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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Event Automation

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM Event Automation enables businesses to accelerate their event-driven efforts. The event streams, event endpoint management and event processing capabilities help lay the foundation of an event-driven architecture for unlocking the value of events.N/A

    Zapier

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Zapier Automation Platform designed to integrate data between web apps. It is scaled for small to mid-sized businesses, with a functional but limited free version of the program.

    $29.99

    per month 750 tasks per month

    Pricing
    IBM Event AutomationZapier
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $29.99
    per month 750 tasks per month
    Professional
    $73.50
    per month 2k tasks per month
    Team
    $103.50
    per month 2k tasks per month
    Company
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Event AutomationZapier
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—33% discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Event AutomationZapier
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Zapier
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    48 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    Features
    IBM Event AutomationZapier
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of IBM Event Automation and Zapier
    Feature
    IBM Event Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Zapier
    9.3
    107 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Pre-built connectors00 Ratings9.6103 Ratings
    Connector modification00 Ratings9.091 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings8.389 Ratings
    Data quality services00 Ratings9.672 Ratings
    Data security features00 Ratings9.871 Ratings
    Monitoring console00 Ratings9.580 Ratings
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    IBM Event AutomationZapier
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Make
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    IBM App Connect
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Workato
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Event AutomationZapier
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (14 ratings)
    9.4
    (112 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.7
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.9
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Event AutomationZapier
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM Event Streams is well suited for companies developing event driven Microservices. One of the biggest challenger with microservices is that your data gets distributed into little silos - event streaming (or better known as event sourcing) allows you to get a central source of truth in your event store. We are taking this approach with IBM Event Streams and it is well suited for building an event streaming / sourcing architecture.
    Incentivized
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    Zapier
    If you have processes that are now managed and controlled using a spreadsheet, Zapier will give you a lot more control over what is happening and will help you increase productivity by eliminating simple steps such as sending emails and sharing information with your colleagues. It frees time for very transactional activities.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • It is adaptive and helps us create more engaging experiences on our platforms.
    • The Key metrics dashboard is rich with insights.
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    Zapier
    • Ease of use - multiple people in the organization can set up and run Zaps per their specific use cases without much training.
    • Connectivity - Zapier is able to connect to multiple applications we use on a regular basis.
    • Functionality - Zapier provides embedded functionality within the app itself (email, data conversion), but also appropriate triggers and actions for apps it connects to.
    • Versatile - Zapier can execute complicated and simple tasks and thus has many use cases.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Provide Capabilities to connect the Event Streams via REST Proxy.
    • Schema Registry to handle Avro Formats.
    • Provide Kafka Connect Sink & Source Connectors.
    Incentivized
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    Zapier
    • Being able to turn off one leg of a Zap without having to delete it or turn the whole Zap off
    • Not all fields populate when using certain aspects of Salesforce, but that could be an SF issue
    • Communication when support is actually needed basically doesn't happen
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Zapier
    Zapier is now very much an integral part of our business and we could not operate without it!
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    IBM
    The product was very user friendly and extremely easy to get started with. The documentation is excellent and the free tier makes it very easy to get started with without having to make deep or long term financial commitments.
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    Zapier
    The interface is very user-friendly, and there are also many tools to help a brand-new user get started. For example, you can put your Zap idea into the AI bot, and it will basically build a shell of your Zap to get started on. The format for each step within a Zap is also very helpful (set up the connection/app, set up the fields/details, then test).
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    I met with the support team and they have deep technical and development understanding of the needs and the problems which IBM Event Streams addresses. If you are looking for a product backed by a highly technical support team then IBM Event Streams is probably the best choice. I was specifically impressed by the level of technical understanding my support team demonstrated.
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    Zapier
    Before we purchased Zapier, I contacted support and asked them if Zapier could support my intended workflow (this is actually a selection on their support form - awesome). Within 2 hours, I was contacted by a support team member who seemed sure it would work, but granted me premium access for 2 weeks to try it out for myself. Sure enough, it did! Ever since then, support has replied rapidly to any problems I have experienced and answered my questions within a few sentences.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    In Event Streams, applications send data by creating a message and sending it to a topic. To receive messages, applications subscribe to a topic. High availability and reliability. Event Streams offers a highly available and reliable Apache Kafka service running on IBM Cloud. Event Streams. Event Streams stores three replicas of your data to ensure the highest level of resilience across three availability zones.
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    Zapier
    We actually utilize both Integromat and Zapier at our company, for all the reasons detailed in this review. Though Zapier is excellent for simple client integrations, we often run into internal use cases that require complexity that Zapier cannot provide. Specifically working with API calls (not just webhooks), complex multi-step integrations with Routing/parsing/etc, and large volume integrations. Integromat is perfect for these use cases, but doesn’t provide the simplicity and account scalability that Zapier offers.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • In using downstreams, the minimal features and the rate of releases were slow, makes us feel that there's no upgrades and other than that there's poor marketing of the product.
    • The adoption around the service is low, requires focused marketing.
    • Lack of visibility into topic depth , Monitoring capabilities
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    Zapier
    • It has saved me the money in hiring an administrative assistant
    • It also saved me the time it took to do these tasks
    • It also allowed me to automate things that increased my lead generation
    • It also allowed me to automate several processes
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