--- title: "Layer2 Cloud Connector Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Layer2 Cloud Connector . Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Layer2 Cloud Connector is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/layer2-cloud-connector-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Integration Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bi/data-integration-tools-comparison/) / [Layer2 Cloud Connector](https://www.softwareadvice.com/digital-workplace/layer2-cloud-connector-profile/) / Layer2 Cloud Connector Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/digital-workplace/layer2-cloud-connector-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/digital-workplace/layer2-cloud-connector-profile/alternatives/) # Layer2 Cloud Connector User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Total reviews: 50 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.3/5 - Customer support: 4.5/5 - Value for money: 4.4/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 33 reviews (66%) - 4 stars: 12 reviews (24%) - 3 stars: 4 reviews (8%) - 2 stars: 1 reviews (2%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - Once a connection is configured it just works, and the model is easy to reason about. - That flexibility made a real difference to our timeline. - Plenty of available connectors ### Most mentioned cons - Debugging issue remains a challenge and understanding the functionality is not always intuitive. - 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. - A little behind in design and the error messages in the application is not great ## Layer2 Cloud Connector customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 50 (page 1). ### Cloud Connector meets our needs! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Keith S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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. #### Reasons for choosing Layer2 Cloud Connector Cost, ease of use, and not being responsible for maintaining it. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Fantastic Product - Easy to use and rock solid - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Justin M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Review of Layer2 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Eoin M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Legal Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. OK but as a new server live we couldn't transfer the original license from the decommissioned server #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Works in background, allows clients connect and review their data we host #### Cons Original license non transferable when server upgraded #### Vendor response 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 Replied January 2024 --- ### Layer2 Cloud Connector - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Pilvilampi H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Layer 2 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Chris S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Layer2 data synch - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dennis S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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 #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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 #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### layer2 review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Vera v. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mental Health Care - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### L2 usage - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Guy S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### 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. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Great for integration - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Matt G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Environmental Services - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. we use it to move data in and out of B2B teams we have with our customers and suppliers. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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 #### Reasons for choosing Layer2 Cloud Connector we wanted to manage configuration, not scripting and code if we were to make our own scripts to do this #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Great way of passing data between a whole variety of services - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Simon M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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 #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Layer2 Bewertung - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Christian B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Backup von Sharepoint 365 #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Kopieren von Einstellungen um neue Backuppaare anzulegen. #### Cons Die Benutzerführung und Hilfestellung bei der Erstellung von Backups. #### Vendor response Hello Christian B., many thanks for your review. We are happy when Layer2 Cloud Connector can help you. Of course, we will continue to improve the tool in the future. Best wishes from your Layer 2 team Replied November 2023 --- ### Ein gelungenes Tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Daniel M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food Production - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Wir synchronisieren Daten aus einer SQL-Datenbank nach SharePoint Online. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Das Produkt macht was es soll und das ziemlich stabil und fehlerlos. #### Cons Die Benutzeroberfläche, bzw. die einzelnen Optionen sind manchmal etwas unglücklich korrekt zu verstehen #### Reasons for choosing Layer2 Cloud Connector Preis Leistung und bereits frühere Erfahrungen mit dem BDLC, auch dieser war einfach und stabil. #### Vendor response Hi Daniel M., thank you very much for your review - we are happy that Layer2 Cloud Connector helps you. :) Best wishes from your Layer 2 team Replied November 2023 --- ### TOP Synchronisationstool Layer2 Cloud Connector - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Maik W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Wholesale - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros sämtliche Synchronisationsmöglichkeiten in jegliche Richtungen und Systeme #### Cons Updateprozess könnte in die Software integriert sein. #### Vendor response Dear Maik W., thank you very much for the great review and your comments. We are currently working on automation. :) Best wishes from your Layer 2 team Replied November 2023 --- ### Sehr gutes Integrationstool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alexander D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Ein sehr gutes Produkt, um Daten aus Zusatzquellen oder ggf. Altsystemen (im Rahmen einer Migration) abzuziehen. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Installation und Einrichtung waren sehr einfach machbar. Die Umsetzung von ETL-Logik, um im Ziel direkt mit bereinigten Daten zu arbeiten, ist komfortabel. #### Cons Eine Nutzung als Cloud Service wäre sehr gut, um die Installation auf einer lokalen/virtuellen maschine überflüssig zu machen. #### Reasons for choosing Layer2 Cloud Connector Sehr gute Features, gute Erfahrungen in Projekten von Kollegen #### Vendor response Hello Alexander D., great to read that we can help you and Layer2 Cloud Connector is comfortable. For security reasons our tool is currently not a cloud service. However, we are happy to add your suggestion to our collection of ideas for improvements of our tool. :) Many greetings from your Layer 2 team Replied November 2023 --- ### Great product to work with: fast, reliable and great support - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kristof T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Reliable/Stable software A lot of connectors included Thanks to the incremental sync, a lot of data can be handled Great support Easy to approach sales and support people #### Cons For this purpose no specific functionality missing #### Vendor response Hi Kristof T., we are very pleased to receive your feedback and that we can help you with Layer2 Cloud Connector and our team. Many greetings from your Layer 2 team Replied November 2023 --- ### Cloud connector for customer - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Manu A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Stable back-end solution for keeping local folder in-synch with Sharepoint library. #### Cons Setup and configuration was easy. Sufficient for our project. #### Vendor response Hello Manu A., we are happy that we can help you with your project. Best wishes from your Layer 2 team Replied November 2023 --- ### Bewertung - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Patrick K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: November 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Es hat alles sofort funktioniert. Die vordefinierten Connectoren waren sehr hilfreich. #### Cons Bis jetzt kann ich nichts sagen. Im Moment läuft alles nach Plan. #### Vendor response Hello Patrick K., thank your very much for your good review - we are happy when Layer2 Cloud Connector is helpful. Greetings from your Layer 2 team Replied November 2023 --- ### Simple, reliable SharePoint-to-file-share sync that just works - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bastiaan K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Maritime - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We are very happy with the product, the support, and the flexibility of the sales team. The value for money is high. It replaced a farm replication solution that was difficult to maintain and costly to keep multiple farms running. With the Cloud Connector we can give our vessels local copies of their SharePoint files on their own drives: simpler, cheaper, and more than sufficient for what the business needs. We would recommend it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The simplicity. Once a connection is configured it just works, and the model is easy to reason about. We did run into a few issues during setup, but the support team responded quickly and gave us useful answers each time. The sales team was equally helpful and flexible: they extended our full trial licence so we could start preparing our migration while our standard licence was being arranged. That flexibility made a real difference to our timeline. #### Cons Only minor points, none of which changed our decision. A few small improvements around visibility and safeguards would be welcome, for example seeing which files a disabled-delete run would remove (not just the count), and a clearer warning when a metadata mapping change leaves the metabase stale. Both were easy to work around once understood. We have shared more detailed suggestions, along with some ideas for AI integration, with the team directly. #### Reasons for choosing Layer2 Cloud Connector We looked at OneDrive sync, which was not fit-for-purpose. We also looked at self-build solution and open source solutions. To avoid impact on overloaded application managers, have less maintenance, support / somebody we can call, we choose to use Layer2. #### Reasons for switching to Layer2 Cloud Connector We used Metalogix Replicator on our old farms (option was not available in the dropbox). But this product was discontinued, so we evaluated our requirements and thought Layer2 Cloud Connector was best fit-for-purpose. --- ### Easy to use, gets the job done well - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Lorenzo R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered For our current usage scenario it's doing it's job quite well; we haven't stressed it too much yet but so far we haven't encountered any issue or error while configuring and running it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros - Ease of installation and usage - Plenty of available connectors - Dependable performance - Reasonable pricing #### Cons - Still running on .NET Framework 4.x - Many modern authentication methods (e.g.: OAuth) are missing - Included support coverage and contact methods are unclear #### Vendor response Thank you very much for your review, Lorenzo R. We are happy that the Cloud Connector is a good solution for your company. We welcome your suggestions for improving the tool and will see what we can implement. You can contact our support team by email (sales@layer2solutions.com) and you can find more information about our support, FAQ and a knowledge base here: https://www.layer2solutions.com/support If you currently have a support case, please contact us via email sales@layer2solutions.com - we will be happy to answer your questions and assist you. Best wishes from your Layer2 team Replied January 2026 --- ### Vielseitige Verbindungen von Cloud zu OnPrem, bei uns nicht mehr wegzudenken! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tim B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Sehr einfache und vielseitige Verbindungen möglich, schneller und hilfreicher Support #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Viele Datenquellen: egal ob aus SQL Datenbank, per ODBC, Azure oder Microsoft 365 Listen/Dokumentbibliotheken - mit Layer2 CloudConnector verbinden wir alles mit allem. #### Cons Nachvollziehen von Fehlern ist in den Logs manchmal schwierig #### Vendor response Hello Tim B, thank you very much for your nice review. It's great that you use Layer2 Cloud Connector for so many different systems. We're pleased when you are satisfied with our support. That's how it should be. :) We're still working on optimization of our Layer2 Cloud Connector and will also remind your hint regarding errors in the logs. Best wishes from your Layer2 team Replied November 2024 --- ### Robust Product that meets our data sync needs - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Andy W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. #### Reasons for choosing Layer2 Cloud Connector There was quite a bit of hype around Layer2 at the time I believe. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Developing SharePoint Smart Solutions - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Business Supplies and Equipment - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Best support ever! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Pelle K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### 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. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Fantastic product suites your pocket - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ranjith P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Maritime - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall its good, But lot to improve in terms of stability and memory management. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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 #### Reasons for choosing Layer2 Cloud Connector Communicating with sales team was much faster those days compared with other. Also was not aggressive for chasing and disturbing after an enquiry made. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 --- ### Easy to use for transferring data between Systems - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Roy B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mining & Metals - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Layer2 is easy to use and high flexible to transfer data between different sources. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### 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. #### Vendor response 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 Replied November 2023 ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/digital-workplace/layer2-cloud-connector-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Layer2 Cloud Connector Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice