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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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

11th

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

12th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (21st), Process Automation (15th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of IBM App Connect is 4.7%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SnapLogic is 4.5%, up from 4.2% 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

"The most valuable feature is the security."

"One of the most beneficial features is the ability to handle multiple communication technologies, like integrating Kafka flows, which is helpful as other teams heavily use it. Regarding error handling, I initially wrote most of the handling myself. While built-in features for error handling are built-in, it largely depends on the developer. We use a custom solution that catches all exceptions, logs them in a database, and replays them as needed. It has been effective for us for over twenty years."

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

"It can handle API conversions with mapping and transformation rules, simplifying the development process."

"Very scalable, flexible, and user-friendly."

"It's stable to use, connect with the cloud, and to deploy."

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

"App Connect's best feature is that it can be deployed in a container."

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"It is a scalable solution."

"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."

"Overall product rating is nine out of ten."

"I found SnapLogic valuable and what I found most valuable about it was its ETL feature. I also found its automation feature valuable. It can be used for automating manual activities. It can be used as a middleware for certain transactional data processing and minimal datasets and ETL activities."

"The product is easy to use and has many connectivity options."

"It's more developer-friendly, and development can be done at a faster phase."

"SnapLogic is more user-friendly than Boomi in terms of debugging. You can move the mouse to a place, and it will record and show the data easily."

"I find the reusability and the snaps to be very valuable features."

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Cons

"When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated."

"The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer."

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

"More connectors could be available for the product as some of the third-party software doesn't have default connectors."

"The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally."

"The interface could be better."

"IBM needs to enhance and have a stronger offering for the event streaming part because this is the future needed for the containerization and the new integration requirement."

"IBM App Connect is scalable. From the administration side, they need to improve the RBAC model, as well as the clustering of this product. It will be good if we can start up the cluster, via IBM Connect Console. Some other products like MuleSoft, are providing this type of administration. MuleSoft is easy to use and user friendly."

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"The biggest issue we have faced in our company with SnapLogic is regarding the EDI format"

"The support is the most important improvement they could make."

"I don't think the support has better knowledge about technologies and tool support. There were lots of times when we had an issue, and it took me quite a long time to explain the problem. I feel like some of the support staff don't know their product well."

"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."

"Connecting to data behind enterprise firewalls has been tricky."

"SnapLogic should have some inbuilt protocol mechanism in order to speed up."

"One area for improvement in SnapLogic is the transparency in the flow of data. It needs to have more transparency. Right now, users only have a preview option at the end of any job flow, so at the end of any Snap Pack, there is a data preview option that lets you review the data and see how it's moving. What would make the solution better is more debugging and more access to change data from the preview panel or more functionality in terms of the preview option."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"App Connect is not cheap."

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

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

"The cost depends upon the consumer."

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

"The price could be better."

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

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

"I used the free trial."

"The license model is based on consumption."

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

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

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

"The cost with SnapLogic is an annual license and better than Informatica."

"When comparing it with solutions like Apigee or MuleSoft, it still offers better value."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

54%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

25%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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?

I am quite happy with the solution and do not have specific requirements at the moment. I tend to frequently communicate with SnapLogic to ask for additional features, and they have been responsive...

What is your primary use case for SnapLogic?

I mainly use it for data integration and some API tasks.

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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

IBM

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!

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