# Integrations

> An index and topic collection covering the broad integration tooling market, including iPaaS and embedded-iPaaS platforms, workflow automation tools, unified API providers, ETL and reverse-ETL data pipelines, and orchestration engines. Integration platforms reduce the cost of connecting disparate...

This is the **Integrations** topic area of [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) — a network of focused knowledge bases drawn from 16 years of independent API research by Kin Lane. Browse all areas at https://apievangelist.com/areas/.

## Services & Tools
- [Airbyte](https://providers.apis.io/providers/airbyte/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/airbyte)
- [Albato](https://providers.apis.io/providers/albato/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/albato)
- [Apache Airflow](https://providers.apis.io/providers/airflow/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/airflow)
- [Apache NiFi](https://providers.apis.io/providers/apache-nifi/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/apache-nifi)
- [Apideck](https://providers.apis.io/providers/apideck/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/apideck)
- [Appmixer](https://providers.apis.io/providers/appmixer/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/appmixer)
- [Automatisch](https://providers.apis.io/providers/automatisch/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/automatisch)
- [Bardeen](https://providers.apis.io/providers/bardeen/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/bardeen)
- [Boomi](https://providers.apis.io/providers/boomi/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/boomi)
- [Celigo](https://providers.apis.io/providers/celigo/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/celigo)
- [Census](https://providers.apis.io/providers/census/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/census)
- [Cobalt](https://providers.apis.io/providers/cobalt/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/cobalt)
- [Cyclr](https://providers.apis.io/providers/cyclr/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/cyclr)
- [Dagster](https://providers.apis.io/providers/dagster/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/dagster)
- [Elastic.io](https://providers.apis.io/providers/elastic-io/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/elastic-io)
- [Fivetran](https://providers.apis.io/providers/fivetran/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/fivetran)
- [Frends](https://providers.apis.io/providers/frends/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/frends)
- [Hightouch](https://providers.apis.io/providers/hightouch/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/hightouch)
- [Hotglue](https://providers.apis.io/providers/hotglue/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/hotglue)
- [Huginn](https://providers.apis.io/providers/huginn/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/huginn)
- [IFTTT](https://providers.apis.io/providers/ifttt/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/ifttt)
- [Informatica](https://providers.apis.io/providers/informatica/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/informatica)
- [Integrately](https://providers.apis.io/providers/integrately/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/integrately)
- [Integration.app](https://providers.apis.io/providers/integration-app/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/integration-app)
- [Jitterbit](https://providers.apis.io/providers/jitterbit/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/jitterbit)
- [Kestra](https://providers.apis.io/providers/kestra/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/kestra)
- [Knit](https://providers.apis.io/providers/knit/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/knit)
- [Kombo](https://providers.apis.io/providers/kombo/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/kombo)
- [Latenode](https://providers.apis.io/providers/latenode/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/latenode)
- [Locoia](https://providers.apis.io/providers/locoia/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/locoia)
- [Make](https://providers.apis.io/providers/make/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/make)
- [Merge](https://providers.apis.io/providers/merge/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/merge)
- [MuleSoft](https://providers.apis.io/providers/mulesoft/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/mulesoft)
- [n8n](https://providers.apis.io/providers/n8n/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/n8n)
- [Nango](https://providers.apis.io/providers/nango/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/nango)
- [Node-RED](https://providers.apis.io/providers/node-red/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/node-red)
- [Pabbly Connect](https://providers.apis.io/providers/pabbly-connect/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/pabbly-connect)
- [Panora](https://providers.apis.io/providers/panora/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/panora)
- [Paragon](https://providers.apis.io/providers/paragon/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/paragon)
- [Pipedream](https://providers.apis.io/providers/pipedream/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/pipedream)
- [Polytomic](https://providers.apis.io/providers/polytomic/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/polytomic)
- [Prefect](https://providers.apis.io/providers/prefect/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/prefect)
- [Revert](https://providers.apis.io/providers/revert/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/revert)
- [RudderStack](https://providers.apis.io/providers/rudderstack/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/rudderstack)
- [SnapLogic](https://providers.apis.io/providers/snaplogic/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/snaplogic)
- [StackOne](https://providers.apis.io/providers/stackone/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/stackone)
- [Stitch](https://providers.apis.io/providers/stitch/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/stitch)
- [Talend](https://providers.apis.io/providers/talend/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/talend)
- [TIBCO](https://providers.apis.io/providers/tibco/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/tibco)
- [Tray.io](https://providers.apis.io/providers/tray-io/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/tray-io)
- [Trigger.dev](https://providers.apis.io/providers/trigger-dev/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/trigger-dev)
- [Truto](https://providers.apis.io/providers/truto/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/truto)
- [Unified.to](https://providers.apis.io/providers/unified-to/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/unified-to)
- [Vessel](https://providers.apis.io/providers/vessel/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/vessel)
- [Workato](https://providers.apis.io/providers/workato/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/workato)
- [Zapier](https://providers.apis.io/providers/zapier/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/zapier)

## Common Features
- **Pre-Built Connector Libraries**: Integration platforms ship hundreds to thousands of pre-built connectors so engineering teams can wire up SaaS systems without authoring custom HTTP clients for each provider.
- **Visual Workflow Builders**: iPaaS and workflow automation tools like Zapier, Make, and n8n expose drag-and-drop or node-based canvases that let non-developers compose multi-step automations across APIs.
- **Embedded Integration Marketplaces**: Embedded-iPaaS vendors like Paragon, Cobalt, and Integration.app give SaaS companies a white-labeled integration marketplace they can ship inside their own product.
- **Unified API Normalization**: Unified API providers like Merge, Apideck, Nango, and StackOne collapse dozens of category-specific APIs (HRIS, CRM, ATS, accounting) into a single normalized schema and auth surface.
- **Managed ETL and ELT Pipelines**: Data integration platforms like Fivetran, Airbyte, and Stitch land data from SaaS sources and databases into cloud warehouses on managed schedules with schema evolution handling.
- **Reverse ETL and Operational Sync**: Reverse-ETL tools like Hightouch, Census, and Polytomic push warehouse-modeled data back out to SaaS systems of action so sales, marketing, and support teams can act on it.
- **Workflow Orchestration and Scheduling**: Orchestration engines like Apache Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, and Kestra schedule, retry, and observe data and integration pipelines as declarative DAGs.
- **Managed Authentication and Connection Storage**: Integration platforms handle OAuth dance, token refresh, secret rotation, and per-tenant connection storage so consuming applications never have to manage credentials directly.

## Use Cases
- **SaaS Product Integration Marketplace**: SaaS vendors use embedded iPaaS like Paragon, Cobalt, or Integration.app to ship an in-product "Integrations" tab that lets their customers connect to Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, and Google Workspace without leaving the product.
- **Unified HRIS and ATS Sync**: Applicant-tracking and HR-tech vendors use unified APIs like Merge, Kombo, or Knit to onboard customers running BambooHR, Workday, ADP, and Greenhouse against a single normalized employee model.
- **SaaS-to-Warehouse Data Replication**: Analytics and data teams use Fivetran, Airbyte, or Stitch to land Stripe, Salesforce, HubSpot, NetSuite, and PostgreSQL data into Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift on managed schedules.
- **Reverse ETL for Customer 360**: Data teams use Hightouch, Census, or Polytomic to push warehouse-modeled customer segments back into Salesforce, HubSpot, Braze, and Intercom so go-to-market teams act on consistent definitions.
- **Citizen-Developer Workflow Automation**: Operations and revenue-ops teams use Zapier, Make, n8n, or Pabbly Connect to glue together calendars, forms, CRMs, and Slack channels without writing code.
- **Event-Driven Internal Pipelines**: Platform teams use n8n, Pipedream, Trigger.dev, Prefect, or Dagster to orchestrate event-driven internal workflows that span webhooks, queues, databases, and AI calls.
- **Enterprise Application Integration**: Large enterprises use Boomi, MuleSoft, Informatica, SnapLogic, and TIBCO to connect ERP, CRM, on-premise databases, and message buses with governance, monitoring, and SLAs.
- **AI Agent Tool and Action Integration**: AI-application teams use integration platforms and unified APIs to expose hundreds of SaaS actions as governed tools that agents can invoke with managed credentials and audit logs.

## Related Areas
- [iPaaS](https://ipaas.apievangelist.com): This is the index of iPaaS (integration platform as a service) repos being tracked by the API Evangelist network.
- [Embedded iPaaS](https://embedded-ipaas.apievangelist.com): This is the index of embedded iPaaS service and tooling repos being tracked by the API Evangelist network.
- [Unified APIs](https://unified-apis.apievangelist.com): This is the index of unified API service and tooling repos being tracked by the API Evangelist network. Unified APIs ...
- [Workflow Automation](https://workflow-automation.apievangelist.com): This is the index of workflow automation service and tooling repos being tracked by the API Evangelist network.
- [AI Automation](https://ai-automation.apievangelist.com): AI automation combines artificial intelligence with workflow and process automation to create intelligent, autonomous...
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