Schneider: Salto syncs SaaS configurations, whereas Zapier just moves data
Benny Schneider · $70m Raised with just $10k in MRR? Can this Devops for SalesOps tool Grow Into Lofty Valuation? · Dec 27, 2021 · at 19:16
Benny Schneider, co-founder of Salto, explains to Nathan Latka how Salto differs from integration platforms like Zapier by synchronizing software configurations rather than live data streams.
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“If you think about Zapier that you just mentioned, they are connecting more the data at Move. We are connecting the configuration of all those tools, and we are synchronizing the configuration. So if you think about this, there are three parts here. There is the configuration, the integration, And there is the business processes. Nobody has done the configuration itself so far.”
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