Parabola.io
Web and SaaS
visual data workflow automation
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
13 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 10 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean UI and good marketing site
From 2 comments
I’ve seen a lot of attempts at this product, and none have really caught my eye. Looks like you really nailed it. Btw, great marketing website. The use cases section is critical…
chatmasta on HNLove the UI. One bit of feedback: on https://parabola.io/ under "Self Documenting and Repeatable" I keep clicking the play buttons in the screenshot.
arosier on HN
Fills a gap for non-programmers doing data work
From 2 comments
This feels like https://ballerina.io/ but for non-programmers, and with SaaS integrations built-in. I've spent so much time moving CSV between systems at an ecommerce company.…
adamfeldman on HNCongratulations for the launch. Definitely a good idea. I'm a developer and personally won't need this, but I'll definitely suggest this when I think this could replace some…
antoineleclair on HN
Objections
Limitations when special requirements arise versus code
From 1 comment
It's a very nice idea but these tools always have limitations that become super annoying after a while. Programming is total freedom to do what you want and these tools try to…
some_account on HN
Lock-in and pricing too high for non-technical users
From 2 comments
Obviously this is meant for companies or individuals without developers or technical skills. If you have the technical knowledge a lock in service like this doesn't make much…
pier25 on HNI understand your business pricing but your personal pricing is quite high at 600/yr for a regular simple user. You may want to consider testing it because consumers are used to…
ApolloRising on HN
Seems like a prettified Node-RED
From 1 comment
Greetings! I'll get straight to the point. I've used Node-Red (https://nodered.org) in building my own IoT network along with automating quite a lot of things. I run my own…
crankylinuxuser on HN
Requests
SSO via G Suite without enterprise tier
From 1 comment
Request for your kind consideration: I completely empathize with the need to tier your pricing based on features, and have certain items that one only gets for "contact us"-level…
boyd on HN
SFTP source and filename pattern matching
From 1 comment
Any plans for a “grab the latest file of this naming pattern from an SFTP” workflow?
nickreese on HN
Jira/Atlassian integration
From 1 comment
Is there any plans to offer Jira/Atlassian integration?
closetnerd on HN
Try the product without signing up
From 1 comment
you should allow to quickly testrun the product without having to signup.
asasidh on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Zapier
From 3 comments
Hey, nice work. What would you say differentiates this service from say, Zapier?
zeptomu on HNHow is this different from Zapier or IFTT?
everdev on HNWhat features are better than Zapier? I am curious as I use Zapier for automating stuff I don't want to program especially for marketing releated and this does look like the flow…
sebringj on HN
Which cloud provider is used
From 1 comment
Can I ask what cloud products you use and the provider? Azure, AWS GC?
markatkinson on HN
Does it work offline
From 1 comment
It would be cool to have the tool working also in offline scenarios, where no internet connection is possible, tough an automated workflow is still needed/possible
IloveHN84 on HN
Alternatives named
Zapier
From 1 comment
Hey, nice work. What would you say differentiates this service from say, Zapier?
zeptomu on HN
Node-RED
From 1 comment
Greetings! I'll get straight to the point. I've used Node-Red (https://nodered.org) in building my own IoT network along with automating quite a lot of things. I run my own…
crankylinuxuser on HN
Microsoft Flow
From 1 comment
Microsoft has "Flow" which is basically Parabola, but considerably more confusing for end-users.
badtechstuff on HN
SSIS
From 1 comment
So, SSIS? Where I work we're currently replacing everything that's SSIS with .NET services. I get the idea that taking the code out of it seems easier, but I've found it usually…
pathartl on HN
Talend
From 1 comment
This looks exactly like an online version of Talend.
snrji on HN