Bots EDI vs Rocket EDX

Bots EDI is open-source software for translating and routing electronic business documents. It is intended for companies exchanging large volumes of EDI files, and the site says it can handle hundreds of thousands of messages monthly. Supported formats include EDIFACT, X12, Tradacoms, EANCOM, XML, JSON, SAP IDoc, CSV and fixed-width files. Translation mappings are written as Python scripts, and a web console lets users configure and supervise translation and routing. Bots provides functional acknowledgments and confirmations, including CONTRL and 997. Communication options include email protocols, FTP, SFTP, FTPS, HTTP(S), file exchange, XML-RPC and direct database access; it can also work with external AS2 servers and VANs. It runs on Windows, Linux, macOS and other Unix variants, with installation through Python rather than a dedicated Windows installer or Unix distribution package. Bots is licensed under GNU GPL Version 3. The current active fork, Bots NG 4.0.0, requires Python 3.10+ and Django 5/6; the legacy Frozen 3.2.0 requires Python 2.7.

Rocket EDX is a cloud-based managed EDI service for organizations exchanging business documents with trading partners. It processes purchase orders, acknowledgements, shipping notices, invoices, and other documents, while allowing organizations to outsource daily EDI operations and change management. Rocket handles translation, mapping, integration, enrichment, and validation across tens of thousands of transactions per minute. Its web portal offers customizable dashboards, transaction visibility, document tracking, reprocessing and resend tools, alerts, user roles, and audit logs. Supported formats include ANSI X12, EDIFACT, VDA, ODETTE, openTRANS, Idoc, cXML, xCBL, and custom CSV or XML. Connections can use AS2, OFTP2, HTTPS, HTTP, FTPS, SFTP, API integration, or X.400. Listed business-system integrations include Infor, Microsoft, Oracle, QAD, SAP, abas, Asseco, ORGA-SOFT, and ProALPHA; Shopify is listed for e-commerce. The service includes daily monitoring, updates, changes, support, and backups, as well as dedicated implementation teams and 24/7 EDI expert support. Pricing is on request; the plan is described as variable usage with a fixed-price subscription.