Workato

WorkatoIndustry| Software

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Founded| 2013
Founder| Vijay Tella, Gautham Viswanathan, Harish Shetty
Headquarters|

Mountain View, California

United States

Area served

| Global
Website| [1]

American cloud integration platform company

Workato is a software company established in 2013 headquartered in Mountain View, California that provides a cloud-based automation platform to integrate various applications, data, and systems.[1][2][3] The platform is included in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for enterprise integration platform as a service,[4] Constellation's ShortList for enterprise application platforms, and the Forrester Wave for integration platforms as a service.

## History

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Workato was founded in 2013 by Vijay Tella, Gautham Viswanathan, and Harish Shetty.[5] It has received investment from entities including ServiceNow, Altimeter Capital, Insight Partners, and Redpoint Ventures.[1][3]

Workato was ranked No. 1 best remote company to work for among large companies in 2021,[6] but laid off about 10% of its workforce in 2023.[7] It opened offices in Dublin [8] and Singapore in 2021 and a data center in Australia in 2023.[9]

In the G2 Spring 2024 reports, Workato has been recognized as a Leader in the Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS) category.[10]

## Platform overview

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Workato's platform is designed for integrating different systems and automating workflows. Key features include: a drag-and-drop interface, enabling users to create data integrations, customize workflows, and publish APIs,[11] low-code/no-code capabilities with prebuilt connectors known as "recipes",[12][13] and real-time monitoring and management of data sharing between systems.[14][15]

## References

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1. ^ a b Williams, Joe (2021-01-12). "Workato Valued at $1.7 Billion in Funding Led by Altimeter, Insight". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2021-01-12.
2. ^ "Workato Rakes In $200 Million Series E". Silicon Valley Daily. 2021-11-14.
3. ^ a b "Workato | Company Overview & News". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
4. ^ "Workato Named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for iPaaS". www.businesswire.com. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
5. ^ Rath, Shalini (2023-03-11). "Workato Success Story - Leading the Way in Automation". Startup Talky.
6. ^ Downes, Sophie (2021-09-09). "These Are the Best Companies for Remote Workers--and Why". Inc.
7. ^ Joyner, April; Palazzolo, Stephanie; Renbarger, Madeline (2023-02-06). "A company-wide Zoom meeting versus individual calls: Insiders reveal how multibillion-dollar startups Clari and Workato slashed jobs". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06.
8. ^ Keane, Jonathan (2021-12-11). "$5.7bn-valued Workato plans on expanding hiring drive at its new Dublin base". Irish Independent.
9. ^ Dickinson, Eleanor (2023-10-09). "Workato stamps mark in Aussie data centre". ARN.
10. ^ Harendra, GV. "Workato Leads G2 Spring 2024 IPaaS Rankings". Infoteck Solutions.
11. ^ Anderson, Brian (2015-01-14). "Drag-And-Drop App Integrations With Workato". Demand Gen Report. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
12. ^ Wei, Ong Ting (2020-02-28). "What is Workato?". Medium. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
13. ^ Bloomberg, Jason (2016-05-16). "Citizen Developers: Low Code Is Now Enterprise-Class". Forbes.
14. ^ "Workato for Integration of Software Components". CodiumAI. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
15. ^ Schaal, Colleen (2023-08-11). "Leveraging Marketing Integrations for Enhanced Efficiency | Wrike". Blog Wrike. Retrieved 2023-10-24.