Automation tool comparison

The following table provides additional detail on some of the tools discussed in this section.

This table is from a Socrata support document, which is available in the Socrata support article Overview of Ingress Methods.

Tool	Access	Complexity	Transformations	Schedulable	Software Installation Needed	Developer Skills Needed
Manual file upload	Dataset Management Experience	Low	Yes	No	No	None
URL link	Dataset Management Experience	Low	Yes	Yes	No	None
Gateway	Dataset Management Experience	High	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some
Link to External Source	Dataset Management Experience	Low	No	No	No	None
Catalog connector	Admin panel	Low	No	Partially	No	None
DataSync	Off platform	Moderate	No	Off platform	Yes	None
API	Off platform	High	Yes	Off platform	No	Yes
FME	Off platform	High	Yes	Off platform	Yes	None