SnapLogic Reviews

SnapLogic was used for building simple pipelines to call REST API, to get details from a file and call REST API and post those details. It was also used while working with expense solutions for finance posting and other complex solutions.

The feature I found most valuable in SnapLogic is low-code development. Low-code development has been very useful for simple processes, which is required for business users such as extracting details from a file or getting things reported by calling your web service. Calling your web service also becomes easier with SnapLogic because of the snaps available, so if you have the documentation, you can call an API. You don't have to write all those clients to call an API, so that is another feature I found very easy in SnapLogic. Configuring and managing all the file systems also become very handy with the solution.

One of the areas for improvement in SnapLogic is that the connectors for some of the applications should be more available in terms of testing in the dev environment. Another area for improvement is that the logging should be standardized, for example, the integration with an ELK stack should be required out-of-the-box, so you can ship the log and have it in the ELK stack. There should be integration with ELK stack for the log shipping.

An additional feature I'd like to see in SnapLogic is the functionality of building streaming applications, for example the Pub/Sub model. SnapLogic currently supports Kafka and other streaming applications, but there's more focus on building streaming pipelines now, so if that feature is there, it'll be very helpful.

I last worked with SnapLogic six months ago. I was one of the early adopters of SnapLogic when it was introduced, and my previous company started working with the solution in 2017. I used SnapLogic for four and a half years.

SnapLogic is a stable solution. It has become more stable now. There's a learning curve on how you will develop an operational application or how you will develop pipelines there, but once you get used to it because it is not like regular programming, once you get used to building the pipelines, SnapLogic is very stable.

SnapLogic is a scalable solution.

Technical support for SnapLogic has been very good, and on a scale of one to five, I'm giving support four out of five.

The initial setup for SnapLogic was straightforward.

We had a consultant from SnapLogic initially for the implementation because we were the early adapters in 2017, but the solution was quite straightforward to deploy.

I evaluated WSO2.

I have experience in both WSO2 and SnapLogic. I worked as a consultant and my client used SnapLogic for retail.

I utilized hybrid deployment for SnapLogic. The company had Plexus, so for the CloudPlex, SnapLogic provided the managed service and for the GroundPlex, it was deployed in AWS.

In terms of the maintenance of the solution, at one point in time, the company had fifty developers working on SnapLogic, and there was also a citizen initiative where citizen users were created, so there were close to sixty developers. There was an operations team of ten people and out of the ten there were seven engineers, and there was a team leader, and then a manager. The team didn't just handle technical errors, as it also provided functional support for SnapLogic.

I'm rating SnapLogic eight out of ten.

• It makes creating complicated integrations that would normally be scripted, easy to digest, design, and understand.

• By using snaps instead of functions in code, you can see the building blocks of the integration visually. This helps a lot.

• It is extremely easy to connect to various business systems and product integrations rapidly.

• It automatically sends contracts from Salesforce to Workday, so there was no need for manual data entry.
• By the end of the year, I had created integrations that saved multiple roles worth of time. This allowed the employees to be effective in other areas.

The product can include more canned integrations that can be used.

In the field of integration apps, I see a spectrum of apps where one side is point-and-click with zero technical ability needed, and the other side is a platform where you basically write code.

SnapLogic sits somewhere in the middle. It doesn’t offer enough easy canned integrations for its users like some of the easier to use integration apps.

I have been using the product for about a year.

There were occasional stability issues with various snaps having bugs. It was rare that anything wasn’t fixed immediately.

Scalability was easy. You simply add more nodes to your account and it can scale as large as it needs to.

The customer success manager I had was one of the best I’ve ever had from any software company. I very highly regard the support I received from SnapLogic.

I did not previously use a different system. I do use a free version of Workato from time to time, due to its cost and ease of point and click integrations.

There was no real initial setup. I went to SnapLogic for a day of training, received credentials, and started.

SnapLogic costs can be largely dependent on the cost of their nodes.

It is a higher initial cost than other easy-to-use integration apps.

If they need to build complex integrations and don’t want to use code, look to SnapLogic.

If you want to build simple integrations and send e-mails, there are probably more affordable options.

We looked at MuleSoft. They are on the more code heavy side, but are probably the best option for a very large enterprise.

Lean on the customer success manager.

I work as a solution architect, mainly focusing on integrating new software entities. Due to a client's needs to evaluate products, SnapLogic was considered, and we conducted some Proof of Concepts and suggested its use.

So, our end customer is one of the medical equipment companies. They were looking for an integration solution, so we analyzed their requirements and determined what would best suit their business.

It is used for data integration projects. It is very efficient and quick, especially when compared to MuleSoft, which is a bit slower. SnapLogic had a good UI. The data we were dealing with was not extensive, so SnapLogic works well for our customers now in terms of usability and speed.

SnapLogic has the concept of pipelines, which is beneficial as it does not require much intervention from our end. If there are any minor changes needed, customers simply take a copy of the existing pipeline, customize it, and easily rebuild it. This feature is very useful for our customers.

Not much technical background is needed if we are working with SnapLogic. That is a good thing.

Coming from an integration background, it took me just one and a half months to understand it properly. However, someone new to the industry might need about three to four months to start building programs easily.

The best thing about SnapLogic is the connectors it offers and the support it provides to deal with the records. One use case involved fetching data from SAP ERP and sending it to Terradata. This process was a bit tricky with MuleSoft, but with SnapLogic, it was crisp and quick.  

Despite having no prior experience in SnapLogic, we managed to build, test, and prepare it for release in just three hours, handling heavy data efficiently.

It's for CSV transformation, which is comma-separated transformations.

The problem is that SnapLogic doesn't offer a wide variety of connectors. For example, integrating with Salesforce is not that easy, unlike with MuleSoft, which is much easier and also provides a development kit allowing developers to customize or create their own connectors. But SnapLogic lacks this feature.

So, it's not easily customizable.

For very complex integrations, like those involving 10 input systems and 20 output systems with a variety of data transformations, I wouldn't recommend SnapLogic. You will feel lost somewhere.

When dealing with such complex integrations, you often encounter issues managing large datasets. SnapLogic recommends breaking the process into smaller pieces and then deploying them, but sometimes, our requirements are different and require handling multiple systems simultaneously.

In future releases, I would like to see better customization. Currently, we have certain connectors, and if we need to build on top of those— tailor them more closely to our business needs—then customization becomes necessary. But here, that process is a bit tricky. I want it to be simpler.

I have been using it for two years. 

I would rate the stability nine out of ten.

It is a scalable product. I could easily manage it. So, I would rate it a nine out of ten.

We had enterprise businesses for SnapLogic. 

Some of my queries took some time to resolve, meaning we had to wait longer to get those answers.

Positive

I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, with ten being easy. It is not a ten because when someone is trying to develop it, it takes time to understand their own specific keywords. They're not very standard. Initially, it takes time to set it up, but once it's set up, it runs very smoothly.

I did it on a hybrid environment where the customer used their AWS.

The deployment part is very easy. I would rate it a nine point five out of ten, with ten being easy. It just takes minutes.

You just need to create the pipelines. You can have the same pipelines in different environments. You just change the environment, and it quickly takes the values and processes them. There's not much else to do.

I just evaluated the free version. Since SnapLogic started incorporating AI, particularly the AI version they're promoting, the price has gone up and is on the higher side. Although not much has changed, the cost has increased. However, when comparing it with solutions like Apigee or MuleSoft, it still offers better value.

So, it's still considered affordable.

I would recommend using it. Just understand the requirement. If you need to develop something quickly and it's not too complex, then definitely opt for SnapLogic.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.

It's primarily for cloud-to-cloud application integrations.

We are moving the data in Redshift that is from Amazon. 

Our primary use case is for data integration, data applications, and data migrations from SAP data to data in Amazon Redshift.

The most valuable features are Big Data, integration, and high volume data transfers.

SnapLogic is an Artificial intelligence-based solution.

SnapLogic is a low-code development tool. 

The amount of coding required is very low and the development time is low when designing the pipelines.

It's a fast learning solution.

With SnapLogic, you can cut down the delivery times and send high volumes.

The stability can be improved.

The problem with Snaplogic is convincing the management. SnapLogic is a technical product, which could be the reason that convincing the management is so difficult.

High-volume integration and the number of dependencies should be lower. 

The EPA requires a lot of customization. Many other solutions are programming-oriented, which require a lot of customization.

The support is the most important improvement they could make. In the next release, I would like better support, more online tutorials, online certification courses, and better marketing to help, geared to large businesses and showing them how this solution can meet their requirements.

Also, more integration would be helpful.

I have been using SnapLogic for two years.

When it comes to stability, we have experienced some issues where it says it is not available.

SnapLogic is scalable. They have the load increase and it is able to spin the resources and get the data done.

We have four users in our organizations using this solution.

We won't get help from technical support. We have local support. You won't get any help from the internet.

You have to dig through and identify the issues.

The support team is not very responsive.

Previously, we were using TIBCO.

The initial setup was easy and it took one to two hours to build and deploy it.

It only takes one engineer to maintain this solution.

I completed the implementation myself.

SnapLogic is not expensive. It's reasonably priced.

When you compare SnapLogic with other solutions it can handle higher volume transactions, two or three gigabytes, and even more than 10 terabytes.

I think the master data management, use-cases, and high-volume data transfers are good. Each product has its own strengths and weaknesses. Solutions such as Mulesoft will focus heavily on the engineering soft bundle.

If SnapLogic meets the needs and requirements of the use cases and the business, then I would recommend this solution to anyone who is interested in using it.

I would rate SnapLogic a seven out of ten.

The connection with SOAP is the best feature.

It is a better solution for file transfer.

It needs some more snaps. I would like to see some of the features be changed in some of the snaps.

I’ve used this for four months.

We had no issues with deployment.

We have not yet contacted technical support.

The initial setup was straightforward.

We are doing very well with it.