Boomi vs. Progress DataDirect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Boomi
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
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.
$550
per month
Progress DataDirect
Score 4.5 out of 10
N/A
Progress Software offers DataDirect, a data connectivity solution which helps enterprises integrate data across relational, big data and cloud databases.N/A
Pricing
BoomiProgress DataDirect
Editions & Modules
Boomi
$550
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BoomiProgress DataDirect
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BoomiProgress DataDirect
Features
BoomiProgress DataDirect
Cloud Data Integration
Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Product A and Product B
Boomi
8.0
Ratings
0% below category average
Progress DataDirect
-
Ratings
Pre-built connectors10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Connector modification5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for real-time and batch integration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality services10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data security features5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring console8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Boomi
-
Ratings
Progress DataDirect
9.8
Ratings
16% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
Boomi
-
Ratings
Progress DataDirect
9.3
Ratings
13% above category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Boomi
-
Ratings
Progress DataDirect
9.7
Ratings
20% above category average
Data model creation00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
Boomi
-
Ratings
Progress DataDirect
9.8
Ratings
19% above category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BoomiProgress DataDirect
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.9
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BoomiProgress DataDirect
Likelihood to Recommend
Dell Boomi is well-suited as a middleware to talk between systems. I am a personal fan of Dell's products and I enjoy this service. Dell Boomi is very easy to use, even to the less technically-inclined user. It is less appropriate to use in one system alone, but users would still find it functional in one system alone because it helps manage the system's metadata and allows that system to be integrated with other systems in the future.
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Data ingestion and connectivity to CRM applications made easy by Progress data direct JDBC interface. The interface integrates well with Spark and AWS Glue etc. May not be a great fit for ingestion of very large objects from systems like Salesforce.
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Pros
  • 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.
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  • Providing JDBC connectivity to CRM applications
  • Raw data integration
  • Customer support
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Cons
  • 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.
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  • Seamless data access for BI and Analytics.
  • Helps you comply with industry standards.
  • Cloud and On-premises Data Access with Hybrid Data Pipelines.
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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Usability
First of all, as a service (cloud service), we don't need to care about server maintenance any more, no worries about incorrect configurations, about down time. Second, for maintaining, we don't need a large team to do it. And of course, using Dell Boomi instead of manual transaction could help us to avoid people mistake while inputting data or doing transactions.
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Performance
I would rate Dell Boomi as highly performant. We have used it for 4+ years and have not had any major issues with availability or speed. We also have not observed performance degradation when connecting it with other software solutions.
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Support Rating
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
MuleSoft and Boomi are built on totally different frameworks. Mulesoft is an API-led network whereas Boomi is an ETL middleware approach. In easy words, Mulesoft can connect to several apps and business units, can create and reuse multiple components. Boomi offers only on-premise and on-cloud integration solutions whereas MuleSoft is capable of providing on-premise, on-cloud as well as hybrid solutions. We can say that MuleSoft is much more flexible and offers multiple integration solutions.
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Ended hybrid Data Pipeline info your app, white label it and ship it to your customers to give them the very best cloud connectivity. Has an encryption algorithm that can be made compliant using the FIPS Compliance mode. Get real-time connectivity to popular data sources such as Salesforce, Google Analytics, and Oracle.
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Return on Investment
  • ROI was flat. Coding directly in apps we were knowledgable in would have been faster, but maintenance higher.
  • It brought good process to the integration team that was new, however I wouldn't say it was a huge gain monetarily. It is a valid path out of many paths for integration, but doesn't rule them all.
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  • Create custom data access and security policies at a user level.
  • Integrate HDP into your app seamlessly with management and administration API's.
  • Hybrid Data Pipeline service can be deployed on multiple modes behind a load balancer.
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