Zansa › Answers › Integration and BI tools
What is the difference between batch and real-time data integration?
Batch integration moves data on a schedule, such as nightly or hourly, while real-time or streaming integration moves changes continuously within seconds. Batch is simpler and cheaper and fits most reporting, while real-time suits cases like fraud detection or live operations.
Batch pros: easier to build, test and recover, lower cost, good for finance and sales reporting.
Real-time pros: immediate visibility, but more infrastructure, more failure modes and typically higher cost.
Many businesses think they need real-time when the decisions are made daily or weekly. Ask what action would change if the data were fresher. A middle path is frequent micro-batches for a few operational tables, with daily loads for everything else.
Want this applied to your business? Zansa builds dashboards and forecasts for small and mid-sized companies worldwide. Start with a free intro call.
Book a call