We performed a comparison between Azure Data Factory and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is very modular. It works well. We've used Data Factory and then made calls to libraries outside of Data Factory to do things that it wasn't optimized to do, and it worked really well. It is obviously proprietary in regards to Microsoft created it, but it is pretty easy and direct to bring in outside capabilities into Data Factory."
"Most of our customers are Microsoft shops and prefer Azure Data Factory because they have good licensing options and a trust factor with Microsoft."
"The most valuable features of Azure Data Factory are the flexibility, ability to move data at scale, and the integrations with different Azure components."
"The solution can scale very easily."
"Allows more data between on-premises and cloud solutions"
"We have found the bulk load feature very valuable."
"This solution will allow the organisation to improve its existing data offerings over time by adding predictive analytics, data sharing via APIs and other enhancements readily."
"The most valuable feature of this solution would be ease of use."
"Webhooks are the most valuable feature of Zapier."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is very intuitive and has a very flat learning curve."
"The initial setup is pretty easy to do."
"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 product's most valuable feature is automation."
"We can connect Zapier with Zoho CRM for lead generation. I like the tool's drag and drop feature."
"Zapier is user friendly and makes it easy to integrate different tools. It has a drag and drop functionality which makes it easy to connect environments."
"The product's initial setup phase was very easy."
"There are limitations when processing more than one GD file."
"Some of the optimization techniques are not scalable."
"Snowflake connectivity was recently added and if the vendor provided some videos on how to create data then that would be helpful."
"The thing we missed most was data update, but this is now available as of two weeks ago."
"Azure Data Factory can improve by having support in the drivers for change data capture."
"My only problem is the seamless connectivity with various other databases, for example, SAP."
"We are too early into the entire cycle for us to really comment on what problems we face. We're mostly using it for transformations, like ETL tasks. I think we are comfortable with the facts or the facts setting. But for other parts, it is too early to comment on."
"There aren't many third-party extensions or plugins available in the solution."
"After mapping them out, and they'd worked for a while, I've had Zapier fail."
"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."
"The pricing could be a little cheaper."
"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."
"At the moment, they allow a limited number of apps. I look forward to getting more apps for each package."
"Zapier could be a little faster, but that might not be possible. I would encourage Zapier to make more API endpoints for each application"
"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."
Azure Data Factory is ranked 1st in Data Integration with 81 reviews while Zapier is ranked 9th in Cloud Data Integration with 41 reviews. Azure Data Factory is rated 8.0, while Zapier is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Data Factory writes "The data factory agent is quite good but pricing needs to be more transparent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zapier writes "A tool for automation purposes requiring an easy initial setup while offering a very helpful technical support team ". Azure Data Factory is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Alteryx Designer, Snowflake and IBM InfoSphere DataStage, whereas Zapier is most compared with AWS Glue, Alteryx Designer, Tray.io, Coefficient and Workato. See our Azure Data Factory vs. Zapier report.
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