We performed a comparison between IBM Integration Bus and webMethods Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It makes the communication between multiple and heterogeneous applications so easy. We can bring together different messages and applications from different platforms and connect them through IBM Integration Bus."
"It is very straightforward. It is very user-friendly integration."
"What I like best are the monitoring features."
"The solution is stable and can scale relatively easily."
"One of the most valuable features is App Connect Enterprise makes it possible to deploy it in the OpenShift cluster, which is very good. Overall the solution is very flexible."
"The solution addresses all of our middleware needs in respect of transformation, parsing, security and stability; everything really."
"My favorite feature is the XML-based DFDL mapping, which is a tool that allows you to graphically map legacy data formats to modern data formats."
"The integration with other tools is excellent. It integrates well with batch issues."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"We needed a tool that was able to orchestrate and help us configure our APIs so that we could maintain and see the heartbeat, traffic, trends, etc."
"The tool supports gRPC."
"It's obvious that the heart of the product lies here. It's comprised of all aspects of ESB (Enterprise Gateway, Adapter, TN, Java) and BPM (task, rules engine)."
"The product is very stable."
"It integrates well with various servers."
"A product with good API and EDI components."
"I feel comfortable using this product with its ease of building interfaces for developers. This is a better integration tool for integrating with various applications like Oracle, Salesforce, mainframes, etc. It works fine in the integration of legacy software as well."
"IBM doesn't really have a very strong community surrounding the product. Most of its direct competitors are open source solutions, and those have an excellent and well-developed community around the tech to help users navigate the ins and outs of the product. IBM is lacking in this area."
"The solution is complex and there is a need for more resources and greatly improved quality."
"IBM could improve its connectivity."
"It would be beneficial for it to function more as an iPaaS, with the runtime available in the cloud, potentially on platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud."
"The memory footprint should be minimized."
"We have come across many customer complaints about the excessive time it takes for IBM to provide customer and technical support."
"The solution needs to simplify its documentation, such as the user and operation manuals, to make them even easier to understand."
"The solution could improve by having built-in implementation and secure monitoring without the need for API Connect."
"Other products have been using AI and cloud enhancements, but webMethods Integration Server is still lagging in that key area."
"We'd like for them to open up to a more cloud-based solution that could offer more flexibility and maybe a better rules engine or more integration with rules engines."
"Upgrades are complex. They typically take about five months from start to finish. There are many packages that plug into webMethods Integration Server, which is the central point for a vast majority of the transactions at my organization. Anytime we are upgrading that, there are complexities within each component that we must understand. That makes any upgrade very cumbersome and complicated. That has been my experience at this company. Because there are many different business units that we are touching, there are so many different components that we are touching. The amount of READMEs that you have to go through takes some time."
"On the monitoring side of things, the UI for monitoring could be improved. It's a bit cumbersome to work with."
"Support is expensive."
"There should be better logging, or a better dashboard, to allow you to see see the logs of the services."
"webMethods Integration Server needs to add more adapters."
"Forced migration from MessageBroker to Universal Messaging requires large scale reimplementation for JMS."
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IBM Integration Bus is ranked 1st in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 65 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. IBM Integration Bus is rated 8.0, while webMethods Integration Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Integration Bus writes "Scalable solution with efficient integration features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". IBM Integration Bus is most compared with Mule ESB, Oracle Service Bus, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM DataPower Gateway and Red Hat Fuse, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with webMethods.io Integration, Mule ESB, TIBCO BusinessWorks, Boomi iPaaS and Oracle Service Bus. See our IBM Integration Bus vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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