Integration guide Ranked lists of integration platforms for companies with many systems to connect, and when to build the integration.
What are the best integration platforms in 2026?
Workato is the best integration platform for most companies of 50 or more employees, because it is built for a central team that has many systems to keep in agreement. A custom integration built by Black Badger ranks second, and it is the better choice when you have a small number of critical connections and would rather own them than pay for them by the task.
Technical builders who want no per-user or per-connection fee
Starts at $50 a month
Only the starting price is published, SSO is a paid add-on on Team
The ranking, entry by entry
1 Workato
Best for companies with a central team and many systems to connect
Workato ranks first because it is sold for a company that has a dozen systems, one team responsible for making them agree and work that has to be governed. Editions step up in concurrency and on-premises agents, and governance is offered as an add-on. It is not first on price, because Workato publishes none and every buyer gets a quote.
Watch for. Concurrency is 1 on the Standard and Business MCP editions and 15 on Enterprise MCP. Ask which edition your busiest sync needs before you compare quotes.
Price
Not published, quoted per customer Pricing has a usage component tracked by capability, such as Workflows, APIM and Event Streams. Editions listed are Standard, Business MCP, Enterprise MCP and Workato ONE. Add-ons include security and governance, RPA, Private Link, EDI and Virtual Private Workato.
Main limit
Quote only, with concurrency and on-prem agents set by edition
Best for companies with a few critical connections they want to own
We publish this guide and we build custom integrations, so read this entry knowing that. A custom integration ranks second because a company that needs only three or four connections, such as the ERP agreeing with the CRM, does not need a platform. Black Badger writes those as code you own, running on your own accounts, with no per-task or per-connection fee. After launch you pay running costs such as hosting.
Watch for. A build starts with discovery and a written scope, so it cannot be put to use as quickly as a platform. It suits companies of 50 or more employees with connections worth owning.
Price
One-time build scoped in writing, no per-seat fee After launch you pay running costs such as hosting, database and email. There are no licenses, so adding a person adds no fee.
Main limit
Needs a scoping call first, and suits companies of 50 or more employees
Best for companies with a mix of cloud and on-premises systems
Boomi ranks third because it covers integration, APIs and data on one platform and suits a company where some systems sit in the cloud and others in a server room. It also has a low published entry point, a Pay-As-You-Go plan at $99 a month plus usage. The subscription editions are annual and quoted.
Watch for. The Standard edition is production only, with no test or development environments. Multiple environments start at Professional, so price that edition.
Price
Pay-As-You-Go $99 a month plus usage Pay-As-You-Go is billed monthly. Subscription editions (Standard, Professional, Professional Plus, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus) are annual and carry no published price. There is a 30 day free trial.
Main limit
Subscription editions are annual and quoted, higher tiers add connections
Best for companies connecting ERP, ecommerce and finance systems
Celigo ranks fourth overall and higher on our ERP list. It is aimed at the connections a company that sells goods cares about most, between the ERP, the storefront and finance. Celigo sells prebuilt flows on a managed platform, so your team does not build every flow from nothing. It sits below Boomi here because the pricing page gives no prices and does not say what the bill is based on.
Watch for. SSO, auditability and a development sandbox start at the Professional edition. Standard has none of them, so a company with audit needs should begin its quote at Professional.
Price
Not published, quoted per customer Editions are Standard, Professional and Enterprise. Celigo says pricing depends on the edition and how your team uses the platform. There is a 30 day free trial.
Main limit
Quote only, SSO and sandbox start at the Professional edition
Best for large companies that need API-led integration and governance
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, from Salesforce, ranks fifth. It suits a large company that wants API-led integration and governance across many systems, and it is often bought alongside Salesforce. It ranks below the others because of its entry cost. The published starting price is $2,000 a month billed annually, and the Pre-Commit buying model has a minimum of $50K a year.
Watch for. Pricing runs on Mule Credits with a different rate for each usage type, and the credit allocation per package is not published. Ask for it in writing.
Price
From $2,000 a month, billed annually Priced in Mule Credits, a shared currency across MuleSoft products, with a different credit rate for each usage type. Buying models are Pre-Purchase, Pre-Commit (minimum $50K a year) and Unlimited (custom fixed price).
Main limit
Credit based pricing, Pre-Commit starts at $50K a year
Best for teams that want visual scenarios at a low published price
Make ranks sixth. It is a low-cost way to connect two systems with branching logic, and its visual scenarios are easier to follow than a list of steps. At 10,000 credits a month on annual billing the pricing page shows Core at $12 and Teams at $38. It ranks here for a company of this size because SSO, role-based access controls and audit logs are Enterprise only.
Watch for. When credits run out, scenarios stop until more are added. For a sync the business depends on, buy more credits than you expect to use.
Price
Core from $12 a month for 10,000 credits, billed annually Billed in credits, and most modules use one credit. At 10,000 credits a month on annual billing the pricing page shows Core at $12, Pro at $21 and Teams at $38 a month. Free includes 1,000 credits a month and Enterprise is a custom quote. Monthly billing costs more.
Main limit
Credit based billing, SSO and audit logs only on Enterprise
Best for business staff building quick app to app automations
Zapier ranks seventh on an integration list, though it would rank higher on a list about speed. Business staff can build an automation between two apps without help, and the Team plan starts at $69 a month billed yearly for 2,000 tasks. It ranks low here because billing is per task, so a full data sync between two systems of record gets expensive, and Team is capped at 25 users.
Watch for. SAML single sign-on and the audit log are not on Free or Professional. Monthly billing costs about 50 percent more than yearly.
Price
Team from $69 a month billed yearly, 2,000 tasks Billed per task. Plans are Free (100 tasks), Professional (from $19.99 a month billed yearly for 750 tasks), Team (up to 25 users) and Enterprise (custom, annual task limit). Monthly billing costs about 50 percent more than yearly.
Main limit
Task caps raise the price with volume, SSO and audit log need Team or above
Best for technical teams that can self-host their own workflows
n8n ranks eighth for most companies and much higher for one with engineers. It bills per workflow execution, and a full run counts as one execution however many steps it has, which favors syncs with many steps. There is a free self-hosted Community Edition, and Pro is €50 a month billed yearly for 10K executions. It ranks here because it needs technical staff to run well.
Watch for. SSO needs the Business plan, which is listed as self-hosted only, and audit logging needs Enterprise. The Community Edition has no environments or Git version control.
Price
Pro from €50 a month billed yearly, 10K executions Billed per workflow execution, and a full run counts as one execution however many steps it has. Plans are Starter (€20, 2.5K executions), Pro (€50, 10K), Business (€667, 40K), Enterprise (custom) and a free self-hosted Community Edition. All paid plans include unlimited users and workflows.
Best for technical builders who want no per-user or per-connection fee
Tray.ai ranks ninth. Its pricing is usage based, measured in Tasks and Helix Compute Units, and Tray says there are no per-user, per-connection or per-runtime fees. That suits a company with technical builders and many connections. It is last on the general list because only the $50 a month starting price is published, and the Pro, Team and Enterprise plans are sized and quoted for each buyer.
Watch for. SSO, HIPAA and regional hosting are paid add-ons on Team and come with Enterprise. Pro keeps 7 days of logs.
Price
Starts at $50 a month Usage based, measured in Tasks and Helix Compute Units. Tray says there are no per-user, per-connection or per-runtime fees. Pro, Team and Enterprise are sized to your needs, and an annual volume commitment fixes the yearly cost.
Main limit
Only the starting price is published, SSO is a paid add-on on Team
This list is ranked for a company of 50 or more employees with several systems of record that have to agree with each other. Examples are an ERP, a CRM, accounting and a storefront or warehouse system. We weighed how well each option handles a sync the business depends on, how the bill changes as volume grows, and what it takes to staff.
Prices and limits were read from each vendor's own pricing page on the date shown in each entry. Black Badger publishes this guide and builds custom integrations. That is why the custom route is on the list, and why it is not ranked first here.
Questions buyers ask
What is an integration platform?
An integration platform is a service that moves data between your systems so they stay in agreement. For example, a new customer in the CRM appears in the ERP, a shipped order closes in the storefront and an invoice is recorded in accounting. The platforms on this list differ mostly in who builds the connections, how the vendor bills for them and how much control IT gets over changes.
How do integration platforms charge?
Integration platforms charge mostly by usage. Zapier bills per task, Make bills in credits, n8n bills per workflow execution and MuleSoft bills in Mule Credits. Workato and Celigo publish no prices. Usage pricing is fine at low volume and needs careful arithmetic at high volume, which is why we keep a separate list for high-volume data sync.
Why is a custom integration ranked on a list of integration platforms?
A custom integration is on this list because a company with a few important connections can choose it in place of renting a platform. Black Badger, which publishes this guide, builds custom integrations, and we would rather state that plainly and rank the route where it fits. On this list a custom integration is second. On the lists about high-volume sync and outgrown automations it is first.
How current are the prices on Best Integration Platforms?
Every entry carries the date we read its facts from the vendor site. Integration vendors repackage their plans often, so use the figures to shortlist and confirm them on the linked pricing page before you budget.