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- Industry: Mining & Metals
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Easy to use for transferring data between Systems
Reviewed on 2022/03/10
Layer2 is easy to use and high flexible to transfer data between different sources.
Layer2 is easy to use and high flexible to transfer data between different sources.
Pros
It was easy to implement the layer2 connector. and to setup data connections and exchange data between systems.
Cons
The Layer2 could connector didn't measure our expectations for data migration for Lotus Notes platform.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Roy B., thank you very much for your feedback - it would help us if you tell us more about your expectations for Lotus Notes.
Nevertheless we are happpy Layer2 Cloud Connector helps you to transfer data between different sources.
Greetings from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Best support ever!
Reviewed on 2023/10/20
We needed a product that copied files from SharePoint online to a local drive, for processing the...
We needed a product that copied files from SharePoint online to a local drive, for processing the files to a server based software program. Layer2 Cloud Connector worked perfectly and was easy to set up for this purpose.When contacting support, the response was Quick and the answers given have always solved our issues.
Pros
The Cloud Connector works quick and is easy to set up. The support response is awesome!
Cons
For our purpose, we haven't found any issues. A licence had to be renewed after a software upgrade, but we assume this as a natural prosedyre in the life cycle prosess of software products.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear Pelle K, you are right. From time to time the software needs to be updated because of changes and improvements. :) Thank you for your understanding. And many thanks for the compliment to our support. Your satisfaction is very important to us.
Kind regards from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
L2CC for sharepoint
Reviewed on 2022/01/21
syncs randomly fail. JSON script error... or other. then sync fine next. no indication as to the...
syncs randomly fail. JSON script error... or other. then sync fine next. no indication as to the cause.
Pros
quick and easy setup to get local files synced with sharepoint site
Cons
program sometime just does not respond. High memory usage!!!
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Michael W., our support team will be happy to help you if you need assistance or if something does not work. Usually the cause can be found and the problem can be solved. Thank you for your review.
Many greetings from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Review of Layer2
Reviewed on 2024/01/09
OK but as a new server live we couldn't transfer the original license from the decommissioned server
OK but as a new server live we couldn't transfer the original license from the decommissioned server
Pros
Works in background, allows clients connect and review their data we host
Cons
Original license non transferable when server upgraded
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear Eoin M, thank you very much for your review. We are happy when Layer2 Cloud Connector helps you and your clients. Regarding your comment about moving the license: when moving the license to a new server, a new license file is required. Because the file contains the server name, the file must be changed. We will continue to improve and optimize such topics.
Best wishes from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Layer2 Cloud Connector
Reviewed on 2023/08/16
Pros
The Layer2 Cloud Connector ensured that the integration between our ERP and SharePoint was smooth. The support team at Layer2 deserves a special mention. Whenever we had questions or faced minor hiccups, their team was right there, ensuring we had the answers and solutions we needed.
Cons
The current UI gets the job done, but there's potential for a more modern, intuitive, and visually appealing interface. A more refined UI could make the process even smoother.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hi Pilvilampi H., many thanks for your review. Great that our tool and our support are helpful for you. Offering good support is very important to us. :) We are happy to continue working on improving our tool and for this reason your comment about the UI is also very relevant for us.
Greetings from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
L2 usage
Reviewed on 2023/08/27
Pros
It’s stable and doesn’t involve too many releases
Cons
Debugging issue remains a challenge and understanding the functionality is not always intuitive.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Guy S., thank you for your review and your comments. We will continue to improve and automate our tool. :)
Many greetings from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Oil & Energy
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great Product
Reviewed on 2023/07/25
Good product which needs few improvements.
Good product which needs few improvements.
Pros
Easy to transfer files. Easy to transfer files. Easy to transfer files.
Cons
Error alerts cannot be customized. All errors have the same alert which does not give us any idea what has failed.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Simpson A., thank you very much for your comments and the great review. We are continuing to improve Layer2 Cloud Connector. :)
Best wishes from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Building Materials
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
ERP to fileserver sync
Reviewed on 2023/07/26
It does what it should do. Happy customer.
It does what it should do. Happy customer.
Pros
Reliable and simple two way sync between sharepoint for our ERP and the internal file server.
Cons
Fixed schedule sync, and no event based (e.g. new files arrives) sync.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear Thomas K., thank you for your recommendation of Layer2 Cloud Connector. :) Great when our tool helps you with your synchronization.
Best wishes from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great Data Extraction tool
Reviewed on 2021/05/13
We have solved the issue of not being able to directly query our SharePoint data by being able to...
We have solved the issue of not being able to directly query our SharePoint data by being able to extract it into another database. This also allows us to read data from this extracted database using code quicker than when reading directly from a SharePoint list
Pros
I like how you can easily sync data from a SharePoint list or document library to a SQL database. It’s also great how it splits out lookup columns into their ids and values.
Cons
Syncing data from SharePoint can be slow, especially for document libraries and large lists and libraries.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Thank you very much for the nice feedback. For larger amounts of data, it may actually take a little longer. But we are glad that your problem can be solved with Layer2 Cloud Connector.
Many greetings from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Connects (nearly) everything
Reviewed on 2019/03/08
After 30 minutes my data was in sync. No the Connector runs every 2 hours. I have set up bi-directio...
After 30 minutes my data was in sync. No the Connector runs every 2 hours. I have set up bi-directional syncs also as simple one-side-to-another. It runs.
Pros
The possibilty to connect to any source that can be adressed via ado.net or odata service. Great together with using self coded transformations inside the Cloud Connectors dynamic columns.
Cons
The UI is very Windows2000ish. Its using the MMC UI, that is ok, you can configure your connection, but its not state of the art design any more.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Jörn K., we are happy that Layer2 Cloud Connector is hepful for your use cases. We note your comment on the design for improvement suggestions.
Kind regards from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Robust Product that meets our data sync needs
Reviewed on 2023/05/16
It's been great overall, we can get data we thought we previously could not as it was stored in a...
It's been great overall, we can get data we thought we previously could not as it was stored in a different database. Have had no reason to engage with the support team until the upgrade, and the support has been same day and great, much appreciated.
Pros
The ability to schedule syncs, to have multiple syncs. We use it to bring SQL data into SharePoint online which we loved as there was no other way to achieve what we needed. With Layer2, we can schedule syncs to take place overnight without interrupting business activity. We can then do an afternoon sync and switch data sources in our in-house apps so we have 24/7 data availability. Integration with SharePoint is great!
Cons
Found on occasion the job would fail due to throttling (429s). Have just upgraded from v8 to 10 and hopeful that some tweaks have been made. Ran one job already and no errors. This was annoying as it had to be communicated to relevant users within the business whilst the job re-ran taking around 2 hours to complete.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear Andy W., thank you very much for the good review and we hope that everything is running smoothly again since the update. We are pleased that the support is so appreciated and that we were able to help.
Best regards from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
very flexible and robust data options
Reviewed on 2023/04/25
Easy to install, fairly easy to conifuge and good support. Very satisfied
Easy to install, fairly easy to conifuge and good support. Very satisfied
Pros
one of the few if only product able to seamlessly sync on-prem data with SharePoint Online
Cons
performance for large data sets is sub-optimal but it seems limitation is due to SharePoint Online throttling and not the product itself.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear Diego A., we are very happy that our tool offers you the solution you need. :) Thank you very much for your review.
Kind regards from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Business Supplies & Equipment
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Developing SharePoint Smart Solutions
Reviewed on 2021/08/23
We develop "smart solutions" in SharePoint online to meet a variety of business needs. This could...
We develop "smart solutions" in SharePoint online to meet a variety of business needs. This could include submitting purchase requisitions or requests for a new hire with the use of SharePoint forms and workflows to handle approvals, notifications and processing. The forms include lookup fields from data we maintain in other SharePoint lists. These lists needed to be manually maintained by the process owners since we had no way to sync the data from our business systems. With Layer2, we can now automate the sync of data from our business systems to the SharePoint lists. This frees the process owners from having to manually maintain them. This also ensures that the data is up-to-date and accurate since it now comes from the systems of record.
Pros
Layer2 has connectors to a large variety data sources, which makes it easy to extract data from line-of-business systems for import into SharePoint. We use the SQL database connection the most, and being able to write custom queries to pull the data for import into SharePoint lists allows us to use the same database table for multiple SharePoint sync jobs. If columns in the database do not match the names of the columns in SharePoint, Layer2 allows you to customize the mapping. Finally, the sync process is very fast, and I like that it only updates records when there are changes.
Cons
It was a little difficult to initially get the connections set up because of the security settings we have in place. We are using the Layer2 software on a virtual computer with SharePoint online with access to our databases and the VMs with a service account. It was a little tricky to get all the permissions set up correctly, but once we figured it out everything worked very smoothly. We probably should have contacted Layer2 support for guidance, but we wanted to figure it out on our own so that we are more likely to remember how it works.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear David C., we are glad that Layer2 Cloud Connector is helping you. If you have any questions, we're happy when you reach out to our support - but of course we understand if you want to figure something out on your own.
Best wishes your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Maritime
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Fantastic product suites your pocket
Reviewed on 2022/09/02
Overall its good, But lot to improve in terms of stability and memory management.
Overall its good, But lot to improve in terms of stability and memory management.
Pros
Ease of use and price was ok compared with other products
Cons
It was stable a year back and latest versions started giving errors in terms of data types of special characters in the data. application is crashing once after your connections increases
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Ranjith P., thank you very much for your review. We are glad that you like our support team and our tool so much. There is a potential for improvement and we are happy to work on it.
Many greetings from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Cloud Connector meets our needs!
Reviewed on 2021/12/09
Was very easy. I downloaded the trial and within 15 minutes was syncing data between SharePoint...
Was very easy. I downloaded the trial and within 15 minutes was syncing data between SharePoint online and local data sources. I found it to be very intuitive and easy to use.
Pros
When we moved to SharePoint Online, we needed the ability to "sync" data between multiple sources/targets. Working with 3rd party consultants, they wanted to custom develop ways to do this. We had previously used your BDLC with SharePoint on-prem, so I looked and that's when I found Cloud Connector and it did exactly what we needed it to.
Cons
For what we need, I honestly do not have a 'CON' to list.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear Keith S., amazing that Layer2 Cloud Connector helps you with data synchronization. We are happy our software is intuitive to use.
Best wishes from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Fantastic Product - Easy to use and rock solid
Reviewed on 2021/08/20
Pros
I have some processes that sync 100K+ rows. Prior to this we had to utilize SSIS to do these syncs which was cumbersome to create and the performance was terrible. What used to take 1 hour to complete in SSIS takes less than 10 in Layer2.
Cons
Parameterization of the data selections (at the destination) would greatly improve this product. Example, when sending data to a SharePoint list, I have to create (and maintain) a separate configuration for each folder that I want to send data to. If we could parametrize the select statement in the destination based on the source I could populate the folder in the source and have 20+ connections consolidated into one.
Also, the ability to launch a job remotely (via a webhook or some other method) would be fantastic. If there was some way to trigger the jobs other than the schedule, this could be a game changer of a product.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Justin M., thank you very much for your ideas to improve the software and also for the feedback. Great that we can save you time.
Many greetings from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Layer 2
Reviewed on 2022/02/01
Pros
Layer 2 makes it very easy to keep data in sync between multiple sources. Our primary use for this product is syncing data between SharePoint and SQL and it does this flawlessly. The product is very reasonably priced and support is quick to respond if you need help. We have used this for about 4 years now and it is one of the few product we have that you can set and forget.
Cons
I think the only improvements would be an improved interface that offers help right in the window you need. I don't end up in this application very often though so this is a pretty small con.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear Chris S., great that Layer2 Cloud Connector simplifies your everyday work. We'll keep your comment about the interface in mind, because we want to improve the tool constantly. Thank you very much for your review.
Greetings from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Layer2 data synch
Reviewed on 2022/07/27
I was able to use a combination of onedrive sync and layer2 cloud connector to more quickly and...
I was able to use a combination of onedrive sync and layer2 cloud connector to more quickly and accurately sync data from onedrive/sharepoint to a target server then sync that server with a local file server for a cloud/local repository implementation with fewer error and conflicts than onedrive sync tool
Pros
Easy set up, clear logging. Integrates with MANY applications, I am using for onedrive/sharepoint specifically as well as server to server synchronization
Cons
Nothing really bad, just took multiple steps to enable and turn on scheduling for continuous synch
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear Dennis S., great to hear that Layer2 Cloud Connector is easy to use and provides you with a good solution. Thank you very much for your review.
Best wishes from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Mental Health Care
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
layer2 review
Reviewed on 2022/02/24
Layer2 helps us to sync SharePoint data to external websites. We also use it to import data from...
Layer2 helps us to sync SharePoint data to external websites. We also use it to import data from databases in to Sharepoint. This all works great.
Pros
Product is easy to use. We use it to connect SharePoint to external databases. The product makes sense.
Cons
In case of errors, it's sometimes difficult to figure out what exactly goes wrong. Also, one connection became kind of corrupt: we couldn't remove the corrupt field and still haven't figured out why the field was giving trouble.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Vera V., great to read your nice feedback. :) Thank you very much. Thanks also for the hint with the errors. We will include it in improvements of our tool.
Kind regards from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Environmental Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great for integration
Reviewed on 2022/01/18
we use it to move data in and out of B2B teams we have with our customers and suppliers.
we use it to move data in and out of B2B teams we have with our customers and suppliers.
Pros
being able to move data in and out of office 365 and being able to integrate with many platforms
Cons
not sure if this is fair to say, but id like to be able to do automation, some sort of workflow/orchestration would be great, but I like that you can integrate with jira and flow, so maybe that's the more sensible option
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Matt G., great that Layer2 Cloud Connector improves your collaboration. We are always happy to hear about the use case of our software - thanks for the information and positive feedback. :)
Kind regards from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great way of passing data between a whole variety of services
Reviewed on 2022/01/31
Pros
Good selection of connectors to choose from. I've used Sharepoint, file system and FTP in particular. Decent documentation and easy to setup
Cons
Enterprise version is very expensive in comparison with annual fee, and without that FTP is limited to 25 transfers per sessions.
Also it saves the passwords unencrypted in the XML config files on the hard disk
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hi Simon M., thank you very much for your review. We are happy about your great experience with Layer2 Cloud Connector.
We changed our licensing model and now you can choose between three annual subscriptions.
Best wishes from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Good product, worth for investment.
Reviewed on 2022/02/14
Layer2 resolved the problem with data integration to SharePoint. It mitigates the problem with...
Layer2 resolved the problem with data integration to SharePoint. It mitigates the problem with SharePoint throttling limit and allow more than 5000 records of data to be transferred to SharePoint with no problem.
Pros
Data integration process is much easier and simpler than before with less issues.
Cons
This software is still able to improve in API, connectors, multiple data sources to cover the new platform.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Sue P., many thanks for your nice feedback. :) We are happy Layer2 Cloud Connector solves your problems with data integration and throttling. We also like your ideas for improvement as we continue to develop our software.
Kind regards from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Han Beusker
Reviewed on 2021/08/04
Just fine!
Just fine!
Pros
Ease of use, and ease of concept. installing is easy as well.
Cons
That one cannot purchase several years of support
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hello Han B., we are glad to help you with our software. And many thanks for the comments - from now on you can book our Premium Support for one or more years.
Greetings from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
CloudConnector for 365
Reviewed on 2022/02/08
Our aim was to provide an interim solution to synchronise Active Directory File Share to a specific...
Our aim was to provide an interim solution to synchronise Active Directory File Share to a specific (external) user via their OneDrive account so that production labels could be reliably printed at multiple sites across the country.
Once we got our heads around the authentication, it was an easy process to complete.
Pros
Our aim was to provide an interim solution to synchronise Active Directory File Share to a specific (external) user via their OneDrive account so that production labels could be reliably printed at multiple sites across the country.
Once we got our heads around the authentication, it was an easy process to complete.
Cons
We struggled with the URL to OneDrive and the authentication, so maybe some better example especially about copying and pasting OneDrive/Sharepoint URLs from 365 would help others?
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Hi Garyth H., thank you very much for your review and especially your idea to show more examples. It's wonderful that Layer2 Cloud Connector and our videos help you.
Kind regards from your Layer 2 team
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Layer2 Review
Reviewed on 2022/10/20
Experience has been good with the program itself, but the actual support provided is what makes...
Experience has been good with the program itself, but the actual support provided is what makes Layer2 fantastic to use. If there is a problem and you log it with support, we normally hear back within a day.
Pros
Product is very easy to use once setup. The program works mainly without issue and syncs all our files across to Sharepoint. The program is easy enough to setup once you've been through it the first time.
Cons
Configuring email notifications could be easier. Currently set to code, but this could be updated to use GUI within Layer2 itself.
Response from Layer 2 GmbH
Dear Reuben L., thank you very much for the great review and the kind words about our support. :) We are happy when our tool makes your work easier.
Best wishes from your Layer 2 team
