What is CData Connect Cloud?

CData Connect Cloud is a cloud-based data virtualization and connectivity platform that provides live access to hundreds of SaaS applications, databases, warehouses, and APIs without ETL or data replication. It sits at the intersection of data virtualization, cloud data integration, and iPaaS, giving business and IT teams a secure, governed way to query and blend data from more than 300 sources into over 100 destinations. Organizations use CData Connect Cloud to power BI dashboards, automate workflows, and expose unified data to spreadsheets and analytics tools in real time, often replacing brittle custom integrations and manual exports.

Originally launched as a data connectivity-as-a-service offering from CData Software, CData Connect Cloud has evolved into a full enterprise semantic layer for cloud data. It has grown from simple cloud-to-cloud connectors into a governed platform with query federation, virtual views, caching, AI-assisted SQL generation, and robust client integrations for tools like Power BI, Tableau, Excel, Google Sheets, and more. Today it underpins modern data access strategies for teams that need reliable live connections instead of complex pipelines.