--- title: Entity Developer and dotConnect for ASP.NET Core | daily.dev description: Entity Developer and dotConnect are commercial Devart tools for .NET data access, offering visual ORM modeling and high-performance ADO.NET providers that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/entity-developer-and-dotconnect-for-asp-net-core-9uhderyjz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Entity Developer and dotConnect for ASP.NET Core | daily.dev og:description: Entity Developer and dotConnect are commercial Devart tools for .NET data access, offering visual ORM modeling and high-performance ADO.NET providers that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/entity-developer-and-dotconnect-for-asp-net-core-9uhderyjz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9UHderYjZ.png og:image:alt: Entity Developer and dotConnect for ASP.NET Core og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Entity Developer and dotConnect for ASP.NET Core **[NikolaTech](https://daily.dev/sources/nikolatech)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Entity Developer and dotConnect are commercial Devart tools for .NET data access, offering visual ORM modeling and high-performance ADO.NET providers that integrate with EF Core, Entity Framework, NHibernate and other ORMs. The piece walks through installation, model-first and database-first workflows, generating EF Core entities and DbContext code via Visual Studio integration, and covers compatibility, Devart's company background, customer list, and pricing (Entity Developer from $220-320/year, dotConnect Universal from ~$270/year, with a 30-day free trial). ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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