We performed a comparison between BizTalk Server and Infor ION based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business-to-Business Middleware solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."BIzTalk's integration with Visual Studio is the most valuable feature of this product."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability and stability. The first version of BizTalk was released in 2000, and many companies still use it. It was stable until 2013 when we had support."
"I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten."
"Compared to the current solutions I use, like Azure Logic Apps and other cloud services, BizTalk was far better and more reliable."
"The most valuable feature of BizTalk Server is that it will turn XML into flexible transactions."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its integration with the banks. Its messaging and routing capabilities are good."
"We can handle a large number of messages without any issues, ensuring that everything runs smoothly."
"Essentially, you can do whatever you like with these systems, and you do not have to take care about the scaling because if one server is overloaded, it just forwards the message to the next server, even if it were designated to a specific server. It weeds out the messages according to the load. If you want to scale it, you just add new servers."
"ION is good for building custom middleware boxes."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be the ability to monitor integration performance and the reasons for the failure of inbound and outbound transactions. We can see both inbound and outbound transactions, and it gives us a mirror image or the whole history of all inbound and outbound transactions between Infor M3 Business Engine and the third parties."
"We haven't had any issues with ION so far."
"The tool's most valuable feature is middleware capabilities."
"BizTalk Server is an outdated legacy system that does not support messaging."
"The deployment could be simplified."
"The product's deployment can be quicker"
"BizTalk is in the past, Microsoft is not going to evolve it any further or add any new features."
"BizTalk lacks native cloud support. BizTalk doesn't offer in-built support for cloud. We need to use third-party adapters to connect it to cloud services."
"It's an on-premises system, requiring physical servers for deployment. This is different from Azure; you don't need any servers with Azure. If you have a subscription, you can do whatever you want. There are unit restrictions based on the environment (like non-production vs. production) in BizTalk. You need physical servers and databases. In Azure, those are not required – it's all in the cloud."
"It's a complex product because you have many degrees of freedom to connect different parts together. Whether it's sensible or not, is up to you, but the machine does allow it. But because of the vast degrees of freedom, it's complex."
"The product could be improved in monitoring, managing, and support functionalities."
"The dashboard is not very simple and can be a bit tricky."
"I would like to see ION add automated setup and integration with Salesforce. They need to work on these types of tools."
"Infor ION doesn't provide connectors for all integration touchpoints. Sometimes, we may have to build our own. It incurs additional costs for the customer."
"ION's integration with older applications could be better."
BizTalk Server is ranked 6th in Business-to-Business Middleware with 12 reviews while Infor ION is ranked 8th in Business-to-Business Middleware with 4 reviews. BizTalk Server is rated 7.4, while Infor ION is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BizTalk Server writes "For production environments, messages are easily stored within the MessageBox database and offers multiple deployment methods ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Infor ION writes "It's bundled, so I don't need to purchase an additional product". BizTalk Server is most compared with IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services, SAP Process Orchestration, Camunda and SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite, whereas Infor ION is most compared with Mule Anypoint Platform and SAP Process Orchestration. See our BizTalk Server vs. Infor ION report.
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