--- title: "Power internal tools - Stacksync" description: "Automate updates and trigger custom workflows across every internal tool, without engineering tickets." canonical: https://www.stacksync.com/use-case/power-internal-tools last_modified: 2026-07-05 --- Stacksync × Supabase Miami: **AI-Native Operations** Oct 13 [Reserve your spot](https://www.stacksync.com/events/2026-10-13-supabase-miami) Connect any internal tool - no engineering required # Power your internal tools with live data Back Retool, Airplane, and custom admin UIs with real-time, two-way data, no engineering ticket queue. [Book a demo](https://www.stacksync.com/book-a-demo) [Talk to a solutions architect](https://www.stacksync.com/book-a-demo) ## Adopted by fast-scaling companies moving mission-critical data in real time - Gladia Case study - IDEXX - MedPro Migrated from MuleSoft - Eko Case study - Ubicloud - Vimeo - Codility Migrated from Celigo - ACERTUS Migrated from Heroku Connect - Syringa Migrated from Matillion - Truora - Streaam Case study - SEAL SQ - Rinsed Migrated from Fivetran - IA Capital Group Case study - Meter - Golden Pear Funding Migrated from Celigo What blocks the internal-tools team ## Three reasons internal tools are the slowest projects to ship. Internal tools should be 80% UI and 20% data wiring. In practice, it's the opposite, and the data wiring is where every project stalls. 01 - API permission soup ### Every tool needs its own service account Building one admin UI means provisioning Salesforce, NetSuite, Stripe, and Zendesk service accounts, scoping their permissions, rotating their tokens, and monitoring their rate limits, before you write the first React component. ACCESS 02 - Stale state ### Refreshing the panel takes 8 seconds Every internal tool ends up with a 'refresh' button because data fetched at page load is stale by the time the user acts. Pulling fresh data per click means a noticeably slow tool. DATA FRESHNESS 03 - Write-back fragility ### The 'Update customer' button works 95% of the time Internal tools that write to source systems hit the 5% failure cases (concurrent edits, validation errors, timeouts) without the retry logic of a real integration. Users learn to click twice and pray. MUTATION PLATFORM ## Six products. One Platform. Replace many legacy vendors. Every tool Stacksync replaces is one fewer vendor, one fewer bill, one fewer integration to maintain. [Start building now](https://www.stacksync.com/book-a-demo) ### [Two-way sync](https://www.stacksync.com/two-way-sync) Changes made in one platform automatically update across all connected systems in real time, eliminating data silos and reducing errors. Replaces: Heroku Connect and Salesforce Data 360 Heroku Connect Salesforce Data 360 ### [Workflow automation](https://www.stacksync.com/workflow-automation) Stop building brittle API scripts. With Stacksync, you can trigger complex automated workflows using simple SQL commands. Replaces: Workato and Boomi ### [AI Agents](https://www.stacksync.com/ai-agents) Expose every enterprise system to your agents through a single MCP layer. Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini get production-grade tools without custom glue code. Natively available in: Claude and ChatGPT and Gemini Claude ChatGPT Gemini ### [Event queues](https://www.stacksync.com/event-queues) Handle massive traffic spikes without losing a single event. Queues buffer your data during surges, ensuring strict ordering and reliable delivery. Replaces: Kafka and Amazon SQS and Confluent Kafka Amazon SQS ### [Database hosting](https://www.stacksync.com/database-hosting) Interact with your CRM, ERP, and payment tools as if they were just another table in your database. Say goodbye to rate limits and complex API documentation. Replaces: AWS RDS and Self-hosted databases AWS RDS Self-hosted databases ### [EDI](https://www.stacksync.com/edi) Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions. Stacksync automatically parses incoming EDI documents directly into your database tables. Replaces: SPS Commerce and TrueCommerce [Start building now](https://www.stacksync.com/book-a-demo) Connectors ## Every internal-tool back end, on the same data layer. Stacksync exposes a unified read/write API across every connector, internal tools query Stacksync once, get live data, and write back with retry logic and conflict resolution built in. Tool builders 05 - Retool - Airplane - Internal - Appsmith - Budibase CRM & data 05 - Salesforce - HubSpot - Snowflake - Postgres - BigQuery Operations 05 - Stripe - Zendesk - NetSuite - Linear - Jira Auth & identity 05 - Okta - Auth0 - Azure AD - Google Workspace - OneLogin One connection, 1,000+ systems behind it. No more service-account sprawl. [Browse all 1,000+ connectors](https://www.stacksync.com/connectors) SECURITY ## Security teams trust Stacksync As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers. [Learn more about security](https://www.stacksync.com/security) | | | | --- | --- | | | SOC 2 Type II | | | ISO 27001 | | | HIPAA BAA | | | GDPR | | | CCPA | | | DPF US-EU-UK-CH | → SECURITY WITH BENEFITS ### SSO & SCIM Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more. ### Alerts Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options. ### Secure connection options Securely connects to your systems with: [OAuth 2](https://www.stacksync.com/security) [SSH Tunnelling](https://docs.stacksync.com/two-way-sync/connectors/setup-options/ssh-tunneling) [SSL certificates](https://docs.stacksync.com/two-way-sync/connectors/postgres/authorize-postgres/amazon-rds/ensuring-secure-rds-connections-with-ssl-certificate) [IP Whitelisting](https://docs.stacksync.com/two-way-sync/connectors/setup-options/ip-whitelisting) [VPN gateway](https://docs.stacksync.com/two-way-sync/legal/service-consumption-tables#:~:text=%E2%9C%93-,VPN%20gateway,-%2D) [VPC peering](https://www.stacksync.com/security) and more Common questions ## Common questions about powering internal tools. Internal-tools teams ask whether Stacksync replaces Retool, how a custom UI consumes data, how access control works, and whether real-time updates are supported. [Talk to a solutions architect](https://www.stacksync.com/book-a-demo) ### Does Stacksync replace Retool? No, it powers Retool. Retool is the UI builder; Stacksync is the data layer behind it. Retool components query Stacksync's unified API instead of N separate service accounts. ### How do we expose data to a custom internal tool? Stacksync exposes every synced object via REST and GraphQL. Your internal tool issues one query, gets a unified response. Writes go through the same API and Stacksync handles retries, conflict resolution, and back-pressure. ### What about access control? Stacksync integrates with your IdP (Okta, Auth0, Azure AD) for SSO and supports role-based access at the field level, finance can read GL entries; support can't. RBAC policies are versioned and audit-logged. ### Can we build event-driven internal tools? Yes. Stacksync emits webhooks and supports websocket subscriptions for any synced object. Build a real-time admin UI that updates as records change in the source system, no polling. ## Your last integration took months. Your next one takes a prompt. [Book a demo](https://www.stacksync.com/book-a-demo) [Get started](https://app.stacksync.com/)