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# Bots

Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/102888/bots

> Open source edi translator
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 2 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 2 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: SourceForge

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: €0,01
- **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial)
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Available Countries**: Netherlands

## Features

- Archiving & Retention
- Reporting/Analytics

## Support Options

- Chat

## Category

- [Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Software ](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30550/edi/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Infocon Systems WebEDI](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/163009/infocon-systems) — 4.8/5 (39 reviews)
2. [TrueCommerce EDI Solutions](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/122910/truecommerce-edi-solutions) — 4.3/5 (535 reviews)
3. [KhooCommerce](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/207061/khoocommerce) — 4.8/5 (23 reviews)
4. [Pro\_EDI Translator](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/92426/pro-edi-translator) — 4.8/5 (43 reviews)
5. [SPS Commerce](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/155593/sps-commerce) — 4.2/5 (494 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Powerful EDI translator with good community support" — 5.0/5

> **Wojtek** | *30 September 2025* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Flexibility, good documentation, very good community support (mailing list), commercial support also available by several parties. Mapping as a (Python) code (versioning\!). Ready definitions of the most popular EDI documents (EDIFACT, X12).
> 
> **Cons**: As many underlines: the learning curve is steep, but starting from the example plugins helps a lot. It is easy get lost with the number of forks of the project - be sure reading about the available versions on bots-edi.org.
> 
> I've been using Bots for several years (5-6) now and now I'm a contributor too. I'm not a developer and I managed to set it up and use for the needs of my company. Bots requires some effort to learn it, as EDI in general is not simple, but later it allows to setup quickly EDI translations, maintain them at scale and also manage very complex scenarios, which would be difficult with other tools.

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### "Bots EDI translator - ultimate flexibility and FREE\!" — 4.0/5

> **Mike** | *27 September 2021* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: It can translate anything to anything. It can easily be extended with your own scripting to do very complex tasks.
> 
> **Cons**: Fairly steep learning curve, it's not really an end-user tool, requires some programming knowledge to get the best out of it. (Actually that's not something I dislike, but others may dislike). The current version is stable but getting a bit old now, Python 3 version is not released yet.
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> I have been using Bots for about 12 years through multiple versions, and have contributed code improvements to the project. I now have multiple instances running and processing tens of thousands of documents per day.

## Links

- [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/102888/bots)

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