CSV Drivers & Connectors
for Data Integration

The CSV driver acts like a bridge that facilitates communication between various applications and CSV, allowing the application to read data as if it were a relational database. The CSV driver abstracts the complexities of CSV APIs, authentication methods, and data types, making it simple for any application to connect to CSV data in real-time via standard SQL queries.

Working with a CSV Driver is different than connecting with CSV through other means. CSV API integrations require technical experience from a software developer or IT resources. Additionally, due to the constant evolution of APIs and services, once you build your integration you have to constantly maintain CSV integration code moving forward.

By comparison, our CSV Drivers offer codeless access to live CSV data for both technical and non-technical users alike. Any user can install our drivers and begin working with live CSV data from any client application. Because our drivers conform to standard data interfaces like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET etc. they offer a consistent, maintenance-free interface to CSV data. We manage all of the complexities of CSV integration within each driver and deploy updated drivers as systems evolve so your applications continue to run seamlessly.

Many organizations draw attention to their library of connectors. After all, data connectivity is a core capability needed for applications to maximize their business value. However, it is essential to understand exactly what you are getting when evaluating connectivity. Some vendors are happy to offer connectors that implement basic proof-of-concept level connectivity. These connectors may highlight the possibilities of working with CSV, but often only provide a fraction of capability. Finding real value from these connectors usually requires additional IT or development resources.

Unlike these POC-quality connectors, every CData CSV driver offers full-featured CSV data connectivity. The CData CSV drivers support extensive CSV integration, providing access to all of the CSV data and meta-data needed by enterprise integration or analytics projects. Each driver contains a powerful embedded SQL engine that offers applications easy and high-performance access to all CSV data. In addition, our drivers offer robust authentication and security capabilities, allowing users to connect securely across a wide range of enterprise configurations. Compare drivers and connectors to read more about some of the benefits of CData's driver connectivity.

With our drivers and connectors, every data source is essentially SQL-based. The CData CSV driver contains a full SQL-92 compliant engine that translates standard SQL queries into CSV API calls dynamically. Queries are parsed and optimized for each data source, pushing down as much of the request to CSV as possible. Any logic that can not be pushed to CSV is handled transparently client-side by the driver/connector engine. Ultimately, this means that CSV looks and acts exactly like a database to any client application or tool. Users can integrate live CSV connectivity with ANY software solution that can talk to a standard database.

Using the CData CSV drivers and connectors, CSV can be easily integrated with almost any application. Any software or technology that can integrate with a database or connect with standards-based drivers like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, etc., can use our drivers for live CSV data connectivity. Explore some of the more popular CSV data integrations online.

CSV Analytics is universally supported for BI and data science. In addition, CData provides native client connectors for popular analytics applications like Power BI, Tableau, and Excel that simplify CSV data integration. Additionally, native Python connectors are widely available for data science and data engineering projects that integrate seamlessly with popular tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash, and Petl.

CSV data integration is typically enabled with CData Sync, a robust any-to-any data pipeline solution that is easy to set up, runs everywhere, and offers comprehensive enterprise-class features for data engineering. CData Sync makes it easy to replicate CSV data any database or data warehouse, and maintain parity between systems with automated incremental CSV replication. In addition, our CSV drivers and connectors can be easily embedded into a wide range of data integration tools to augment existing solutions.

Absolutely. CData offers native Excel Add-Ins for CSV integration. These Add-Ins provide live access to CSV data directly from Microsoft Excel.