Required ArcGIS license types for FME Geodatabase formats

FME requires a licensed ArcGIS installation to support Geodatabase formats.

Personal Geodatabase (File and MDB)

• Reading: Basic (ArcView) or ArcEngine level or higher
• Writing: Basic (ArcView) or ArcEngine level or higher

ArcSDE Geodatabase

• Reading: Basic (ArcView) or ArcEngine level or higher
• Writing: Standard (ArcEditor) or Advanced (ArcInfo) level, or ArcEngine with the Geodatabase Update Extension

According to the Esri ArcEngine Licensing page, an ArcEngine license cannot be deployed on a Server machine.

File Geodatabase Open API

• Reading: No additional licensing required

• Writing: No additional licensing required

See FME cannot read or write to Esri Geodatabase - license error messages if you need to select a specific Esri license type from a pool of Esri licenses

Esri ArcGIS Licensing

This ArcGIS help page outlines what geodatabase functionality is available at the various Esri ArcGIS license levels.