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Are you planning to implement an integration platform or an iPaaS solution? To help you navigate the plethora of integration platforms, we’ve created comparisons with the most popular solutions. In this comparison, we’re exploring the difference between two renowned integration platforms, namely the Alumio iPaaS and the SAP Integration Suite. We compare their common attributes, platform features, pricing structures, industrial specialization, and overall user-friendliness.

Comparing the Alumio iPaaS with SAP Integration Suite

The SAP Integration Suite, formerly known as, the SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI), was designed to help connect SAP and non-SAP applications. It has now evolved into a full-fledged, high-end iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service) solution that provides a wide range of connectors to integrate on-premises and cloud applications.

The Alumio integration platform (iPaaS) is a flexible cloud-native solution that helps integrate multiple applications, systems, and data sources. While making integrations simple for non-coding business users with no-code features, Alumio is primarily a low-code integration solution that offers developer-friendly integration features and customizability. The platform is designed as a scalable solution for both SMBs and enterprises to develop, govern, and orchestrate industry-specific integrated ecosystems. Alumio provides a free trial version, full-feature access, and unlimited connected systems across all plans with a limitation on the number of tasks.

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About

The Alumio iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service) is a cloud-native, low-code integration platform that helps connect multiple systems, SaaS, cloud apps, and data sources, across on-premises and cloud environments. It provides a user-friendly web interface that both developers and business users can collaborate on to create, monitor, and manage integrations and data flows, without the need for custom code. Alumio is known for its customizability and developer-friendly advanced integration features such as mappers, custom transformers, and workflow automation, making it flexible enough to adapt to virtually any use case.

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The SAP Integration Suite is an “integration Platform as Service (iPaaS) that helps integrate on-premise and cloud-based processes, services, applications, events, and data. It provides tools for designing, publishing, and managing APIs, access to pre-built connectors and third-party cloud apps, and AI-assisted integration development.

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Pricing

Task-based pricing model.

Starting at 999€ per month.

Alumio offers full feature access and unlimited connections, users, and workflows across all plans. Costs are incurred only on tasks initiated, starting with 1 million tasks per year with the Essential Edition. Higher capacity plans provide increased storage space and task capabilities, dedicated support functionalities, and data retention options.

  • Subscription-based
  • Free trial
  • Tailored plans for all businesses
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Usage-based pricing model.

Starting at 4000€ per month.

SAP provides a standard plan and a premium plan with purchasable add-ons, tenant access, and messages needed to be obtained additionally. Alert notifications for critical business messages are also available with the Premium plan.

  • Subscription-based
  • Premium plan
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Interface


• Low-code/no-code integrations

• Cloud-native

• Click-and-configure integrations

• Workflow automation

• Advanced data mappers and transformers

• Automated monitoring & logging

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• Low-code integrations

• Cloud-based

• Drag-and-drop integrations

• AI-assisted development

• Design and manage APIs

• Error notifications for Premium Edition

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Features

• Pre-built connectors

• Application integrations

• API integration

• Data integration

• Data management

• Web services

• Multiple data sources

• ETL 

• B2B & EDI integration 

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• Pre-built connectors

• Web services

• Multiple data sources

• Application integration

• API Integration

• B2B & EDI integration

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Additional Features

Integration Management
Reusable API integrations
Webhooks
Reporting & Analytics
Workflow Management
Access Controls/Permissions
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Hybrid cloud integration
API management
B2B integrations
Event-driven architecture
For data management, the SAP Data Intelligence solution needs to be obtained
For workflow automation, SAP Build Process Automation needs to be obtained

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Security Features

  • Single Sign-on (SSO)
  • Role-based access
  • Error management
  • Authentication
  • Data security
  • Data encryption
  • Reactivation procedures
  • Data privacy regulation compliance
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  • Single Sign-on (SSO)
  • Role-based access
  • Error management
  • Authentication
  • Data security
  • Data encryption
  • Reactivation procedures
  • Data privacy regulation compliance
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Support Options

  • Support community - Alumio Forum
  • Tailored SLA
  • Documentation
  • E-mail/ Help desk
  • FAQs
  • Knowledge base
  • Phone support
  • Chat support
  • In-person training
  • Live online training
  • Webinars
  • Training videos
  • Proof-of-concept workshops
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  • Support community
  • Documentation
  • E-mail/ Help desk
  • FAQs
  • Knowledge base
  • Phone support
  • Live chat
  • Training videos
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Industries & Customers

Industry specialization:

E-commerce
B2B commerce
Manufacturing
Transportation & travel
Higher Education Institutes
Healthcare

Customer specialization:

Individuals
Small businesses
Mid-size businesses
Large enterprises
Agencies & system integrators
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Industry specialization:

SAP customers
E-commerce
B2B
Manufacturing
Financial Services
Sports & Entertainment

Customer specialization:

Mid-size businesses
Large enterpresise

Highlights

• Low-code and no-code features

• Cloud-native microservices-based technology

• Application integration

• Hybrid cloud integration

• Workflow automation

• Rich library of SaaS connectors

• B2B & EDI Integrations

• API Management

• Developer-friendly customizability

• Reusable integrations

• Multiple onboarding options

• Full feature-access for all plans

• All customer support options

• Alumio Academy

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• Low-code integrations

• Application integrations

• Hybrid cloud integration

• 3,400+ pre-built SAP integrations

• Open connectors third-party apps

• Design APIs

• Event mesh

• Reuse integrations

• AI-assisted development

• Trading partner management

• Regulatory compliance

• SAP Learning Journey courses

The Alumio iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service) is a cloud-native, low-code integration platform that helps connect multiple systems, SaaS, cloud apps, and data sources, across on-premises and cloud environments. It provides a user-friendly web interface that both developers and business users can collaborate on to create, monitor, and manage integrations and data flows, without the need for custom code. Alumio is known for its customizability and developer-friendly advanced integration features such as mappers, custom transformers, and workflow automation, making it flexible enough to adapt to virtually any use case.

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About

The SAP Integration Suite is an “integration Platform as Service (iPaaS) that helps integrate on-premise and cloud-based processes, services, applications, events, and data. It provides tools for designing, publishing, and managing APIs, access to pre-built connectors and third-party cloud apps, and AI-assisted integration development.

Task-based pricing model.

Starting at 999€ per month.

Alumio offers full feature access and unlimited connections, users, and workflows across all plans. Costs are incurred only on tasks initiated, starting with 1 million tasks per year with the Essential Edition. Higher capacity plans provide increased storage space and task capabilities, dedicated support functionalities, and data retention options.

  • Subscription-based
  • Free trial
  • Tailored plans for all businesses
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Pricing & Plans

Usage-based pricing model.

Starting at 4000€ per month.

SAP provides a standard plan and a premium plan with purchasable add-ons, tenant access, and messages needed to be obtained additionally. Alert notifications for critical business messages are also available with the Premium plan.

  • Subscription-based
  • Premium plan


• Low-code/no-code integrations

• Cloud-native

• Click-and-configure integrations

• Workflow automation

• Advanced data mappers and transformers

• Automated monitoring & logging

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Interface


• Low-code integrations

• Cloud-based

• Drag-and-drop integrations

• AI-assisted development

• Design and manage APIs

• Error notifications for Premium Edition

• Pre-built connectors

• Application integrations

• API integration

• Data integration

• Data management

• Web services

• Multiple data sources

• ETL 

• B2B & EDI integration 

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Features

• Pre-built connectors

• Web services

• Multiple data sources

• Application integration

• API Integration

• B2B & EDI integration

Integration Management
Reusable API integrations
Webhooks
Reporting & Analytics
Workflow Management
Access Controls/Permissions
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Additional Features

Hybrid cloud integration
API management
B2B integrations
Event-driven architecture
For data management, the SAP Data Intelligence solution needs to be obtained
For workflow automation, SAP Build Process Automation needs to be obtained

  • Single Sign-on (SSO)
  • Role-based access
  • Error management
  • Authentication
  • Data security
  • Data encryption
  • Reactivation procedures
  • Data privacy regulation compliance
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Security Features

  • Single Sign-on (SSO)
  • Role-based access
  • Error management
  • Authentication
  • Data security
  • Data encryption
  • Reactivation procedures
  • Data privacy regulation compliance
  • Support community - Alumio Forum
  • Tailored SLA
  • Documentation
  • E-mail/ Help desk
  • FAQs
  • Knowledge base
  • Phone support
  • Chat support
  • In-person training
  • Live online training
  • Webinars
  • Training videos
  • Proof-of-concept workshops
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Support Options

  • Support community
  • Documentation
  • E-mail/ Help desk
  • FAQs
  • Knowledge base
  • Phone support
  • Live chat
  • Training videos

Industry specialization:

E-commerce
B2B commerce
Manufacturing
Transportation & travel
Higher Education Institutes
Healthcare

Customer specialization:

Individuals
Small businesses
Mid-size businesses
Large enterprises
Agencies & system integrators
A 2D icon representing industries and customers in anthracite and vivid purple

Industries & Customers

Industry specialization:

SAP customers
E-commerce
B2B
Manufacturing
Financial Services
Sports & Entertainment

Customer specialization:

Mid-size businesses
Large enterpresise

• Low-code and no-code features

• Cloud-native microservices-based technology

• Application integration

• Hybrid cloud integration

• Workflow automation

• Rich library of SaaS connectors

• B2B & EDI Integrations

• API Management

• Developer-friendly customizability

• Reusable integrations

• Multiple onboarding options

• Full feature-access for all plans

• All customer support options

• Alumio Academy

Highlights

• Low-code integrations

• Application integrations

• Hybrid cloud integration

• 3,400+ pre-built SAP integrations

• Open connectors third-party apps

• Design APIs

• Event mesh

• Reuse integrations

• AI-assisted development

• Trading partner management

• Regulatory compliance

• SAP Learning Journey courses

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FAQs

What are the differences between the Alumio iPaaS and SAP Integration Suite?

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The Alumio iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service) is a cloud-native, low-code integration solution that helps integrate multiple SaaS, cloud apps, legacy systems, on-premises software, and data sources. It enables complex workflow automation, flexible data transformation, and high levels of customizability.

The SAP Integration Suite is an “integration Platform as service (iPaaS) that helps integrate on-premise and cloud-based processes, services, applications, events, and data. It provides tools for designing, publishing, and managing APIs, access to pre-built connectors and third-party cloud apps, and AI-assisted integration development.  

The SAP Integration Suite is developed to facilitate integrations between SAP and Non-SAP applications. It provides over 3,400 pre-built SAP integrations and fewer open connectors to integrate third-party applications. The Alumio iPaaS provides a rich library of connectors to connect all kinds of SaaS and cloud apps, such as e-commerce platforms, ERPs including SAP, PIM systems, CRM, POS, Marketing Automation software, and more. And, it provides advanced features to build integrations with any system or software and flexible customizations to connected systems, to suit evolving business needs.

How does the Alumio iPaaS compare with the SAP Integration Suite in terms of pricing?

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The Alumio iPaaS provides a task-based pricing model with different plans for varying capacities. However, it provides full integration feature access, unlimited connected systems, and unlimited users for all plans. Higher capacity plans provide increased storage spaces, enlarged task capabilities, dedicated support functionalities, and data retention options. Extensive data transformation and enrichment features, reusable connections, and configurable alerting and logging are available to all Alumio users without limitations.

The SAP Integration Suite provides a usage-based pricing model with the standard edition starting at 4000€ per month, offering one tenant and 10k messages per month, and the Premium edition price is available on request, offering 4 tenants and 10 million messages per month. Critical error notifications are also available with the premium plan.

The SAP Integration Suite also works with other SAP products such as SAP Data Intelligence Cloud for data integration and management, and it is part of the SAP Business technology platform. The Alumio iPaaS provides data integration and management features, along with a robust logging and monitoring system that provides real-time error detection, with the ability to set up custom error notifications.

What makes the Alumio integration solution unique?

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Integration solutions usually focus on providing either data integration or application automation functionalities. The Alumio iPaaS provides both cloud application integration and data integration capabilities, across on-premises and cloud environments. Also, as a cloud-native platform engineered, Alumio leverages the power of clustered microservices technology, enabling exceptional performance, flexibility, and scalability for all kinds of integrations.

As a primarily low-code integration solution, the Alumio integration platform also provides no-code features that makes it easy for both developers and business users to collaboratively create, monitor, and manage integrations with a clear visual overview of all integrations and data flows. However, the platform also offers an extensive repertoire of developer-friendly, data-enriching features, workflow automation options, and diverse customization abilities. Providing extensive monitoring iand logging features, it automates error detection and simplifies troubleshooting. This also empowers users to reuse API integrations for future integration projects.

For more information on how the Alumio iPaaS can benefit your specific use case, please contact us or request a demo.

How long does it take to build integrations with the Alumio iPaaS?

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Usually, integration projects can take multiple weeks or months to fully deploy. With the Alumio iPaaS integration projects can be finished within 2-4 weeks, depending on the complexity of the specific project. This means the Alumio integration platform enables 75% quicker integration deployment time.

For more information on how the Alumio iPaaS can benefit your specific use case, please contact us or request a demo.

Is Alumio a no-code integration platform or a low-code integration platform?

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The Alumio iPaaS is a cloud-native, low-code integration platform. It helps businesses create, monitor, and manage integrations between multiple SaaS, systems, apps, or data sources, from one user-friendly web interface, without the need for custom code. It enables real-data exchange, provides a holistic visual overview of all integrated data flows, and provides simple click-and-configure options to build and modify integrations.

Despite having both low-code and no-code features, Alumio defines itself as a low-code integration solution. Alumio makes it easy for developers and non-developers to collaborate on managing integration with no-code features. However, the platform also provides the developer-friendly features and flexibility needed to create advanced, highly customizable integrations. While enabling faster integrations with popular systems via pre-built connectors, Alumio also provides advanced mappers and transformers to flexibly transform data and customize integrations. This high degree of adaptability is designed to help modern digital businesses prepare for unpredictable future integration needs.

For more information on how the Alumio iPaaS can benefit your specific use case, please contact us or request a demo.

How good is the performance of the Alumio iPaaS?

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The Alumio iPaaS provides high-end reliable performance, guarantees great uptime, consists of extensive data security measures, and diverse customization abilities. It also provides reactivation procedures and data caching to ensure business continuity.

For more information on how the Alumio iPaaS can benefit your specific use case, please contact us or request a demo.

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