AppTunnel vs DevArt (HTTP ODBC Tunneling)

DevArt provides ODBC drivers with HTTP tunneling as a way to connect legacy apps to remote databases. It's a partial solution at best.

What DevArt Does Well

  • • Provides a way to tunnel database connections over HTTP
  • • Works with many different databases
  • • Relatively simple to set up for basic use

Where DevArt Falls Short

  • • Uses stateless HTTP — you lose real database sessions
  • • No application deployment or update management
  • • Does not handle COM registration, .NET assemblies, or complex installers
  • • Performance and reliability issues with long-running queries
  • • No central management console or user permission system
  • • Still requires manual installation of the desktop app on every machine

AppTunnel's Advantage

AppTunnel gives you a true persistent TCP/UDP tunnel — real database sessions that behave exactly as if the server were local — plus full intelligent application lifecycle management in one integrated platform. And it's not limited to databases: any TCP/UDP backend service can be tunneled the same way.

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