[ Frends Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/frends/reviews) [ Frends Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/frends/reviews) # Frends Features ##### ## API Construction (4) API Testing Provides an environment for users to rest their API's functionality, efficiency, and data accuracy. Data Security Allows users to secure access to data. Provides additional support for security practices like IP whitelisting, attack mitigation, and data encryption. Orchestration Allows administrators to create APIs that utilize multiple backend resources and databases. Scalability Expands functionality while maintaining balanced loads. Serves growing demand without reducing functionality. Show More ##### ## API Management (5) Traffic Control Limits access to suspicious visitors and monitors for traffic spikes to prevent overloads like DDoS attacks. Logs/Documentation Records details related to usage and functionality for analytics and reporting. API Monitoring Detects anomalies in functionality, user accessibility, traffic flows, and tampering. Monetization Allows administrators to manage pricing and billing of API integration with customer applications. Gateway Provides a dashboard for users to manage, govern, and secure their API. Show More ##### ## Data Integration (3) App Integration The functionality at which APIs integrate with and perform within third-party applications. Data Transformation Translates complex datasets and backend systems into formats that can be interpreted by applications. Plugins Provides additional functionality for increased security, analytics, monitoring, and other features not included in the native feature set. Show More ##### ## Management (11) Reporting View ETL process data via reports and visualizations like charts and graphs. Auditing Record ETL historical data for auditing and potential data correction needs. Workflow Management Enables end-to-end automation of key EDI processes without any user intervention. Exception Handling Detects the EDI errors and instantly notifies and alerts the transmission issue. Real Time Reporting Provides a real-time customizable dashboard that allows users to track, monitor and manage transactions. Third-Party Apps Allows users to manage third party application integration White Labelled Provides a fully white labelled solution Workflow Provides users with intelligent workflow automation capabilities Self-Service Self-service enables a software provider’s customers to easily activate packaged integrations. Monitoring Monitoring features, including instrumentation and observability, enable the product team and operations teams to centrally manage all customer integrations. Notification Notification and alerts are included that empower development teams to manage and push out updates to integrations to across their customer base. Show More ##### ## Functionality (7) Extraction Extract data from the designated source(s) like relational databases, JSON files, and XML files. Transformation Cleanse and re-format extracted data to the needed target format. Loading Load reformatted data into target database, data warehouse, or other storage location. Automation Arrange ETL processes to occur automatically on needed time schedule (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly). Scalability Capable of scaling processing power up or down based on ETL volume. Data Exchange Enables electronic document transfer between businesses and trading partners. Data Mapping Translates the EDI data back and forth, basically converts internal data format into the EDI standard format. Show More ##### ## Development (6) API Testing Provides an environment for users to test their API's functionality, efficiency, and data accuracy. Data Security Allows users to secure access to data. Provides additional support for security practices like IP whitelisting, attack mitigation, and data encryption. Orchestration Allows developers to create APIs that utilize multiple backend resources and databases. Scalability Expands functionality while maintaining balanced loads. Serves growing demand without reducing functionality. Low-Code Provides users with self-service, low-code/no-code development options Customization Allows users to build and deploy custom integrations for customer-facing applications Show More ##### ## Collaboration (3) Design Management Allows administrators to set API design guidelines and best practices. Access Control Enables administrators to set permissions for team members to access workspaces. Visibility Allows members across teams to view progress and updates throughout the design process. Show More ##### ## Integrations (2) Third Party Integration Allows integrations to business applications such as accounting packages, ERP software, E- commerce systems etc to streamline order processing workflow. BI Tools Integration Allows integration with third party reporting and business intelligence applications. Show More ##### ## Security (7) Communication Protocols Supports encrypted file transfer protocols like VAN, AS2, FTP/sFTP and HTTPS. EDI Standards Built-in support for a wide variety of traditional and modern EDI standards as well as the ability to define custom standards. Data Encryption Employs data encryption both at rest and in transit. Security Standards Comply to key industry standards like SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA etc to protect and safeguard data. Communication Protocol Supports secure communication protocols like FTPS, SFTP etc Authentication Ability for users to offload authentication integration Compliance Compliant with GDPR, HIPPA, and other necessary regulations Show More ##### ## Support (1) EDI Testing Creates a test environment for EDI transactions to verify them and ensure they adhere to industry compliance requirements. Show More ##### ## Development (7) Real-Time Integration Supports event or transaction based integrations that react to changes in real-time API Designer Provides a web-based interface for designing, documenting, and testing APIs. Flow Designer Allows for integration development through the visual development of integration logic flows with the help od a drag and drop user interface. Pre-Built Connectors Facilitiates API development and integrations with prebuilt connectors, templates, and examples. Custom Connectors Provides the ability to create connectors from existing services and APIs in catalog. Reusable connectors Provides prebuilt, reusable connectors and workflows for all user integration requirements. Multi - tenant architecture Enables multiple tenants (customers) to securely share physical computing resources. Show More ##### ## Management (5) Monitoring & Notification Console for monitoring resource utilization, system health, ability to start and stop processes, etc. Routing And Orchestration Enables data routing on configuration basis and management of complex workflows through an orchestration engine. Data Mapping Facilitates to and fro data map according to the data model between applications/web services. Data Transformation Provides standard tools and functions to convert data values from the data format of a source system into the data format of a destination system. API Management Supports and oversees the management of API products across their full lifecycle Show More ##### ## Integration Options (4) Data Virtualization Integrates data from disparate sources, without physical data movement Managed File Transfers Provides one or more methods to securely transfer data from one location to another through a network Big Data Processing Provides integration to BigData sources such as Hadoop and other NoSQL sources (MongoDB, Cassandra and HBase) EDI Provides Integrations to EDI service providers. Show More ##### ## Deployment (2) Hybrid Supports deployment of integration apps both on-premisis and cloud environments/ Cloud to Cloud Supports deployment of integration apps to a managed cloud environment Show More ##### ## Data (1) Scalability Scales to adapt to rising data volume Show More ##### ## Application Integration (4) Third Party Organizations have the ability to integrate applications with third party and/or customer facing applications. Scalability Elastic processing capabilities enable software providers to meet customer integration processing demand. Workflow Automation Platform provides users with prebuilt application connectors and integration workflow automations. Connectivity Connectivity APIs can be enabled to allow development teams to directly integrate with applications, databases, and services. 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