Comparison of Developer Tools and Data Loader

Comparison of features and behaviors between Developer Tools and Data Loader.

Feature Comparison

Feature / Use Case	Developer Tools	Data Loader
User Interface	Separate micro-applications (for example, Generic API Loader, Billing Preview)	Centralized, self-service UI within the Zuora platform
Core Functions	Import, Update, Delete, Export, Cancel with csv files	Import,Update, Delete, Export and Cancel with csv files
Data Migration	collection of micro-apps for data migration tasks	Unified tool for data load, review, correction, and submitting the job
Performance	Legacy experiences often rate-limited;performance dependent on manual configuration (batch size, threads)	Dynamically scales through native internal infrastructure for consistent high performance
Error Handling & Validation	Limited validation; errors often required manual review at the end of the job and required re-upload	Auto-maps fields, provides in-line validation, and allows for incremental job submission to resolve failed records
Templates	Provides templates for each object loader	Provides dynamic, reusable, object-specific templates for data ingestion
Object Coverage	Support Zuora Billing, Payments and Finance Objects	Supports Zuora Billing, Payments and Finance Objects inclusive of the newly-released objects in Zuora ecosystem (for example, Payment Schedules and Omni Subscriptions )
API	NA	Provides a public API for performing programmatic jobs with csv and json. See, Bulk Data.