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Build ODBC and JDBC Drivers for Your Data

Use Simba SDK or Managed Services to give customers standards-based access to the data your SaaS app, database, API, or platform provides.

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THE PROBLEM

Your Data Is Worth More Used

If your SaaS app, database, API, or platform creates valuable data, customers want it in their BI, analytics, ETL, and reporting tools without custom work.

Report on Your Data

If your app, database, API, or platform creates valuable data, customers want to use it in BI, analytics, ETL, reporting, and spreadsheet workflows. If access needs custom API work or manual exports, your data becomes harder to adopt.

Speak Their Standards

Many customer tools expect ODBC, JDBC, SQL access, discoverable metadata, and predictable types. SaaS APIs, NoSQL stores, and application data often were not designed for that. A driver turns your source into something customer tools can work with.

Avoid a Driver Roadmap

Driver development is specialized: ODBC, JDBC, SQL translation, authentication, metadata, source behavior, platform support, testing, docs, and maintenance. Every driver project your team owns competes with the product roadmap you are protecting.

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HOW IT WORKS

Choose the Driver Path That Fits

Simba Data Connectivity helps data vendors create standards-based access to their data. Build custom ODBC and JDBC drivers with Simba SDK, or work with Simba Managed Services to create and maintain drivers with less internal burden.

Simba SDK

Use a proven toolkit to build custom ODBC and JDBC drivers for your data source.

Managed Driver Services

Work with driver specialists to create, deliver, and maintain custom connectivity for your source.

ODBC and JDBC Access

Give customers standards-based connectivity that works with common BI, ETL, reporting, and analytics tools.

SQL Access Layer

Expose source data through a queryable structure customer tools can understand and use.

Metadata Discovery

Make tables, fields, data types, and relationships easier for downstream tools to detect and query.

Source-Aware Maintenance

Support driver updates as APIs, schemas, authentication, and tool requirements change.

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WHY US

Connectivity Built for Data Vendors

Make your data easier to use, choose to build with the SDK or have Simba build it, and clean up access at the source so every downstream workflow is easier.

Make Your Data Easier To Use

Customers should not reverse-engineer your API or export files to use your data. A standards-based driver gives a clear path into BI, ETL, reporting, and analytics.

Build It or Have It Built

Some teams want development control through Simba SDK. Others want Managed Services to build and maintain the driver. Both extend connectivity without the distraction.

Clean Up Access at the Source

Customer tools work better with discoverable metadata, usable structure, and standards access. A driver makes complex source data easier to query before the pipeline.

Choose Your Custom Driver Path

Some vendors want to build and own the driver internally. Others want a managed path that reduces engineering lift. Simba Data Connectivity supports both models.
Simba SDK Simba Managed Services
Best fit Build in-house Have Simba build it
Engineering ownership Your team leads Simba-led delivery
Control over build HighShared
Internal dev lift HigherLower
Ongoing maintenance Team-owned Service-supported
Good for roadmap relief PartialYes

Frequently Asked Questions

Who Is This For?

SaaS apps, databases, APIs, data platforms, and other products that provide data customers need to analyze, report on, move, or operationalize. If customers want your data in their own tools, a driver can become part of your product strategy. This page is for the data source owner, not the tool buyer.

Why Would a Data Vendor Need a Driver?

A driver gives customers a standard way to access your data from BI, analytics, ETL, reporting, and application tools. Without it, they depend on exports, custom API work, or brittle integrations. A driver makes your data easier to use in existing workflows.

What Does Simba SDK Help Us Build?

Simba SDK helps teams build custom ODBC and JDBC drivers for their own data sources. It suits teams that want to own driver development internally on proven connectivity technology. The SDK path gives technical teams more control over the build.

What Are Simba Managed Services?

Managed Services give teams a hands-on path for custom driver development and maintenance. It suits teams that want standards-based connectivity without driver engineering becoming a long-term burden. Managed Services help you create connectivity without owning every detail.

Should We Build With the SDK or Use Managed Services?

Use Simba SDK when your team wants to build and manage the driver internally. Use Managed Services when you want specialists to create, deliver, and maintain it. The right path depends on your capacity, control needs, and timeline.

Can a Driver Make API or NoSQL Data Easier To Use?

Yes. A driver can expose complex source data through a structured, queryable layer with discoverable metadata and standard access. This makes API, NoSQL, SaaS, and application data easier for downstream tools. The driver reduces cleanup customers do after connecting.

Why Does SQL Access Matter?

Many BI, reporting, ETL, and analytics tools are built around SQL-style access and relational structures. If your source does not expose data that way, customers struggle to use it. SQL access helps your data fit workflows customers already understand.

How Does This Reduce Roadmap Pressure?

Driver development spans standards, metadata, query behavior, authentication, platform support, testing, docs, and maintenance. Working with Simba reduces how much custom connectivity your core team builds alone. Happier customers without drivers becoming your whole roadmap.

Can This Support Customer Tools Like BI and ETL Platforms?

Yes. ODBC and JDBC drivers help customers connect BI, analytics, ETL, reporting, and application tools to your data. The fit depends on the source, tool, and implementation. A driver helps your data participate in the broader ecosystem.

How Do We Explore Existing Driver Coverage?

Start with the driver catalog to explore available ODBC and JDBC options. It helps you understand existing coverage and where a custom SDK or Managed Services path may be needed. Explore drivers here.