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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 Zapier. We compare their common attributes, platform features, pricing structures, industrial specialization, and overall user-friendliness.

Comparing the Alumio iPaaS with the Zapier app integration platform

Zapier is a workflow automation and application integration platform. It provides simple drag-and-drop features to create automation between over 5000 apps. Zapier provides a free base version and starts with relatively low task-based pricing plans, as it is designed to make workflow automation available to individual users and SMBs first.

The Alumio integration platform (iPaaS) provides a flexible cloud-native solution that helps integrate unlimited applications, systems, and data sources. While it provides no-code features to make integrations simple for non-coding business users, it is primarily a low-code integration solution that offers developer-friendly integration features and customizability. 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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Zapier is a no-code application automation platform that’s designed to help swiftly connect apps and automate workflows with little technical knowledge. Each workflow is called a “Zap”. Thus, Zapier users can mainly build integrations by choosing from their rich library of pre-selected apps. The integration solution is designed to enhance productivity by helping automate tasks such as sending emails, updating spreadsheets, posting to social media, or syncing data between tools.

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Pricing

Task-based pricing model.

Starting at 399€ per month.

Alumio offers full feature access and unlimited connections, users, and workflows across all plans. Costs are incurred only on tasks initiated, starting from upwards of a 100k yearly tasks. 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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Task-based pricing model

Starting at $69 per month for teams.

Zapier starts with a free version and its costs are based on number of Zaps (tasks) available per month, single or multi-step zaps, update time, support features, and available premium apps.

  • Subscription-based
  • Free version
  • Company plan available on request
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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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• No-code integrations

• Cloud-based

• Workflow automation

• Drag-and-drop features

• Visual workflow builder

• 5000+ app integrations

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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

• ETL

• Web services

• Multiple data sources

• Application integration

• Data integration

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Additional Features

Integration Management
Reusable API integrations
Webhooks
Reporting & Analytics
Workflow Management
Access Controls/Permissions
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No-code workflow configuration
Task Management
Access Controls/Permissions
Multi-step Zaps
Shared app connections
Compliance management

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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
  • Authentication
  • Data security
  • Data encryption
  • 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/Forum
  • Knowledge base
  • Live chat
  • Webinars
  • 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:

E-commerce
SaaS
Marketing
Sales
Customer support
Operations

Customer specialization:

Individuals
Small businesses
Mid size businesses

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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• Free base-version

• SaaS integration

• No-code visual workflow builder

• Support for 5000+ applications

• Multi-step Zaps

• Connections via webhooks

• Premium support based on plan

• Zapier Learn

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

Zapier is a no-code application automation platform that’s designed to help swiftly connect apps and automate workflows with little technical knowledge. Each workflow is called a “Zap”. Thus, Zapier users can mainly build integrations by choosing from their rich library of pre-selected apps. The integration solution is designed to enhance productivity by helping automate tasks such as sending emails, updating spreadsheets, posting to social media, or syncing data between tools.

Task-based pricing model.

Starting at 399€ per month.

Alumio offers full feature access and unlimited connections, users, and workflows across all plans. Costs are incurred only on tasks initiated, starting from upwards of a 100k yearly tasks. 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

Task-based pricing model

Starting at $69 per month for teams.

Zapier starts with a free version and its costs are based on number of Zaps (tasks) available per month, single or multi-step zaps, update time, support features, and available premium apps.

  • Subscription-based
  • Free version
  • Company plan available on request


• 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


• No-code integrations

• Cloud-based

• Workflow automation

• Drag-and-drop features

• Visual workflow builder

• 5000+ app integrations

• 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

• ETL

• Web services

• Multiple data sources

• Application integration

• Data integration

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

No-code workflow configuration
Task Management
Access Controls/Permissions
Multi-step Zaps
Shared app connections
Compliance management

  • Single Sign-on (SSO)
  • Role-based access
  • Error management
  • Authentication
  • Data security
  • Data encryption
  • Reactivation procedures
  • Data privacy regulation compliance
A 2D icon for the extensive security & compliance abilities of Alumio iPaaS

Security Features

  • Single Sign-on (SSO)
  • Role-based access
  • Authentication
  • Data security
  • Data encryption
  • 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/Forum
  • Knowledge base
  • Live chat
  • Webinars
  • 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:

E-commerce
SaaS
Marketing
Sales
Customer support
Operations

Customer specialization:

Individuals
Small businesses
Mid size businesses

• 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

• Free base-version

• SaaS integration

• No-code visual workflow builder

• Support for 5000+ applications

• Multi-step Zaps

• Connections via webhooks

• Premium support based on plan

• Zapier Learn

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FAQs

What are the differences between the Alumio iPaaS and Zapier?

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The Alumio iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service) is a cloud-native, low-code integration solution that helps integrate any two or multiple systems, SaaS, cloud apps, and data sources. Zapier is a workflow automation platform that helps integrate applications.

While  Zapier provides a drag-and-drop interface that helps build an ecosystem of automated processes,  the Alumio iPaaS provides a user-friendly web interface to develop, govern, and orchestrate entire ecosystems of integrated software and processes.

Zapier supports connections with over 5000 applications. The Alumio iPaaS provides a rich library of connectors to facilitate faster integration with popular software and applications. However, as a platform that’s designed to support highly customization integrations, Alumio provides advanced integration features to flexibly connect any known or new endpoints, while also providing the flexibility to reuse connectors and seamlessly build custom integrations.

Like Zapier, Alumio also provides a visual workflow automation builder. However, unlike Zapier, Alumio also provides flexible data transformation features and a robust automated monitoring and logging system to detect integration errors in real-time.

How does the Alumio iPaaS compare with Zapier in terms of pricing?

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Both, the Alumio iPaaS and Zapier provide task-based pricing models with varying capacities. Zapier provides a base free version and Alumio provides a free trial. However, Alumio also offers full feature access and unlimited connections to all users. Higher capacity Alumio pricing 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.

Zapier provides access to unlimited users, multi-step Zaps (tasks), access to premium apps, and live chat support only with their Teams and custom Company pricing plans. The Alumio iPaaS enables access to unlimited users and a wide variety of support options for all plans.

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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