Connection licenses are categorized and provisioned by connector classes:
- Small Business — For example, QuickBooks and Sage 50/Peachtree.
- Standard — For example, NetSuite, Salesforce, SFTP, Disk, and so on. Most connectors are Standard class connectors.
- Enterprise — For example, SAP and Oracle E-Business.
- Trading Partner — For example, your trading partner profiles, such as X12, HL7, EDIFACT, and so on.
Provisioning your account with the number of connection licenses is based on your subscription. You can deploy connections up to the number of licenses across your various integration processes.
- Application connectors: Application connectors provide connectivity to specific software applications such as Netsuite, Salesforce, SAP, or Amazon.
- Event-driven connectors: Event-driven connectors allow organizations to seamlessly connect to event-based technologies and applications.
- Technology connectors: Technology connectors provide connectivity to and from web applications, on-premise applications, and common data repositories using various protocols (including HTTP, FTP, JMS, etc.) using a standard data transport method or generic data driver.
- Building a connector: Developers can build a connector using the Boomi Connector Software Development Kit (SDK).
- Connector Deployment API: The Connector Deployment API provides programmatic access to deploy any connector that was created using the Boomi Software Development Kit (SDK).
- Connector Management API: The Connector Management API provides programmatic access to connector administration functionality that is normally accessed through the Developer tab.