We performed a comparison between webMethods Integration Server and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a bundled product stack for A2A and B2B usage. It is one of the best products which I have used during my integration career."
"I would say the core Web-based integrations work the best. They are the most efficient and robust implementations one can do with webMethods."
"They are the building blocks of EAI in SAG products, and they offer a very good platform."
"From a user perspective, the feature which I like the most about Integration Server is its designer."
"The synchronous and asynchronous messaging system the solution provides is very good."
"A product with good API and EDI components."
"One valuable feature is that it is event-driven, so when new data is available on the source it can be quickly processed and displayed. Integration is definitely another useful feature, and B2B is one area where webMethods has its own unique thing going, whereby we can do monitoring of transactions, monitoring of client onboarding, and so on."
"High throughput and excellent scalability."
"Zapier handles everything under the sun that you would think you need in automation. It is the most mature integration platform and service on the market."
"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."
"Zapier’s most valuable feature is its ability to interconnect applications or devices."
"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."
"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."
"The connection between Facebook lead forms and MailChimp integrations is the most valuable feature."
"The product's most valuable feature is automation."
"The product needs to be improved in a few ways. First, they need to stabilize the components of the whole platform across versions. Also, they should stop replacing old components with brand new ones and, rather, improve by evolution."
"The price should be reduced to make it more affordable."
"We'd like for them to open up to a more cloud-based solution that could offer more flexibility and maybe a better rules engine or more integration with rules engines."
"The market webMethods Integration Server falls under is a very crowded market, so for the product to stand out, Software AG would need to get traction in the open source community by releasing a new version or a base version and open source it, so people can create new custom components and add it to the portfolio."
"As webMethods Integration Server is expensive, that's its area for improvement."
"One area that needs improvement is the version upgrade process. Many customers I've worked with encounter challenges when transitioning from their current version, such as x or 9, to a newer version. The process is not smooth, and they must shift their entire website."
"This product has too many gaps. You find them after update installations. This should be covered by automatic testing."
"The installation process should be simplified for first time users and be made more user-friendly."
"Some recent changes to the solution have made it bulky and not as intuitive to use as it previously was."
"It could support various languages along with Python."
"After mapping them out, and they'd worked for a while, I've had Zapier fail."
"The solution does not work properly when we apply filters and we get errors."
"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."
"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."
"The pricing of the solution is quite expensive."
"The pricing could be a little cheaper."
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webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews while Zapier is ranked 10th in Cloud Data Integration with 41 reviews. webMethods Integration Server is rated 8.0, while Zapier is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". 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 ". webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, Mule ESB, TIBCO BusinessWorks and Boomi iPaaS, whereas Zapier is most compared with AWS Glue, Alteryx Designer, Tray.io, Coefficient and MuleSoft Composer. See our Zapier vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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