How to pitch DLH.io to your team

Need help convincing your leadership and development team to adopt DLH.io? Here are some points that may be useful!

DLH.io is an enterprise data integration platform that allows organizations to connect their disparate operational systems—HCM, ERP, CRM, POS, databases, and more—to data warehouses, data lakes, and other operational systems. Instead of spending months building custom integration code, your team can create powerful data workflows in our platform, saving hundreds of development hours while gaining enterprise-grade reliability. There's also a growing community of integration professionals and comprehensive documentation to help you get the most out of the platform.

DLH.io gives your team:

Unified connectivity across your entire tech stack. Your organization likely runs dozens of operational systems that don't naturally talk to each other. DLH.io provides pre-built connectors for major HCM platforms (Workday, Dayforce, Orache HCM, etc.), ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, etc.), CRM tools (Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics, etc.), POS systems (Toast, Brink, Aloha, etc.), and virtually any database. Instead of managing a fragmented collection of point-to-point integrations, you get a single platform that orchestrates data flow across your entire enterprise. This isn't just about moving data—it's about creating a coherent data architecture.
A visual workflow builder that developers actually enjoy using. Building integrations typically means weeks of boilerplate code, error handling, retry logic, and debugging connection issues. With DLH.io's workflow designer, you define your data pipelines visually while retaining full control over transformations, mappings, and business logic. Need to pull employee data from Workday, enrich it with CRM data from Salesforce, transform it according to your business rules, and load it into Snowflake? That's a single workflow, not a six-month development project. When you need to go deeper, you have full access to write custom transformations and logic.
Dramatic reduction in development time. Consider what it takes to build a production-grade integration from scratch: authentication handling for each system, API rate limiting, pagination, error handling, logging, monitoring, retry logic, credential management, and ongoing maintenance as vendors update their APIs. Organizations that attempt this in-house typically spend 6-12 months building what DLH.io delivers out of the box. Your developers can focus on building features that differentiate your business rather than reinventing integration infrastructure.
Bi-directional data synchronization. Most integration tools only move data one way—typically from operational systems into a warehouse. DLH.io supports true bi-directional workflows, meaning you can not only extract data from your HCM, ERP, and CRM systems, but also write back to them. Update financial records in your ERP based on warehouse analytics. Push calculated metrics back to your CRM. Synchronize employee data across multiple HR systems. This capability transforms DLH.io from a simple ETL tool into a comprehensive operational integration platform.
Enterprise-grade reliability without the ops burden. We handle the infrastructure: high availability, automatic scaling, security patches, and disaster recovery. Our platform is built for enterprise workloads with guaranteed uptime SLAs, SOC 2 compliance, and encryption at rest and in transit. You get production-grade reliability without hiring a dedicated infrastructure team to maintain it. Integrations that your business depends on shouldn't fail silently at 2 AM—our monitoring and alerting ensure they don't.
Transparent, predictable pricing. Enterprise software pricing is often opaque, requiring lengthy sales conversations just to understand what you'll pay. DLH.io offers clear, published pricing based on actual usage—data volume and workflow executions. There are no surprise charges for connectors, no per-seat licensing that penalizes growing teams, and no artificial limits designed to force upgrades. You can start small and scale as your integration needs grow, paying for what you use.
Compliance and data governance built in. Moving sensitive employee data, financial records, and customer information between systems requires careful attention to compliance. DLH.io provides comprehensive audit logging, data lineage tracking, role-based access controls, and support for data residency requirements. When auditors ask how employee PII flows through your systems, you'll have a clear answer. When GDPR requires you to trace personal data, you'll have the documentation ready.
Faster time to insights for your analytics team. Your data warehouse is only as valuable as the data that flows into it. Manual data exports, inconsistent refresh schedules, and incomplete datasets undermine even the best analytics initiatives. DLH.io ensures your warehouse receives complete, consistent, timely data from all your operational systems. Your analytics team spends time building dashboards and models, not chasing down missing data or reconciling inconsistencies between source systems.
A platform that evolves with your needs. Your tech stack will change. You'll adopt new systems, retire legacy platforms, and acquire companies with their own tooling. DLH.io's connector library is continuously expanding, and new integrations can be added to existing workflows without rebuilding from scratch. When your CRM changes from Salesforce to HubSpot, you update a connector configuration—you don't rewrite months of integration code.
Real ROI that's easy to calculate. The business case is straightforward: compare the fully-loaded cost of developers building and maintaining custom integrations versus a DLH.io subscription. For most organizations, the platform pays for itself within the first quarter by freeing up developer capacity for higher-value work. Factor in the reduced risk of integration failures, faster time-to-market for data initiatives, and improved data quality, and the return multiplies.
Support for modern data architecture patterns. Whether you're building a traditional data warehouse, a cloud data lake, a lakehouse architecture, or implementing a data mesh, DLH.io fits into your strategy. We support streaming and batch patterns, incremental and full loads, and change data capture where source systems allow. The platform adapts to your architectural choices rather than constraining them.

Making the case to leadership

For technical leadership, the argument centers on developer efficiency and reduced maintenance burden. Every hour your team spends building commodity integration infrastructure is an hour not spent on competitive differentiation.

For business leadership, the conversation is about risk and speed. Custom-built integrations are a liability—they break, they require institutional knowledge to maintain, and they slow down system transitions. DLH.io transforms integrations from a technical risk into a managed service.

For finance, it's a clear cost comparison. Request quotes for building equivalent functionality in-house, factor in ongoing maintenance, and compare to the platform subscription. The numbers typically make the decision straightforward.

Ready to explore further? Start a free trial, review our documentation, or connect with our solutions team to discuss your specific integration challenges. Your developers—and your data team—will thank you.