If you are doing any ETL or intra-system data reporting this odbc opens up the salesforce data world to you. The ability to write cross object queries in SQL rather then try and hope salesforce can do it.

Seems a bit costly and not a fan of SaaS, but its not like I am going to write the ODBC drive myself. So all in all its worth it

Excellent, many future initiatives with this connector ar planned to completely automate out sales to operations processes.

The ability to use SSMS to seamlessly tie Salesforce to our backend database is not only easier to manage, but also a saving grace to the bottom line. Managing price updates to ensure we are selling products at the correct margins was an arduous task, now we can automate that process and not worry about shrinking margins.

Set up was a little challenging, but once installed and working properly it is a set and forget.

The initial responsiveness to my problems were great. They go back to me, asking for additional information and I replied in a timely fashion. Since July 1st I have asked to be updated on an ETA when this issue would be reposbeed and I never heard back. This is very frustrating. I now have 0 automation of my integration solution.

Ease of use, easy to install, flexibility when using inside SSMS/DTSX Package. Efficiency when ODBC Connection works

Super buggy. Have had 2 cases open since April #88931 & #87884. Both are still open and the problems described in the defects make it very hard to keep my updates current. Problems only started after the upgrade to 2.1

We are using DevArt ODBC for Salesforce to seamlessly integrate Salesforce with multiple RESTful APIs and multiple SQL databases using automated workflow tools. It was very easy to install and setup and has simplified a migration project we're executing now.

Setting up the ODBC drivers to connect to Salesforce was very easy--the team provides great documentation and are outstanding at quickly providing useful answers to questions. The driver does a nice job of transparently translating SQL queries into the required SOQL calls, and its caching provides very good performance. Even though I already mentioned the excellent team support, it's worth mentioning again--they are outstanding to work with.

Nothing--the product, the documentation, examples, and team support are all great.

One time charge as opposed to recurring. Gave greater functionality than our previous provide. Much better service (e.g. communication).

No cons at this point. We appreciate the service and communication that was provided by the devart team.