Prismatic leads in satisfaction for embedded iPaaS!
Compare Prismatic to Paragon
On this page we’ll explain how Prismatic compares to Paragon so you’ll have the facts you need to make the right decision on an embedded iPaaS.
Unlike Paragon, Prismatic:
- Is built for the full range of real-world integrations
- Supports the inclusion of any external code library
- Provides non-devs and devs with first-class integration tools
- Empowers your customers’ end users to build custom integrations
What are the differences between Prismatic and Paragon?
Prismatic's embedded iPaaS is a purpose-built, cloud-native B2B SaaS integration platform best suited for SaaS teams that need to create everything from simple to highly complex integrations. It provides a first-class UX for non-devs (via the low-code designer) and devs (via code-native integrations).
Paragon's embedded iPaaS is a B2B SaaS integration platform best suited for smaller SaaS companies needing integrations that can be assembled from the platform's available connectors. While it includes a code-native approach to building integrations, it is still constrained by the low-code builder, so it doesn't provide developers with an actual code-native experience.
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| Low-code integration builder | |||
| Embedded integration marketplace | |||
| Pre-built connector library | |||
| Custom connectors | Full Component SDK | Lightweight wrappers for Rest APIs | |
| Integration workflow designer for end users | |||
| Handles complex integration scenarios | |||
| Enables sophisticated customer-specific integrations | |||
| Granular versioning control of integrations and their connectors | |||
| External log streaming | |||
| Complete customer management console environment | |||
| SDK, CLI, and flexible dev tools | |||
| 100% of application functionality available through API | |||
| Designed to fit into existing CI/CD workflows | |||
- Low-code integration builder
- Embedded integration marketplace
- Pre-built connector library
- Custom connectorsFull Component SDK
- Integration workflow designer for end users
- Handles complex integration scenarios
- Enables sophisticated customer-specific integrations
- Granular versioning control of integrations and their connectors
- External log streaming
- Complete customer management console environment
- SDK, CLI, and flexible dev tools
- 100% of application functionality available through API
- Designed to fit into existing CI/CD workflows
- Low-code integration builder
- Embedded integration marketplace
- Pre-built connector library
- Custom connectorsLightweight wrappers for Rest APIs
- Integration workflow designer for end users
- Handles complex integration scenarios
- Enables sophisticated customer-specific integrations
- Granular versioning control of integrations and their connectors
- External log streaming
- Complete customer management console environment
- SDK, CLI, and flexible dev tools
- 100% of application functionality available through API
- Designed to fit into existing CI/CD workflows
Prismatic beautifully supports the model we wanted: technical support staff configure new instances of known integrations; software engineers get involved when there's something new; support staff can monitor what's happening day-to-day. Meanwhile, we can focus engineering cycles on adding value for our customers.
With Prismatic, we're able to deliver integrations in far less time while streamlining our engineering effort. Prismatic has given us the ability to more widely build integrations across our teams. It has also allowed our customer-facing teams to handle customer-specific deployment.
Prismatic has been a game-changer for our team. The platform's intuitive low-code builder, marketplace and robust monitoring capabilities allow us to deliver complex integrations faster and more reliably than ever before. Whether quickly wiring up an integration using pre-built components or developing custom logic, Prismatic gives us the flexibility we need.
We probably save 95% of engineering time, we've deployed far more integrations than we would have without Prismatic. Everyone gets it; everyone understands that we can integrate wherever we need to, and that's quite a powerful thing.
The speed to market, the development costs, the ease of usability, the variety of integrations, the ability to customize it, and then also make a seamless marketplace. It's the whole package. Prismatic has changed the game, certainly 100% for us.
We've been able to see a roughly 50% increase in new customer acquisition simply by that factor of reducing time on our maintenance. My development team can now focus on new integrations and new automations.
After evaluating numerous embedded iPaaS vendors, Prismatic emerged as the clear leader for scaling customer integrations. Their comprehensive toolset not only enables access to diverse data sources but empowers our customers to build, deploy, and manage their own integrations with confidence.
Prismatic has enabled FMX to be efficient, consistent, and reliable in our integrations with third party systems. Prismatic has quickly become the clear choice for all facets of our integration strategy, including the migration of current integrations from previous solutions. We are pleased to mention our partnership with Prismatic when discussing system integration with prospects, customers, and other solution providers.
Prismatic beautifully supports the model we wanted: technical support staff configure new instances of known integrations; software engineers get involved when there's something new; support staff can monitor what's happening day-to-day. Meanwhile, we can focus engineering cycles on adding value for our customers.
With Prismatic, we're able to deliver integrations in far less time while streamlining our engineering effort. Prismatic has given us the ability to more widely build integrations across our teams. It has also allowed our customer-facing teams to handle customer-specific deployment.
Prismatic has been a game-changer for our team. The platform's intuitive low-code builder, marketplace and robust monitoring capabilities allow us to deliver complex integrations faster and more reliably than ever before. Whether quickly wiring up an integration using pre-built components or developing custom logic, Prismatic gives us the flexibility we need.
We probably save 95% of engineering time, we've deployed far more integrations than we would have without Prismatic. Everyone gets it; everyone understands that we can integrate wherever we need to, and that's quite a powerful thing.
The speed to market, the development costs, the ease of usability, the variety of integrations, the ability to customize it, and then also make a seamless marketplace. It's the whole package. Prismatic has changed the game, certainly 100% for us.
We've been able to see a roughly 50% increase in new customer acquisition simply by that factor of reducing time on our maintenance. My development team can now focus on new integrations and new automations.
After evaluating numerous embedded iPaaS vendors, Prismatic emerged as the clear leader for scaling customer integrations. Their comprehensive toolset not only enables access to diverse data sources but empowers our customers to build, deploy, and manage their own integrations with confidence.
Prismatic has enabled FMX to be efficient, consistent, and reliable in our integrations with third party systems. Prismatic has quickly become the clear choice for all facets of our integration strategy, including the migration of current integrations from previous solutions. We are pleased to mention our partnership with Prismatic when discussing system integration with prospects, customers, and other solution providers.
Prismatic beautifully supports the model we wanted: technical support staff configure new instances of known integrations; software engineers get involved when there's something new; support staff can monitor what's happening day-to-day. Meanwhile, we can focus engineering cycles on adding value for our customers.
With Prismatic, we're able to deliver integrations in far less time while streamlining our engineering effort. Prismatic has given us the ability to more widely build integrations across our teams. It has also allowed our customer-facing teams to handle customer-specific deployment.
Prismatic has been a game-changer for our team. The platform's intuitive low-code builder, marketplace and robust monitoring capabilities allow us to deliver complex integrations faster and more reliably than ever before. Whether quickly wiring up an integration using pre-built components or developing custom logic, Prismatic gives us the flexibility we need.
We probably save 95% of engineering time, we've deployed far more integrations than we would have without Prismatic. Everyone gets it; everyone understands that we can integrate wherever we need to, and that's quite a powerful thing.
The speed to market, the development costs, the ease of usability, the variety of integrations, the ability to customize it, and then also make a seamless marketplace. It's the whole package. Prismatic has changed the game, certainly 100% for us.
We've been able to see a roughly 50% increase in new customer acquisition simply by that factor of reducing time on our maintenance. My development team can now focus on new integrations and new automations.
After evaluating numerous embedded iPaaS vendors, Prismatic emerged as the clear leader for scaling customer integrations. Their comprehensive toolset not only enables access to diverse data sources but empowers our customers to build, deploy, and manage their own integrations with confidence.
Prismatic has enabled FMX to be efficient, consistent, and reliable in our integrations with third party systems. Prismatic has quickly become the clear choice for all facets of our integration strategy, including the migration of current integrations from previous solutions. We are pleased to mention our partnership with Prismatic when discussing system integration with prospects, customers, and other solution providers.
Prismatic handles any integration from simple to complex
Simple integrations are all similar, but complex integrations can be complex in many different ways. This is one area where Prismatic has a substantial advantage over Paragon.
Paragon has several pre-built connectors you can use to create simple integrations. And Prismatic also has many pre-built connectors. But Prismatic has much greater flexibility with the types of APIs it enables connections with and the fact that you can reference any npm package.
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| Pre-built connector library | |||
| Custom connectors | Custom connectors for REST, SOAP, XML, GraphQL and other APIs | Custom connectors for REST APIs | |
| External code | Any npm package or private library | A handful of specific npm packages | |
- Pre-built connector library
- Custom connectorsCustom connectors for REST, SOAP, XML, GraphQL and other APIs
- External codeAny npm package or private library
- Pre-built connector library
- Custom connectorsCustom connectors for REST APIs
- External codeA handful of specific npm packages
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Prismatic allows devs to build true code-native integrations
Your integration devs should be comfortable using the tools an embedded iPaaS provides to build integrations. Ideally, they should actually enjoy using those tools. They should also be able to use those tools to build integrations for every single integration scenario that comes up.
Let’s see how Prismatic and Paragon stack up. For more details on Prismatic vs Paragon for writing integrations in code, check out our post.
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| Constraints | No constraints other than coding language | Constrained by low-code designer rules | |
| External code | Use any npm package or code from another repository | Can include only specified npm libraries to extend code | |
| Coding language | Devs code in TypeScript | Devs must use Paragraph, a TypeScript-based scripting language/framework | |
| Pre-built code | Leverage pre-built functionality or write connections and more from scratch | Leverage pre-built code | |
- ConstraintsNo constraints other than coding language
- External codeUse any npm package or code from another repository
- Coding languageDevs code in TypeScript
- Pre-built codeLeverage pre-built functionality or write connections and more from scratch
- ConstraintsConstrained by low-code designer rules
- External codeCan include only specified npm libraries to extend code
- Coding languageDevs must use Paragraph, a TypeScript-based scripting language/framework
- Pre-built codeLeverage pre-built code
Embedded Workflow Designer
Sometimes, your customers need one-off or custom integrations with your app, but it simply doesn't make sense for you to build them.
What if you could hand the customer the keys instead of saying no? With our embedded workflow designer, you can do precisely that. It allows your customers to create their own integrations using built-in templates and collectors.
Prismatic has an embedded workflow designer. Paragon does not. As a result, there is an entire class of integrations that Paragon users must say "No" to or spend much time building integrations that are not broadly desirable to their customers.
However, Prismatic customers can use pre-built connectors and components for their end users. You can set up templates for your customers or let them create integrations from scratch, such as exporting data from your product to their in-house SQL database for analysis.
Pricing for Prismatic vs Paragon
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| Pricing tiers | Includes three tiers: Pro, Scale, & Enterprise | Includes two tiers: Pro & Enterprise | |
| Pricing fees | Monthly fee, with additional costs for specific functionality, and a cost per integration + customer (aka instance). | Monthly fee (license + customers). | |
| Pricing benefits/drawbacks | Lets you quickly determine how your costs will grow as customers and integrations increase. | Includes API access charges, so deploying complex integrations costs more than simple ones. This perverse incentive causes users to try to build simpler/less useful integrations to avoid additional charges for API calls. | |
- Pricing tiersIncludes three tiers: Pro, Scale, & Enterprise
- Pricing feesMonthly fee, with additional costs for specific functionality, and a cost per integration + customer (aka instance).
- Pricing benefits/drawbacksLets you quickly determine how your costs will grow as customers and integrations increase.
- Pricing tiersIncludes two tiers: Pro & Enterprise
- Pricing feesMonthly fee (license + customers).
- Pricing benefits/drawbacksIncludes API access charges, so deploying complex integrations costs more than simple ones. This perverse incentive causes users to try to build simpler/less useful integrations to avoid additional charges for API calls.
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What users say about Prismatic and Paragon
Prismatic gets high marks for usability and relationships for embedded iPaaS. Customers also regularly praise Prismatic for its support and product flexibility.
Paragon users praise the ease of building simple integrations and the quality of support, but they also point out limits to customizing integrations.
For more details from G2 on how Prismatic compares to Paragon and other embedded iPaaS, check out the most current quarterly G2 Grid Report.
"Being a lifelong engineer for high-scale applications, it's hard to relinquish the desire to build everything myself. Prismatic has created an incredibly powerful and flexible platform, built off scalable technologies, so you don't have to."
"Prismatic has been a joy to work with as a developer. The tool itself is clearly organized and offers a flexible outlook on code structure easily adaptable to a wide variety of integrations and use cases."
"I found Prismatic to be very straight forward to use and easy to code for. The team has a wealth of knowledge and made it easy to support what we were aiming for. The documentation is extensive and covers many use cases, giving step by step instructions or general solutions to common integration problems."
"Since using this platform for a few years I can still say it's amazing! The recent release of code native has also elevated our ability to craft exactly the integrations we want and was very exciting for our engineers. The integrations our team builds can be very complex, which code native allows us to build to."
"Prismatic is easy to use and supports a wide variety of integrations and most of these can be written with little or no coding knowledge, the documentation is very good and the highlight of all is the support team, they are very knowledgeable and they always answer the questions to the point and in the simplest way possible."
"Being a lifelong engineer for high-scale applications, it's hard to relinquish the desire to build everything myself. Prismatic has created an incredibly powerful and flexible platform, built off scalable technologies, so you don't have to."
"Prismatic has been a joy to work with as a developer. The tool itself is clearly organized and offers a flexible outlook on code structure easily adaptable to a wide variety of integrations and use cases."
"I found Prismatic to be very straight forward to use and easy to code for. The team has a wealth of knowledge and made it easy to support what we were aiming for. The documentation is extensive and covers many use cases, giving step by step instructions or general solutions to common integration problems."
"Since using this platform for a few years I can still say it's amazing! The recent release of code native has also elevated our ability to craft exactly the integrations we want and was very exciting for our engineers. The integrations our team builds can be very complex, which code native allows us to build to."
"Prismatic is easy to use and supports a wide variety of integrations and most of these can be written with little or no coding knowledge, the documentation is very good and the highlight of all is the support team, they are very knowledgeable and they always answer the questions to the point and in the simplest way possible."
"Being a lifelong engineer for high-scale applications, it's hard to relinquish the desire to build everything myself. Prismatic has created an incredibly powerful and flexible platform, built off scalable technologies, so you don't have to."
"Prismatic has been a joy to work with as a developer. The tool itself is clearly organized and offers a flexible outlook on code structure easily adaptable to a wide variety of integrations and use cases."
"I found Prismatic to be very straight forward to use and easy to code for. The team has a wealth of knowledge and made it easy to support what we were aiming for. The documentation is extensive and covers many use cases, giving step by step instructions or general solutions to common integration problems."
"Since using this platform for a few years I can still say it's amazing! The recent release of code native has also elevated our ability to craft exactly the integrations we want and was very exciting for our engineers. The integrations our team builds can be very complex, which code native allows us to build to."
"Prismatic is easy to use and supports a wide variety of integrations and most of these can be written with little or no coding knowledge, the documentation is very good and the highlight of all is the support team, they are very knowledgeable and they always answer the questions to the point and in the simplest way possible."
Security & Compliance
Prismatic is SOC 2 certified and compliant with GDPR, HIPAA, and CJIS. Prismatic is currently in the process of FedRAMP authorization.
Paragon is also SOC 2 certified and compliant with GDPR and HIPAA.
GDPR compliance is required for companies doing business in Europe. HIPAA compliance covers the exchange of health-related data in the US. CJIS compliance is needed for companies doing public safety business with Federal, State, and Local governments. FedRAMP authorization allows cloud service providers to do business with the federal government in the US.
Wrapping up
Prismatic's embedded iPaaS is a purpose-built, cloud-native B2B SaaS integration platform best suited for SaaS teams that must create highly configurable, reusable integrations for the full range of real-world integration complexity.
Paragon's offering is much more limited. Therefore, it is best suited for smaller SaaS companies that will only need integrations that can be assembled from the platform's available connectors.
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