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Boomi is an integration platform that can be implemented in the cloud, on-premise, or in a hybrid environment. It offers functionality for low-code/no-code connectors between apps and systems, as well as greater customizability for more code-savvy users. Boomi also has the capacity for limited data transformation automation within the platform.
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Boomi 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.
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Reviewers rate Pre-built connectors and Support for real-time and batch integration and Data quality services highest, with a score of 9.
The most common users of Boomi are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Dell Boomi has been widely utilized by organizations to address a range of integration requirements. SFCG, for example, has successfully used Dell Boomi to develop integrations in Boomi, enabling their customers to efficiently get data in and out of Oracle Cloud Applications. The applications teams at SFCG have also leveraged Dell Boomi to build real-time applications and batch processes, resulting in significant improvements in their business operations. Moreover, Dell Boomi has played an integral role in increasing the capabilities of SFCG's business by allowing them to connect their IBM mainframe to outside systems and utilize middleware tools.
Furthermore, Dell Boomi has proven to be a valuable tool for creating APIs that can be easily consumed by external clients, enhancing integration mechanisms for SFCG. They have also used Boomi to integrate with semiconductor suppliers, enabling them to manage and track semiconductor production in real-time. Additionally, SFCG has successfully integrated Namely with NetSuite for custom employee data requirements and Concur with NetSuite for expense reporting needs using Boomi. The flexibility of Boomi has allowed SFCG to connect Salesforce, Workfront, ZenDesk, and other systems with NetSuite throughout the organization.
In addition to these use cases, Dell Boomi has been utilized by various teams within organizations for smooth integration across multiple systems. For instance, the IT team at SFCG has leveraged Boomi for integrating various systems including eCommerce websites, ERP/CRM systems, and reporting platforms. Dell Boomi also plays a critical role in integrating SAP backend with web and mobile applications, providing a reliable and cost-effective solution.
Overall, Dell Boomi is highly regarded as an effective cloud-based enterprise integration platform that allows organizations to seamlessly integrate various systems across different industries. It offers flexibility and ease of use in developing integrations between systems while providing control over older EAI tools. However, some users have noted that the cost of professional services can be a downside. Despite this, Dell Boomi has consistently demonstrated its value by streamlining processes, reducing manual work, and empowering organizations to achieve seamless communication between different departments and systems.
User-Friendly and Intuitive Platform: Many users have praised Boomi for being a user-friendly and intuitive platform that can be easily used by both expert and novice users. The low learning curve, availability of tutorials, and documentation on Boomi's website have been highly appreciated.
Seamless Integration with Any System: A significant number of reviewers have highlighted Boomi's ability to integrate with any system as a huge plus point. Users appreciate the wide range of pre-implemented connectors and the built-in integration feature to nearly every platform, providing flexibility and convenience.
Efficient Data Mapping and Transformation: Several users value Boomi's visual capabilities in accurately mapping and transforming data between systems. They find it highly valuable in creating efficient and effective processes, thanks to its robust flow for development.
Difficult to Use: Several users have found Boomi to be difficult to use, especially for new staff members who find it less intuitive compared to other tools. This has made training new staff slightly more challenging.
Limitations on Connectors: Users have expressed frustration with the limitations on connectors in Boomi. This restricts the reusability of processes and requires rebuilding similar processes for different servers, which can be time-consuming and inefficient.
Lack of Documentation: Many users feel that the documentation provided by Boomi could be more instructional and provide more examples. The current format tends to be more of a summary, leaving users wanting clearer guidance on how to use the platform effectively.
Based on user reviews, the three most common recommendations for Boomi are as follows:
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Explore all available options and use existing integration packages from the process library. Consider Boomi if you are new to the integration field as it offers multiple ways to solve integration issues and is easy to implement, saving a lot of manual effort.
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Schedule a demo and conduct a proof of concept before making a decision. Spend time having all users go through the training and planning from the start around architecture and development approaches. Make sure to understand how Boomi is meant to be used.
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Try Boomi out and schedule a quick proof of concept to see the results. It is extremely easy to develop a process or web service with Boomi. Talk to Boomi's consulting team to ensure that it can meet your requirements.
Overall, users highly recommend Dell Boomi for various integration needs, mentioning its ease of use, reliability, and support team as key strengths. However, some users note that the price can be high for smaller companies and highlight the learning curve associated with using the software.
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May 16, 2023
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Problem is the lack of proper integration mechanisms to smoothly integrate these systems with the business systems, while ensuring secured flow of information without any discrepancies in the service/data delivery flows. Here comes the need for Application Programming Interface (API). API provides a standard way for these systems to interact with each other, thereby making
- Hybrid Integration for both on-premise and cloud systems
- Low code to no code setup
- Various Endpoints
- Cost effiency
- Integration to communication tools such as Viber/WhatsApp/Messenger etc
- API Management & Development
September 01, 2021
DellBoomi Review-Jun 2021
Yes. we are using Dell Boomi when there is integration between source and target system to exchange the data.
- BPM Flow which is used to design the process
- API Management
- Boomi Atom sphere which handles cloud admins. This feature I didn't saw in other technology.
- Process management needs to improve. Actually, it is taking more steps to open and check the instance.
- Need to improve the User manual to understand core things w.r.t developer
- Need to improve the free license to increase the number of external connections while learning the Dell Boomi
August 06, 2021
Dell Boomi - Easy Systems Integration + Value
Dell Boomi is used as a middleware between systems to allow our systems to communicate with each other. It passes data from one system to another and back. It helps support our ordering process for the products we sell. It is implemented and used by one team, primarily, but it reaches across and affects the entire organization because of its use in our ordering process. Without Dell Boomi, our systems would not be able to communicate with each other so effectively, and it would cripple our product provisioning process.
- Dell Boomi is very easy to use
- Dell Boomi is very easy to set up
- Dell Boomi is cost-effective
- Dell Boomi is an excellent service offered by an excellent company
- A new, improved UI for Dell Boomi would be a nice-to-have
- A user management place for Dell Boomi would be a nice-to-have
- Integration with other systems such as CRM systems would be a nice-to-have
May 15, 2021
Dell Boomi Review May 2021
Dell Boomi is used as the main integration tool connecting the main CRM application to the other applications in the IT landscape of the organization. It is also mainly replacing the other legacy integrations, which were developed previously on basic languages like .NET, etc. It is addressing business problems like high development effort and time to roll out an integration need. Definitely the tool justifies a definition of an iPaaS.
- Easy to build a basic integration. Less time taken to develop an integration.
- Lesser learning curve. Good training materials available.
- Very powerful shapes like map which can do thousands of field mapping with a click of a button.
- 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.
July 17, 2019
Worth to try. You might love it.
We are using Boomi to process B2B reports from our suppliers and input transactions into NetSuite automatically. We are also planning to have more integration (NetSuite and Namely). So far, it's only used by the eBusiness team but when more application integration is implemented, more departments could be involved such as HR. Boomi can reduce a lot of manual effort.
- Drag and drop user interface. No programming language experience required.
- It's all in the cloud. No maintenance effort needed except if using local atoms.
- Pre-implemented connectors support a number of cloud services.
- Big maps, profiles take time to load. But you need to wait for them load completely before any change. Otherwise, some incorrect thing (for example some links will be disconnected) will happen and it takes you much time to investigate.
- The way Boomi processes documents may be different from the programming languages you are using. So you have to change your mindset logically when working with Boomi.
- Logging and debugging is a hard process when you execute processes on Atom. Hopefully, Boomi can visualize an execution just like the way it does when running on test mode.
- Number of features (shapes) are limited, you need to use them flexibly to meet your needs. Otherwise, you need to write some source code with custom scripts.
July 09, 2019
Dell Boomi ETL Review
Dell Boomi is being used as our ETL tool to handle the data communication between two different platforms. It is being used currently by our IT department. Boomi solves our ETL needs and allows for a quicker implementation of the ETL.
- Graphical ETL Interface that is simple
- Large community and good resources
- Integration with many platforms
- The option for detailed logging on deployed processes would be a good additional feature.
- More control over documents from a database
- Delete multiple IDs from Salesforce at one time
We chose and implemented Boomi to integrate between cloud and on-premise applications, like NetSuite, Namely, OpenAir, Concur etc. It is addressing a wide range of our integration requirements from the manufacturing vendors to internal business processes.
For manufacturing, we are integrating with our 30+ semiconductor suppliers exchanging B2B data in real time with the purpose of managing(planning, tracking) our semiconductor production live.
As for internal business processes we use it to integrate Namely to NetSuite for custom requirements on employees data and Concur to NetSuite for expense reporting specific needs. Also, we use Boomi to bring timesheets data from OpenAir to NetSuite for financial purposes.
For manufacturing, we are integrating with our 30+ semiconductor suppliers exchanging B2B data in real time with the purpose of managing(planning, tracking) our semiconductor production live.
As for internal business processes we use it to integrate Namely to NetSuite for custom requirements on employees data and Concur to NetSuite for expense reporting specific needs. Also, we use Boomi to bring timesheets data from OpenAir to NetSuite for financial purposes.
- 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.
- If you have more complex integration requirements, you need to write lots of custom scripting in Javascript or Groovy. It takes some time for a software development team, for example, to become really productive in Dell Boomi environment since it requires a change in the mindset of a programmer.
- Every connection type has a cost. When you run on a low budget, you need to think and have workarounds in your integration's architecture and design to overcome this.
- Performance may be an issue with customs requirements in data processing. For example, if you have to process data in a sequential fashion, you will see a huge drop in performance since Boomi is optimized for parallel processing.
July 24, 2018
Dell Boomi: Connecting businesses
I have used Dell Boomi to develop integration flows between various end systems on cloud and on-premise. For example, the complete eCommerce flow and the sales channel processing of my client firm is designed using Dell Boomi. The low code and user-friendly UI makes it easy to develop interfaces in a short span of time. Dell Boomi MDM is also leveraged in many of the use cases.
- Low Code, user-friendly UI
- Various inbuilt connectors and features like Boomi suggests which makes development easier and faster
- Readily available materials and fast response through Boomi communities and user guides with solutions to complex problems
- For some transformation areas, we still have to use scripting, like for dynamically converting xml to csv or vice versa without defining a specific profile. These ideas are addressed in the communities.
SFCG is a consulting firm. Its primary focus is supporting the Oracle CX suite and other Oracle Cloud Applications. My team's, the Apps & Integration team, role is to develop integration in Boomi, which helps solve the problem for our customers to get data in and out of the applications
- After recently finishing my first small business focused Boomi integration here at SFCG, here are the top five things that are totally cool about the Boomi Atomsphere Platform:
- Coding Not Required: This integration required sourcing data from one cloud app and writing to two different objects in another Oracle CX cloud app. This integration performs a web service call for the source data (QuickBooks Online) and then uses web services to write to two different entities (Oracles Sales Cloud – Accounts/Contacts) in another application. For more complex situations, Boomi does allow for coding using JavaScript or Groovy. However, no higher level coding was performed here. This process included 37 different steps.
- Unique Data Processing: Boomi processes a single record at a time. This sounds similar to the way the current integration products work but it’s actually not quite the same. Most tools process a whole file (with multiple records) thru each step. Boomi’s methodology runs the record (or row of data), which is a basic unit of work, thru the process up and until you decide to combine it into a multi-record document. One reason a development engineer might find this interesting is that the developer designs a process to handle a single unit of work. Boomi handles the looping. Totally Cool!!!
- Branching Processes: Branching allows you to start over with the source data to accomplish something else in your process. Only one source read is required to process a record thru multiple branches. Above we process all the source records into an Account entity, and then we start over with the original source data and process it into Contacts.
- Storing Results for Error Handling: Result info easily captured. We can capture results and store them into a Dynamic Process Property.
- And the TOP COOLNESS Reason. Every Integration methodology concept we configured into this integration helps builds a template for starting on the next. Some of the artifacts will even be re-usable.
- Another cool feature is using the Email feature to email of process results is fairly simple and straightforward. I have written a blog article about this:
- http://sfcg.com/four-steps-to-using-the-boomi-email-step-in-integrations/
- The last cool feature I have actually written about is the Flow Control feature.
- Boomi handles many integration tasks at a high level without the need for scripting pretty much at all. However, there comes a time when you just need to alter/manipulate/examine the document by groups, and most of the Step components generally cannot do that. However, you can use the Flow Control step.
- The Flow Control Step is one component that is totally awesome. For example when using the process batch web-services in Oracle CX – Sales Cloud you can group the XML payloads in batches of 500. In your Boomi data Integrator process you can easily handle this issue with the Flow Control Step.
- This step takes individual documents flowing into this step, and batches them in whatever is configured as a Batch parameter. It is typically followed by a combined step.
- Sample Flow
- Say Quickbooks as a source has 1800 records in their database. Through web-services we are provided with 1800 XML documents, one at a time. These documents flow thru the Flow Control Step, and only 500 (or less) at a time are processed. Then the next step combines the 500 that flowed into the step and creates a single document with combined information of the 500 records.
- This would happen for document 501 thru 1000, and then 1001 thru 1500, and then 1501, thru 1800.
- http://sfcg.com/boomi-integrations-the-coolest-feature-yet-the-flow-control-step/
- The Data Process step has a cool feature for splitting records. However the XML piece has some reported issues. This is easily overcome with custom Groovy scripting.
We started using Boomi in Finance and Operations with a simple use case of provisioning our Product to the customer as Orders are approved and processed. Since then, we have used it to connect Salesforce Account and Opportunity records to NetSuite Account and Sales Order records, to connect Workfront and NetSuite, our Production servers and NetSuite, Zendesk and Salesforce, etc... thought the entire organization. We now have a Corporate Information Systems team that sits within Finance that are Boomi power users, and have 6-7 ongoing projects at any point-in-time. The main objective we are using Boomi for is to connect all of our different SaaS platforms together, so that data can systematically flow between the different environments.
- Moving data between Salesforce and NetSuite. With the great and extensive open API that both of products offer, Boomi allows you to simply connect to the different endpoints, and drag-and-drop to create the workflow. In fact, when we first implemented Boomi, it was so easy to learn and adopt, that we took one of our accountants and turned them into our Boomi admin.
- Honestly, the user interface. It has a lot of room to improve to get aligned with our products it is working with. The design is intuitive, but somewhat clunky because of the interface. It seems to be about 10-years behind other products in this area. The UI is important, especially when you are trying to attract users that may not have a development background.
December 21, 2015
Difficult integrations are a snap with Boomi.
We are using Boomi to integrate an on-premise legacy system with a cloud system. Two very different databases and we are able to successfully move critical data between the two for critical business processes.
- Boomi provides all the visuals to accurately map, and transform, data from one system to another.
- Easy to set up a completely isolated test environment to put the integrations through their paces before deploying to production.
- Compared to CastIron, the solution was much simpler to configure.
- Haven't run across anything that we can't yet accomplish with Boomi.
- Having a "test run" feature. If there is no test environment to test against, having a "what would be the result if I ran it" feature would be great.
November 06, 2015
Highly recommend Dell Boomi
Boomi makes system integration easy by providing pre-defined objects and connectors.
- Provides a ton of built-in connectors.
- Provides very strong revisioning/object history.
- User friendly UI.
- It should have a way to encapsulate or hide code from other users (ex. compiling into DLL file).
- Keyword search for large projects would be great.
November 03, 2015
Boomi
Boomi is currently being used for developing integrations between SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP On-Premise. It is also being used for replicating data down for payroll processes.
- Simple user interface.
- Easily deployed.
- Easily managed.
- Very difficult to use in complex scenarios.
- EXTREEEEEEEMLY poor debugging capabilities.
- No Room for coding where your beginner/typical/average programmer would find useful.
- Having to code (drag and drop) through the website makes it very time consuming rather then using a downloaded development software.
- Minimal ability to manipulate data in some scenarios.
- Difficulty determining exact process data and details of the run when running in a production environment.
November 03, 2015
Easy to use, but not recommended for complex integrations.
We wanted to be able to create/maintain integration jobs between different systems easily and not necessarily use a professional database administrator (DBA) to do so. This goal was achieved. I would like to mention that I received outstanding, good service from Anton Damiani. He was our trainer and we also bought some consulting services from Boomi with him as a resource. He definitely goes above and beyond to give help when needed.
- Visual interface. An inexperienced user can figure out what the job does in a simple look.
- Quick to get a simple integration going. Some of our integrations took just few hours to build are are still running after 2 years.
- Out of the box connectors to Salesforce, Taleo and other common SAAS.
- Not easy to troubleshoot failures. Unable to easily access payloads and components.
- Dev mode is painful with a limit of 10 records.
- Running processes even on dev mode takes a long time. Takes at least 20 seconds before starting to process.
July 23, 2014
Boomi Review
It is being used to integrate enterprise business systems with business systems in the cloud.
- Best thing about Boomi Atom, is you don't have to worry about netowrk security ports. The Atom iniside firewall initiates the request
- Intuitive user interface.
- Maintainance can be done in cloud, so you can maintain it from anywhere. There is nothing to install on a PC.
- Top product but fair price.
July 18, 2014
Boomi - The road to fast implementations.
We utilize Boomi to interface between various systems and processes ranging from high end CRM and ERP systems to every day shopping carts. Boomi is used and managed by the IT department and provides the flexibility and agility we need to complete our integrations quickly and efficiently.
- Document and File translation and modification - every day systems need to communicate, however rarely do they speak the same language or format. Boomi allows us to modify data, translate data, format data into the proper needs for various systems.
- Provides an avenue that both the expert user and novice user can succeed with.
- Reduces the complexity of tasks
- Provides more lower "Time to Production" in comparison with stand alone software development.
- Boomi needs some additional / essential file types. Example: Microsoft Excel, currently Boomi can not read and parse an excel document. While it can be achieved through more advanced coding within Boomi using open source applications this is such a prevalent format that it should be part of the base capabilities.
- Better instructional documentation would help with several tasks. Often the documentation is more of a summary format and not a "Usage" guideline.
July 17, 2014
Integrate your way to a better place
Boomi is used by the IT team to integrate numerous systems. Without Boomi we would have to write a lot of custom software that would not be as robust. Because of Boomi, we are able to smoothly integrate our eCommerce websites, other websites, ERP/CRM system, and reporting platform. Additionally, we are able to integrate our data with our partners' data.
- Boomi allows us to quickly integrate existing or new systems with a point and click user interface. We have integrated our ERP/CRM system (Netsuite) with our eCommerce sites built in Magento Commerce and WebSphere Commerce, along with custom websites written in ColdFusion. We switched from WebSphere to Magento 1-2 years ago, and it was a seemless transition.
- Boomi is constantly upgraded and improved. In the time I have used it, I have been impressed by the number of changes and improvements made.
- Boomi handles large amounts of data quickly and provides exceptional tools for testing and debugging issues.
- Boomi provides a way to script using Groovy and JavaScript that allows the user to extend the system to fit business needs.
- One area for improvement is in handling XML with complicated schemas. We have had a few times where it was impossible or very difficult to handle XML when the schema was complicated. We found workarounds in each scenario, but sometimes that workaround was outside of Boomi.
- Make it easier to test a process using test systems instead of production ones. Although testing and debugging are exceptional overall, it is very difficult to do that testing in test systems instead of the production ones.
- The community could be improved to allow you to find pointers and suggestions by other users instead of having to rely on your first line of support. Without this, there is a lot of trial and error.
July 16, 2014
Boomi review
Boomi is currently our middleware solution. We have a webpage, member management application, and a front end that communicates through Boomi to our payment processor and database backend.
- Boomi has a very intuitive front end for users to easily build processes.
- Boomi makes it easy and fast to build simple flows.
- Boomi is not the best at a reliable cloud based solution. Simply put if the service is not accessible then nothing works and the business flows stop. Boomi can improve in reliability, portability, and maintainability.
- Boomi could also improve on moving from SOAP to RESTful services as they are lighter and easier to use.
- Also improvements could be made in testability working with SmartBear and its tools for fast and easy use of testing processes and web services.
July 15, 2014
Boomi - A User's Perspective
We use Boomi company wide as an integration hub, primarily between our CRM (Salesforce) and our ERP (Oracle Applications R12) systems. Integration to Oracle Applications required the purchase of the Oracle (enterprise) connector as an add-on to our professional license type. Boomi has been instrumental in mending the systems within our lead-to-cash process.
- Excellent library of connectors
- The Visual Integration Designer is fantastically intuitive
- The integration deployment process is quick and painless
- The process reporting functionality is excellent
- User Management - It's possible for users to overwrite a shared resource.
- Support is off-shore which makes collaboration difficult.
- Process alerting - It is possible to configure integration process failures and the account level but not at the integration job level