Your integrations, without the black box.
Most integrations are a black box: data goes in, something happens, you hope it’s right. Popay Connect is the layer that moves data between your systems: import, process, export, where you can see, check and trust every step.
Integrations fail in predictable ways
The problem isn’t moving data. It’s not being able to see what happened to it when something goes wrong.
You can’t see what was mapped, changed or dropped.
Connect: Every step, import, process, export, is visible, logged and replayable.
Point-to-point scripts break quietly and often.
Connect: Versioned flows and live monitoring surface a failure the moment it happens.
When payroll’s wrong, nobody can say why.
Connect: A full audit trail shows exactly what ran, what changed and why.
One vendor’s magic you can’t inspect or move.
Connect: Open, inspectable flows and mappings, nothing hidden, nothing you can’t trace.
Every system wants its data in its own format.
Connect: Delivers to each target in the exact format it expects, with confirmations back.
The same change entered in system after system.
Connect: Pull once, transform once, deliver everywhere, scheduled or event-driven.
One transparent layer between your systems
Connect is the middleware that powers every Popay integration. It pulls data from any source, then maps, enriches, validates and applies your business rules, all in the open, not hidden magic, and delivers it to any target in the format it expects. Scheduled or event-driven.
And because every record is traceable, when something looks off you can see exactly what ran, what changed, and why.
Import, process, export, all in the open, all auditable.
Import → process → export, none of it a mystery
Everything an integration layer needs, and every step of it you can watch, version and replay.
From any source
Systems, files, APIs, databases, scheduled batches or real-time events. If it holds your data, Connect can read it.
Process & business rules
Not just mapping, enrich from lookups, validate every record, and apply the business rules that decide what happens to each one. The logic usually hidden, kept in the open.
To any target
Delivered in the exact format each system expects, with confirmations back. No reformatting, no manual hand-off.
Live monitoring & alerting
Every flow watched. A failed sync surfaces the moment it happens, with the exact record and step, not at month-end.
Versioned flows & mappings
Nothing changes silently. Every mapping and rule has a change history you can inspect, and roll back without a deployment.
Replay & audit
Re-run and trace any record end to end. When payroll’s wrong, you can say exactly why, and fix it at the source.
If it moves your data, you can watch it move
Integrations fail silently when you can’t see inside them. Connect is built to be seen, live monitoring and alerting on every flow, full logs of what ran, what changed and what failed, and versioned mappings so nothing shifts behind your back.
Replay and audit let you re-run and trace any single record, the difference between hoping a sync worked and knowing it did.
Start with one flow. Grow into the backbone.
Connect a single source, then let it become the pipe under your whole data layer. Integrated, but modular.
Start
Connect a single source. Data flows in on a schedule or on demand, with no manual exports and imports.
Add
Add targets and business rules. Transform each record and deliver it to every system that needs it, in its own format.
Compound
Now it’s the backbone: Connect feeds PeopleRecord and Insights from one governed pipeline, every flow monitored, versioned and replayable.
What it looks like in each role
For IT
For HR
For payroll
The backbone behind the platform
You don’t run Connect for its own sake. It’s the engine inside everything Popay links.
PeopleRecord
Connect is the pipe that feeds the unified people record from every system you keep.
Popay Insights
Clean, transformed data flows through to the analytics layer, consistent by the time it lands.
Payroll
Speaks your payroll provider’s language, no custom mapping project per vendor.
Popay Core
Keeps the operational record in sync with the systems around it, both directions.
Frequently asked questions
Is Connect a product I buy on its own?+
Connect is the integration platform inside Popay, the engine behind every connection we build. Most customers meet it through a specific integration, like a payroll export or a PeopleRecord feed. The Integration service is our team building and configuring flows on Connect for your setup. Think engine versus the team that fits it to your systems.
How is this different from point-to-point integrations?+
Point-to-point scripts are opaque and brittle. They break quietly and leave no trail. Connect centralises every flow with live monitoring, versioned mappings, replay and a full audit trail. When something looks wrong, you can see exactly what ran, what changed and why, and re-run any record once it’s fixed.
What can Connect connect to?+
Your existing HR, payroll and legacy systems, plus file-based sources (SFTP, ZIP) and APIs, on a schedule or event-driven.
What happens when a flow fails?+
Live monitoring alerts you immediately with the exact record and step. Flows retry according to your rules, and once the cause is fixed you can replay any record. Nothing is silently dropped.
Can I see and change what a flow does?+
Yes. Mappings and business rules are inspectable and versioned, so a change is recorded and reversible and nothing shifts behind your back. Rolling back doesn’t need a deployment.
Do I need the rest of Popay to use Connect?+
No. Connect can move data between third-party systems you keep. It’s the keep-your-systems layer, not a rip-and-replace. It also powers PeopleRecord and Insights if you adopt the wider HR Data Management layer.
Integrations you can actually see inside.
One transparent layer: import, process, export, all logged and replayable. Walk through Connect with a Popay architect.