IBM App Connect vs SnapLogic comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

SnapLogic and IBM App Connect are competing in the data integration platform category. SnapLogic is often preferred for its competitive pricing and efficient customer support, whereas IBM App Connect stands out with a feature-rich ecosystem considered worth the investment.

Features: SnapLogic provides extensive pre-built connectors for various applications, robust data integration capabilities, and a highly flexible approach suited for diverse business needs. IBM App Connect offers advanced application integration, supports complex workflows, and allows seamless integration with IBM’s broader technology suite.

Room for Improvement: SnapLogic could enhance its capabilities by expanding its feature set to match that of enterprise-grade systems, improving security features, and offering more advanced automation options. IBM App Connect might improve by simplifying its interface, reducing the technical expertise required for deployment, and offering more competitive pricing options to appeal to smaller enterprises.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SnapLogic’s cloud-based deployment model simplifies installation and scaling, with intuitive tools that facilitate quick setup and excellent customer service. IBM App Connect offers both cloud and on-premises options, accommodating businesses with specific infrastructure needs, though its deployment process may require more technical expertise.

Pricing and ROI: SnapLogic presents a cost-effective subscription model providing good value, translating into strong ROI for cost-focused businesses. IBM App Connect, with higher upfront costs, is valued for its comprehensive features and enterprise-grade functionalities, with long-term ROI justified by its integration within the IBM ecosystem.

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IBM App Connect vs. SnapLogic

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SnapLogic

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

13th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (25th), Process Automation (16th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of IBM App Connect is 3.3%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SnapLogic is 4.7%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Mehdi El Filahi

Co-Founder at tenekit

Offers flexible adapters, good scalability but logging can be difficult at times

There is room for improvement in the logging messages. Sometimes, if you put someone new into App Connect, they can abandon it the same day. The logging is really painful. However, IBM has made efforts to integrate with Elasticsearch for logging, so that's an improvement. Overall, the logging can be difficult at times. One more important point is that if IBM improves its CI/CD capabilities, it will make a big difference. Right now, I have to create my own CI/CD setup from scratch for every client, which is inefficient. Back in 2013, I worked with Sonic ESB, and even then, it had CI/CD with Maven. With App Connect, you need to build everything yourself when using tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, or CircleCI. IBM really needs to provide official support for this.

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VinethSuresh

Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Achieves rapid results in data migration and has an intuitive user interface

I find SnapLogic to be user-friendly, especially for beginners with limited experience in data engineering or ETL. The interface is interactive, allowing me to quickly learn how to run pipelines and achieve production-ready results swiftly. This agility translates to cost savings, especially for smaller projects and proofs of concept, as less time and effort are needed to deliver results.

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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

"I like the adapters. The adapters help us achieve scalability. If you want to connect to SAP, there's an adapter. Salesforce? There's an adapter. You want to connect to another system? There's likely an adapter for that."

"Technical support is good."

"We use IBM App Connect for the integration between the applications."

"There is a friendly interface for configuration, and integration is made easy."

"I would say that the most valuable feature is the array of connectors and integration tools."

"It's a powerful application for collaboration. It has many features for customization and integration."

"The solution is fast and supports Open UI 3.0 certification."

"The solution is very fast-paced when it comes to making things right. We can quickly download what we need if we need any app migrations for our software business. We can download it plenty of times when we need to use it. It gives us very high speed for delivering any development."

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"By using snaps instead of functions in code, you can see the building blocks of the integration visually. This helps a lot."

"The feature I found most valuable in SnapLogic is low-code development. Low-code development has been very useful for simple processes, which is required for business users such as extracting details from a file or getting things reported by calling your web service. Calling your web service also becomes easier with SnapLogic because of the snaps available, so if you have the documentation, you can call an API. You don't have to write all those clients to call an API, so that is another feature I found very easy in SnapLogic. Configuring and managing all the file systems also become very handy with the solution."

"The solution could improve its API management."

"SnapLogic is an IPA tool that leverages a low code environment to connect to multiple sources, extract data, and store it in Azure data lake."

"The connection with SOAP is the best feature."

"Despite having no prior experience in SnapLogic, we managed to build, test, and prepare it for release in just three hours, handling heavy data efficiently."

"The solution is easy to implement and easy to use. It's basically just drag and drop."

"You can use other languages, such as Python, and easily connect to other systems."

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Cons

"The product should improve its support."

"In the next release, I would like to get some quality connectors."

"The interface could be better."

"One more important point is that if IBM improves its CI/CD capabilities, it will make a big difference. Right now, I have to create my own CI/CD setup from scratch for every client, which is inefficient."

"Plugins for the repositories are difficult to find."

"Finding developers for the product is difficult since it is a niche solution. I know the OpenShift environment is running well for the microservice environment. We had some issues with the other environment we tried to implement. It can be easily implemented internally, but we have some problems in practice."

"They reply in one or two hours at most, but they could be better."

"I've been using IBM App Connect for about twenty-five years, and while I like it, there are some areas for improvement. The trace policy is ridiculous, and the biggest issue is the cost—it's expensive. People would use it much more if the price point weren't so high."

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"It needs some more snaps. I would like to see some of the features be changed in some of the snaps."

"The dashboards regarding scheduled tasks need further improvement."

"There is room for improvement with APM management and how task execution looks."

"I am looking for more scheduling options. When it comes to scheduling, there are different tools in the market."

"We'd like zero downtime in the future."

"The solution isn't ideal for complex processing or logic. We use another solution for that."

"SnapLogic sits somewhere in the middle. It doesn’t offer enough easy canned integrations for its users like some of the easier to use integration apps."

"While it performs well, there is some room for improvement in this area."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products."

"It is very expensive if we want to scale."

"Initially, App Connect was quite expensive because the cost was based on the number of processors we used. However, it's now based on containers, which means we can be more specific about our consumption and get a better price."

"The price could be better."

"The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal."

"The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."

"The cost depends upon the consumer."

"App Connect is not cheap."

"SnapLogic is not expensive. It's reasonably priced."

"From the ROI perspective, the price is extremely high"

"They have pricing/usage tiers that are easy to move up or down."

"I used the free trial."

"By scaling the solution incrementally the cost is controlled and more beneficial to the client."

"The license model is based on consumption."

"SnapLogic's price is high compared to the other tools available in the market."

"It is a higher initial cost than other easy-to-use integration apps."

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Educational Organization

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Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

26%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM App Connect?

I like the adapters. The adapters help us achieve scalability. If you want to connect to SAP, there's an adapter. Salesforce? There's an adapter. You want to connect to another system? There's like...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM App Connect?

IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products.

What is your primary use case for IBM App Connect?

Our company has a big project for delivery and e-commerce sites. We use IBM App Connect to deliver information to our end users after they buy our products. We get information from many places, suc...

What do you like most about SnapLogic?

Despite having no prior experience in SnapLogic, we managed to build, test, and prepare it for release in just three hours, handling heavy data efficiently.

What needs improvement with SnapLogic?

SnapLogic is doing well in evolving with the AI landscape. However, if the AI capabilities and integrations were more intuitive and easy to learn for new users, it would be greatly beneficial. Addi...

What is your primary use case for SnapLogic?

I utilize SnapLogic for data migration and data integration projects. I use it mainly as a middleware tool, working with a lot of SAP data. By transferring SAP data into more cost-effective databas...

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Overview

Rapidly connect public clouds, private clouds and on-premises application

App Connect Professional is IBM’s cloud integration offering which delivers an integration solution
• With ease-of-use, flexibility and increased responsiveness to the evolving business needs, while removing the daunting complexities of integration.
• Provides the powerful combination of a ‘simple integration experience’ for business users looking to automate how their applications talk to each other; coupled with a ‘configuration based integration’ approach for IT.
• App Connect Professional is for the teams and integration developers who need to solve more complex problems and need powerful tooling for integration scenarios

The SnapLogic Intelligent Integration Platform uses AI-powered workflows to automate all stages of IT integration projects – design, development, deployment, and maintenance – whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments. The platform’s easy-to-use, self-service interface enables both expert and citizen integrators to manage all application integration, data integration, API management, B2B integration, and data engineering projects on a single, scalable platform. With SnapLogic, organizations can connect all of their enterprise systems quickly and easily to automate business processes, accelerate analytics, and drive transformation.

Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.

Adobe, ADP, BlackBerry, Bonobos, Box, Capital One, Dannon, Eero, Endo, Gensler, HCL, HP, Grovo, HIS, iRobot, Leica, Merck, Sans, Target, Verizon, Vodafone, Yelp, Yahoo!