| OLEDB | ODBC |
| An API (Application Programming Interface) enables standard data access from many sources. | It's a database management system interface (DataBase Management System). |
| Both relational and non-relational databases can be used with it. | It only works with databases that are relational. |
| It follows a set of steps. | It's built on the concept of components. |
| It's a lot more straightforward to use. | It's a challenge to put into action. |
| It improves the loading and extraction of data performance. | In terms of data loading and extraction, it performs worse than OLE DB. |
| To connect to an OLE DB data source, use OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection(connectionString). | To connect to an ODBC data source, use the resource ODBC connect(string data source, string username, string password, [int cursor type]). If this method succeeds, it will return a connection resource handle that may be used to access the database with the following instructions. |
