Data Loader vs. KS DB Merge Tools vs. MySQL Migration Toolkit vs. dbForge Data Generator for MySQL Comparison Chart

Data Loader is a simple, yet powerful tool capable of Synchronizing, exporting and importing data between many common database formats. If you wish to convert MS SQL Server, CSV or MS Access to MySQL, this is the best tool to satisfy your specific needs effectively. The latest Data Loader Version supports MySQL, Oracle, MS Access, Excel, FoxPro, DBF, MS SQL Server, CSV and Delimited or Flat Files. You can now easily convert Oracle to MySQL or MS SQL Server using this tool equipped with several unique and advanced features. For example, while transferring, you can filter columns and specify WHERE conditions. Similarly, Data Loader supports full mapping of source columns to target table columns. Other notable features include bulk inserts, built-in scheduler, UPSERT and INSERT, folder polling, command-line interface, etc.

MySQL Migration Toolkit is a software pack to convert any data source to MySQL and vice versa. The product has high performance because it does not use ODBC or any other middleware software. Command line support allows to script, automation and scheduling the conversion process. MySQL Migration Toolkit allows users to do the indirect conversion and get more control over the process. Following this way, the program converts data into a local MySQL dump file instead of moving it to MySQL server directly. This dump file contains MySQL statements to create all tables and to fill them with the data. Click here to learn how to import dump file into MySQL database. Once you stored conversion settings into your profile you can run the program in Quick Launch mode. Just launch Windows Explorer and double-click on the profile description file with left mouse button. It will launch the appropriate conversion process loading necessary settings from the specified profile.