--- title: "ODBC Drivers for IBM Db2" description: "OpenLink’s high-performance ODBC drivers for IBM Db2, in Lite (Single-Tier) and Enterprise (Multi-Tier) editions: architecture, features, pricing and a free trial." url: urn:osdi:this dateModified: 2026-10-30T15:45:34Z language: en --- Pages whose RDF carries Lite hero copy (the nine database pages): a Multi-Tier | Lite switch that swaps the eyebrow, headline, sub-paragraph and note (js/hero-edition.js). The page's own copy is the Multi-Tier one; without script it is all there is. [UDA](urn:osdi:siteuda/) · ODBC Drivers # ODBC Drivers for IBM Db2 Secure and high-performance data access technology from OpenLink Software. Connect to IBM Db2 with enterprise-grade reliability and performance. Talk to an Architect IBM Db2 Pricing Removed by js/try-lite.js where no Lite edition is sold for the page's client protocol (a database's JDBC page and the JDBC-to-JDBC bridge), as production hides it there. A link to the license generator's form, as on the production (matrix) driver pages; with script, it opens the Enterprise installer chooser below instead. [Enterprise (Multi-Tier)](https://shop.openlinksw.com/license_generator/uda/) For readers unsure which edition they need: production's questions, a recommendation, and a button on into that edition's chooser (js/which-driver.js). Installation & Docs The page's screencast: its content document's body (content/drivers/...html, generated by tools/make_uda_pages.py). Generated by build_uda_protocols.py: this page's hero screencast, which the driver layout inserts (data-osdi-content). Production shows it on this page. Screencast: an OpenLink ODBC driver in Microsoft Excel on macOS ### Which Edition Do I Need? Answer these questions to find the right edition for you: Production's fourth question (drivers-2026.vsp, q-odbc-driver), shown only on its JDBC pages; js/which-driver.js shows it on a database's page and its JDBC page, and recommends the JDBC-to-ODBC bridge when it is ticked. I have an ODBC driver for this database Do you need to connect a 32-bit driver to a 64-bit database, or vice versa? Do you need to connect multiple clients to the same data source? Do you need to implement advanced security features such as ACLs and encryption? "Try" > "Lite (Single-Tier)": pick an installer in Finder-style columns (operating system > platform > database version > driver version), add details, get the license-generator download link. The options come from www.openlinksw.com/sparql (data-sparql-endpoint); js/try-lite.js does the rest. The shell reuses the "Which Driver" modal classes so both dialogs look and behave alike. ### Start Your Trial 1. Select 2. Details 3. Download Lite (Single-Tier) edition: choose an operating system, its version, your database version and a driver version. Operating System Operating System Version Database Version Driver Version Email Address Receive marketing material **Note:** This link opens OpenLink's license generator, which issues your trial license and installer download. You will need to log in if you haven't already done so; if you don't have an account, you'll need to create one on the next page. [Get Trial License & Download](#) "Try" > "Enterprise (Multi-Tier)": the server components (the Request Broker and the database agent) in the same columns as Lite, then the client components, which can run on another operating system (ODBC or JDBC > operating system > platform), then details and the license-generator link. js/try-lite.js drives both modals. ### Start Your Enterprise Trial 1. Server 2. Client 3. Details 4. Download Enterprise (Multi-Tier) edition. First the server components, the Request Broker and the database agent, which run where they can reach your database: choose their operating system, its version, your database version and a driver version. Operating System Operating System Version Database Version Driver Version Then the client components, which run where your applications do and can use another operating system: choose ODBC or JDBC, an operating system and its version. Client Operating System Operating System Version Email Address Receive marketing material **Note:** This link opens OpenLink's license generator, which issues your trial license and installer download. You will need to log in if you haven't already done so; if you don't have an account, you'll need to create one on the next page. [Get Trial License & Download](#) Get the driver ## The ODBC driver for IBM Db2, in two editions Single-Tier ### Lite Edition Direct client-to-database connectivity without middleware, for small- to medium-sized environments, with streamlined installation and simplified administration. See Lite pricing → Multi-Tier ### Enterprise Edition Middleware-driven architecture for enterprise scalability, with caching, load balancing and security controls, built for mission-critical workloads and distributed environments. See Enterprise pricing → JDBC ### JDBC Drivers for IBM Db2 For Java-based applications, services, and JVM-hosted MCP servers. Go to the JDBC drivers → Production: "Why Choose Our ... Drivers?" (three points) and "Why Should You Care?" with its "Ideal For" list, verbatim (drivers-2026.vsp). The paragraph is the page's own lead. Why OpenLink drivers ## Why should you care? Our ODBC Drivers for IBM Db2 are high-performing and enterprise-ready solutions for connecting to IBM Db2 databases from 32- and 64-bit applications that support ODBC connectivity. Ideal for: - AI Agents, Skills, and Tools - Analytics and Business Intelligence - Data Virtualization and Integration - Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) Operations 01 ### High performance Optimized for speed and efficiency with minimal overhead, delivering fast query execution and data transfer. 02 ### Enterprise security Built-in encryption, authentication, and compliance features for mission-critical deployments. 03 ### Universal connectivity Seamless integration with diverse applications and platforms across your technology stack. Production's "Available Editions" bullets, verbatim, and the page's architecture diagrams: production's own images for this driver (uda.openlinksw.com/images/, the catalog's schema:image), hotlinked. The rows are the page's oplsite:hasStepCard entries (name = edition, cardTitle = alt text, value = image URL); see drivers-protocols.ttl. Available editions ## Choose the right edition for your deployment Single-Tier ### Lite (Single-Tier) - Direct client-to-database connectivity without middleware - Ideal for small- to medium-sized environments - Streamlined installation and simplified administration Multi-Tier ### Enterprise (Multi-Tier) - Middleware-driven architecture for enterprise scalability - Advanced features: caching, load balancing, security controls - Built for mission-critical workloads and distributed environments ### Architecture Was: production's images, hotlinked, three abreast:
Now (2026-10-15, user request) the designer's exploded drawings, one per architecture, at a readable size: one at a time under the same tab strip as the prices (js/edition-tabs.js; without script every drawing shows under its own caption). Each has a dark and a light file; the theme picks one (css/uda.css). A page with one drawing shows no strip. Lite (Single-Tier) · ODBC [IBM Db2: ODBC driver, Lite (Single-Tier) architecture](urn:osdi:siteassets/diagrams/uda/db2-odbc-st.svg) [IBM Db2: ODBC driver, Lite (Single-Tier) architecture](urn:osdi:siteassets/diagrams/uda/db2-odbc-st-light.svg) Enterprise (Multi-Tier) · ODBC [IBM Db2: ODBC driver, Enterprise (Multi-Tier) architecture](urn:osdi:siteassets/diagrams/uda/db2-odbc-mt.svg) [IBM Db2: ODBC driver, Enterprise (Multi-Tier) architecture](urn:osdi:siteassets/diagrams/uda/db2-odbc-mt-light.svg) Production's "Features Comparison by Driver Edition" (data.openlinksw.com/oplweb/product_feature/*, per product_format st / mt), as static markup: the same 14 features on every production driver page, 12 in both editions and 2 in the Multi-Tier edition only. The two Enterprise-only features come first (user request, 2026-10-15), so what Enterprise adds is the first thing read. Synopses verbatim, except the three longest, cut to their first sentences, and obvious typos fixed ("Attibute", "connnections", "OLD DB"). Features ## Features comparison by driver edition Compare features across the driver editions. | Feature | Lite (Single-Tier) | Enterprise (Multi-Tier) | | --- | --- | --- | | Database Independent Networking Database Independent Networking that enables the use of a single generic data access driver for ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE DB with a variety of backend database management systems (DBMS). | — | ✓ | | Session Rules Book Attribute-based access controls that apply to all ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, OLE DB connections to a target database. | — | ✓ | | Connection Pooling Enables efficient management of resources associated with database sessions. | ✓ | ✓ | | Database mirroring compatibility Provides developer with DBMS server topology flexibility. | ✓ | ✓ | | Deferred Fetching of Blob Data The SQLGetData() and SQLPutData() ODBC API implementations have been significantly enhanced to provide intelligent handling of BLOB data. | ✓ | ✓ | | Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS) Enables applications developers to work concurrently against multiple query result sets. | ✓ | ✓ | | Multithreading support Enables development, deployment, and use of multithreaded client applications. | ✓ | ✓ | | Reference Cursors Support in Stored Procedures Support for advanced DBMS Server functionality. | ✓ | ✓ | | SSL Support Secure data transmission between applications and DBMS server. | ✓ | ✓ | | Snapshot transaction isolation level Enabling additional transaction isolation granularity to application developers. | ✓ | ✓ | | Support for Serial Data Type Provides application developers with access to last serial values for a given table. | ✓ | ✓ | | Transaction Isolation Levels configuration User-level configuration of Transaction Isolation Levels. | ✓ | ✓ | | Transaction Isolation mode discovery Enables developers to determine if DBMS instance is transactional or non-transactional. | ✓ | ✓ | | XML and Native Large Value data types support Provides developers with increased range of data types for developing new-generation applications. | ✓ | ✓ | Offers and pricing, inline. These are the same schema:Offer entities the pricing route renders, bound through the same "offersSingle" and "offersMulti" data sources (one per edition tab, see js/edition-tabs.js) and the same card markup as template/pricing.html. Each page lists the offers for its own client protocol (drivers-protocols.ttl, notes/uda.md): a database's ODBC Lite offers on its database and ODBC pages, "contact us" for JDBC Lite, as production's /jdbc/driver//lite/pricing/ says. No data-osdi-if guard: that directive only works on scalars, and every driver route declares offers. Offers & Pricing ## Choose your edition ### Lite Edition (Single-Tier) Save 50% ### Lite ODBC Driver (Single-Tier) — Personal Direct client-to-database connectivity from a single workstation install; ideal for individual developers, proof-of-concept (POC) projects, and entry-level solutions. - 1 installation - 5 database sessions - Workstation OS Retail $99.99/yr $49.99/yr Buy Now→ Save 81% ### Lite ODBC Driver (Single-Tier) — Workgroup Direct client-to-database connectivity without middleware, licensed for a server or workstation; ideal for small- to medium-sized team environments. - 1 installation - 10 database sessions - Server or Workstation OS Retail $524.99/yr $99.99/yr Buy Now→ ### Enterprise Edition (Multi-Tier) Save 60% ### Enterprise Edition (Multi-Tier) — Personal Middleware-driven architecture for enterprise scalability and security; advanced features (fine-grained, attribute-based access controls (ABAC), load balancing, and intelligent connection pooling); built for mission-critical workloads and modern agentic environments. - Unlimited ODBC/JDBC client applications - 5 concurrent database sessions - No CPU restrictions - Workstation-Grade OS Retail $1249.99/yr $499.99/yr Buy Now→ ### Enterprise — Need More? Custom tailored to your needs - Unlimited Concurrent Sessions - Unlimited CPU Cores - Server-Grade Operating Systems - Enterprise Support - Custom Licensing Terms Custom Contact Sales→ Enterprise (Multi-Tier) licenses cover ODBC and JDBC clients. Prices mirrored from OpenLink’s shop and checked against uda.openlinksw.com on 2026-10-15; confirm current pricing before purchase. ### Refund Policy You are strongly encouraged to evaluate our products prior to purchase. Unfortunately, we cannot issue refunds for orders placed through these systems. If there is ANY question of what license you need, please allow our Support Team to assist you, prior to purchase. Documentation, installation and support: production's UdaWikiWeb (wikis.openlinksw.com/UdaWikiWeb/, whose home page links these guides, fetched 2026-10-15) and the site's own support and contact pages. Support & Resources ## Installation, Documentation, and Support ### Install and configure Step-by-step installation and configuration, by operating system. - ODBC · Multi-Tier Edition[Windows](urn:osdi:sitehowto/mt/odbc/db2/windows/) - [Linux](urn:osdi:sitehowto/mt/odbc/db2/linux/) - [macOS](urn:osdi:sitehowto/mt/odbc/db2/macos/) Each guide also covers requirements, advanced configuration and upgrades. ### Documentation Requirements, advanced configuration, upgrades and a screenshot walkthrough sit with each installation guide, on this site. - [All supported databases](urn:osdi:sitedrivers/uda/#databases) ### Support Get expert technical support, troubleshooting assistance, and answers to your questions. - [Support options](urn:osdi:sitesupport/) - [Open or view a support case](https://shop.openlinksw.com/support_system/customers) - [Contact us](urn:osdi:sitecontact/) ## ODBC connectivity to IBM Db2, from BI to AI. Talk to an architect about which edition fits your deployment, or compare the editions and prices above. [Talk to an Architect](urn:osdi:sitecontact/) [All IBM Db2 drivers](urn:osdi:sitedrivers/db2/)