Hello,
I would like to propose you to use an open source EDI software: BOTS. It is known as very stable, it is written in Python and it's fairly easy to install, configure and use. This means that it involves no costs for you (from license point of view).
I have worked in EDI for more than 6 years, mostly with other formats than X12, but it's not unknown to me.
BOTS allows you to translate any file format to any, including database, X12, flat files, csv, json etc.
It's easy to install it (I have only used it on Windows, but Linux works too). and to create multiple environments so you can test properly before deploying in production.
Please let me know if you want to know more.
Best regards,
Alex