Stedi is very developer friendly and comes with a lot of things out of the box (including example files and schemas) that make developing EDI integrations just as easy as API integrations. Their platform is improving almost weekly, and the team does a great job of sharing their roadmap. They have the best customer support, and very smart engineers who are familiar with the wide range of EDI challenges that come up in the real world. Other platforms we looked sell solutions that are much more expensive, custom, and oriented towards a sort of "IT buyer". Stedi is built for API-native engineers who don't have to know much about EDI to start.

Stedi is one of the few software platforms that I truly think is doing everything right. It abstracts the cumbersome technical complexities of EDI, liberating me from file parsing, validation, SFTP setup, etc.. It allows me to devote my energy to the actual utilization of the data we exchange via EDI, rather than burning time on technical minutiae. It similarly streamlines the procedural complexity and required background knowledge by baking in a wealth of institutional knowledge. My own understanding of EDI has grown substantially through my interaction with the Stedi ecosystem. It strikes a perfect balance between comprehensive feature coverage and intuitiveness. There’s very little you can’t do and very little that’s hard to figure out. In my experience, such a balance is a rare find, as complexity often seems to rise in tandem with feature richness. On the rare occasion that I find a Stedi feature to be confusing, they answer questions quickly and thoroughly. On the rare occasion I need a feature that Stedi doesn’t have, they really listen to feature requests and prioritize things that are blocking (but again, this is rare — Stedi possesses a borderline freaky ability to anticipate user needs). Stedi has been nothing short of exceptional, I really can’t recommend it strongly enough.

The most impressive aspect of Stedi is its ability to simplify the notoriously complex EDI integration process. The platform's developer-friendly nature allowed our team to set up integrations with eight 3PL providers in just a few weeks, which was critical for landing a major contract. The Destination webhooks for forwarding transactions and the comprehensive file execution page for monitoring are standout features. Additionally, Stedi's customer support has been excellent, extremely responsive, and very personable. Their dedication to understanding our technical challenges and ensuring speedy resolutions was beyond our expectations.