An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for decentralized data
conversion. The present invention includes providing a server configured
to be accessible over the Internet and receiving a payment from a user
through a payment gateway module, the gateway module operated by the
server. Additionally, the invention includes receiving a data source over
the Internet into the server, transforming data in the data source to
create converted data adapted to a target, the transformation directed by
one or more integration objects configured to perform conversion steps,
the integration objects in a hierarchical structure defining an order of
execution, the transformation controlled by the server, and returning the
transformed data over the Internet from the server. The present invention
allows customers who would otherwise be unable to access powerful data
conversion tools to convert data at a reasonable cost.