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StreamSets vs Workato comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.1
StreamSets speeds up data processing, boosts efficiency and revenue, simplifies tasks, enhances security, and reduces costs significantly.
Sentiment score
7.9
Workato users experience high ROI from quick setup, efficient integration, cost savings, and enhanced focus on core business activities.
By replacing multiple legacy systems and teams with a single automated platform, organizations see significant cost savings and improved business operations.
In my experience, we have seen a return on investment, with results visible within a week.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
StreamSets support is responsive and knowledgeable, offering effective solutions, though response times and technical handling could improve.
Sentiment score
7.8
Workato support is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness but has room for improvement in availability and product limitations.
IBM technical support sometimes transfers tickets between different teams due to shift changes, which can be frustrating.
Whenever we faced issues with data volume, the support team helped us by suggesting solutions like breaking the data into chunks.
I reach out to the professional services team or customer success team for technical support, and they provide immediate responses.
Workato's support is robust, featuring first and second-level support.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
StreamSets is scalable and flexible, favored for cloud use but could improve auto-scaling for large data migrations.
Sentiment score
6.9
Workato is scalable and adaptable, supporting multi-region integration but struggles with large datasets and lacks manual scalability controls.
There are scalability limitations with Workato.
Allows dynamic connection switching at runtime.
Even when clients overutilize the product, Workato allows them to continue without interruption, charging accordingly rather than limiting usage.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
StreamSets is praised for stability and reliability, despite minor memory issues, with high user ratings and market competitiveness.
Sentiment score
7.6
Workato's stability impresses many, built on AWS with minimal downtime, though rare issues arise with high data loads and requests.
Once deployed, solutions do not break, making it more reliable than other solutions like Microsoft Power Automate that often disconnect.
During the initial data loads with large volumes, Workato was unable to handle the data effectively, which indicates stability issues under high loads.
To handle more than 50,000 records, I use scripting actions like Python or JavaScript to process large data in chunks.
 

Room For Improvement

StreamSets struggles with integration, real-time processing, clarity in UI, memory issues, security, documentation, and cloud storage performance.
Workato users desire improvements in collaboration, flexibility, data management, security, and advanced features for better platform functionality.
It would be beneficial if StreamSets addressed any potential memory leak issues to prevent unnecessary upgrades.
Workato struggles with scalability when handling high volumes of data, such as terabytes, requiring chunking for initial data loads.
One area for improvement is the CI/CD pipeline, which lacks a version control system similar to GitHub for easier deployment.
Currently, there's no way to set breakpoints to stop the process and debug an error as you can in other tools like webMethods.
 

Setup Cost

StreamSets provides flexible pricing models, with varied user satisfaction, favoring larger enterprises over smaller companies due to cost.
Workato offers customizable, competitive pricing with enterprise plans that balance cost-effectiveness and comprehensive integration capabilities.
While the upfront cost is high due to task-based pricing, the cost is relatively low in terms of development because Workato provides necessary connectors for integration use cases.
Compared to other iPaaS solutions like Boomi, Workato’s pricing model charges per connection step, which increases the cost.
Workato's pay-as-you-use model is competitive when compared with other iPaaS providers, making it cost-effective for organizations looking to integrate multiple functionalities under one platform.
 

Valuable Features

StreamSets offers intuitive interface, extensive connectors, and features accessible to non-technical users for seamless data integration and manipulation.
Workato provides a user-friendly, no-code platform for seamless integration and automation, enhancing efficiency and reducing development time.
It allows a hybrid installation approach, rather than being completely cloud-based or on-premises.
It allows app-to-app and real-time integrations, which significantly enhance process efficiency.
It comes with pre-built connectors, eliminating the need to write APIs.
The platform's ease of use for connecting to different integrations, like Salesforce and NetSuite, is very beneficial because development isn't necessary, and everything is readily available.
 

Categories and Ranking

StreamSets
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (16th)
Workato
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

StreamSets and Workato aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. StreamSets is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 1.6%, up 1.4% compared to last year.
Workato, on the other hand, focuses on Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), holds 4.3% mindshare, up 4.2% since last year.
Data Integration
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Karthik Rajamani - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrates with different enterprise systems and enables us to easily build data pipelines without knowing how to code
There are a few things that can be better. We create pipelines or jobs in StreamSets Control Hub. It is a great feature, but if there is a way to have a folder structure or organize the pipelines and jobs in Control Hub, it would be great. I submitted a ticket for this some time back. There are certain features that are only available at certain stages. For example, HTTP Client has some great features when it is used as a processor, but those features are not available in HTTP Client as a destination. There could be some improvements on the group side. Currently, if I want to know which users are a part of certain groups, it is not straightforward to see. You have to go to each and every user and check the groups he or she is a part of. They could improve it in that direction. Currently, we have to put in a manual effort. In case something goes wrong, we have to go to each and every user account to check whether he or she is a part of a certain group or not.
Rohit Sircar - PeerSpot reviewer
Great automation and strong workflows useful for integration
The initial setup is quite straightforward. When connecting Workato with your on-premises system, you have to install the Workato agent on your network. It was not complex but a long process to configure and settle. Workato has not gone live for us yet, so only the developers are currently using it. But in terms of users, we will have close to 250 and maybe 30 additional direct users. We are seeing a lot of different use cases where we can add new recipes because we started small, and there are many different areas where we can implement Workato for automation.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
9%
Educational Organization
31%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about StreamSets?
The best thing about StreamSets is its plugins, which are very useful and work well with almost every data source. It's also easy to use, especially if you're comfortable with SQL. You can customiz...
What needs improvement with StreamSets?
One issue I observed with StreamSets is that the memory runs out quickly when processing large volumes of data. Because of this memory issue, we have to upgrade our EC2 boxes in the Amazon AWS infr...
What is your primary use case for StreamSets?
We are using StreamSets for batch loading.
What do you like most about Workato?
Workato is low code, intuitive, and easy to use.
What needs improvement with Workato?
One area for improvement is the CI/CD pipeline, which lacks a version control system similar to GitHub ( /products/github-reviews ) for easier deployment. Though it has a recipe life cycle manageme...
What is your primary use case for Workato?
I am using Workato ( /products/workato-reviews ) for integrating and automating solutions for finance, HR, and IT. Specific use cases include onboarding and offboarding for HR, handling invoices fo...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Availity, BT Group, Humana, Deluxe, GSK, RingCentral, IBM, Shell, SamTrans, State of Ohio, TalentFulfilled, TechBridge
Panera Bread, Berkshire Hathaway, Salesforce, Box, Splunk, ComScore, IBM, Complex Media, Microsoft, Home Depot, Cisco, News Corp, Braille Institute
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