   extendDatabaseInfo,
+  modelCompareDbDiffOptions,
 } = require('dbgate-tools');
 const importDbModel = require('../utility/importDbModel');
 const requireEngineDriver = require('../utility/requireEngineDriver');
@@ -28,9 +29,7 @@ async function generateDeploySql({
   );
   const currentModel = generateDbPairingId(extendDatabaseInfo(analysedStructure));
   const opts = {
-    ignoreCase: true,
-    schemaMode: 'ignore',
-    ignoreConstraintNames: true,
+    ...modelCompareDbDiffOptions,
 
     noDropTable: true,
     noDropColumn: true,
diff --git a/packages/tools/src/diffTools.ts b/packages/tools/src/diffTools.ts
index bcbf4e9ac..06a5691c1 100644
--- a/packages/tools/src/diffTools.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/src/diffTools.ts
@@ -523,3 +523,9 @@ export function matchPairedObjects(db1: DatabaseInfo, db2: DatabaseInfo, opts: D
 
   return res;
 }
+
+export const modelCompareDbDiffOptions: DbDiffOptions = {
+  ignoreCase: true,
+  schemaMode: 'ignore',
+  ignoreConstraintNames: true,
+};
diff --git a/packages/web/src/impexp/FormConnectionSelect.svelte b/packages/web/src/impexp/FormConnectionSelect.svelte
index 957e2d74d..4f7911f32 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/impexp/FormConnectionSelect.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/impexp/FormConnectionSelect.svelte
@@ -3,15 +3,19 @@
   import FormSelectField from '../forms/FormSelectField.svelte';
   import getConnectionLabel from '../utility/getConnectionLabel';
   import { useConnectionList } from '../utility/metadataLoaders';
+  export let allowChooseModel = false;
 
   $: connections = useConnectionList();
-  $: connectionOptions = _.sortBy(
-    ($connections || []).map(conn => ({
-      value: conn._id,
-      label: getConnectionLabel(conn),
-    })),
-    'label'
-  );
+  $: connectionOptions = [
+    ...(allowChooseModel ? [{ label: '(DB Model)', value: '__model' }] : []),
+    ..._.sortBy(
+      ($connections || []).map(conn => ({
+        value: conn._id,
+        label: getConnectionLabel(conn),
+      })),
+      'label'
+    ),
+  ];
 </script>
 
 <FormSelectField {...$$restProps} options={connectionOptions} />
diff --git a/packages/web/src/tabs/CompareModelTab.svelte b/packages/web/src/tabs/CompareModelTab.svelte
index 522d62c8b..8242e9764 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/tabs/CompareModelTab.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/tabs/CompareModelTab.svelte
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     computeDbDiffRows,
     computeTableDiffColumns,
     getCreateObjectScript,
+    modelCompareDbDiffOptions,
   } from 'dbgate-tools';
 
   import _, { startsWith } from 'lodash';
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@
   import VerticalSplitter from '../elements/VerticalSplitter.svelte';
   import FormFieldTemplateTiny from '../forms/FormFieldTemplateTiny.svelte';
   import FormProviderCore from '../forms/FormProviderCore.svelte';
+  import FormSelectField from '../forms/FormSelectField.svelte';
   import FontIcon from '../icons/FontIcon.svelte';
   import FormConnectionSelect from '../impexp/FormConnectionSelect.svelte';
   import FormDatabaseSelect from '../impexp/FormDatabaseSelect.svelte';
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@
   import { changeTab } from '../utility/common';
   import contextMenu, { getContextMenu, registerMenu } from '../utility/contextMenu';
   import createActivator, { getActiveComponent } from '../utility/createActivator';
-  import { useConnectionInfo, useDatabaseInfo } from '../utility/metadataLoaders';
+  import { useArchiveFolders, useConnectionInfo, useDatabaseInfo } from '../utility/metadataLoaders';
   import resolveApi from '../utility/resolveApi';
   import { showSnackbarSuccess } from '../utility/snackbar';
 
@@ -119,9 +121,7 @@
   //   targetDatabase: null,
   // });
 
-  const dbDiffOptions: any = {
-    // schemaMode: 'ignore',
-  };
+  $: dbDiffOptions = $values?.sourceConid == '__model' ? modelCompareDbDiffOptions : {};
 
   $: sourceDbValue = useDatabaseInfo({ conid: $values?.sourceConid, database: $values?.sourceDatabase });
   $: targetDbValue = useDatabaseInfo({ conid: $values?.targetConid, database: $values?.targetDatabase });
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
   $: driver = findEngineDriver($connection, $extensions);
 
   $: targetDbPaired = matchPairedObjects(sourceDb, targetDb, dbDiffOptions);
-  $: diffRows = computeDbDiffRows(sourceDb, targetDbPaired, dbDiffOptions, driver);
+  $: diffRows = _.sortBy(computeDbDiffRows(sourceDb, targetDbPaired, dbDiffOptions, driver), x => stateOrder(x.state));
   $: diffColumns = computeTableDiffColumns(
     diffRows[pairIndex]?.source,
     diffRows[pairIndex]?.target,
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@
     driver
   ).sql;
 
+  $: archiveFolders = useArchiveFolders();
+
   $: changeTab(tabid, tab => ({
     ...tab,
     title: $values?.targetDatabase,
@@ -274,16 +276,27 @@
               label="Source server"
               templateProps={{ noMargin: true }}
               isNative
+              allowChooseModel
             />
           </div>
           <div class="col-3">
-            <FormDatabaseSelect
-              conidName="sourceConid"
-              name="sourceDatabase"
-              label="Source database"
-              templateProps={{ noMargin: true }}
-              isNative
-            />
+            {#if $values?.sourceConid == '__model'}
+              <FormSelectField
+                name="sourceDatabase"
+                label="Source DB model"
+                templateProps={{ noMargin: true }}
+                isNative
+                options={($archiveFolders || []).map(x => ({ label: x.name, value: `archive:${x.name}` }))}
+              />
+            {:else}
+              <FormDatabaseSelect
+                conidName="sourceConid"
+                name="sourceDatabase"
+                label="Source database"
+                templateProps={{ noMargin: true }}
+                isNative
+              />
+            {/if}
           </div>
           <div class="arrow">
             <FontIcon icon="icon arrow-right-bold" />
@@ -310,7 +323,7 @@
 
       <div class="tableWrapper">
         <ScrollableTableControl
-          rows={_.sortBy(diffRows, x => stateOrder(x.state))}
+          rows={diffRows}
           bind:selectedIndex={pairIndex}
           selectable
           disableFocusOutline