AWS AppSync vs Workato comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AWS AppSync

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Integration (23rd)

Workato

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (8th)

Mindshare comparison

AWS AppSync and Workato aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. AWS AppSync is designed for Cloud Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 0.4%, down 0.5% compared to last year.
Workato, on the other hand, focuses on Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), holds 4.2% mindshare, down 4.2% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Akil Saji

AWS Cloud Developer at Mobil80 Solutions and Services Pvt. Ltd.

Ease of creating APIs with ongoing updates needed for automation

AWS has made it easy for developers like me to create and manage GraphQL APIs. The ease of use is a main advantage, allowing even beginners to start from scratch and learn through AppSync. Before AWS, developing and managing APIs was quite complex. AWS provided AppSync, which assists developers and startup founders. Startups blooming everywhere benefit from this service, welcoming those who lack prior knowledge. When working on AWS, I notice that Amazon regularly implements new features. For instance, with the Lambda service, AWS is transitioning from an old editor to a new one. Similarly, AppSync frequently introduces updates and changes. This trend is making the user interface more accessible, even for individuals without a technical background. Additionally, the cost is attractive, as AWS operates on a pay-as-you-go basis. These factors make AppSync both easy to use and cost-effective.

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Rohit Sircar

Integration Solutions Lead | Digital Core Transformation Service Line at Hexaware Technologies Limited

Great automation and strong workflows useful for integration

The initial setup is quite straightforward. When connecting Workato with your on-premises system, you have to install the Workato agent on your network. It was not complex but a long process to configure and settle. Workato has not gone live for us yet, so only the developers are currently using it. But in terms of users, we will have close to 250 and maybe 30 additional direct users. We are seeing a lot of different use cases where we can add new recipes because we started small, and there are many different areas where we can implement Workato for automation.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"AWS has made it easy for developers like me to create and manage GraphQL APIs."

"Support for multiple data sources and formats is a fantastic feature."

"AWS has made it easy for developers like me to create and manage GraphQL APIs."

"Workato is low code, intuitive, and easy to use."

"I definitely recommend Workato to others; it is the best product in our technology stack, allowing us to integrate legacy systems and address diverse requirements."

"The most valuable features are easy integration, quick tab to develop, quick tab to market, and interactive integration platform."

"The features of Workato are very user-friendly."

"The initial setup was very easy."

"It's easy to understand, makes flows and is efficient."

"Workato allows us to streamline our operations by replacing multiple legacy systems with a single integrated platform."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

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Cons

"In AppSync, assigning roles and permissions to APIs is necessary for accessing other AWS services. Automating this task when creating APIs would be beneficial."

"Moving to other clouds is impossible without significantly rearchitecting your applications."

"In AppSync, assigning roles and permissions to APIs is necessary for accessing other AWS services. Automating this task when creating APIs would be beneficial."

"I would like to see the dashboarding and reporting processes improved."

"From the deployment point of view, our customers encounter platform downtime where it does not serve the actual request on the systems."

"A limitation is that their cloud presence is only in North America and Europe."

"It is tedious to make a tailor-fit function."

"The Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capabilities could be improved."

"Workato's Extract, transform, and load (ETL) and extract, load, and transform (ELT) are not very strong and could be improved for very complex transformations."

"Integrating on-prem applications is challenging, even though they have an on-prem agent."

"The data flow and debugging processes need improvement, especially for tracing issues. Additionally, Workato struggles with scalability when handling high volumes of data, such as terabytes, requiring chunking for initial data loads."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis, and it is a pay-as-you-go model."

"Workato is an expensive solution."

"On a scale of one to ten, the pricing is around a six. We have a consumption model and the pricing is higher. If you are using any kind of ML-based approach, machine learning, or some advanced analytics, you may have to pay more."

"Speaking about price, I would say that it's market-related. Also, there are costs in addition to the standard license fees since different add-ons depend on what you require."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

17%

Healthcare Company

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

34%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS AppSync?

We initially had limited knowledge about AWS costs. As beginners, we ran many instances for over a month. Consequently, we received a bill from Amazon for around $20, which was unexpected. This hig...

What needs improvement with AWS AppSync?

In AppSync, assigning roles and permissions to APIs is necessary for accessing other AWS services. Automating this task when creating APIs would be beneficial. Regular updates might soon address th...

What is your primary use case for AWS AppSync?

Our company handles in-house projects and serves clients globally. My role with AppSync involves creating GraphQL APIs. There are different types of APIs, such as REST API, GraphQL API, and WebSock...

What do you like most about Workato?

Workato is low code, intuitive, and easy to use.

What needs improvement with Workato?

One area for improvement is the CI/CD pipeline, which lacks a version control system similar to GitHub ( /products/github-reviews ) for easier deployment. Though it has a recipe life cycle manageme...

What is your primary use case for Workato?

I am using Workato ( /products/workato-reviews ) for integrating and automating solutions for finance, HR, and IT. Specific use cases include onboarding and offboarding for HR, handling invoices fo...

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Overview

AWS AppSync simplifies application development by letting you create a flexible API to securely access, manipulate, and combine data from one or more data sources. AppSync is a managed service that uses GraphQL to make it easy for applications to get exactly the data they need.

With AppSync, you can build scalable applications, including those requiring real-time updates, on a range of data sources such as NoSQL data stores, relational databases, HTTP APIs, and your custom data sources with AWS Lambda. For mobile and web apps, AppSync additionally provides local data access when devices go offline, and data synchronization with customizable conflict resolution, when they are back online.

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Named a Leader in iPaaS for Dynamic Integrations by Forrester, Workato is a modern automation and integration platform. With its enterprise-grade capabilities, you can seamlessly integrate and orchestrate workflow automation across cloud and on-premise applications, files and databases without coding.

The Workato team comes from a deep background in building integration products and will continue to expand and change the automation and integration space.

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