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A Workato alternative for businesses that need custom AI automation, not a SaaS.
Workato is enterprise ipaas (integration platform-as-a-service) for complex inter-system orchestration. Solidus designs and builds the entire custom AI automation network around your business — productized engagements starting at $4,500.
What is Workato?
Enterprise iPaaS (integration platform-as-a-service) for complex inter-system orchestration.
Positioned for: Mid-market and enterprise IT teams orchestrating integrations across 50+ business systems.
Where Workato wins
- ✓Best-in-class for enterprise integration governance
- ✓Strong error handling, audit logging, role-based access
- ✓Pre-built recipes for common enterprise systems
Where Solidus wins
- ✓Annual contracts starting at ~$12K — overkill for most SMB and mid-market
- ✓Still a tool — implementation typically requires consultants or in-house specialists
- ✓Recipe-driven, not AI-agent-native
The honest read
Workato is excellent if you're a Fortune 1000 company with 100+ systems. Solidus is built for the 95% of companies for whom Workato is overkill. We deliver outcomes (working automation network), not licensed infrastructure you have to staff to implement.
Start with the $4,500 audit.
Pay, fill an intake, get a Claude Opus-written strategic roadmap inside a week. No sales call required.
Questions
How is Solidus different from Workato?+
Workato is excellent if you're a Fortune 1000 company with 100+ systems. Solidus is built for the 95% of companies for whom Workato is overkill. We deliver outcomes (working automation network), not licensed infrastructure you have to staff to implement.
Is Workato ever the right answer?+
Yes — when mid-market and enterprise it teams orchestrating integrations across 50+ business systems.. Best-in-class for enterprise integration governance Strong error handling, audit logging, role-based access. For everyone else, owned custom AI automation tends to be a better fit at the price points we operate at.
What does Solidus cost vs Workato?+
Solidus offers productized engagements: $4,500 for an Audit + Roadmap, $25,000 for a Single-Workflow Build, $75,000-$150,000 for a Full Automation Network. Workato starts at $1,000/mo.