We performed a comparison between IBM Integration Bus and Mule ESB based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both solutions receive high marks from reviewers. IBM Integration Bus has a slight advantage over Mule ESB due to its flexibility and user-friendly interface.
"What I like best are the monitoring features."
"Promotes the reuse of developed resources to more efficiently consume resources."
"IBM support is fantastic and quick."
"IBM Integration Bus has a complete set of tools that are implemented between rules when it comes to run time, but it's not easy to understand."
"like the API lead integration, which is more focused, and I also like real-time integration."
"It's easy to develop things, and it's easy to handle."
"It allows us to avoid the need for consumers to understand multiple API protocols and security arrangements, and in some circumstances can reduce the impact of systems being unavailable."
"The message queue, like, message queue connectors. Then they have a built in connectors for most of the systems, like SAP, oracle database, and this Civil connector is there. Of course, we have this SQL database connector So those built in connectors are there. For the almost most of the systems, we have built in connectors. And second thing is that it is a stateless Integration, so it doesn't maintain a state of the integration. Bus the Stitches Integration makes it very fast."
"The most valuable feature is that it's programmer-friendly, so it's very easy to develop APIs."
"The solution has a good graphical interface."
"I am impressed with the product's connectors and scalability."
"The solution offers multiple deployment options."
"The most valuable feature is the Salesforce integration."
"This tool has exceptional API management and integration connectors in addition to multiple out of the box connectors."
"What Mule provides out-of-box is a sufficient product."
"The architecture based on events has several connectors which allow integration from external and internal applications of the company."
"In terms of improvement, the UI should be more user-friendly."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"Development toolkit (based on Eclipse) should be improved in terms of responsiveness."
"I would rate the support from IBM Integration Bus a seven out of ten. They are very helpful but sometimes it takes too long for them to respond."
"I would like to be able to run and install this solution on different platforms."
"The solution is complex and there is a need for more resources and greatly improved quality."
"The product lacks an integrated testing module."
"The product could be improved by including more resources on SQL."
"There are limitations with the subscription model that comes with the product."
"In order to meet the new trend of active metadata management, we need intelligent APIs that can retrieve new data designs and trigger actions over new findings without human intervention."
"Lacking some connectors that could be included."
"The solution isn't as stable as we'd like it to be. There are some ongoing issues and therefore Mule has to provide frequent patches. Mule's core IP should be more stable overall."
"We would like to have a built-in logging framework in which we can do auditing."
"MuleSoft is not so strong in method-based integration, so they're not so functional in that regard."
"The current version will not be supported for much longer."
"It needs more samples. Also, the dependency on Maven should be removed."
IBM Integration Bus is ranked 1st in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 63 reviews while Mule ESB is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 45 reviews. IBM Integration Bus is rated 8.0, while Mule ESB 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 Mule ESB writes "Plenty of documentation, flexible, and reliable". IBM Integration Bus is most compared with webMethods Integration Server, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Oracle Service Bus, IBM DataPower Gateway and Red Hat Fuse, whereas Mule ESB is most compared with Oracle Service Bus, Oracle SOA Suite, webMethods Integration Server, Red Hat Fuse and IBM DataPower Gateway. See our IBM Integration Bus vs. Mule ESB report.
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