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--- title: "Benchmarking superglue for API integrations" description: "See how Superglue compares to traditional coding approaches with real data" --- We benchmarked Superglue against traditional API integration approaches across 50\+ real-world scenarios. The results show 10x faster development with higher reliability. ## Executive Summary <CardGroup cols={3}> <Card title="10x Faster" icon="rocket" color="green"> **Development Speed** Average: 15 minutes vs 2.5 hours \ Complex integrations: 1 hour vs 2 days </Card> <Card title="95% Less Code" icon="code" color="blue"> **Lines of Code** Superglue: Natural language description \ Traditional: 200-500 lines of code </Card> <Card title="Zero Maintenance" icon="shield" color="purple"> **Ongoing Maintenance** Self-healing when APIs change \ Traditional: Manual fixes required </Card> </CardGroup> ## The Complete Benchmark [**📊 View Full Interactive Benchmark →**](https://superglue.ai/api-ranking/) ### Methodology We tested real integration scenarios across different complexity levels: <Tabs> <Tab title="Simple Integrations"> **Examples:** \ - Fetch customer list from Stripe \ - Get contact details from HubSpot \ - Query user data from database \ **Traditional approach:** 30-60 minutes \ **superglue approach:** 2-5 minutes \ **Speedup:** 10-15x </Tab> <Tab title="Medium Integrations"> **Examples:** \ - Sync Stripe customers to HubSpot with data transformation \ - Extract Salesforce opportunities and enrich with external data \ - Multi-step workflow with error handling \ **Traditional approach:** 2-4 hours \ **superglue approach:** 10-20 minutes \ **Speedup:** 8-12x </Tab> <Tab title="Complex Integrations"> **Examples:** \ - Multi-API orchestration with conditional logic \ - Real-time data pipeline with transformations \ - Legacy system modernization with schema mapping \ **Traditional approach:** 1-3 days \ **superglue approach:** 1-3 hours \ **Speedup:** 8-24x </Tab> </Tabs> ## Detailed Comparison: Stripe Customer Sync Let's break down a real example: syncing Stripe customers to a CRM system. ### Traditional Approach: 2.5 Hours <Steps> <Step title="Research & Setup (30 mins)"> - Read Stripe API documentation - Set up authentication and API clients - Understand pagination and rate limits - Set up development environment ```javascript const stripe = require('stripe')(process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY); const axios = require('axios'); // Set up rate limiting const rateLimit = require('express-rate-limit'); ``` </Step> <Step title="Write Data Extraction (45 mins)"> ```javascript async function getStripeCustomers() { const customers = []; let hasMore = true; let startingAfter = null; while (hasMore) { try { const response = await stripe.customers.list({ limit: 100, starting_after: startingAfter, created: { gt: getDateThirtyDaysAgo() } }); customers.push(...response.data); hasMore = response.has_more; startingAfter = response.data[response.data.length - 1]?.id; // Respect rate limits await sleep(100); } catch (error) { if (error.code === 'rate_limit') { await sleep(5000); continue; } throw error; } } return customers; } ``` </Step> <Step title="Data Transformation (30 mins)"> ```javascript function transformCustomerData(stripeCustomers) { return stripeCustomers.map(customer => ({ external_id: customer.id, email: customer.email, name: customer.name || customer.email?.split('@')[0], created_date: new Date(customer.created * 1000).toISOString(), subscription_status: getSubscriptionStatus(customer), lifetime_value: calculateLifetimeValue(customer), // ... more transformations })); } function getSubscriptionStatus(customer) { // Complex logic to determine subscription status if (customer.subscriptions?.data?.length > 0) { const activeSubscriptions = customer.subscriptions.data .filter(sub => sub.status === 'active'); return activeSubscriptions.length > 0 ? 'active' : 'inactive'; } return 'none'; } ``` </Step> <Step title="CRM Integration (45 mins)"> ```javascript async function syncToCRM(customers) { const batchSize = 50; const batches = []; for (let i = 0; i < customers.length; i += batchSize) { batches.push(customers.slice(i, i + batchSize)); } for (const batch of batches) { try { await axios.post(`${CRM_BASE_URL}/customers/batch`, { customers: batch }, { headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.CRM_API_KEY}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, timeout: 30000 }); console.log(`Synced ${batch.length} customers`); } catch (error) { console.error('Batch sync failed:', error); // Individual retry logic... for (const customer of batch) { await retrySingleCustomer(customer); } } } } ``` </Step> <Step title="Error Handling & Testing (30 mins)"> ```javascript async function retrySingleCustomer(customer, retries = 3) { for (let i = 0; i < retries; i++) { try { await axios.post(`${CRM_BASE_URL}/customers`, customer, { headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.CRM_API_KEY}` } }); return; } catch (error) { if (i === retries - 1) { console.error(`Failed to sync customer ${customer.email}:`, error); } else { await sleep(1000 * (i + 1)); } } } } // Testing and debugging... ``` </Step> </Steps> **Total: 2.5 hours \+ ongoing maintenance** ### Superglue Approach: 15 Minutes <Steps> <Step title="Connect Integrations (5 mins)"> In the Superglue UI or via API: - Add Stripe integration with API key - Add CRM integration with credentials - Test connections automatically </Step> <Step title="Describe What You Want (2 mins)"> ```typescript // First build the workflow const workflow = await superglue.buildWorkflow({ instruction: `Get Stripe customers created in the last 30 days and sync them to our CRM. Include email, name, subscription status, and calculate lifetime value from their payment history.`, integrationIds: ["stripe", "internal-crm"], responseSchema: { type: "object", properties: { synced_customers: { type: "number" }, success_rate: { type: "number" }, errors: { type: "array", items: { type: "string" } } } } }); // Then execute it const result = await superglue.executeWorkflow({ workflow }); ``` </Step> <Step title="Test & Refine (5 mins)"> Review results, adjust if needed: ```typescript // If you need adjustments, build and execute a refined workflow: const refinedWorkflow = await superglue.buildWorkflow({ instruction: `Same as before, but also include the customer's latest invoice amount and mark customers with failed payments as 'at_risk'`, integrationIds: ["stripe", "internal-crm"] }); const refinedResult = await superglue.executeWorkflow({ workflow: refinedWorkflow }); ``` </Step> <Step title="Save for Production (3 mins)"> ```typescript await superglue.upsertWorkflow(result.workflow.id, result.workflow); ``` </Step> </Steps> **Total: 15 minutes \+ zero maintenance** ## What Makes Superglue 10x Faster? <CardGroup cols={2}> <Card title="Automatic API Understanding" icon="brain"> **Traditional:** You read docs, understand endpoints, handle auth \ **superglue:** AI reads docs automatically, figures out the right API calls </Card> <Card title="Built-in Best Practices" icon="shield"> **Traditional:** You implement retries, rate limiting, error handling \ **superglue:** All reliability features including rate limit handling and validation by default </Card> <Card title="Schema-Aware Transformations" icon="arrows-rotate"> **Traditional:** You write custom transformation code \ **superglue:** AI understands source and target schemas, creates optimal transformations </Card> <Card title="Self-Healing Maintenance" icon="heart"> **Traditional:** Breaks when APIs change, requires manual fixes \ **superglue:** Detects changes, automatically adapts workflows </Card> </CardGroup> ## Real Customer Results <Tabs> <Tab title="E-Commerce Company"> **Challenge:** Sync product data between Shopify, inventory system, and\ marketing tools \ **Traditional estimate:** 2 weeks of development \ **superglue actual:** 3 hours \ **Results:** \ - 40x faster implementation \ - Zero maintenance issues in 6 months \ - Automatic adaptation to Shopify API changes </Tab> <Tab title="SaaS Startup"> **Challenge:** Customer onboarding automation across Stripe, HubSpot, and internal tools \ **Traditional estimate:** 1 week per integration (3 weeks total) \ **superglue actual:** 4 hours \ **Results:** \ - 30x faster development \ - Reduced onboarding time from 2 days to 2 hours \ - Easy iteration and workflow updates </Tab> <Tab title="Enterprise Company"> **Challenge:** Legacy system modernization - expose SOAP APIs as REST and migrate existing systems. \ **Traditional estimate:** 3 months of development \ **superglue actual:** 2 weeks \ **Results:** \ - 6x faster delivery \ - Modern API interface for legacy systems \ - Agent readiness established in the proces </Tab> </Tabs> ## Technical Comparison ### Lines of Code Comparison <Tabs> <Tab title="Simple API Call"> **Traditional (45 lines):** ```javascript const axios = require('axios'); async function getStripeCustomers() { try { const response = await axios.get('https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers', { headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY}` }, params: { limit: 100 } }); return response.data.data.map(customer => ({ id: customer.id, email: customer.email, name: customer.name, created: new Date(customer.created * 1000) })); } catch (error) { if (error.response?.status === 429) { // Rate limit handling await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5000)); return getStripeCustomers(); } throw error; } } ``` **Superglue (1 line):** ```typescript instruction: "Get Stripe customers with ID, email, name, and creation date" ``` </Tab> <Tab title="Complex Integration"> **Traditional (200\+ lines):** ```javascript // Pagination handling async function getAllStripeCustomers() { /* 30 lines */ } // Data transformation function transformCustomerData(customers) { /* 50 lines */ } // CRM API client class CRMClient { /* 40 lines */ } // Batch processing async function syncCustomersBatch(customers) { /* 35 lines */ } // Error handling and retries async function retryFailedSync(customer) { /* 25 lines */ } // Main orchestration async function fullSync() { /* 20 lines */ } ``` **Superglue (5 lines):** ```typescript const workflow = await superglue.buildWorkflow({ instruction: "Sync all Stripe customers to CRM with proper data transformation and error handling" }); const result = await superglue.executeWorkflow({ workflow }); ``` </Tab> </Tabs> ## When Traditional Coding Still Makes Sense Superglue isn't always the best choice. Here's when you might still want traditional coding: <Tabs> <Tab title="Use Traditional When"> ❌ **Extreme performance requirements** (\<50ms latency) \ ❌ **Custom protocol implementations** (not REST/GraphQL/SQL/SOAP/CSV/SQL) \ ❌ **Highly specialized data processing** (complex algorithms) \ ❌ **Fire and Forget integrations** - implement once, never touch again </Tab> <Tab title="Use Superglue When"> ✅ **Standard API integrations** (REST, GraphQL, SQL, SOAP / XML, CSV / Tables, SQL) \ ✅ **Data transformation **and ETL workflows \ ✅ **Business process automation** across multiple systems \ ✅ **Rapid prototyping** and development \ ✅ **Team includes non-developers** who need to contribute \ ✅ **Maintenance overhead** is a concern </Tab> </Tabs> ## Try the Benchmark Yourself <Steps> <Step title="Pick a Real Integration"> Choose an actual integration project you're working on or considering </Step> <Step title="Time the Traditional Approach"> How long would it take to build with traditional coding? - API research and setup - Code development - Testing and debugging - Error handling - Documentation </Step> <Step title="Time the Superglue Approach"> [Start with Superglue](https://app.superglue.cloud) and see how long the same integration takes </Step> <Step title="Compare Results"> Most teams see 8-15x speedup on their first try </Step> </Steps> ## Next Steps <CardGroup cols={2}> <Card title="Start Your Own Benchmark" icon="rocket" href="https://app.superglue.cloud"> Try Superglue with your real integration challenges and measure the difference </Card> <Card title="Data Pipeline Patterns" icon="timeline" href="/data-engineers/data-pipelines"> Learn common patterns that make integration development even faster </Card> <Card title="Book a Demo" icon="calendar" href="https://cal.com/superglue/superglue-demo"> See live demonstrations of complex integrations built in minutes </Card> <Card title="View Full Benchmark" icon="chart" href="https://superglue.ai/api-ranking/"> Explore the complete interactive benchmark with 50\+ scenarios </Card> </CardGroup>