Before we discuss how to choose the right integration platform or iPaaS, let’s understand why an organization would need an integration platform. Whether you are small company with a few applications, or a big enterprise organization with various on-premises and cloud applications, you have business processes which need to interact with multiple applications. You may have a business need to flow data from one application to another, or to many applications. You may be on the journey of "digital transformation." You may be looking for cloud migration or adoption. In all scenarios, it is very important that your applications talk to one another. It is important to have integrations between various applications, whether on-premises, in-the cloud, modern or legacy applications.

Bottom Line: Connected applications are a necessity for Digital Transformation.

To deal with the unscaled adoption of new applications, as well as to improve ability to connect everything in this new digital business environment, organizations need to think about integration as a strategic capability.

Traditionally, organizations use custom coding or write large scale programs to accomplish Point to Point (P2P) or simply stay connected from one application to another. In some scenarios, organizations do a good job with custom development for integrating their small number of applications, but custom coded P2P can become a big headache when organizations grow and deal with large number of applications. Major issues that can arise with custom coded P2P solutions are:

Any changes in Application APIs, JSON / data structure result in re-development and testing in case P2P integrations
P2P integrations quickly become unmanageable, brittle and damaging to both the IT budget and the organization’s ability to meet current and changing business needs
P2P integrations result in high development and maintenance costs and poor performance
Data security can be a big pain area in P2P custom integration
To overcome the pain of custom coding, many product companies have developed Integration Platforms which are ready to use with very little or near zero coding.

So, the first question to ask yourself is, "When should I look for an integration platform?"

Drivers for iPaaS:

Here are few drivers which may be relevant for you:

Alignment with Digital Cloud transformation and adoption strategy
Ease of use and maintainability
Reduced TCO (licensing costs) as compared to on-premise solutions
Ability to handle hybrid/co-existence scenarios
Cloud-to-Cloud
On-Premises to Cloud
On-Premises to On-Premises
Low Code platform
Support for various EDI formats and data standards
Limited infrastructure overhead
High data security and compliance
Seamless platform/product upgrades with minimal cost overheads
Single platform for multiple business needs
Point-to-point integration (P2P)
Master Data Management (Data Synchronization)
API Management
Workflow Management
If your business strategy or IT needs fall under any of the drivers mentioned above, you should begin to look out for an integration platform!

There are many leading integration platforms on the market, so you may be confused as to which one is suitable for your organization. I will try to simplify things for you based on my own expertise and experience with various iPaaS products.

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