Oracle Data Access Components vs. Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) vs. PostgreSQL Data Access Components vs. pgAdmin Comparison Chart

Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) are a set of Windows and .NET data access drivers and tools. They include support for .NET data access, Microsoft Visual Studio tools for developing Oracle database applications; and ASP.NET providers. ODAC provides comprehensive client support for advanced Oracle database functionality, including performance, high availability, and security, among other features. It is tightly integrated with Visual Studio to provide a seamless development experience for developers. Oracle Data Provider for .NET is an implementation of Microsoft's ADO.NET interface and provides access to Oracle databases. OLAP Data Manipulation Language (OLAP DML) is used to define and manipulate analytic workspace objects. High performance, a feature-rich mechanism for Microsoft ADO and OLE DB data access to Oracle databases, its usage, and its configuration. Provides introductory, installation, post-installation configuration, and usage information.

pgAdmin is a free software project released under the PostgreSQL/Artistic licence. The software is available in source and binary format from the PostgreSQL mirror network. Because compiling from source requires technical knowledge, we recommend installing binary packages whenever possible. pgAdmin is the most popular and feature rich Open Source administration and development platform for PostgreSQL, the most advanced Open Source database in the world. pgAdmin is a management tool for PostgreSQL and derivative relational databases such as EnterpriseDB's EDB Advanced Server. It may be run either as a web or desktop application. As pgAdmin is a web application, it can only interact with the local filesystem in ways that are allowed by modern web browsers. This limits what is possible for security; essentially files can only be "downloaded" or "uploaded" (through a form).