We performed a comparison between IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services and Mule Anypoint Platform 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."The product's most valuable feature is the real-time integration suite."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"We are able to monitor all B2B messages, and we are able to see or track each message on it from an error perspective. That's a good side of it. It is working well, and we're able to do our current job."
"They have multiple features for each kind of task and issue. The company has different channels to give information to the administration. Security and integration capabilities are also important. This product has helped to replace a lot of other solutions, saving time and cost."
"They have best-in-class, quality support."
"The most valuable feature is the variety of characters Anypoint Platform has. It is very scalable and customizable."
"When we talk about the APIs, there are multiple policies one can apply on APIs, like rate limiting policies, OWASP policies, and OWASP security policies, that can be easily configured in Mule Anypoint Platform."
"MuleSoft Anypoint Platform's most valuable features are its observability and stability."
"The integration potential is excellent."
"The community manager is the standout feature of the Mule Anypoint Platform, as it provides a platform to showcase your API to external parties. It is exceptionally user-friendly and enables external parties to easily utilize and consume the APIs."
"The most valuable features of the Mule Anypoint Platform are the Flex Gateway, API management, easy-to-use, and connectors. Additionally, they are coming out with improvements to the solution when required."
"Mule works very well with Salesforce and CRMs."
"The tool is very capable and offers a high performance. The tool supports batch processing and ETL processing."
"The only weaknesses they have different governance for each task and different channels for communication which are hard to maintain. The relation of the company with other companies can be improved. We have a lot of customers who this platform for the interchange of information which can also be improved. The compliance information about banks can also be updated."
"Onboarding on the solution is complex. It's hard to onboard partners and customer suppliers. It's one aspect that is not that straightforward."
"They can improve APIs because they are still lagging behind in API connectivity. With non-API connectivity, they're market leaders, but API connectivity, they're still in the immature space."
"It can be now classified as a legacy system because there are no more updates. From what I know, there will be no updates for the current version, which is an issue. Therefore, we are looking for a compatible new software that we can use. We're currently researching what is there in the market. We would consider something that would give us better speed on our current processor. There is also room for improvement in terms of its scalability and GUI. It is an old system, and its scalability can be improved. Its GUI can also be more appealing."
"Although the solution's proxy design and process are good, it faces connecting issues because it lacks data integration."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is complex for beginners. Users without programming skills will find it complex. It should also improve its pricing."
"MuleSoft's release calendar is rather conventional with two major, two minor releases and hotfixes in between. The competition sometimes offer more rapid release cycles and provides improved and new functionality with a faster time-to-market."
"Price-wise, it is a good product since it is reasonably priced...Mule Anypoint Platform can get too complex for non-technical people."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The compatibility with vendors can be improved. Microsoft Azure heavily uses single software."
"Better documentation, in particular with respect to the initial setup, would be helpful."
"The terms of use and how it's priced has become very difficult to manage, which is forcing us to look for alternatives already - and we haven't even been using it for that long just yet."
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IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services is ranked 3rd in Business-to-Business Middleware with 8 reviews while Mule Anypoint Platform is ranked 2nd in Business-to-Business Middleware with 41 reviews. IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services is rated 8.2, while Mule Anypoint Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services writes "Comes with real-time integration suite and best security ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mule Anypoint Platform writes "Robust, reliable, and stable, ensuring high availability for critical integrations". IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services is most compared with SPS Commerce Fulfillment (EDI), SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite, SAP Process Orchestration, Mule ESB and webMethods Trading Networks, whereas Mule Anypoint Platform is most compared with MuleSoft Composer, Microsoft Azure Logic Apps, SAP Process Orchestration, Oracle Integration Cloud Service and SAP Cloud Platform. See our IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services vs. Mule Anypoint Platform report.
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