Revert

Dev tools

unified integration api

SHOW HN2023

168points
53comments
#359of 3,109 in 2023
Top 12%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

7 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.

Pricing: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Congratulations on the launch

    From 4 comments
  • Open-source approach welcomed as a differentiator

    From 2 comments
    • Looks interesting, out of curiosity - what made you decide to go open source?
      CodingPanda42 on HN
    • Nice! We could be in the market for something like this soon. What’s your quick pitch for why someone should use Revert vs competitors like Merge.dev and Nango?
      mjirv on HN

Objections

  • Only a few integrations supported compared with competitors like Nango

    From 2 comments
    • I love these kinds of products, and welcome any competition in the space. But, this comparison to Nango doesn't seem accurate, so I feel inclined to comment. Please correct me if…
      t1mmen on HN
    • I live deep in the enterprise world. A quick search shows no outstanding/pending integrations with Concur, Ariba, Successfactors, SAP BTP etc.
      newman314 on HN
  • Hosted pricing per connection seems too high

    From 1 comment
    • Can you explain your thoughts on pricing on the hosted version? $40/connection seems much higher than your competitors and a total non-starter. Most open source projects seem to…
      SimianLogic on HN
  • Lack of documentation for adding new APIs

    From 1 comment
    • Is there a tutorial on how to add a new API? Given the tiny number of APIs supported today, encouraging the community to add more APIs seems like it should be the #1 priority. I…
      yodon on HN

Requests

  • Tutorial for adding new APIs and community contributions

    From 1 comment
    • Is there a tutorial on how to add a new API? Given the tiny number of APIs supported today, encouraging the community to add more APIs seems like it should be the #1 priority. I…
      yodon on HN
  • More integrations such as enterprise systems (SAP, Concur, Ariba)

    From 1 comment
    • I live deep in the enterprise world. A quick search shows no outstanding/pending integrations with Concur, Ariba, Successfactors, SAP BTP etc.
      newman314 on HN
  • API token authentication alongside OAuth

    From 1 comment
    • here are some tips to differentiate: 1. focus on automating integration provisioning ... ie, dev still have to go through the various third parties they want to integrate with…
      mdev23 on HN
  • Social network integrations

    From 1 comment
    • Is there anything like this for interacting with the various social networks? I'm mainly just interested in a common auth + posting interface.
      lux on HN

Questions

  • How security and privacy of data is ensured

    From 1 comment
    • Looks promising, I've 2 questions. 1- How does Revert ensure the security and privacy of data while facilitating integrations through its unified API, especially when dealing…
      TheAnkurTyagi on HN
  • How it compares to Nango and Merge

    From 1 comment
    • Nice! We could be in the market for something like this soon. What’s your quick pitch for why someone should use Revert vs competitors like Merge.dev and Nango?
      mjirv on HN
  • How well it handles customized Salesforce setups

    From 1 comment
    • Congrats on the launch! This certainly seems like a product for which a big market exists. As someone who is dealing with Salesforce integration in my own company, I have a…
      DandyDev on HN

Alternatives named

  • Nango

    From 2 comments
    • Nice! We could be in the market for something like this soon. What’s your quick pitch for why someone should use Revert vs competitors like Merge.dev and Nango?
      mjirv on HN
    • https://www.nango.dev founder here. I think the biggest difference is that Nango lets you customize & extend the unified APIs on the platform. Usually unified APIs mitigate their…
      rguldener on HN
  • Merge.dev

    From 1 comment
    • Nice! We could be in the market for something like this soon. What’s your quick pitch for why someone should use Revert vs competitors like Merge.dev and Nango?
      mjirv on HN
  • Zapier

    From 2 comments
    • As a Zapier user looking to go with something private for new use cases, how does this compare to an on-prem n8n.io?
      robbiemitchell on HN
    • Is this supposed to be like Zapier but embedded in the product more tightly?
      sontek on HN
  • n8n

    From 1 comment
    • As a Zapier user looking to go with something private for new use cases, how does this compare to an on-prem n8n.io?
      robbiemitchell on HN

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