Merge vs. StackOne

Merge is the only scalable Unified API built for enterprise and AI companies

  • StackOne doesn’t pre-fetch customer data, leading to performance issues; Merge offers predictable and consistent syncing
  • With poorly-built Unified APIs, StackOne lacks the integration depth and nuances your AI use cases require
  • Trusted by leading enterprise companies, Merge delivers enterprise-grade infrastructure, reliability, and security
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StackOne's “on-the-fly" approach results in extremely slow, delayed data syncs

StackOne’s “on-the-fly” model fetches and normalizes data only at the time of each API call, causing delays, sync issues, and bottlenecks. Merge delivers instant, consistent, and reliable data access which is a must for enterprise and AI companies.

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StackOne’s Documents Unified API is highly limited and lacks admin-auth and ACLs

StackOne is unable to support AI use cases:

  • Over-normalizes document hierarchy nuances by combining Knowledge Base and File Storage into a single category
  • Only supports individual auth (each user needs to link their own data) which causes higher rate limit usage and increased storage costs
  • Lacks access control lists (ACLs) support, creating data access risks

Merge delivers distinct integration categories, super admin and admin-level auth options, and robust permission and data access controls.

Robust Unified API categories

Merge offers Knowledge Base and File Storage as distinct Unified APIs so that all document/ article hierarchy nuances are properly captured

Super admin, admin, and individual auth options

Merge is built to handle different authentication levels. Super admin and admin auth are the most efficient and secure ways to sync data across all users.

Access control lists (ACLs)

ACLs are built into the Merge platform and standardized across integrations, ensuring that you can define exactly who can read, write, or access specific data

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StackOne lacks the storage, security, and integration depth required for enterprise scale

StackOne only can support early-stage startups due to scalability limitations. Merge is the only Unified API with enterprise-ready infrastructure that can handle high-volume data syncs, proven security, flexible data-hosting options, and dedicated support — proven by 200+ 5-star G2 reviews.

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Feature comparison
StackOne
API-based integrations across accounting, CRM, HRIS, recruiting, ticketing, file storage, and knowledge base
220+ integrations
107 integrations
Comprehensive, normalized data for each integration
90+ common models
45 common models
Developer-friendly SDKs
7 languages
5 languages
Supports different auth levels
Super-admin, admin, user
User
Respects access control lists (ACLs)
Control data flow with object-level and field-level custom scopes
Automatic issue detection
Make pass-through requests to any API provider
Map custom and third-party fields into standard fields you create with Field Mappings
Customizable Merge Link
Supports SFTP and CSV uploads
Top-tier support with ability to request integrations
Access to third-party sandboxes
SLAs for Enterprise customers
Audit logs
Battle-tested by thousands of organizations
Provides detailed guidance and support for your GTM teams to successfully bring your integrations to market
Choose where your data is hosted
Self-hosted, US, EU, and APAC multi-tenant, single-tenant, Destinations
Self-hosted, EU multi-tenant
Pricing model
Linked accounts
No information
Case study

How Mistral AI raised the bar for enterprise AI search with Merge

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"We had an aggressive timeline for launching our enterprise AI search product. Merge moved quickly in supporting the file storage integrations we needed, which allowed us to meet our target launch date."

Head of Engineering
Mistral

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