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Smart-meter to billing
from read to invoice

Stacksync streams interval consumption from your AMI head-end into SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Fusion ERP, or the billing engine within seconds, two-way, and pushes rate plan and account changes back to the meter data system.

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Adopted by fast-scaling companies moving mission-critical data in real time

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Where meter-to-cash breaks in production

Three reasons reads and bills fall out of step.

Interval data moves from the meter through the head-end, the MDM, and the billing engine, and each hop adds lag and a chance to drop a read. Here is where revenue leaks.

01 - Nightly extract

Reads reach billing a day late

Most AMI pipelines batch interval data to SAP S/4HANA overnight. Customer service answers usage questions off yesterday's numbers and disputes pile up before billing even has the read.

LATENCY
02 - Estimated reads

Gaps get filled with guesses

When a read is missing the billing engine estimates, then a true-up reverses it next cycle. Estimates anger customers and force manual rebills that the call center eats.

DATA QUALITY
03 - Replayed intervals

One retry, two charges

A retried head-end push or a replayed file can post the same interval twice. Without idempotency the account is overcharged and finance closes the month chasing the adjustment.

IDEMPOTENCY
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.

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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

Stop building brittle API scripts. With Stacksync, you can trigger complex automated workflows using simple SQL commands.

Replaces:
Workato and Boomi

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

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

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

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions. Stacksync automatically parses incoming EDI documents directly into your database tables.

Replaces:
SPS Commerce and TrueCommerce
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Connectors

Every system a read touches, on one sync.

Stacksync ships pre-built two-way connectors for the AMI head-ends, MDM, ERP billing, and analytics that meter-to-cash runs through, with idempotent writes and replay.

AMI & meter data
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  • Itron
  • Landis+Gyr
  • Sensus
  • Oracle MDM
  • OSIsoft PI
ERP & billing
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  • SAP S/4HANA
  • Oracle Fusion ERP
  • NetSuite
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Workday
CRM & care
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  • Salesforce
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Twilio
  • SendGrid
  • Slack
Analytics & warehouse
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  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery
  • Postgres
  • Microsoft 365
  • Google Sheets
Custom rate plans, interval channel definitions, and your own usage schema are first-class, no scripting required.
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SECURITY

Security teams love 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.

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SOC 2 type II
ISO 27001
HIPAA BAA
GDPR
CCPA
CSA STAR
DPF US-EU-UK-CH
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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 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

How fast does a meter read reach billing?

Within seconds when the AMI head-end pushes events; otherwise 1-60s on a configurable poll. Interval data lands in SAP S/4HANA or your billing engine well before the next cycle, not on a nightly extract.

How do you stop the same interval from being billed twice?

Every write is idempotent, keyed on meter ID plus interval timestamp. A retried head-end push or replayed file updates the existing read instead of posting a duplicate charge.

Can you cut down on estimated reads?

Yes. Because reads stream in near real time, the billing engine has actual intervals before it would otherwise estimate, so true-ups and rebills drop sharply.

Does account and rate data flow back to the meter system?

Yes. Rate plan, move-in/move-out, and account changes sync from the ERP back to the MDM and head-end two-way, so both sides stay aligned.

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Stop billing on day-old reads.
Invoice the second the meter reads.

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