# Ballet for Engineering Leaders | Clear the Integration Backlog > Canonical: https://ballet.dev/engineering-leaders Ballet turns plain-English briefs into reviewable, version-controlled workflow code. Clear your integration backlog in days without pulling engineers off the roadmap — approval gates, evals, and SOC2-backed compliance built in. Your roadmap shouldn't die in the integration backlog. Every quarter, glue work eats engineering capacity: one-off connectors, brittle scripts, no-code sprawl nobody can audit. Ballet generates each workflow as code your engineers review and your security team approves — so integrations ship in days without pulling anyone off the product. ## How Ballet works Type the workflow. Ballet writes the code. Your team approves the run. ### 01 Write the integration you need, the moment you need it No connector? Ballet writes the code in seconds against any system with an API. SAP, internal ERPs, legacy supply-chain tools. If it has an endpoint, Ballet can integrate. ### 02 Deterministic where it matters, agentic where it helps n8n-style deterministic workflows + Manus-style agentic reasoning, all written as code. 100% accurate on the steps that need it, intelligent on the steps that don't. ### 03 Catches breakage before it breaks you Evals on every step. When an API changes or the data drifts, Ballet catches it before the workflow breaks, and shows you the diff. ## How we compare | | Ballet | In-house build | n8n / Zapier | Task agents | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Approach | Deterministic workflows + agents, written as code | Hand-rolled services & scripts | Preset workflows | Task-based agents | | Engineering time per integration | Minutes — review a diff | Weeks per integration | Days of canvas-building | Fast start, slow to ship | | Code review & version control | Yes — generated code, PR-style diffs | Yes | Visual graph / JSON export | No | | Security approval gates | First-class | Custom-built each time | Limited | No | | Breakage handling | Evals on every step; auto-patched with a diff | Pager duty | Breaks silently when an API changes | Varies between runs | | Time to first workflow | 30 minutes | A sprint or more | Hours–days | Fast start, slow to ship | ## Questions, answered. ### Will my engineers still own the code? Yes. Every workflow is generated as version-controlled code your team reviews and approves, diff by diff. Nothing ships without sign-off, and the platform stays yours. ### How does this fit our SDLC? Generated workflows arrive as reviewable diffs, like any PR. Approval gates are first-class, every run is replayable, and audit logs export cleanly — so Ballet slots into the review and compliance process you already run. ### What about security? Generated code is visible and version-controlled. Every run is replayable. Approval gates are first-class. Ballet is part of Brainfish and covered by Brainfish's SOC2 Type II compliance. Details are in our Trust Center. SSO/SAML at Enterprise. ### How is this different from n8n / Zapier? Those tools cap out at their connector library, and the visual graph becomes unauditable as it grows. Ballet writes the connector you need on demand, and the workflow runs as deterministic code your engineers can actually review. ### How is this different from task agents like Manus or Claude Cowork? Task agents vary between runs — fine for research, unacceptable for billing and identity workflows. Ballet writes deterministic workflows as code, with agentic reasoning only where it helps. Code you can read. Runs you can replay. ### Will it work with our legacy systems? Any system with an API. We've shipped against SAP, internal ERPs, legacy supply-chain tools. Systems without APIs aren't us. ### How fast can we ship a workflow? Most design-partner workflows ship within two weeks of the initial review. The integration is generated in minutes; the bulk of the time is your team scoping and approving. ## Next step We'll model it in Ballet on your real systems in a 30-minute working session. [Book a workflow review](https://ballet.dev/signup)