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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Blackbird API Development

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAmbassador offers a suite of products designed to deliver API developer experiences that fuel innovation. Blackbird API Development Platform enables developers to spec, mock, write boilerplate code, and debug APIs faster.

    $10

    per month (for a single user and 5 concurrent instances)

    Boomi

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ABoomi is a cloud-based, on-premise, or hybrid integration platform. It offers a low-code/no-code interface with the capacity for API and EDI connections for integrating with external organizations and systems, as well as compliance with data protection regulations.

    $550

    per month

    Pricing
    Blackbird API DevelopmentBoomi
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    Boomi
    $550
    per month
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    Blackbird API DevelopmentBoomi
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Both Products
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
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    100%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Blackbird API DevelopmentBoomi
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Blackbird API Development and Boomi
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    Ratings
    Boomi
    8.0
    33 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pre-built connectors00 Ratings10.032 Ratings
    Connector modification00 Ratings5.029 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings10.031 Ratings
    Data quality services00 Ratings10.029 Ratings
    Data security features00 Ratings5.031 Ratings
    Monitoring console00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Blackbird API DevelopmentBoomi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (41 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Blackbird API DevelopmentBoomi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
    Ambassador is really well suited for scenarios were you need to give power and freedom to your developers so they can take advantage of the self-service approach. One of the few scenarios I can not recommend using Ambassador is in the case you are planning to not using Kubernetes as it is a solution designed to work specifically on that platform
    Incentivized
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    Boomi
    Legacy systems often need to be replaced or integrated with new applications in order to modernize businesses. A strong API strategy that avoids custom coding and third-party programs is essential to enable this integration. Boomi's new-age connectivity and integration solutions ensure safe, secure, and robust integration. In the age of information, businesses are under more pressure than ever to be able to collect and manage large amounts of data. This data comes in from a variety of sources, including personalized devices such as voice assistants and wearable tech. While this data can be immensely valuable to businesses, they often lack the infrastructure necessary to handle it effectively. This can lead to data build-up in databases or silos, and can eventually lead to problems with integration and security.
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    Pros
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
    • Simple syntax
    • Easy to understand
    • Easy to install
    Incentivized
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    Boomi
    • Pre-built connectors to almost anything which greatly reduce time to release of your integration needs.
    • Easy to use development platform with drag&drop features. Non-technical people could build simple integration processes in no time.
    • Great user community where you can get quick help if needed. Boomi people hang around there a lot.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
    • Documentation is not updated
    • Implementing external authentication doesn't always work as described in the documentation
    • The Administration console is limited
    Incentivized
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    Boomi
    • More from a development perspective. It is always difficult to use the properties features. It takes a while to understand how the data/variables can be used across an integration.
    • Dell Boomi should also invest more on API Management and not just seen as a ETL,ESB tool.
    • Should roll out features more often based on users reviews.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
    No answers on this topic
    Boomi
    Dell Boomi has provided us with the ability to connect our campus together using our various existing platforms. There are many supported features and have yet to run into something that we cannot do. Its user interface is very intuitive which would allow users to begin developing fairly easily. There is a myriad of resources available
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
    It's great! it's amazingly simple to use and the best part is the self-service approach. I also like how easy it is to add a new route to a endpoint with the mappings definition.
    Incentivized
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    Boomi
    My IT and Finance teams have noted that setting up the tool is a breeze. Dell Boomi has never caused an issue during a system implementation that I am aware of. We are pleased with the tool and recommend others consider it.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
    No answers on this topic
    Boomi
    The atom sphere takes a time to load, when I open a process or when I open a log. One more slow processing is when I import objects from NetSuite.
    About the performance of processing, it looks like Boomi takes a time to initialize some things such as connectors before starting the process. This is also performance we have.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
    Overall the support has been great and quick to answer the requests I've submitted in the past. I was originally using the community/open source version and I can't say it was the best experience I had, it wasn't terrible but it wasn't great. I believe the biggest issue was that they refer to the documentation a lot but the documentation isn't updated regularly so I feel it's lagging behind the most recent versions.
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    Boomi
    Boomi support was responsive and knowledgable, however being a closed cloud service, it doesn't have good community support. We found the learning curve to be steep and there aren't avenues like google, forums, or blogs that provide community driven insight into the product or how to go about designing solutions using the tool
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    Alternatives Considered
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
    They both offer about the same in terms of end goal and purpose of use and scenarios. However, Ambassador does way better in terms of simplifying the syntax and makes offer a little bit more of control by adding the concepts of hosts, mappings while staying away from a hard to read single file configuration.
    Incentivized
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    Boomi
    We decided to go with Dell Boomi because another department in our company was already using the software. We did not research competitor applications to use as our business solution. Dell Boomi was very easy and quick to set up, so once we decided to use Dell Boomi for systems integration, we had it set up and running within a few working days.
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    Return on Investment
    Datawire, Inc., dba Ambassador
    • Reduced downtime by redirecting traffic between DC.
    • Reduced engineering time, don't have to dedicate 1 person to manage it.
    • Increased training costs in the short term.
    Incentivized
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    Boomi
    • It has allowed us to scale significantly without having to add headcount, specifically those geared towards data entry. We went from a $10m ARR business to $200m ARR business with the same amount of Order Processors and 12x amount of transactions by leveraging Boomi to perform a lot of the work, and then having the Order Processing team to simply review that the transaction was processed successfully.
    Incentivized
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