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Nexus

Paid#21 of 24 in Data Federation Software

Nexus: A capable Windows data federation and migration suite with costly annual licensing. Ranked #21 of 24 in Data Federation Software by our editors (6.8/10); pricing: Paid; best for windows-based federation and migration.

6.8/10Editor score

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At a glance

Editor score
6.8 / 10
Pricing
Paid
Best for
Windows-based federation and migration
Free plan
No
Paid from
$399/user/yr
Founded
1993
Facts checked
20 Sep 2026

Where it wins
- Federated joins across more than 25 relational database platforms
- Visual Super Join Builder generates SQL for cross-system queries
- Scheduled migrations, analytics, Excel support, and synchronization
Where it doesn't
- Windows-only platform coverage
- No free plan and annual per-user licensing starts at $399
- Full migration costs up to $2,499 per user per year

Our verdict on Nexus

Nexus is a Windows-based database query, migration, analytics, and data-federation tool from Coffing Data Warehousing. It is designed for business users, IT professionals, DBAs, ETL teams, and enterprises working across on-premises and cloud databases. Nexus Client provides desktop access to connected data sources, while Nexus Server supports scheduled jobs and large-scale data movement on Windows servers. Its core use cases include joining tables across systems, moving tables or databases, comparing and synchronizing databases, and working with connected data through Excel.

Pricing is structured as annual, single-user licensing. Small Business costs $399 per user per year for query, federation, and basic migration, while Small Business with Migration costs $999 for full migration. Enterprise costs $749 per user per year with query, federation, and basic migration; Enterprise with Migration costs $2,499 for full migration. There is no free plan. The published plans make the migration tier the key cost distinction, and the Windows requirement narrows its fit for teams seeking broader desktop or hosted platform coverage.

Nexus stands out through the combination of its Visual Super Join Builder, Metadata Cache Tree search, built-in analytics, dashboards, charts, result-set operations, and scheduled migration or federated-query jobs through Nexus Server. It supports Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, DB2, Netezza, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Amazon Redshift, Postgres, Presto, Hive, Impala, Drill, Greenplum, Kognitio, and SAP HANA. Choose Nexus when Windows deployment, cross-platform SQL work, and migration are central requirements. Teams needing a free option or non-Windows coverage should consider alternatives.

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Nexus pricing

Plans PaidPaid No free plan — trial or paid only. Prices checked 20 Sep 2026.

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Nexus fact sheet

Free plan	No
Paid from	$399/user/yr
Cloud hosted	Not verified
Self-hosted	Yes
SQL querying	Yes
Query result cache	Not verified
Row-level security	Not verified
API access	Not verified
Scheduled queries	Yes
Deployment	Self-hosted, Desktop
Platforms	Windows
Support	Email, Phone, Docs
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate)
Integrations	20 integrations: Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, DB2, Netezza, Azure SQL Data Warehouse …
Pricing	Paid (source)
Website	coffingdw.com
Facts checked	20 Sep 2026

Nexus integrations

Nexus lists 20 integrations on its own site.

Oracle
SQL Server
Teradata
DB2
Netezza
Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Amazon Redshift
Postgres
Presto
Hive
Impala
Drill
Greenplum
Kognitio
SAP HANA
Sybase
Vertica
MySQL
Snowflake
Yellowbrick

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