StitchOps vs Workato
Workato stops where the API stops.
Keep Workato for enterprise iPaaS with recipes across SaaS APIs. Add StitchOps for the rest.
Two different jobs.
Workato
Workato is an enterprise iPaaS: recipes across SaaS APIs, an enterprise connector library, governance features, and a large customer base.
StitchOps
StitchOps is the execution runtime for the systems Workato recipes cannot reach. Portals, thick clients, terminals, and on-prem directories, run from an agent in your environment with vaulted credentials and evidence per step.
Side by side.
| Workato | StitchOps | |
|---|---|---|
| Apps with an API | Strong. Enterprise connector library. | Supported through API actions, so one workflow can cross both kinds. |
| Systems with no API | Limited. RPA add-on for some desktop cases. | Browser and desktop automation from an agent on a worker VM in your environment. |
| Desktop and terminal apps | Limited. | UI Automation, image, OCR, and terminal actions in the same workflow as the portals. |
| Credentials in your vault | Stored in Workato. | Referenced from 1Password, Keeper, or the StitchOps vault. Resolved on the worker. Never shown to the model. |
| Evidence per step | Job history per recipe. | Step-level status, timing, redacted inputs and outputs, and evidence references on every run. |
The difference
An agent inside your network.
Browser, desktop, terminal and directory actions run from a worker VM in your environment, with credentials referenced from your vault and every step logged. That is the part no API-shaped tool reaches.
How it executes →Worker
worker-01 · connected
- Windows Server 2022 · signed installer
- outbound only · TLS 1.3 · 0 inbound ports
- unattended session · dedicated VM
Capabilities
- browser
- desktop
- terminal
- file
- ldap / ad
Systems reached today
- DealerCONNECTbrowser14
- Dealertrackbrowser9
- DMS thick clientdesktop6
- On-prem ADldap22
- Report sharefile3
Secrets
31 references resolved on worker · 0 values sent to control plane
Better together.
Keep Workato for the recipes across SaaS APIs. Call a StitchOps workflow for the step that ends in a system with no API, and return the typed result to the recipe.
Workato and StitchOps, asked directly.
Can StitchOps replace Workato?
No. Workato is an enterprise iPaaS for recipes across SaaS APIs. StitchOps runs the systems those recipes cannot reach. A recipe calls a StitchOps workflow and continues with the result.
How does a Workato recipe trigger a StitchOps workflow?
Through the REST API with typed inputs. The workflow runs on your worker VM and the typed result and evidence return to the recipe.
What does StitchOps add on the security side?
An outbound-only agent, content-free telemetry, credentials referenced from your vault, and step-level evidence on every run.
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