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STRUCTIFY VS ZAPIER

Structify vs Zapier

Zapier is an automation platform that connects more than 9,000 apps. Its unit of work is the Zap: when something happens in one app, do something in another. It also offers tables, forms, and AI agents, and most teams start on it self-serve.

That model is good at moving one event from one app to the next. It does not keep a joined model of your systems, so a question like margin by customer across two entities last quarter sits outside what a Zap is for.

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StructifyVSZapier
ZAPIER
Automations between apps, each one fired by an event.
STRUCTIFY
One data map across your ERP, CRM, and reporting that you can ask in plain English.
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AT A GLANCE

What each one can do for you.

ZAPIERSTRUCTIFY
  • Move an event from one app to anotherYesYes
  • Answer a question across systems in plain EnglishNoYes
  • Keep a joined history for trends and reconciliationNoYes
  • Full read and write on older and on-premise ERPs, such as Sage 300LimitedYes
  • Write back to the ERPYesYes
  • Replace your ERPNoNo
HOW THE WORK MOVES

The same work, with Zapier and with Structify.

Zapier
ZAP 1
ShopifyNew order
Sage IntacctCreate sales order
ZAP 2
HubSpotDeal won
SlackPost to the sales channel
ZAP 3
GmailInvoice received
Google SheetsAdd a row
ZAP 4
StripePayment received
QuickBooksRecord the payment
One Zap per workflow, each designed in advance. Nothing is kept between runs.
Structify
  • Sage Intacct
  • Salesforce
  • Shopify
  • HubSpot
  • Google Sheets
  • Snowflake
One data map, with the Handbook on topKEPT AND RELATED
ASKED IN PLAIN ENGLISH

“Margin by customer across both entities last quarter?”

Joined across Sage Intacct and Salesforce, using the Handbook's definition of margin, with the source of every number.

One data map, kept and related, so a new question needs no new workflow.
WHERE THEY DIFFER

Zapier connects your apps. Structify connects your data, and lets you talk to it.

  • Unit of work
    ZAPIER

    Triggers and actions. When something happens in app A, do something in app B.

    STRUCTIFY

    Data. Your ERP, CRM, and reporting tools on one data map, then queried, reported on, and written back across all of it.

  • Built for
    ZAPIER

    Operations and marketing teams wiring SaaS tools together.

    STRUCTIFY

    Finance, operations, and leadership working on top of an ERP such as Sage, Acumatica, Business Central, or Intacct.

  • ERP depth
    ZAPIER

    The triggers and actions each app's Zapier integration exposes, reached over that app's cloud API.

    STRUCTIFY

    Full read and write access, including the hard parts: client-credential auth, session-based APIs, and tunnels to on-premise systems such as Sage 300.

  • Getting an answer
    ZAPIER

    Know the workflow in advance, then build it.

    STRUCTIFY

    Ask in plain English, for example margin by customer across both entities last quarter, and get the answer across systems. No Zap to build first.

  • History
    ZAPIER

    Each run fires and moves on. Joins, trends, and reconciliation across systems are outside what a Zap does.

    STRUCTIFY

    A related model of your data that is kept, so joins, trends over time, and reconciliation all work.

  • Your ERP
    ZAPIER

    Stays the system of record.

    STRUCTIFY

    Stays the system of record. Structify sits alongside it.

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WHICH ONE

Choose the starting point that fits the work.

When Zapier is the right call

  • You need simple point-to-point automation, such as a new Shopify order creating a sales order in the ERP.
  • The apps you are connecting are cloud tools with solid Zapier integrations.
  • Your team wants to build and run its own automations, self-serve.

When Structify is the right call

  • Your questions cross systems: margin, inventory, or cash that live partly in the ERP and partly everywhere else.
  • Your ERP is on-premise, older, or only reachable through hard authentication, such as Sage 300.
  • You need history, joins, and reconciliation, not only events moved from one app to the next.
  • You want to ask a question without building a workflow for it first.

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