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CData Software Inc

CData Arc

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

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What is CData Arc?

CData Arc provides users with simple, visual, and fast application and data integration solutions. CData Arc's no-code, drag-and-drop workflow designer allows you to automate EDI file transfers and seamlessly connect data across storage platforms, tools, services, and partners.

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Awards & Recognition

CData Arc won the following awards in the Enterprise Service Bus category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

9 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

10 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2023

CData Arc Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

93 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love CData Arc?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Performance Enhancing
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Protocol Translation

Logging and Monitoring

Application Workflow

Ease of Adding or Changing Components

Service Oriented Architecture

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Operating System Agnostic

Load Balancing

Failover

Programming Language Agnostic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

CData Arc Reviews

Mike S.

Role: Operations
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2022

Excellent choice for EDI Data Management

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates CData Arc from other similar products?

Support before & after purchase

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Stability in day to day use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Wish I could customize fields in logs and have more input over sent / received file management.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

We use as our AS2 server - anyone considering bringing that in-house should look no further. This product is best suited for in-house data integration and the support is terrific. I suggest purchasing the extra support package - they have never failed to solve any problems.

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Michael B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2022

Usability disappoint, features are fantastic

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates CData Arc from other similar products?

The workflow system is very intuitive, however once complex workflows are established it becomes hard to manage them. Comparing to other solutions it is very easy to get started on workflows with the advantage of being able to use the breadth of CDATA's connector system.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of creating simple workflows.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is no facility to mass-update components unless you code to their API. The user interface looks slick but once you grow into it, becomes very hard to operate. Everything is file (and XML) based which is a chore in today's IT landscape. If you are not planning your workflows carefully it can become hard to change later without interruption.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Don't consider based on some simple POC type scenarios. How would this product work for you if you'd have to manage 100's of SFTP accounts. How would it work for you if there is this one customer that has to have a custom process in the middle of a workflow. ArcESB can do almost anything - that's why we opted for it but it can also cause you headaches if something needs to change due to internal requirements and you end up point and clicking in 100's of connectors.

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

Cons

Vendor's Interest First
Less Generous

CData Arc

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

CData Arc Ratings

93 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love CData Arc?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Protocol Translation Support for multiple protocols and the ability to convert differing protocols into common communications or common message layer.

Logging and Monitoring Logging and monitoring of all workflow and inter-process activity.

Application Workflow Application mapping, data transformation, event handling, orchestration and choreography.

Ease of Adding or Changing Components Components in the Enterprise Service Bus are easy to add or change. Some sources have used the term “pluggable” to describe this.

Service Oriented Architecture SOA is architecture whose objective is the deployment of services, within a model of modularity and reusability.​

Security and Compliance Enforcement Support and enforce systems and application security, as well as policy compliance.

Certification of Inter Process Communications The verification and certification of inter-process messaging between applications.​

Operating System Agnostic Enterprise Service Bus is deployable on any operating system environment.

Load Balancing ESB allows for the load balancing of jobs across the nodes plugged into it, to increase application performance.

Failover Allows for the failover of process tasks to other nodes on the bus.

Programming Language Agnostic Enterprise Service Bus integration is implementable with any programming language.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

CData Arc Reviews

Mike S.

Excellent choice for EDI Data Management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Michael B.

Usability disappoint, features are fantastic

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Likeliness to Recommend

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Feature Ratings

Protocol Translation

Logging and Monitoring

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Service Oriented Architecture

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Operating System Agnostic

Load Balancing

Failover

Programming Language Agnostic

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Ease of Data Integration

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