CData Sync vs Workbench

CData Sync replicates data from databases, SaaS applications and APIs to databases, data lakes and data warehouses. CData says it supports over 250 sources and offers a catalog of cloud and on-premises destinations. Pipelines can use incremental loading and, for supported sources, real-time Change Data Capture. ETL and ELT transformations are available through SQL or dbt Core and Cloud. Users can schedule pipelines and receive email, Slack or Teams notifications when workflows finish or fail. Sync can run on premises, in cloud environments or through CData-hosted Sync Cloud, and is listed for Linux, Windows, web, API and self-hosted use. Its APIs and scripting can manage connections and jobs, inspect status and history, download logs, and run custom behavior around jobs. It can adjust destination schemas when source schemas change; its overview says it does not delete destination columns or reduce their size. CData documents TLS/SSL encryption and encrypted sensitive configuration values and reports third-party SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 audits. A 14-day trial is available; there is no free plan.

Workbench is a free, browser-based suite for Salesforce administrators and developers working with Salesforce organizations through Force.com APIs. It supports the Partner, Bulk, REST, Streaming, Metadata and Apex APIs. In a browser, users can describe, query, manipulate and migrate Salesforce data and metadata, with field mapping and relationship migration listed. Troubleshooting tools include customizable SOAP headers, API traffic debug logs, compatibility testing with earlier API versions and Salesforce single sign-on integration. Connections use Salesforce OAuth login or a session ID. Workbench runs on the web, Linux, macOS and Windows, and can be self-hosted. Documentation describes configurable CSRF protection, end-to-end SSL requirements and organization allowlists or blocklists for self-hosted instances. The project is distributed under the Open Source BSD License. It is in maintenance-only mode, has not completed full quality assurance testing, is supplied as-is and should not be used with production data. Browser and connection timeouts make large loads, exports, scripting and other intensive work unsuitable.