Boomi iPaaS vs Spring Cloud Data Flow comparison

The compared Boomi and VMware solutions aren't in the same category. Boomi is ranked #6 in PaaS , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 11.1% mindshare in the category. VMware is ranked #24 in DI , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Boomi users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of VMware users who would recommend it.

Boomi iPaaS

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85% willing to recommend

Spring Cloud Data Flow

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1,057 Comparison Views

88% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Boomi iPaaS and Spring Cloud Data Flow based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Boomi iPaaS vs. Spring Cloud Data Flow Report (Updated: August 2022).

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Categories and Ranking

Boomi iPaaS

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (6th)

Spring Cloud Data Flow

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (24th), Streaming Analytics (9th)

Mindshare comparison

Boomi iPaaS and Spring Cloud Data Flow aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Boomi iPaaS is designed for Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) and holds a mindshare of 11.1%, up 7.6% compared to last year.
Spring Cloud Data Flow, on the other hand, focuses on Data Integration, holds 1.1% mindshare, up 0.9% since last year.

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Data Integration

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Eugene Paden

CTO at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Integration solution proves maturity and drives productivity

There are many features we're using. We're starting to do AI now regarding integration with other platforms, focusing on creating integrations. A significant area for improvement is version control. Currently, you develop and cannot properly roll back to a previous version unless you create different versions. With proper version control, you could know which version to revert to and test other versions.

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NitinGoyal

Engineering Lead at Naukri.com

Has a plug-and-play model and provides good robustness and scalability

The solution's community support could be improved. I don't know why the Spring Cloud Data Flow community is not very strong. Community support is very limited whenever you face any problem or are stuck somewhere. I'm not sure whether it has improved in the last six months because this pipeline was set up almost two years ago. I struggled with that a lot. For example, there was limited support whenever I got an exception and sought help from Stack Overflow or different forums. Interacting with Kubernetes needs a few certificates. You need to define all the certificates within your application. With the help of those certificates, your Java application or Spring Cloud Data Flow can interact with Kubernetes. I faced a lot of hurdles while placing those certificates. Despite following the official documentation to define all the replicas, readiness, and liveliness probes within the Spring Cloud Data Flow application, it was not working. So, I had to troubleshoot while digging in and debugging the internals of Spring Cloud Data Flow at that time. It was just a configuration mismatch, and I was doing nothing weird. There was a small spelling difference between how Spring Cloud Data Flow was expecting it and how I passed it. I was just following the official documentation.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The tool's most valuable features I've found are related to debugging and testing. It makes it easy to track execution, documents, and process history. This functionality is particularly useful for identifying issues with data and providing insights to the business."

"Low-code development is the most valuable feature."

"I have found the solution to be scalable."

"It's very user-friendly and designed to be easy to use for the end user."

"The maturity of the product is significant."

"The connection configuration part and the drag-and-drop integration module are the most valuable features for me."

"Extremely flexible for any kind of integration between systems."

"This is a fairly easy-to-use tool for integration which can be self-taught for those with a bit of a technical background."

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"The most valuable features of Spring Cloud Data Flow are the simple programming model, integration, dependency Injection, and ability to do any injection. Additionally, auto-configuration is another important feature because we don't have to configure the database and or set up the boilerplate in the database in every project. The composability is good, we can create small workloads and compose them in any way we like."

"The dashboards in Spring Cloud Dataflow are quite valuable."

"The product is very user-friendly."

"The most valuable feature is real-time streaming."

"The best thing I like about Spring Cloud Data Flow is its plug-and-play model."

"There are a lot of options in Spring Cloud. It's flexible in terms of how we can use it. It's a full infrastructure."

"The solution's most valuable feature is that it allows us to use different batch data sources, retrieve the data, and then do the data processing, after which we can convert and store it in the target."

"The ease of deployment on Kubernetes, the seamless integration for orchestration of various pipelines, and the visual dashboard that simplifies operations even for non-specialists such as quality analysts."

Cons

"There should be more scripting possibilities."

"Have to create some of our own pre-built connectors."

"We would like to see more involvement between Dell Boomi and the end-users to help improve the customer experience."

"The product's UI could be more convenient."

"Documentation could be improved."

"There is no validation in the mapping profile custom scripting, such as IntelliSense or advanced error checking."

"The product could be a little bit more user-friendly."

"Boomi AtomSphere Integration should scale up on the migration area."

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"I would improve the dashboard features as they are not very user-friendly."

"The solution's community support could be improved."

"There were instances of deployment pipelines getting stuck, and the dashboard not always accurately showing the application status, requiring manual intervention such as rerunning applications or refreshing the dashboard."

"Spring Cloud Data Flow is not an easy-to-use tool, so improvements are required."

"The configurations could be better. Some configurations are a little bit time-consuming in terms of trying to understand using the Spring Cloud documentation."

"Some of the features, like the monitoring tools, are not very mature and are still evolving."

"Spring Cloud Data Flow could improve the user interface. We can drag and drop in the application for the configuration and settings, and deploy it right from the UI, without having to run a CI/CD pipeline. However, that does not work with Kubernetes, it only works when we are working with jars as the Spring Cloud Data Flow applications."

"On the tool's online discussion forums, you may get stuck with an issue, making it an area where improvements are required."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AtomSphere Integration's pricing is competitive, and I would rate it seven out of ten."

"They do not charge by the number of people using the software (client-server model), but rather they charge based on the number of connections used. This makes it very cost effective."

"I rate the product's price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."

"When it comes to pricing, it's not so much about being less expensive as it is about how they don't tie to the hardware on the underlined VMware that you run on, as other vendors do"

"The pricing is not reasonable at all. It's very high."

"Boomi AtomSphere Integration is a relatively cheap and cost-effective product compared to other products like SAP or Oracle."

"It is an expensive platform."

"There could be an easy-to-understand licensing model."

More Boomi iPaaS pricing and cost advice

"If you want support from Spring Cloud Data Flow there is a fee. The Spring Framework is open-source and this is a free solution."

"The solution provides value for money, and we are currently using its community edition."

"This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Non Profit

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

18%

Retailer

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Boomi AtomSphere Integration?

The tool's most valuable features I've found are related to debugging and testing. It makes it easy to track execution, documents, and process history. This functionality is particularly useful for...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Boomi AtomSphere Integration?

The pricing for Boomi iPaaS is reasonable, costing around $6,000 per year. It is affordable even for small customers, like a salon with a couple of branches.

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What needs improvement with Boomi AtomSphere Integration?

Although Boomi iPaaS is top in the market, there might be room for improvement in the ETL aspect, which was recently integrated as another module. This aspect of Boomi iPaaS is not mature enough at...

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What needs improvement with Spring Cloud Data Flow?

There were instances of deployment pipelines getting stuck, and the dashboard not always accurately showing the application status, requiring manual intervention such as rerunning applications or r...

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What is your primary use case for Spring Cloud Data Flow?

We had a project for content management, which involved multiple applications each handling content ingestion, transformation, enrichment, and storage for different customers independently. We want...

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What advice do you have for others considering Spring Cloud Data Flow?

I would definitely recommend Spring Cloud Data Flow. It requires minimal additional effort or time to understand how it works, and even non-specialists can use it effectively with its friendly docu...

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Overview

The Boomi AtomSphere integration platform as a service (iPaaS) supports all your application integration processes – between cloud platforms, software-as-a-service applications, and on-premises systems. Your entire team has online access to a powerful range of integration and data management capabilities, that can be realized in a fraction of the time of legacy middleware technologies.

Boomi

Spring Cloud Data Flow is a toolkit for building data integration and real-time data processing pipelines.
Pipelines consist of Spring Boot apps, built using the Spring Cloud Stream or Spring Cloud Task microservice frameworks. This makes Spring Cloud Data Flow suitable for a range of data processing use cases, from import/export to event streaming and predictive analytics. Use Spring Cloud Data Flow to connect your Enterprise to the Internet of Anything—mobile devices, sensors, wearables, automobiles, and more.

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Sample Customers

DocuSign Inc., Innotas, Certent, Renesas Electronics America (REA), Kelly-Moore Paints, Mindjet, City of McKinney, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), Daylight Transport, A10 Networks

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