Best Value Hybrid Integration Platform
PilotFish integration software is a connection point to or from 90% of the top insurers, nearly every kind of entity in healthcare, many manufacturers and government agencies. Our reputation speaks for itself and it is why we have earned a 5-star rating from our customers.
30-Second Summary of Our Value Proposition
- PilotFish’s integration suite is almost half the price of the leading competitor’s base price:
- Unlike our competitor, with PilotFish, you don’t pay extra for add-ons.
- PilotFish licenses include every component, processor and connector (adapters), at no extra cost.
- PilotFish licenses include support for all data formats that it offers at no extra cost.
- PilotFish offers ANY to ANY integration, and unlike our leading competitor, does not limit you to API-based integration.
- PilotFish consistently wins in side-by-side evaluations – ranking higher in overall ease-of-use, depth of functionality and time to configure, test and deploy integrations.
- PilotFish offers more licensing options than its leading competitor.
- PilotFish software can be deployed in the cloud, on-premises or with any hybrid combination.
- On-Demand or One-Time licenses are available.
- PilotFish is privately held, financially strong and just the right size to give you the attention and support you need. (Try getting that from a company acquired by a 20 billion-dollar “CRM company”.)
- PilotFish reduces your upfront investment, delivers more value and generates a higher ROI than its leading competitor.
PilotFish Licensing
PilotFish makes licensing simple. We do not charge per connection, per interface or per transaction. Licensing is based on maximum hardware configuration or on an on-demand model where you only pay for the time you use (similar to the AWS model). PilotFish’s base price is almost half the cost of its leading competitor AND offers double the maximum hardware configuration allowed. PilotFish Enterprise users can expect to pay as little as 25% of what the leading competitor charges for their Enterprise License!
Monthly base price | |
$41,400 Annually* 4 core/16GB |
Increased charges for higher data volumes |
No |
Enterprise and HA level license |
$91,800 Annually** |
** Includes 2 eiPlatforms (Production instances), 1 eiDashboard (Enterprise) license and 4 eiConsole licenses
PilotFish – Better Value, No Add-on Costs
PilotFish’s base licensing includes every component we offer – all our Processor, Listener and Transport Adapters and all supported data formats – at no extra cost.
We bundle in over 140 Processors – including things like Asymmetric Decryption and Encryption, Base64 Input and Output, Call Route, Data Attribute Swapper, EDI and HL7 Identification, Synchronous Response and XPath Evaluation Processors – just to name a few.
Over 40 Listener adapters are built in to meet virtually any connectivity requirement – among them are Database Polling (SQL), Directory/File, FTP/SFTP, HTTP Form/POST, HTTP GET, JMS, RabbitMQ and RESTful Web Service Listeners.
Similarly, we bundle in 36 Transport adapters – you’ll find AWS S3, Database (SQL), Directory/File, Email (SMTP), FTP/SFTP, HTTP POST, JMS and Synchronous Response Transports, among them.
If you need an adapter that we do not offer, you can easily add it in using Java or our .Net bridge.
PilotFish natively supports and includes support for any XML standard and support for the Insurance standards for ACORD (LAH, PCS, RLC, AML), ACORD (DTCC, AL3), all the X12 EDI standards (including all the HIPAA transactions), all Healthcare standards such as HL7 2.x, 3.X, FHIR, CCD/CDA and DICOM, Positional Flat Files (COBOL), Delimited Files (CSV/Custom), Key/Value, XLS/XLSX, JSON, PDF as well as Binary (.wav/.jpg)
All connectors, components, processors and adapters |
Included in Base License |
Support for all data formats including ACORD, HL7 & X12 EDI |
Included |
Included PilotFish Components, Listeners, Transports, Processors and Supported Standards/Data Formats
PilotFish Components | ||
Data Mapper | File Specification Editor | XPATH Expression Tester |
XSLT Tester | eiPlatform Emulator | Built-in H2 Database |
Inline Testing Mode | XML Editor |
PilotFish Supported Standards | ||
ACORD (DTCC, AL3) | DICOM | |
ACORD (LAH, PCS, RLC, AML) | HL7 2.x/3.x FHIR | Positional Flat Files (COBOL) |
Binary (.wav/.jpg) | JSON | X12 EDI |
CCD/CDA | Key/Value | XLS/XLSX |
Delimited Files (CSV/Custom) | NCPDP | XML |
Additional Components | ||
40+ Listener Adapters | 30+ Transport Adapters | 140+ Processor Adapters |
“We have been using the platform for years to extract clinical data from multiple EHR systems, normalizing values and populating a data warehouse. Our staff was easily trained and support is always a phone call away – although seldom used. This is the most user friendly and easy to use transformation software that produces comprehensive and precise results. Can’t really identify any negative issues.”
Director, Information Technology and Service – Health Information Exchange (HIE)
PilotFish – More Licensing Options
PilotFish offers licensing options to meet any business requirement. Users can choose between the On-Demand (Pay-As-You-Go) AWS Model or One-Time Licenses with annual maintenance. PilotFish software can be deployed in the cloud, on-premise or in any hybrid combination.
Qualified organizations can become Value Added Resellers and resell PilotFish software, as well as provide services to implement PilotFish Solutions. Organizations can choose to bundle PilotFish with their applications, services or equipment to take advantage of the cost savings of a restricted license. The monthly maximum cost for a restricted license is just 1/3 that of a full end-user license. Organizations may also be eligible for additional discounts for pre-purchasing inventory and for quantity discounts.
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End-User License |
Yes |
Value Added Reseller (VAR) License | |
Yes |
Product Bundling & VAR License | |
Yes |
On-Demand Model (Pay-As-You-Go) |
Yes |
“I have found that if you think outside the box to help a customer the solution will always involve PilotFish to provide that outside the box functionality. It is flexible and easy. There are so many different methods to transform messages. There are videos and tutorials to teach you how to use this product even after training. The team at PilotFish is very responsive for any questions. One of the best customer services encountered.”
Product Line Manager, Information Technology and Services – EMR Vendor
PilotFish – Easy Deployment
PilotFish makes deployment easy. The PilotFish eiPlatform for Windows is a standalone eiPlatform/eiConsole installation which runs as a Windows Service. Users can choose other operating systems, such as Linux. These are distributed via a WAR file to run in an application container.
PilotFish also offers cloud installs. For the cloud, Docker containerization provides a quick and easy setup.
Deployment using PilotFish’s On-Demand model can be run on any kind of infrastructure – including Azure, AWS and others.
PilotFish – Not Limited to API-Based Integration
Unlike our leading competitor, PilotFish does not limit you to just API integration. We understand that in today’s world, organizations need the flexibility to integrate ANYTHING to ANYTHING – ANYWHERE.
It is important to note that when the workflow is transactional, API-led integrations have specific limitations. That is, APIs work on a request-response basis. You have to string together multiple API calls to pull information and perform functions. Then, your system has to go out and grab data in a sequence to utilize APIs. The problem with this is that a huge percentage of business integrations are transactional and message-driven. A data source generates or publishes a message, then that message goes downstream to the consumer. It is not a series of start, stop, pull or request-response.
You need to consider that the API model is restrictive for transactional interfaces. Yes, you can make it work, but know that it’s just not going to perform as well and it’s not as fluid as it needs to be.
An API model can be very limiting, affecting performance – whereas PilotFish can handle all of your throughput. PilotFish has the ability to handle millions of messages quickly and seamlessly, and the message is processed end-to-end. This is a big advantage over an API model.
Unlike our leading competitor, PilotFish provides a consistent means to adeptly handle not only large batch-oriented data and standards transaction messaging, but also highly conversational XML and JSON APIs – including new versions of data formats or industry standards that you need. Configuration just requires changing a handful of options in the application.
PilotFish’s robust integration framework bridges the gap between legacy and new systems, applications, devices, equipment and databases, and we’ve made it easier than you ever imagined. PilotFish is architected to be infinitely extensible with our Open API and flexible to meet any integration requirement. It is both future-proof and responds agilely to near-term changing requirements.
PilotFish’s Robust Integration Framework |
PilotFish does not emphasize APIs over other integration types. For most backend internal system integrations, APIs simply cost more to develop and maintain without adding any real value. In today’s complex environment, you need a tool that will handle any and all integrations well, including APIs. |
PilotFish excels in messaging, events and transactional integrations – including all standard and proprietary data formats. We support a wide range of industry standards (X12 EDI, HL7, ACORD, OpenTravel, HR-XML, DTCC, MISMO, etc.) |
PilotFish provides end-to-end transaction visibility for all transaction types with its eiDashboard. |
PilotFish – Offers the Highest ROI
Net Return on Investment / Cost of Investment
There is no doubt that integration suites like PilotFish can give you a tremendous Return on Investment (ROI). The question is not which integration suite gives you a high ROI, but which one gives you the highest ROI.
Calculating ROI is a function of not only the Net Return on Investment but also the Cost of Investment or:
The PilotFish integration suite has proven time and again to not only provide a higher Net Return on Investment but the Cost of Investment is far less than competing products, resulting in a much higher overall ROI.
When the far greater productivity achieved with PilotFish and consequent huge ROI gains are calculated, the overall ROI delivered by PilotFish is even higher.
PilotFish eiPlatform |
4-Day Training course with a mentorship program brings teams up to speed fast |
Standardized interface development with a graphical automated assembly line process. Removes dependencies on who builds interfaces. Enables BAs to do a large percentage of integrations, reducing labor costs. |
Graphical drag & drop data mapper automates mapping processes and opens the door to BA use. Users can work in the graphical or code view. Generates reusable W3C compliant XSLT underneath. |
APIs are built with the same methodology as other integrations. Save time & money with a consistent development pattern. |
2 engineers assigned per account. Affordable monthly support plans with fast response times for on-demand, hands-on help via live chat, video conferencing sessions, phone calls and email. |
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PilotFish – Ease-of-Use and Higher Productivity
PilotFish offers the world’s only Graphical Automated Interface Assembly Line where configuration replaces coding. PilotFish’s proprietary 3-Pane Visual Data Mapper offers drag & drop mapping which replaces scripting. PilotFish was architected so that non-developers and business analysts could be key players in the building, managing and maintenance of interfaces.
- In the eiConsole, users create interfaces using prebuilt configuration panels – no coding or scripting is required.
- In the eiConsole’s Data Mapper component, transactions are all mapped simply and quickly following a consistent user interface and methodology regardless of the format.
- The Data Mapper generates W3C-compliant XSLT in code view and in real time. Users can switch back and forth between the graphical view and the XSLT view by toggling between tabs.
- With PilotFish, your teams only need to learn and use one solution – no matter what the data format or integration scenario.
Let’s look in detail at PilotFish’s approach:
PilotFish’s Assembly Line Configuration Process |
PilotFish offers users a graphical 7-stage graphical Automated Interface Assembly Line process for building, managing and maintaining interfaces. This configuration vs code-driven process enables business analysts and non-developers to perform a large portion of the integration work, freeing up developers for more strategic projects. Each and every interface is configured using the same process. |
The PilotFish Assembly Line approach ensures that each interface is configured in the same way, thus removing dependencies on who created an interface or how. This facilitates the ease of maintaining interfaces even by those who did not originally create them. |
PilotFish’s focus is 100% on integration. The PilotFish graphical Automated Interface Assembly Line guides users from the ingestion of source data at one end to routing data to the target(s) at the other and includes the processors, mappings and listeners in the correct order. |
The PilotFish Data Mapper, with built-in transformation modules and format builders, automates mapping, no matter how complex, using drag & drop (no scripting required). The Data Mapper utilizes W3C standard XSLT generated under the covers. Users have the option of working in a graphical OR code view and can switch back and forth between the two. |
PilotFish’s products are architected to minimize complexity, yet be infinitely extensible and flexible. Our mission was to create the world’s easiest-to-use and most intuitive integration platform and we succeeded.
PilotFish – Industry’s Longest Free Trial
PilotFish Free Trial |
90 Days* |
PilotFish offers users triple the length of our competitor’s trial periods. The standard 30-day trial barely gives users enough time to get started and set up. PilotFish offers users a Full-Product 90-Day Trial. A simple download allows you to take a Test Drive. Hundreds of pages of step-by-step Tutorials and Documentation help you with your evaluation, as well as chat support if you get stuck along the way.
Since its founding in 2001, PilotFish has been solely focused on the development of software products that enable the integration of systems, applications, equipment and devices. Billions of bits of data transverse through PilotFish software connecting 90% of the top insurers, a wide range of manufacturers, virtually every kind of entity in healthcare, as well as governments and their agencies. PilotFish distributes Product Licenses and delivers services directly to end users, solution providers and Value-Added Resellers across multiple industries to address a broad spectrum of integration requirements.
Give us a call at 813 864 8662 or click the button. We’ll be glad to walk you through how we can meet your needs for any integration scenario. PilotFish will reduce your upfront investment, deliver more value and generate a higher ROI.
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