Boomi iPaaS vs Zapier comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Boomi iPaaS and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Boomi iPaaS vs. Zapier Report (Updated: July 2023).

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Boomi iPaaS vs. Zapier

July 2023

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

Categories and Ranking

Boomi iPaaS

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (6th)

Zapier

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Integration (10th)

Mindshare comparison

Boomi iPaaS and Zapier aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Boomi iPaaS is designed for Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) and holds a mindshare of 10.7%, up 7.6% compared to last year.
Zapier, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Data Integration, holds 1.9% mindshare, up 1.8% since last year.

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Cloud Data Integration

Featured Reviews

Eugene Paden

CTO at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Integration solution proves maturity and drives productivity

There are many features we're using. We're starting to do AI now regarding integration with other platforms, focusing on creating integrations. A significant area for improvement is version control. Currently, you develop and cannot properly roll back to a previous version unless you create different versions. With proper version control, you could know which version to revert to and test other versions.

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FrankHo

Analyst at MSXI

Though the tool offers a visually appealing UI, it needs to improve its documentation

With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation. The product has many bugs, so users have to wait for a period ranging from five minutes to an hour to see where the Zap went. In Zapier, Zaps aren't very understandable owing to the way they work. As a user, you would think that in Zapier, a Zap works in a particular way once you set it up, but it won't happen. At times, some Zaps can interfere with each other, because of which there might be infinite loops that may occur, owing to which multiple Zaps continue to run or break down in general, after which nothing would run in your environment. You would not be notified about the breakdown of Zaps. The bugs in the product may be considered to understand or get an explanation of how Zaps works between software systems, so for something between Gmail and HubSpot, Zapier would explain through better documentation what would work and what wouldn't work. Maybe if Zapier had better functionality with Python or any other coding language in general, it would make the product a lot better.

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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

"The solution has a lot of connectors, which is quite helpful."

"The best features are that it is a cloud-based and a multi-tenant tool."

"I have found the solution to be scalable."

"Low-code development is the most valuable feature."

"Extremely flexible for any kind of integration between systems."

"Boomi iPaaS has substantially reduced operational costs by providing out-of-the-box connectors that expedite the integration process with enterprise systems."

"The platform is user-friendly."

"The tool's most valuable features I've found are related to debugging and testing. It makes it easy to track execution, documents, and process history. This functionality is particularly useful for identifying issues with data and providing insights to the business."

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"The product's initial setup phase was very easy."

"Zapier is a really good tool for connecting multiple different platforms and data sources. For example, with Quickbase, I can easily integrate data from other sources like AWS or task-tracking platforms such as ClickUp or Asana."

"Webhooks are the most valuable feature of Zapier."

"The ability to connect web applications to trigger actions in another app after having enriched, formatted, delayed, grouped, and filtered is really valuable for many businesses."

"The solution is a SaaS and does not require a complex setup."

"There are a few valuable features, like the stability that it comes with and also the number of features that it offers. I've used other services like Pabbly, but they don't offer similar numbers of applications that Zapier has or allows to integrate with – it's maximum."

"With the previous CRM we were using – the Google Ads landing pages we had – we were collecting leads manually. That process was not efficient and took a sales team a lot of time to insert these leads manually. Currently, the process is smooth and we use Zapier to collect the leads for us."

"The connection between Facebook lead forms and MailChimp integrations is the most valuable feature."

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Cons

"There should be more scripting possibilities."

"We encountered stability issues occasionally, one to two times a year."

"They are lacking in some streaming features, and messaging features from a listener's point of view."

"There are still some areas that need improvement. For example, when updates are going on, the product becomes very slow."

"Boomi AtomSphere Integration is not yet exposed to the world as a good product owing to certain shortcomings in the area of marketing where improvements are required."

"Lots of enhancements are needed in the API portal so that the developers can view the definitions, try out the APIs, etc."

"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"There are stability issues."

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"System-to-system is fine, but when it comes to system-to-user, where Zapier is helping to communicate to a user, that's a one-way communication. If that user has to perform some action on that notification, the action isn't handled by Zapier. So there's no way to orchestrate that and it's very cumbersome."

"I think that this solution should have more apps connected to it."

"I would like to see them improve the Quickbase integration. Currently, it only allows triggering actions when records are added, but it would be more useful if we could also trigger actions when records are modified or deleted."

"Zapier needs to improve in the same way most RPA solutions should, such as Robocorp, Make, or UiPath. They are not good at helping you find the connections that you need for the problem that you have. For example, if need something on Instagram. I'm going to have to do research for hours to be able to find the components or the app, which is going to do what I need it to do. It makes it difficult to use the system when you don't know what to use."

"Some recent changes to the solution have made it bulky and not as intuitive to use as it previously was."

"With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation."

"Some apps are not available yet. For instance, a connection with Joomla! would be great. In general, all the most-used apps are available, but I bumped into Joomla! with a client."

"The user interface for Zapier could be improved. It also takes some time to sync the data between different environments."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive platform."

"I rate the product's price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."

"When it comes to pricing, it's not so much about being less expensive as it is about how they don't tie to the hardware on the underlined VMware that you run on, as other vendors do"

"Boomi AtomSphere Integration is expensive. I rate its pricing an eight out of ten."

"The Platinum package is good for licensing, but I’m not sure about the cost and improvements."

"They do not charge by the number of people using the software (client-server model), but rather they charge based on the number of connections used. This makes it very cost effective."

"There could be an easy-to-understand licensing model."

"The pricing is not reasonable at all. It's very high."

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"Think your Zaps through to make sure you don't use more Zaps than you need."

"The least expensive plan is $24 a month, and you can go all the way to $800 a month if you're a huge company using many tasks."

"Zapier is a paid service. Its license renews monthly, and Zapier will downgrade your subscription to the free version when your credit card doesn't have funds. That significantly impacts your service because everything halts completely. Zapier doesn't have any hidden costs."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"Zapier's price is good."

"There is a free plan that is, of course, limited. However, it allows you to understand and check true scenarios for a while."

"It's very affordable."

"Per task, there is a monthly plan involving 15 euros...Also, in different forms, they just give you the ability to use different features. They charge 18.58 euros for the first standard plan, which includes 750 tasks. So, it is about 25 cents per task."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Non Profit

Computer Software Company

16%

University

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Boomi AtomSphere Integration?

The tool's most valuable features I've found are related to debugging and testing. It makes it easy to track execution, documents, and process history. This functionality is particularly useful for...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Boomi AtomSphere Integration?

The pricing for Boomi iPaaS is reasonable, costing around $6,000 per year. It is affordable even for small customers, like a salon with a couple of branches.

What needs improvement with Boomi AtomSphere Integration?

Although Boomi iPaaS is top in the market, there might be room for improvement in the ETL aspect, which was recently integrated as another module. This aspect of Boomi iPaaS is not mature enough at...

What do you like most about Zapier?

The product's most valuable feature is automation.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zapier?

The pricing is suitable. It's not cheap, but not expensive.

What needs improvement with Zapier?

The pricing could be a little cheaper.

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Overview

The Boomi AtomSphere integration platform as a service (iPaaS) supports all your application integration processes – between cloud platforms, software-as-a-service applications, and on-premises systems. Your entire team has online access to a powerful range of integration and data management capabilities, that can be realized in a fraction of the time of legacy middleware technologies.

Boomi

Zapier is a tool for primarily non-technical users to connect together web apps.

An integration between two apps is called a Zap. A Zap is made up of a Trigger and one or more Actions or Searches.

Whenever the trigger happens in one app, Zapier will automatically perform the actions or searches in another app in order.

Zaps are very lightweight and easy to set up. Zaps do not import or export old data (they only operate on new items created after the Zap is enabled). Zaps are also not kept in sync ("two way syncing") after the Zap is triggered.

Zaps are deceivingly simple if you're used to dealing with complex and difficult integrations. Their simplicity is what enables anyone to create them.

Sample Customers

DocuSign Inc., Innotas, Certent, Renesas Electronics America (REA), Kelly-Moore Paints, Mindjet, City of McKinney, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), Daylight Transport, A10 Networks

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