Cloud Elements (discontinued) vs. MuleSoft Anypoint Platform vs. Panoply

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cloud Elements (discontinued)
Score 5.0 out of 10
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Cloud Elements was a cloud API integration service acquired by UiPath in 2021. It used cooperative apps to connect an organization’s customers, partners and employees to the cloud services they use. The product was discontinued in 2023.N/A
Anypoint Platform
Score 7.9 out of 10
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The Anypoint Platform developed by MuleSoft and acquired by Salesforce in early 2018 is designed to connect apps, data, and devices anywhere, on-premises or in the cloud. This platform was built to offer out-of-the-box connectors as well as tools that architects and developers can adopt quickly to design, build and manage the entire lifecycle of their APIs, applications, and products.N/A
Panoply
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Panoply, from Sqream since the late 2021 acquisition, is an ETL-less, smart end-to-end data management system built for the cloud. Panoply specializes as a unified ELT and Data Warehouse platform with integrated visualization capabilities and storage optimization algorithms.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPanoply offers simple, transparent pricing. All plans have a 21-day free trial—no credit card required. You'll get an account executive and data architect to help you get the most out of your smart data warehouse. Pricing starts at $325/month.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Cloud Data Integration
Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Product A and Product B
Cloud Elements (discontinued)
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Ratings
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
7.0
12 Ratings
13% below category average
Panoply
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Ratings
Pre-built connectors00 Ratings7.612 Ratings00 Ratings
Connector modification00 Ratings7.312 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings6.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality services00 Ratings6.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Data security features00 Ratings6.612 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring console00 Ratings7.312 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(8 ratings)
7.9
(24 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
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Usability
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7.4
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
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6.8
(4 ratings)
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Cloud Elements shines when you want to offer multiple options to the user on a type of system, such as supporting integration to CRM and wanting to offer Dynamics, Salesforce, and HubSpot on equal footing. If you only have a single integration with a single system, using Cloud Elements adds an unnecessary layer of abstraction.
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Salesforce
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is best tool in the market for developing APIs with complex structures communicating with various different types of applications including web applications as well as legacy applications. Also applications including database connectivity for fetching and updating data in the DB tables. I cant think of any scenario which MuleSoft Anypoint Platform could not be used for developing the integrations.
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Sqream Technologies
Panoply is well suited for companies with large amounts of data that do not want all users of the company to see or view. It is appropriate for companies that have to store data for several years in case clients need the data. It is not made to constantly be downloading or looking at the documents.
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Pros
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  • The API itself is very robust and easy to use, being a standard REST interface, standard HTTP response codes, well-packaged error messages, etc.
  • Their uptime is great! I think I've seen one (short) 5-minute' blip' the entire time we've been connected for any type of primary function.
  • Their support is top notch, they respond quickly, and the team that works with you is communicative and knowledgable.
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Salesforce
  • API Manager provides easy API Policy Governance. You do not have to manage multiple platforms for managing the policies.
  • Supports hybrid Mule EBS environments. You can configure both CouldHub-based and on-premise-based API using Mulesoft API manager in a similar manner.
  • It's very easy to implement API proxy.
  • User friendly UI.
  • Single platform to manage all.
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Sqream Technologies
  • Ease of data integrations. Importing data into the data warehouse is a point-and-click effort.
  • Automated data modeling. The data is modeled in a way that facilitates analysis without having to look into it myself.
  • Query speed. Automated query optimization has really sped up our dashboards.
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Cons
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  • The only thing I can think of that they could improve is the quality of the assets they produce in the go-to-market process. This is a huge value add service, but the quality of what was produced was lower than what we would have produced internally. We spent more time going back and forth on the assets than it would have taken us to build them from scratch.
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Salesforce
  • Has more features than what we really need so we're paying for more than we use. Sort of like paying for an Abrams tank when all we really need is a Toyota Corolla.
  • Not a value product, tends to be expensive.
  • Takes a while for developers to learn to use Mulesoft Anypoint.
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Sqream Technologies
  • The user interface could use some improvement for analytical tools. Apart from that, it’s great.
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Usability
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Salesforce
There’s a lot of learning curve at the beginning when it comes to building the code and everything. In terms of usability, I’d say once you get used to it, it’s fine — but it’s not very easy during the initial stages.
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Sqream Technologies
It’s a good choice for building a quick, multipurpose data stack for a variety of businesses needs.
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Support Rating
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Salesforce
Anypoint Platform support is very responsive. There is also a huge knowledge base and an active online forum where answers to most questions can be found. When needed support engages the engineering group so adequate solutions or workarounds are always provided.
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Sqream Technologies
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
At the time we found Cloud Elements we found no other option that had a Unified API for cloud storage providers.
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Salesforce
Once we have moved all of our system integration APIs to the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, we will need to communicate with a wide variety of external systems. All of our business and service logic is stored in the aforementioned core systems. Anypoint Platform (and all of our APIs) makes it easy to connect to various other platforms. In order to link to these many other systems, connectors and/or components are utilized, and they are simple to configure and integrate.
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Sqream Technologies
Panoply has much more storage and better organization tools for searching. There are better folders and tools for keeping documents secure and stored for a long period of time. It is better to offload data in mass than singular or Zip drive documents like you would do in Google Drive.
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Return on Investment
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  • Not my area of expertise, but it made my job as an implementer much easier, especially after finishing the first integration.
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Salesforce
  • Mulesoft can be used to provide an integration platform to a large number of systems like Salesforce, ODBC, JDBC, SAP, Mongo DB, etc.
  • An excellent option to develop microservices and real-time integrations.
  • Not as robust in handling large data volumes, Informatica is better in that respect.
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Sqream Technologies
  • Saved time on Redshift setup
  • Saved support costs (monetary and temporal) by not having to set up on-premise
  • Widens the BI tool use in organization; lowers the barrier to entry and makes organization more productive in analytical terms
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ScreenShots

Anypoint Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Connect any endpoints using out-of-the-box connectors, dynamic connectivity to API specifications, or by building reusable connectors with Anypoint DevKit™.Screenshot of A reporting suite that provides a real-time view of API consumption trends and operational performance. Analytics provides insight into how your API is being used and informs forward-looking design decisions.Screenshot of A platform to engage with API developers and drive adoption. Share documentation, examples and manage developer access from a single platform.

Panoply Screenshots

Screenshot of Simply click to connect 100 data sources.