Django-Explain - a helper to get EXPLAIN or EXPLAIN ANALYZE output for django queryset. Installation pip install django-queryset Example from django.contrib.auth.models import User from django_explain import explain explain_result = explain(User.objects.filter(pk=123)) explain_result.pretty_print() # SELECT "auth_user"."id", # "auth_user"."password", # "auth_user"."last_login", # "auth_user"."is_superuser", # "auth_user"."username", # "auth_user"."first_name", # "auth_user"."last_name", # "auth_user"."email", # "auth_user"."is_staff", # "auth_user"."is_active", # "auth_user"."date_joined", # "auth_user"."has_orders" # FROM "auth_user" # WHERE "auth_user"."id" = 1 # # Index Scan using auth_user_pkey on auth_user (cost=0.43..8.45 rows=1 width=1070) (actual time=0.039..0.039 rows=0 loops=1) # Index Cond: (id = 1) # Planning time: 1.203 ms # Execution time: 0.106 ms result.get_depesz_url() # https://explain.depesz.com/s/Tym