# How is Parabola different from Zapier?

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**Created:** [March 4, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-is-parabola-different-from-zapier/46 "2020-03-04T17:45:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![sophie.scheff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@sophie.scheff](https://community.parabola.io/u/sophie.scheff)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-is-parabola-different-from-zapier/46/1 "2020-03-04T17:45:12Z")

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Parabola and Zapier seem really similar in functionality. How are you similar?

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**Author:** ![sachi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.parabola.io/sachi/32/10_2.png) [@sachi](https://community.parabola.io/u/sachi)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-is-parabola-different-from-zapier/46/3 "2020-03-17T22:25:42Z")

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Hey Sophie! We’ve answered this in our FAQ:

> [@How is Parabola different than Zapier?](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-is-parabola-different-than-zapier/68):
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> Zapier is great for moving small bits of data from one place to another when a triggering event occurs. Parabola focuses on what happens during transit, allowing you to create custom flows that reformat, group, filter, or enrich your data while it moves from place to place. Parabola works with a batch model, so rather than moving a single row when an event occurs, Parabola can move up to millions of rows at a time, on a schedule. While Zapier’s functionality is limited to pieces of the data set…