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Integromat – A tool for automating manual processes

57 points by integromat 10y ago

brianjking 10y ago
Any plans for Smartsheet integration?
- integromat 10y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion, we will add it to our todo list. If you would like to get notified when it's done, please get in touch with us at support@integromat.com, so we will have your email and can let you know :) Thanks, Ondrej
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adyus 10y ago
A small side note: I checked the footer for an "About" or "Team" page, but found nothing. Checked the "Contact" page and sure enough, it's an East-European company. There seems to be a fear of publicly disclosing who is behind projects in the whole area. Ondrej, could you offer an opinion?
- ksahin 10y ago
  It's a beta it's harsh to blame them for this !
  - chinathrow 10y ago
    I think thats fair. With services as this one you hand over lots of apps/services permissions, so a certain level of transparency about the company behind it is needed.
- dalacv 10y ago
  It could be a couple of guys doing it on the side and not wanting risk losing their day jobs while they see if this thing pans out.
- integromat 10y ago
  Hello, thanks for the suggestion, we will add "About us" page. Anyway, Czech Republic is not in Eastern Europe. Prague is more to the west then Vienna :) We are Central Europe, like Germany (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe) ;-) We also have a branch based in US, as you saw on our Contact page. Please, go to www.justice.cz (public register of compaines in Czech Republic) and enter our company ID number, as shown at Contact page, to the field Veřejný rejstřík. You will see the complete info about the company's structure, with owners etc. Everything is public, nothing hidden.
  - duncanawoods 10y ago
    Prague is very cool! Just a related note but when giving support on a social site like this, its a nice touch to use a personal account and be a real human rather than using a faceless company account.
    - integromat 10y ago
      Thanks for the suggestion, you know, we are still learning :) Ondrej, Integromat team
gtirloni 10y ago
First question that popped in my mind: how is this better than IFTTT, Microsoft Flow, etc.
- integromat 10y ago
  Integromat.com is an integration and automation service offering features that you won’t find on other similar services. We do everything that other automation services like Zapier or IFTTT offers, but we are adding a wide range of more advanced options. Here is a short overview: * Automations can be very complex. You can automate an unlimited number of consecutive actions, not just 1:1 (if this:then that). Each action has at its disposal data returned by previous actions. This allows you to automate your entire workflow, not just one part. * Integromat gives you the possibility to use built-in routers to duplicate any incoming data. Using routers, you can divide your scenario into multiple routes and process data separately in each route. More information can be found here: http://intm.at/b/4 http://intm.at/b/4 * Integromat supports dynamically created inputs and outputs. Thanks to this feature you can, for example, call remote database procedures and map their input and output variables. It’s a function that you won´t find anywhere else. * Built-in feeders are special modules that can split incoming data into multiple parts and then process each part separately. For example, if you receive an email with multiple attachments, you can handle each attachment separately. * Aggregators, on the other hand, allow to merge individual data into a single bundle. We can, for example, create a ZIP archive of files contained in a specific folder and then save it or send it anywhere. More information on feeders and aggregators can be found here: http://intm.at/b/3 http://intm.at/b/3 * We can work with files as if they were binary data. Therefore we do not need to know the path to a folder. This lets you, for example, transform images or work with file content as with a text. Another unique feature is the possibility to schedule webhooks. With Integromat you can, for example, make an automation that will gather text messages received on your mobile phone during a day and then at midnight select a winner. Standard webhooks are of course also supported. * We support serialization and deserialization of JSON documents and give you the possibility to work with your data in any way. Nested objects or fields are no problem for us. * Thanks to the transaction processing of data, Integromat is able to complete an entire automation as scheduled. In case of error, Integromat reverts all changes and restores the initial state. In short, it will either perform all actions as scheduled or nothing. * Integromat stores incomplete runs (DLQ). If an automation encounters an error, we will save its state. This ensures that no data are lost. You can then fix the issue and continue executing from where it was stopped. * Perfect visualization of everything you do. From possibility to watch how your automation is being executed to visualization of data flow in the Execution history. Currently, we support 105 services and thanks to the integrated support for the most widely used databases (MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL) Integromat offers almost unlimited possibilities for automation. We continuously expand our list of supported services. Here is a short video to show you how our user interface looks like. We focus on clarity and easy use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Q9rh9VWEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Q9rh9VWEo Basic accounts are free and gives you a chance to experience everything what Integromat has to offer. Ondrej, Integromat Team
mafro 10y ago
"We have detected you are using an active AdBlock on your web browser. Please disable it. Do not worry, we will not bother you with ads. However, some parts of our website may not work properly or stop working, if your Adblocker is enabled." That's a first. And a huge put-off from continuing to view your site.. I closed it.
- ryanSrich 10y ago
  Yeah I use Zapier and IFTTT with my AdBlocker on. So why would this break? Seems odd.
  - bloost 10y ago
    Here is possible to sort out email with more than one attachement.
- kough 10y ago
  Eh, the warning is also easily dismissable (how often do you see that?) and they take no further action. Plus, they seem to be remembering the dismissal, and haven't showed me the warning since the first load. Definitely not an unreasonable message, although since their site works perfectly with my adblocker enabled, not sure if it's necessary.
- NegativeLatency 10y ago
  Time for a better ad blocker then
- explorigin 10y ago
  The two blocked files I see are track.min.js and js/ads.js! [Please turn off your adblocker so we can serve you ads and track you even if we say we won't.]
  - patriksimek 10y ago
    The level of items being blocked always depends on how the AdBlock is set up. As I wrote in my previous reply, it's just a warning, you can have AdBlock enabled but you might expect issues with social modules (like facebook, twitter and others). Anyway, have you seen content of the files you mention? The first one is https://trackjs.com https://trackjs.com (tool for tracking client-side errors), second one serves just to detect AdBlock and show you the warning. Patrik, Integromat team
serg_chernata 10y ago
Is this mean to compete with Zapier? I like the concept but have personally never found a use for my workflow. Can somebody share their most popular / practical automation tips?
- ryanSrich 10y ago
  A few I've used: - Pushing conversions on a website to a Slack channel - Pushing conversions from a website into a CRM (like Salesforce IQ) - Pushing conversions on a website to gsheets - Get an update in Slack, email, etc. when something happens on a Github repo (new issue, PR, comment, etc.)
  - serg_chernata 10y ago
    I'm not being dense, I promise, but can't all of these tools notify you by email as part of their own settings? For example, we use shipstation and woocommerce, both can notify via email for just about any user action. I've seen the same from GitHub, at least in relation to comments.
    - ryanSrich 10y ago
      Indeed. But Zapier provides a single place to manage all of those feeds. On top of that they integrate via APIs so you can push selective information/data as you see fit. Much more customizable than using built in notifications.
      - serg_chernata 10y ago
        That makes sense, thanks :)
ComteDeLaFere 10y ago
This seems very well executed, at least the interface UX. I'll spend more time playing with it tonight to test the rest.
myslik 10y ago
Very nice product. On the sidenote as I am from Czech Republic as well, are you looking for new people?
- integromat 10y ago
  Hi Myslik, we are looking for Node.js developers, for more informations, please contact me at ondrej.gazda@integromat.com. Thanks, Ondrej
buremba 10y ago
It looks good but I don't think that it's powerful than Zapier. Creating a workflow is harder than Zapier and integrations are not enough. I wanted to create a workflow that fetches data from an external RESTful API, parses the response and for each item of the response array performs another HTTP request and then finally merges the output the HTTP calls and sends a email to me. I'm not sure that this a common case but I can do it this in Zapier with Javascript and advanced transformation tool but I couldn't figure out how to create a workflow like this in Integromat. You should really consider adding programming language support in order to be able to provide advanced features, otherwise it would be a service similar to IFTTT and I would pay it since IFTTT is free and easy to use.
- patriksimek 10y ago
  It can be done with Integromat without writing a single line of code. This is the flow you need: HTTP - Process a HTTP request JSON - Parse JSON (parses the http request) HTTP - Process a HTTP request (processed for each item in parsed JSON array) Tools - Basic Aggregator (aggregates the JSON module, merges the output of inner HTTP module) Email - Send an email (sends you an email) Thats it. Patrik, Integromat team
NegativeLatency 10y ago
How is this different from Zapier or IFTTT?
- integromat 10y ago
  Hello, please look here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268656 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268656 Ondrej, Integromat team
eigenvalue 10y ago
Looks interesting. I would suggest having a bunch of non-trivial examples of the services doing interesting things. Like checking a website at scheduled intervals, processing the contents with some logic, and then sending an email report. Preferably examples that don't require logins.
- bloost 10y ago
  I found samples here: https://www.integromat.com/en/browse https://www.integromat.com/en/browse
  - Silhouette 10y ago
    Thanks. As a note to the site admins, I'd suggest making that page much more prominent. It's basically the first information I was looking for after the tagline -- what does it really do?
    - integromat 10y ago
      Thanks for the feedback Silhouette, much apreciated! We are aware of this and new homepage is comming next week. Ondrej, Integromat team
  - weaksauce 10y ago
    I too found the landing page a bit lacking. The video's(which I don't normally watch but this looks like something I may use so I made an exception) main two use cases were literally "...like if something happens, do some action" and "...advanced users can use integromat to setup complex and very advanced integrations". To the power users that are your target market these examples are basically vacuous and not useful at all. After watching the video I felt like I was no more informed as to the possibilities of the product. I assume this product integrates disparate products into a web based version of automator(apple's version of this locally) so something like "If someone praises or blasts you on twitter, have it posted to your slack 'way to go' channel or your customer service line instantly" or something like that. as the old saying goes... sell the sizzle not the steak.
scrozier 10y ago
Small suggestion: "complexity" is not generally seen as a positive feature of a product. You might try "flexibility" or something like that.
johnm1019 10y ago
I watched the demo video here to really understand it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUmF6_4WhSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUmF6_4WhSg and in that demo they sort files by matching strings in a MIME_TYPE. What kind of normal person has any idea what a MIME type is? I think the marketing targeting this at people who know no programming is a bit off -- or they should change the marketing and target developers -- we could probably use this too!
- integromat 10y ago
  Thanks for the feedback John. We have launched public beta 10 weeks ago, so we are not yet fully prepared to provide all needed HOW-TOs to both developers and common users, but we are working hard to achieve that goal! Ondrej, Integromat team
nitrogen 10y ago
Some UI screenshots would help.
- integromat 10y ago
  Nitrogen, you can find it in our Help section, for example here: https://www.integromat.com/en/kb/first-scenario.html https://www.integromat.com/en/kb/first-scenario.html And here is a short demonstration of our UI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Q9rh9VWEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Q9rh9VWEo Ondrej, Integromat team
whouweling 10y ago
Interesting UI; I really like the way you can rearrange things visually in way that makes sense to the user. Was able to get a simple flow up and running quite fast. There are a few rough edges though, had a small issue with the URL field of the http integration. Will try it out for more complex scenario's ...
somenomadicguy 10y ago
"We have detected you are using an active AdBlock on your web browser. Please disable it. Do not worry, we will not bother you with ads. However, some parts of our website may not work properly or stop working, if your Adblocker is enabled." If I can't read about your product with my adblocker on, your product isn't worth my time.
- nkrisc 10y ago
  But you can read about it. I got the same message but as far as I could tell all the content was still available for me to read.
- olalonde 10y ago
  > If I can't read about your product with my adblocker on, your product isn't worth my time. Maybe just put this in your HN profile? It's kind of repetitive to see those same comments over and over again whenever a website warns against ad blockers.
- integromat 10y ago
  You can read and use everything, it's just a warning. We allready responded about this topic here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268827 Ondrej, Integromat team

57 points by integromat 10y ago

brianjking 10y ago

Any plans for Smartsheet integration?

integromat 10y ago
Thanks for the suggestion, we will add it to our todo list. If you would like to get notified when it's done, please get in touch with us at support@integromat.com, so we will have your email and can let you know :) Thanks, Ondrej

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adyus 10y ago

A small side note: I checked the footer for an "About" or "Team" page, but found nothing. Checked the "Contact" page and sure enough, it's an East-European company. There seems to be a fear of publicly disclosing who is behind projects in the whole area. Ondrej, could you offer an opinion?

ksahin 10y ago
It's a beta it's harsh to blame them for this !
- chinathrow 10y ago
  I think thats fair. With services as this one you hand over lots of apps/services permissions, so a certain level of transparency about the company behind it is needed.
dalacv 10y ago
It could be a couple of guys doing it on the side and not wanting risk losing their day jobs while they see if this thing pans out.
integromat 10y ago
Hello, thanks for the suggestion, we will add "About us" page. Anyway, Czech Republic is not in Eastern Europe. Prague is more to the west then Vienna :) We are Central Europe, like Germany (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe) ;-) We also have a branch based in US, as you saw on our Contact page. Please, go to www.justice.cz (public register of compaines in Czech Republic) and enter our company ID number, as shown at Contact page, to the field Veřejný rejstřík. You will see the complete info about the company's structure, with owners etc. Everything is public, nothing hidden.
- duncanawoods 10y ago
  Prague is very cool! Just a related note but when giving support on a social site like this, its a nice touch to use a personal account and be a real human rather than using a faceless company account.
  - integromat 10y ago
    Thanks for the suggestion, you know, we are still learning :) Ondrej, Integromat team

gtirloni 10y ago

First question that popped in my mind: how is this better than IFTTT, Microsoft Flow, etc.

integromat 10y ago
Integromat.com is an integration and automation service offering features that you won’t find on other similar services. We do everything that other automation services like Zapier or IFTTT offers, but we are adding a wide range of more advanced options. Here is a short overview: * Automations can be very complex. You can automate an unlimited number of consecutive actions, not just 1:1 (if this:then that). Each action has at its disposal data returned by previous actions. This allows you to automate your entire workflow, not just one part. * Integromat gives you the possibility to use built-in routers to duplicate any incoming data. Using routers, you can divide your scenario into multiple routes and process data separately in each route. More information can be found here: http://intm.at/b/4 http://intm.at/b/4 * Integromat supports dynamically created inputs and outputs. Thanks to this feature you can, for example, call remote database procedures and map their input and output variables. It’s a function that you won´t find anywhere else. * Built-in feeders are special modules that can split incoming data into multiple parts and then process each part separately. For example, if you receive an email with multiple attachments, you can handle each attachment separately. * Aggregators, on the other hand, allow to merge individual data into a single bundle. We can, for example, create a ZIP archive of files contained in a specific folder and then save it or send it anywhere. More information on feeders and aggregators can be found here: http://intm.at/b/3 http://intm.at/b/3 * We can work with files as if they were binary data. Therefore we do not need to know the path to a folder. This lets you, for example, transform images or work with file content as with a text. Another unique feature is the possibility to schedule webhooks. With Integromat you can, for example, make an automation that will gather text messages received on your mobile phone during a day and then at midnight select a winner. Standard webhooks are of course also supported. * We support serialization and deserialization of JSON documents and give you the possibility to work with your data in any way. Nested objects or fields are no problem for us. * Thanks to the transaction processing of data, Integromat is able to complete an entire automation as scheduled. In case of error, Integromat reverts all changes and restores the initial state. In short, it will either perform all actions as scheduled or nothing. * Integromat stores incomplete runs (DLQ). If an automation encounters an error, we will save its state. This ensures that no data are lost. You can then fix the issue and continue executing from where it was stopped. * Perfect visualization of everything you do. From possibility to watch how your automation is being executed to visualization of data flow in the Execution history. Currently, we support 105 services and thanks to the integrated support for the most widely used databases (MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL) Integromat offers almost unlimited possibilities for automation. We continuously expand our list of supported services. Here is a short video to show you how our user interface looks like. We focus on clarity and easy use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Q9rh9VWEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Q9rh9VWEo Basic accounts are free and gives you a chance to experience everything what Integromat has to offer. Ondrej, Integromat Team

mafro 10y ago

"We have detected you are using an active AdBlock on your web browser. Please disable it. Do not worry, we will not bother you with ads. However, some parts of our website may not work properly or stop working, if your Adblocker is enabled." That's a first. And a huge put-off from continuing to view your site.. I closed it.

ryanSrich 10y ago
Yeah I use Zapier and IFTTT with my AdBlocker on. So why would this break? Seems odd.
- bloost 10y ago
  Here is possible to sort out email with more than one attachement.
kough 10y ago
Eh, the warning is also easily dismissable (how often do you see that?) and they take no further action. Plus, they seem to be remembering the dismissal, and haven't showed me the warning since the first load. Definitely not an unreasonable message, although since their site works perfectly with my adblocker enabled, not sure if it's necessary.
NegativeLatency 10y ago
Time for a better ad blocker then
explorigin 10y ago
The two blocked files I see are track.min.js and js/ads.js! [Please turn off your adblocker so we can serve you ads and track you even if we say we won't.]
- patriksimek 10y ago
  The level of items being blocked always depends on how the AdBlock is set up. As I wrote in my previous reply, it's just a warning, you can have AdBlock enabled but you might expect issues with social modules (like facebook, twitter and others). Anyway, have you seen content of the files you mention? The first one is https://trackjs.com https://trackjs.com (tool for tracking client-side errors), second one serves just to detect AdBlock and show you the warning. Patrik, Integromat team

serg_chernata 10y ago

Is this mean to compete with Zapier? I like the concept but have personally never found a use for my workflow. Can somebody share their most popular / practical automation tips?

ryanSrich 10y ago
A few I've used: - Pushing conversions on a website to a Slack channel - Pushing conversions from a website into a CRM (like Salesforce IQ) - Pushing conversions on a website to gsheets - Get an update in Slack, email, etc. when something happens on a Github repo (new issue, PR, comment, etc.)
- serg_chernata 10y ago
  I'm not being dense, I promise, but can't all of these tools notify you by email as part of their own settings? For example, we use shipstation and woocommerce, both can notify via email for just about any user action. I've seen the same from GitHub, at least in relation to comments.
  - ryanSrich 10y ago
    Indeed. But Zapier provides a single place to manage all of those feeds. On top of that they integrate via APIs so you can push selective information/data as you see fit. Much more customizable than using built in notifications.
    - serg_chernata 10y ago
      That makes sense, thanks :)

ComteDeLaFere 10y ago

This seems very well executed, at least the interface UX. I'll spend more time playing with it tonight to test the rest.

myslik 10y ago

Very nice product. On the sidenote as I am from Czech Republic as well, are you looking for new people?

integromat 10y ago
Hi Myslik, we are looking for Node.js developers, for more informations, please contact me at ondrej.gazda@integromat.com. Thanks, Ondrej

buremba 10y ago

It looks good but I don't think that it's powerful than Zapier. Creating a workflow is harder than Zapier and integrations are not enough. I wanted to create a workflow that fetches data from an external RESTful API, parses the response and for each item of the response array performs another HTTP request and then finally merges the output the HTTP calls and sends a email to me. I'm not sure that this a common case but I can do it this in Zapier with Javascript and advanced transformation tool but I couldn't figure out how to create a workflow like this in Integromat. You should really consider adding programming language support in order to be able to provide advanced features, otherwise it would be a service similar to IFTTT and I would pay it since IFTTT is free and easy to use.

patriksimek 10y ago
It can be done with Integromat without writing a single line of code. This is the flow you need: HTTP - Process a HTTP request JSON - Parse JSON (parses the http request) HTTP - Process a HTTP request (processed for each item in parsed JSON array) Tools - Basic Aggregator (aggregates the JSON module, merges the output of inner HTTP module) Email - Send an email (sends you an email) Thats it. Patrik, Integromat team

NegativeLatency 10y ago

How is this different from Zapier or IFTTT?

integromat 10y ago
Hello, please look here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268656 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268656 Ondrej, Integromat team

eigenvalue 10y ago

Looks interesting. I would suggest having a bunch of non-trivial examples of the services doing interesting things. Like checking a website at scheduled intervals, processing the contents with some logic, and then sending an email report. Preferably examples that don't require logins.

bloost 10y ago
I found samples here: https://www.integromat.com/en/browse https://www.integromat.com/en/browse
- Silhouette 10y ago
  Thanks. As a note to the site admins, I'd suggest making that page much more prominent. It's basically the first information I was looking for after the tagline -- what does it really do?
  - integromat 10y ago
    Thanks for the feedback Silhouette, much apreciated! We are aware of this and new homepage is comming next week. Ondrej, Integromat team
- weaksauce 10y ago
  I too found the landing page a bit lacking. The video's(which I don't normally watch but this looks like something I may use so I made an exception) main two use cases were literally "...like if something happens, do some action" and "...advanced users can use integromat to setup complex and very advanced integrations". To the power users that are your target market these examples are basically vacuous and not useful at all. After watching the video I felt like I was no more informed as to the possibilities of the product. I assume this product integrates disparate products into a web based version of automator(apple's version of this locally) so something like "If someone praises or blasts you on twitter, have it posted to your slack 'way to go' channel or your customer service line instantly" or something like that. as the old saying goes... sell the sizzle not the steak.

scrozier 10y ago

Small suggestion: "complexity" is not generally seen as a positive feature of a product. You might try "flexibility" or something like that.

johnm1019 10y ago

I watched the demo video here to really understand it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUmF6_4WhSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUmF6_4WhSg and in that demo they sort files by matching strings in a MIME_TYPE. What kind of normal person has any idea what a MIME type is? I think the marketing targeting this at people who know no programming is a bit off -- or they should change the marketing and target developers -- we could probably use this too!

integromat 10y ago
Thanks for the feedback John. We have launched public beta 10 weeks ago, so we are not yet fully prepared to provide all needed HOW-TOs to both developers and common users, but we are working hard to achieve that goal! Ondrej, Integromat team

nitrogen 10y ago

Some UI screenshots would help.

integromat 10y ago
Nitrogen, you can find it in our Help section, for example here: https://www.integromat.com/en/kb/first-scenario.html https://www.integromat.com/en/kb/first-scenario.html And here is a short demonstration of our UI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Q9rh9VWEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Q9rh9VWEo Ondrej, Integromat team

whouweling 10y ago

Interesting UI; I really like the way you can rearrange things visually in way that makes sense to the user. Was able to get a simple flow up and running quite fast. There are a few rough edges though, had a small issue with the URL field of the http integration. Will try it out for more complex scenario's ...

somenomadicguy 10y ago

"We have detected you are using an active AdBlock on your web browser. Please disable it. Do not worry, we will not bother you with ads. However, some parts of our website may not work properly or stop working, if your Adblocker is enabled." If I can't read about your product with my adblocker on, your product isn't worth my time.

nkrisc 10y ago
But you can read about it. I got the same message but as far as I could tell all the content was still available for me to read.
olalonde 10y ago
> If I can't read about your product with my adblocker on, your product isn't worth my time. Maybe just put this in your HN profile? It's kind of repetitive to see those same comments over and over again whenever a website warns against ad blockers.
integromat 10y ago
You can read and use everything, it's just a warning. We allready responded about this topic here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12268827 Ondrej, Integromat team