CData Connect vs. CData Power BI Connectors vs. CData Python Connectors vs. Microsoft Power Query Comparison Chart

Your business depends on real-time data from your backend systems to deliver actionable insights and drive growth. The CData Power BI Connectors are the missing link in your data value chain. The CData Power BI Connectors offer the fastest & easiest way to connect Power BI to 250+ enterprise data sources, so you can finally leverage Power BI for truly universal data analysis. Easily connect Microsoft Power BI with live accounting, CRM, ERP, marketing automation, on-premise, and cloud data for real-time visual analysis and reporting. Power BI connectors are available for many popular data sources, including: - Microsoft Dynamics CRM - MongoDB - NetSuite - QuickBooks - Sage Intacct - Salesforce - SAP - Sharepoint - Snowflake - And 200+ More! The CData Connectors offer superior query speed and performance through connectivity features like DirectQuery and QueryPushdown.

Power Query is the easiest way to connect, extract, transform and load data from a wide range of sources. Power Query is a data transformation and data preparation engine. Power Query comes with a graphical interface for getting data from sources and a Power Query Editor for applying transformations. Because the engine is available in many products and services, the destination where the data will be stored depends on where Power Query was used. Using Power Query, you can perform the extract, transform, and load (ETL) processing of data. Microsoft’s Data Connectivity and Data Preparation technology that lets you seamlessly access data stored in hundreds of sources and reshape it to fit your needs—all with an easy to use, engaging, no-code experience. Power Query supports hundreds of data sources with built-in connectors, generic interfaces (such as REST APIs, ODBC, OLE, DB and OData) and the Power Query SDK to build your own connectors.