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A practical example
Example: a connector that polls your CRM every 15 minutes will only trigger a lead-routing workflow up to 15 minutes after the record changes, regardless of how fast the rest of the pipeline runs.
What to evaluate before investing
- Ask what polling interval each connector uses and whether it is configurable per workflow.
- Check whether the vendor deduplicates records so repeated polls do not create duplicate triggers.
- Estimate how polling frequency interacts with the source system's rate limits during peak hours.
Limitations and tradeoffs
Polling trades immediacy for simplicity; near-instant reactions to events generally require webhooks instead.
Plan your next step with MeshLine
Connect this decision to your automation, organic marketing and customer lifecycle management. In a MeshLine demo, discuss your existing tools, the scope you need and how to measure the result.