Bookkeeping
How to connect PayPal to QuickBooks the right way
PayPal takes its fee before it pays you, so the deposit never equals the sale. Here is how to post sales, fees, and refunds so QuickBooks reconciles on the first try.
8 min read
Data integration blog: guides on sync, ETL and APIs
Practical writing on data integration from the team building production-grade adapters: ETL vs ELT, webhooks vs polling, data mapping rules, and what point-to-point scripts really cost. No filler, plenty of field names.
Buying guides
Fivetran pricing explained: what MAR billing really costs
Fivetran charges by Monthly Active Rows, so the bill tracks change, not size. Here is how MAR is counted, what the 2026 plans cost, and why a busy month gets expensive.
9 min read
Ecommerce finance
How to sync Shopify orders to QuickBooks automatically
Shopify pays out net of fees, so the deposit never equals the order total. Here is how to post orders, fees, refunds, and sales tax so QuickBooks reconciles on the first try.
9 min read
Buying guides
Data integration cost: what teams actually pay in 2026
Self-serve platforms run tens to hundreds of dollars a month, enterprise suites run six figures a year, and in-house looks free until you price the maintenance. The arithmetic, in full.
9 min read
Guides
Build vs buy integrations: when writing your own is the wrong call
The build is the cheap part. Auth, pagination, retries, backfills, and every upstream API version bump are the bill you pay forever. A framework for deciding which side you are on.
9 min read
Data engineering
ETL vs ELT: which data integration pattern fits your stack
ETL transforms data before it lands, ELT transforms it after. The right choice depends on where your queries run and who maintains the pipeline.
7 min read
Guides
What is iPaaS? Integration platform as a service explained
iPaaS is a hosted platform that moves data between your apps so you do not write and babysit point-to-point scripts. Here is how it works and when it pays off.
6 min read
Guides
API adapter: what it is and how it connects your systems
An API adapter sits between two systems and translates one data shape into another. It is the piece of glue code every team rewrites, and the piece we productized.
6 min read
Data engineering
Data mapping best practices: 9 rules for clean syncs
Most sync failures are mapping failures. Nine rules, from picking a stable match key to versioning every change, that keep records landing where they should.
8 min read
Data engineering
Webhooks vs polling: choosing how your systems talk
Webhooks are fast but drop events; polling is reliable but never instant. Production-grade integrations use both. Here is the decision framework.
6 min read
For decision makers
Point to point integration problems: why script sprawl breaks
Every pair of connected systems adds another script someone has to own. At ten systems you are maintaining dozens of fragile links. The math gets ugly fast.
7 min read