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What is Boomi?

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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Dell Boomi has been widely utilized by organizations to address a range of integration requirements. SFCG, for example, has successfully …
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The Future: Boomi

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May 16, 2023
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Dell Boomi ETL Review

9 out of 10
July 09, 2019
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  • Support for real-time and batch integration (30)
    9.0
    90%
  • Pre-built connectors (31)
    9.0
    90%
  • Data security features (30)
    8.7
    87%
  • Monitoring console (32)
    6.0
    60%

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Boomi

$550

On Premise
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Customer Onboarding Process Implementation Demo using Boomi Flow

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Getting Started With Dell Boomi - Integrate CSV File with Database

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Dell Boomi Demo Video 2 by Sumit

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DataProcess CustomScriptDemo

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Dell Boomi Demo Video2

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Boomi Atomsphere Demo

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Features

Cloud Data Integration

Cloud data integration software simplifies the task of integrating data from multiple different cloud applications

8.1
Avg 8.2
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Product Details

What is Boomi?

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.

Boomi maximizes its connector and data mapping capabilities by making user-generated maps and connectors open source for other users to access. The vendor emphasizes Boomi’s ability to support API and EDI connections for automating interfaces with external systems and organizations. The vendor also provides users with support regarding GPDR and data privacy regulatory compliance.

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Boomi Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Skyvia are common alternatives for Boomi.

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 Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

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:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

Attribute Ratings

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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
It is a great ETL tool that handles multiple platforms and gives a wide range of control.
Cloud Data Integration (6)
80%
8.0
Pre-built connectors
70%
7.0
Connector modification
90%
9.0
Support for real-time and batch integration
80%
8.0
Data quality services
80%
8.0
Data security features
80%
8.0
Monitoring console
80%
8.0
  • Saved on resources
  • Saved on time developers spend building out an ETL
  • Will likely continue to help us save going forward as it will not require a lot of maintenance
1
Data Integration from one platform to another.
1
People who are highly logical perform well. Skills with Databases, ETL practices, SQL and whatever platform you are connecting two and from.
  • ETL
  • Data Integration
  • Data Manipulation
  • Directly manipulate data using Salesforce API
  • Schedule processes to run intelligently
  • Handle the data integration between two platforms
  • Connect to other platforms
  • Handle our user security in Salesforce
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.
Adam White | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Dell Boomi is used by our applications teams to build integrations. We are using it to create real-time applications and batch processes that run our business. Our company is currently doing most of their business processing on an IBM mainframe. Mainframe is limited when it comes to connecting to outside systems and using a middleware tool like Dell Boomi has really increased what the business can do. Dell Boomi has made it easier to create APIs that can be consumed by outside clients.
  • Boomi has a lot of built in connectors that make integrations faster and easier.
  • The tool is easy to use and has great visuals to help understand how a process works. There isn't a large learning curve.
  • Frequent updates to the platform.
  • New connectors are frequently added.
  • Great support documents and community.
  • Real-time integrations.
  • The dashboards are limited
  • Running Low latency improves performance but makes resolving issues very difficult
  • Unable to sign up for alerts for one process only. Alerts go out at an account level. If you want to get notifications for a process you need to build it into your application.
  • The folder structure of components can get messy if not well governed.
  • Easy to create duplicate components and not realizing that someone else in your company already created one.
  • Scripting could be improved. You don't know if you have errors in your code until you run the process.
Dell Boomi is a great choice if you are integrating real-time processes with multiple other systems. If you have a web service call that requires transforming the data I think Boomi is the best choice. Where I wouldn't recommend using it is for batch processing. It can do the trick if needed but when a batch process goes down it can be extremely hard to figure out where the problem is. The problem is usually in the data but finding that data can be very tricky when you are processing thousands of transactions at a time.
Cloud Data Integration (6)
78.33333333333333%
7.8
Pre-built connectors
100%
10.0
Connector modification
80%
8.0
Support for real-time and batch integration
90%
9.0
Data quality services
90%
9.0
Data security features
80%
8.0
Monitoring console
30%
3.0
  • It has allowed us to complete projects that would have been impossible
  • We can make services faster when Boomi is orchestrating
  • Integrations can be completed quickly
  • Figuring out production issues can be extremely challenging
I would choose Boomi every day for real-time integrations. I really enjoy using it. I would struggle to recommend using it for a batch application unless you really had to. SSIS seems like it would be a better choice if doing batch jobs but the learning curve is much higher than Boomi. I wouldn't use DataPower if I had to transform the data.
10
Everyone who uses Dell Boomi are application developers that span the entire business functions.
3
Web Service, XML, JVM, business application knowledge, javascript, Groovy
Francois Gravel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Boomi is well suited if you have simple integrations that need to be built fast and don't necessarily have a DBA on-premise. It is not well suited in an environment where you need a dev, QA, staging and production environment. You will be strangled by the stiff licensing costs.
Cloud Data Integration (6)
46.66666666666667%
4.7
Pre-built connectors
80%
8.0
Connector modification
20%
2.0
Support for real-time and batch integration
50%
5.0
Data quality services
40%
4.0
Data security features
80%
8.0
Monitoring console
10%
1.0
  • (Negative) Ended up spending more time trying to get around the UI interface for more complex integration.
  • (Negative) Licensing cost for Dev/QA/Staging and Prod makes this product very expensive even for simple stuff. Even a simple process that needs a DB connector, Http Connector and a Mail Connector, you would need 3 connector x 4 environments = 12 connectors at roughly $500 per month per connector.... $6000 per month for a very simple integration.
  • (Positive) Simple integration can be built within few hours.
Boomi seemed simpler to use and very promising. The existing connector to Salesforce and Taleo was definitely a factor in our decision. The pre-sale support from Boomi was exceptional, they never hesitated to jump on a virtual conference to show us how it is is done. Unfortunately, after few years, we realized that we could have a better ROI with a different platform. At this point we have already started to move the process out of Boomi to implement it in Mule ESB.
5
System Integrator, DBA, BI Analyst
1
Deep understanding of system integration, SOA architecture, good SQL knowledge. Also need to be comfortable installing software, and access[ing] filesystem. Need to be very organized because the version control is quite confusing.
  • Simple Integration [than can be] quickly implemented.
  • Easy to understand user interface.
  • Same process can easily be run in different environments.
  • Able to upload file to an FTP server on a schedule without any complexity.
  • Not planning to build anythign new in Boomi as we are moving to Mule ESB.
We already started to move our integrations to Mule ESB.
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