CData Software Inc

CData Arc

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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What is CData Arc?

CData Arc provides users with simple, visual, and fast application and data integration solutions. CData Arc's no-code, drag-and-drop workflow designer allows you to automate EDI file transfers and seamlessly connect data across storage platforms, tools, services, and partners.

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Awards & Recognition

CData Arc won the following awards in the Enterprise Service Bus category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

9 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

10 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2023

CData Arc Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

93 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love CData Arc?

3% Negative

4% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Protocol Translation

Application Workflow

Service Oriented Architecture

Ease of Adding or Changing Components

Logging and Monitoring

Load Balancing

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Operating System Agnostic

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Failover

Programming Language Agnostic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

CData Arc Reviews

Peter W.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Mar 2022

very ease to use and intuitive

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates CData Arc from other similar products?

simplicity, AS2 integration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

API integrations

What do you dislike most about this product?

logging features could be enhanced

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

please continue :)

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Francis-Étienne L.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates CData Arc from other similar products?

The MFT part was the best one around

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The connectors

What do you dislike most about this product?

The price, we wanted only ONE MFT, but when we renewed the product, the mimimum was now TWO, at 3x the price.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Even though it's expensive, it's worth it as it's th best MFT around

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Aaron M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Agriculture
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2022

Easy to use doc conv. Excellent daily monitoring!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates CData Arc from other similar products?

Speed of setup, and integration. Much more document translation and connection options.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Monitoring email is very good to get a quick glance at how things are running.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Upgrading to a new version. Not too bad, but it can be a minute to find the documents on how to migrate without issues.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Have a descent server. Use IIS to host instead of the internal web server. Be familiar with XML and JSON for document translation.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Trustworthy
Caring
Client Friendly Policies

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

CData Arc Ratings

93 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love CData Arc?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Protocol Translation Support for multiple protocols and the ability to convert differing protocols into common communications or common message layer.

Application Workflow Application mapping, data transformation, event handling, orchestration and choreography.

Service Oriented Architecture SOA is architecture whose objective is the deployment of services, within a model of modularity and reusability.​

Ease of Adding or Changing Components Components in the Enterprise Service Bus are easy to add or change. Some sources have used the term “pluggable” to describe this.

Logging and Monitoring Logging and monitoring of all workflow and inter-process activity.

Load Balancing ESB allows for the load balancing of jobs across the nodes plugged into it, to increase application performance.

Security and Compliance Enforcement Support and enforce systems and application security, as well as policy compliance.

Operating System Agnostic Enterprise Service Bus is deployable on any operating system environment.

Certification of Inter Process Communications The verification and certification of inter-process messaging between applications.​

Failover Allows for the failover of process tasks to other nodes on the bus.

Programming Language Agnostic Enterprise Service Bus integration is implementable with any programming language.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

CData Arc Reviews

Peter W.

very ease to use and intuitive

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Francis-Étienne L.

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Aaron M.

Easy to use doc conv. Excellent daily monitoring!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Protocol Translation

Application Workflow

Service Oriented Architecture

Ease of Adding or Changing Components

Logging and Monitoring

Load Balancing

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Operating System Agnostic

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Failover

Programming Language Agnostic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training