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Data engineering

Unlock Enterprise Data Consistency with Stacksync’s Bi-Directional Sync

Unlock enterprise data consistency with Stacksync’s real-time bi-directional sync between CRMs, ERPs, and databases to eliminate silos and streamline operations.

Unlock Enterprise Data Consistency with Stacksync’s Bi-Directional Sync

Unlock Enterprise Data Consistency with Stacksync’s Bi-Directional Sync

In modern enterprise environments, data is fragmented across a growing number of specialized operational systems, including CRMs, ERPs, and databases. This fragmentation creates significant technical challenges: data silos, high latency, and inconsistencies that directly impact business operations. Engineering teams are often forced to build and maintain brittle, custom-coded integrations or rely on generic iPaaS platforms that may lack the performance and reliability required for mission-critical data flows. These solutions can be inefficient, costly, and divert valuable engineering resources from core product development.

The fundamental problem is a lack of real-time, consistent data across the enterprise technology stack. When sales, finance, and operations teams work with outdated or conflicting information, it undermines efficiency and decision-making. Stacksync is engineered specifically to solve this problem, providing a purpose-built platform for true bi-directional, real-time data synchronization that aims to guarantee data consistency and operational integrity.

The Core Challenge: Data Fragmentation and Latency

Data silos are a direct consequence of using best-of-breed applications for different business functions. While each application excels in its domain, the lack of seamless integration leads to operational bottlenecks. Traditional integration methods fall short:

  • Custom Code: Building integrations in-house is resource-intensive, requires constant maintenance, and often fails silently, leading to data drift and unrecoverable inconsistencies.

  • Generic iPaaS Solutions: These platforms are often designed for one-way data flows or simple workflow automation, not for the high-performance, bi-directional synchronization required by operational systems. They can introduce significant latency and may struggle with complex conflict resolution.

  • Batch Processing: Scheduled data dumps, whether hourly or daily, are insufficient for use cases that demand immediate data availability. This latency means business decisions are often based on outdated information.

These limitations result in a technical environment where data integrity is compromised, and engineering teams are perpetually occupied with "dirty API plumbing" instead of creating business value.

Stacksync’s Solution: Real-Time, Bi-Directional Sync at Scale

Stacksync eliminates the complexity and unreliability of traditional integration methods by providing a robust platform for Stacksync bi-directional sync. Unlike solutions that simulate two-way sync by running two separate one-way pipelines, Stacksync offers genuine bi-directionality, ensuring that data is synchronized in milliseconds for mission-critical use cases [1].

This empowers engineering teams to access and manipulate data from complex systems like CRMs and ERPs directly through their existing databases, removing the need for custom infrastructure and complex API development [2].

Key capabilities include:

  • Real-Time Performance: The Stacksync real-time sync engine propagates changes across connected systems with sub-second latency, enabling immediate data availability for operational workflows and decision-making.

  • Custom Sync Frequencies: While real-time is the default, users can configure scheduled syncs to meet specific business requirements or budget constraints, offering control over data flow [1].

  • Effortless Scalability: The platform is architected to scale from thousands to millions of executions per minute without requiring users to manage or provision any infrastructure, ensuring performance remains consistent as data volume grows [1].

Engineered for Reliability and Effortless Management

Data synchronization is only effective if it is reliable. Sync failures, API quota limits, and configuration errors can halt business processes. Stacksync is built with automated reliability and transparent management features to help ensure continuous, uninterrupted data flow.

  • Centralized Issue Management: A dedicated dashboard provides full visibility into sync status. Failures can be diagnosed, retried, or reverted with a single click, reducing troubleshooting time [1].

  • Intelligent Alerting: Receive real-time notifications for record syncing issues via email, Slack, Pagerduty, or WhatsApp. This proactive alerting enables teams to respond to and resolve issues before they impact operations [2].

  • Smart API Rate Limit Handling: The platform adapts to the API rate limits of connected systems, optimizing traffic to prevent quota overruns and service disruptions without manual intervention [1].

Advanced Capabilities: Beyond Simple Synchronization

Stacksync extends beyond data synchronization to enable workflow automation and enterprise-grade governance.

  • Event-Driven Triggers: Initiate custom workflows or call external API endpoints automatically when records are created, updated, or deleted. This allows for the creation of real-time business processes, such as data enrichment or customer notifications [1].

  • Configuration as Code: For governance and scalability, manage all sync configurations and resources from a GitHub repository. This supports version control, collaboration, and integration into existing CI/CD pipelines [1].

  • No-Code to Pro-Code Flexibility: The platform offers a no-code interface for rapid setup and configuration, empowering non-technical users. For complex requirements, teams can switch to a pro-code approach, providing a flexible solution that adapts to any technical environment [1].

Enterprise-Grade Security by Design

Stacksync enterprise security is a foundational component of the platform. Integrating systems requires a security posture that protects data at every stage and meets compliance standards.

  • End-to-End Encryption: All data is protected with AES encryption, both in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest, using regularly rotating keys. Stacksync processes data but does not store it, ensuring sensitive customer information does not persist outside your infrastructure [3], [4].

  • Granular Access Control: Enforce the principle of least privilege with granular, role-based access control (RBAC) at the workspace, team, and integration level. Stacksync also supports SSO & SCIM integration with providers like Okta and Azure, as well as multi-factor authentication (MFA), for centralized and secure user management [2], [5].

  • Secure Connectivity Options: Stacksync supports a range of secure connection methods, including OAuth 2.0, SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, VPN gateways, and VPC peering. The platform abstracts the complexity of these protocols, automating credential management and token rotation so teams can focus on business logic [2], [6].

  • Compliance and Auditing: The platform is designed to support compliance with major regulations, including SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and CCPA [2]. Every action is logged and auditable, providing the transparency required for operational oversight and regulatory compliance [7].

By unifying disparate systems with a reliable, secure, and real-time synchronization engine, Stacksync empowers enterprises to eliminate data silos, automate critical business processes, and unlock operational efficiency.

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