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Everything we read, and how to send it.

A knowledge base of every database, file format and legacy system DataMeans can convert, plus a quick guide to getting your data in and out.

Quick start
01

Prepare your file

Send the original database file, or a .zip of the whole folder with its index files. Keep everything just as it came off the old system so we can read the full structure when you upload.

02

Upload & preview

Drag it into the browser over an encrypted connection. We map the schema and show you a live preview of the tables and rows we found.

03

Choose a format & export

Download as CSV, Excel, JSON or SQL. Re-download anytime within your plan's access window.

Knowledge base

Supported systems

If your data lives in it, there's a good chance we can read it. Search the catalog or filter by type.

42 systems · 23 supported today

Actuate / BIRT

Coming soon
Actuate data

Alpha Five / Alpha Anywhere

Supported
Alpha Anywhere data

AS/400 (IBM i)

Supported
IBM i physical files

Borland Paradox

Supported
Borland Paradox tables

Btrieve / Pervasive PSQL

Supported
Btrieve data

CA Datacom

Coming soon
CA Datacom data

CA IDMS

Coming soon
IDMS data

Clarion

Supported
Clarion database files

Clipper

Supported
Clipper 5.x / dBASE DBF

COBOL Data Files

Supported
COBOL data files

CSV / Delimited Text

Supported
Comma or tab-separated values

DataFlex

Supported
DataFlex 2.x / 3.x databases

dBASE

Supported
dBASE III / IV / V

FileMaker

Supported
FileMaker files

FoxPro / Visual FoxPro

Supported
Visual FoxPro / DBF files

GIS / Geospatial

Coming soon
GIS data

Gupta SQLBase

Coming soon
Gupta SQLBase data

HP 3000 / IMAGE

Coming soon
HP 3000 Image data

IBM Informix

Coming soon
Informix data

Interleaf

Coming soon
Interleaf data

JSON

Supported
JSON arrays or newline-delimited

Lotus 1-2-3

Supported
Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets

Lotus Notes / Domino

Supported
Lotus Notes databases

Magic / uniPaaS

Coming soon
Magic / uniPaaS

Microsoft Access

Supported
.mdb / .accdb files

Microsoft Excel

Supported
XLS / XLSX workbooks

Microsoft SQL Server

Coming soon
SQL Server backups

Model 204

Coming soon
Model 204 data

MySQL

Supported
SQL dump files (via mysqldump)

Oracle Database

Coming soon
Oracle Database dumps

Oracle Essbase

Coming soon
Essbase data

Pick / MultiValue

Supported
MultiValue (D3, UniVerse, UniData)

PostgreSQL

Coming soon
PostgreSQL database dumps

Progress 4GL / OpenEdge

Supported
Progress 4GL / OpenEdge

QuickBooks

Coming soon
QuickBooks files

Sage 50

Supported
Sage data

SAP BusinessObjects

Coming soon
Business Objects data

SAP Sybase ASE

Coming soon
Sybase data

Software AG Adabas

Coming soon
Adabas data

SQLite

Supported
.db / .sqlite database files

Statistical Files (SPSS, Stata, SAS)

Supported
SPSS, Stata, and SAS data files

Teradata

Coming soon
Teradata exports
Reference

Export formats

Every paid plan can export to any of these. Pick the one that fits where your data is going next.

.csv

CSV / Delimited

Universal text format. Opens in any spreadsheet, database, or script. UTF-8 encoded with proper quoting.

.xlsx

Excel

A native workbook with one sheet per table, typed columns, and headers ready for analysis.

.json

JSON

Arrays or newline-delimited records, ready for APIs, pipelines, and modern applications.

.sql

SQL

CREATE + INSERT statements for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server and more, schema included.