Box drivers & connectors for data integration
Connect to Box storage data through easy-to-use, bi-directional drivers. Easily integrate Box data with BI, reporting, analytics, ETL tools, and custom solutions.
Do more with Box data
Box data integration
Access Box data in all of the systems you use every day, including BI & analytics tools, databases, data warehouses, and custom apps. Customers commonly use CData's Box connectivity to:
- Provide a logical data layer of abstraction that shields users from the complexity of data access and integration.
- Get blazing-fast access to data for BI, reporting, and data integration with highly optimized read/write performance.
- Securely explore tables, columns, keys, data, and full meta-data based on user identity.
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Trusted by Box users worldwide
The CData difference
Our standards-based approach to connectivity streamlines data access and insulates usrs from the complexities of integrating BigQuery data.
Unparalleled Box Connectivity Get full access to your Box data wherever you need it. CData is the undisputed leader in Box connectivity providing the most comprehensive access to live Box data anywhere. Thousands of customers and hundreds of leading data ISVs rely on our connectivity to make the most of their data.
Fastest time to value Reduce development cycles and accelerating the overall time to market. Our pre-built, optimized connectors eliminate the need for complex custom development, allowing for fast, secure access to Workday data.
Unbeatable price-performance By standardizing and streamlining how systems interact with Box our products reduce development costs and timelines, slash architectural complexity.
Blazing data access Our Box connectivity is fast— really fast. In fact, over twice as fast as other solutions. Our engineers have optimized our drivers for maximum performance all the way down to the socket level, delivering truly exceptional data access.
Future-proof integration We continuously test against changes in the Box APIs & protocols used to connect, preventing downtime in your data and analytics processes.
Enterprise-class technical support CData is dedicated to helping you find success with Box. We work as an extension of your team to help solve your toughest data challenges. Thousands of customers and hundreds of ISVs rely on our services to make the most of their data.
AI Integrations
Box data for AI agents and assistants
Box MCP server connectivity for AI
Enable AI agents, assistants, and workflows to access Box data to improve output, tailoring responses to your actual business data and reducing hallucinations.
- One MCP connection from Box to every AI agent, assistant, copilot, or LLM that could use it.
- Maintain security and user permissions with pass-through user-based access and read/write controls
- Platform solution to control and monitor user access via AI across your organization.
BI & Analytics
Box connectivity for BI & analytics
Live Box access for analytics
Access Box data in all of the systems you use every day, including BI & analytics tools, databases, data warehouses, and custom apps.
- Connect Box (and any other data source) to your favorite analytics, automation, or data management app without moving data
- Bi-directional Box connectivity through common data endpoints
- Enable Box governability and data privacy with user-level permissioning at the source level.
Data Warehousing
Box ETL, replication, & data warehousing
Automate Box data replication
CData Sync automatically replicates data from hundreds of on-premises and cloud data sources — like Box— to any modern database, data lake, or data warehouse.
- Create automated Box data flows in minutes with point-and-click data replication
- Facilitate reporting, business intelligence, and analytics for decision support
- Archive data for disaster recovery
Data Management
Consolidate Box data management
Data management integration enables organizations to better manage their human resources data, optimize decision-making, and ensure compliance with data governance policies. Technologies like ODBC, JDBC, and ADO easily connect with all kinds of popular data management applications.
Connect Box to data management systems to:
- Provide a single, accurate source of truth for employee and resource data.
- Ensure consistency, data quality, and integration across systems.
- Improve data discoverability, governance, and compliance, allowing for easy tracking, auditing, and efficient data use across the organization.
No Code
Connect to Box with no-code
Box is often at the center of a wide range of repetitive tasks. With low-code/no-code tools, users can automate these tasks reducing manual effort and errors.
- Customize Box and integrate it with other systems (like CRM, HR, or accounting software) without writing complex code.
- Create custom dashboards, reports, or data visualizations by integrating Box data with other systems.
Custom Apps
Build fully-integrated custom applications
From custom AI and analytics to performance managemement and learning platforms, developers are leveraging our drivers to power all kinds of real-time integrations with Box.
- Pragmatic API Integration: from SDKs to Data Drivers
- Data APIs: Gateway to Data Driven Operation & Digital Transformation
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Data Virtualization
Virtualize access to Box data
Data virtualization tools helps organizations achieve better data access, more agile decision-making, and greater efficiency in managing data across diverse systems.
Integrating Box with data virtualization tools allows organizations to combine this data with other sources like ERP systems, CRM platforms, or financial databases without physically moving or duplicating data. This unified access enables faster, more efficient decision-making.
Spreadsheets
Connect to live Box data in spreadsheets
Work with live Box data seamlessly in Excel and Google Sheets:
- Always work with live Box data— no more downloading, copying, and pasting
- Filter and get just the attributes and data you actually need
- Refresh data with a click or set a schedule
- Update Box records right from your spreadsheet
FAQs
Frequently asked Box integration questions
Common questions about Box drivers & connectors for data and analytics integration
- How does the Box Driver work?
- How is using the Box Driver different than connecting to the Box API?
- How is a Box Driver different than a Box connector?
- Is Box SQL based?
- What data can I access with the Box driver?
- What does Box integrate with?
- How can I enable Box Analytics?
- How can I support Box Data Integration?
- Does Box Integrate with Excel?
Additional Box connectivity resources
Technical articles
Using the Box drivers
- Box Integration Guides and Tutorials
- Connect to Box Data in Google Apps Script via Connect AI
- Connect to and Query Box Data in QlikView over ODBC
- ETL Box in Oracle Data Integrator
- Visualize Box Data in Sisense
- Use Microsoft Copilot Studio to talk to your Box Data via CData Connect AI
- Use Manus AI to Talk to Your Box Data via CData Connect AI
- Connect to Live Box Data in MicroStrategy through CData Connect AI
- Getting Started with the CData Python Connector for Box
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