Frends Reviews & Product Details

It is a low-code platform, easy to identify processes of data even though you are not a professional engineer. In addition, processes can easily be reused repeatedly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Well... If I have to say this, I would say that there is not much information regarding Frends on the web unless you access official Frends website and read documents. I understand as it is not like other mega well-known software around the world but it was an obstacle for me to get started in the beginning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The low-code visual interface makes it easy to see all the workflows and integrations, especially for non-technical users. The implementation of the software was also easy, as we operate it for a few customers and the recent Automation Portal is welcomed (still to be adopted). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The documentation could be better, especially for the starters and the AI capabilities are sufficient for now, but should be upgraded in the following months. Also, it would be nice to have more tasks and connectors for pre-default integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a visual person I really enjoy using Frends. Monitoring is simple and it allows also non-technical people an easy access to process results. Building integrations between different systems is super simple and easy with Frends. Also, the product has come a long way in just a few years and I'm looking forward to what the future will bring! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think Frends is lacking a community where one can look for help regarding problems that aren't easy to solve. Since it's a visual representation of the code and processes, debugging is not always the easiest as everything the Frends team deem irrelevant to the user is hidden. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to learn and use. You can create processes using ready-made Frends Tasks and/or use your own code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited amount of libraries and not so mobile user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Relatively easy to learn and fun to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have learned that It can be to samal for huge Companies like big banks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simpliness of the whole process subprocess thinking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Documentation. Missing major features like pasting images and charts like mermaid Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Short learning curve if you are familiar with any programming language. Reliable platform and if you put any consideration on error handling most of the integrations are "launch and forget".

I've used it for very complex integrations and to fix messed up data from business systems. But I've never run out of optons or functions with the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you hadn't chaged your pricing system I would have given 10 out of 10 points. Now 20% of development time goes into optimizing licensing costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most helpful feature in Frends is the visualization of you autiomation pipeline. It is also quite easy to transfer files between systems using Frends. It is also possible to integrate your own custom apps into the pipeline quite easily. I have integrated our own Java app and it was no brainer to integrate that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The use of environment variables is a bit annoying. Don't take me wrong here, you can do a lot with them, but user experience is not optimal with the environment variables.

Some of the components could be even more easier to use. I would also like a support for another programming language besides C#. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Partially self-documenting integration processes, reusable subprocesses, API management is very straightforward compared to Azure APIM, a plethora of ready made tasks to use straight-out-of-the-box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The GUI othen times feels a little restrictive especially with expression logic, popups that obscure panels and not having a direct route to see source code for debugging purposes etc. For more demanding integrations, I'm wondering why choose Frends platform as opposed to custom implementations on Azure as the need for external services (e.g. Service Bus, fan-out..) would have to be implemented elsewhere -> connecting Frends. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The copy-paste functionality and subprocesses make scalability and reusability easy and user-friendly. The low code approach overall is excellent, you can create complicated solutions with a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Frends is focused more on A2A, it would have been nice to have more B2B functionality out of the box. One example could be validations for common EDI standards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.