# Drivers and third-party application integration on Amazon EMR


 You can run several popular big-data applications on Amazon EMR with utility pricing. This means you pay a nominal additional hourly fee for the third-party application while your cluster is running. It allows you to use the application without having to purchase an annual license. The following sections describe some of the tools you can use with EMR.

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# Use business intelligence tools with Amazon EMR
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# Use business intelligence tools with Amazon EMR


You can use popular business intelligence tools like Microsoft Excel, MicroStrategy, QlikView, and Tableau with Amazon EMR to explore and visualize your data. Many of these tools require an ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) or JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) driver. To download and install the latest drivers, see [http://awssupportdatasvcs.com/bootstrap-actions/Simba/latest/](http://awssupportdatasvcs.com/bootstrap-actions/Simba/latest/).

To find older versions of drivers, see [http://awssupportdatasvcs.com/bootstrap-actions/Simba/](http://awssupportdatasvcs.com/bootstrap-actions/Simba/).