title: Comparison of Entity Framework compatible providers for Oracle?
body: <p>I have read similar questions and their answers, however, it seems none deal with this exact question except for one, which is out of date (from 2009 - pre EF4).</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have any positive or negative experience with EF providers for Oracle, if so what is your experience?</p>
  
  <p>Similar questions:<br/>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1101630/entity-framework-and-oracle">Entity Framework and Oracle</a><br/>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/82644/can-you-use-microsoft-entity-framework-with-oracle">Can you use Microsoft Entity Framework with Oracle?</a><br/>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3316856/entity-framework-with-oracle-database">Entity framework with oracle database</a><br/>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/682773/how-to-choose-an-oracle-provider-for-net-application">How to choose an Oracle provider for .Net application?</a><br/></p>
  
  <p>Providers I know of:<br/>
  Oracle's ODP.NET: <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/index-085163.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/index-085163.html</a><br/>
  Devart's DotConnect: <a href="http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/entityframework.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/entityframework.html</a><br/>
  DataDirect's Progress: <a href="http://www.datadirect.com/products/net/release-history.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.datadirect.com/products/net/release-history.html</a><br/>
  OPENLINK: <a href="http://uda.openlinksw.com/dotnet/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://uda.openlinksw.com/dotnet/</a><br/></p>
  
  <p>I know that Oracle's provider is currently beta (3) and is not fully managed - separate binaries for 32bit vs 64bit.</p>
  
  <p>Are any of the others stable?<br/>
  Are there any that I have missed?<br/>
  Which have been successfully used in your projects?<br/></p>