We performed a comparison between Mule ESB 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."I'm not using ESB directly. It is the integration layer, so it's running under the hood. However, the conversion and transformation performance is excellent. Anypoint Enterprise Security is also solid."
"The solution improved my company by modernizing the way we offer services and improving the user experience."
"The solution's drag-and-drop interface and data viewer helped us quite a lot."
"Mule ESB is a very easy-to-use and user-friendly solution."
"The cloud and integration abilities are most useful allowing us to use applications such as Salesforce and DataWeave."
"Easy connectivity and easy integration."
"The most valuable feature is that it's programmer-friendly, so it's very easy to develop APIs."
"The solution offers multiple deployment options."
"It's very flexible and a good platform to use."
"What I like best about webMethods Integration Server is its portfolio of connectors."
"Application integration, business process integration, and B2B partner integration are valuable. But among these, I feel B2B partner integration is the most valuable. This module integrates two business partners and exchanges data through electronic data interchange messages in the form of specific standards, without any manual process needed."
"They are the building blocks of EAI in SAG products, and they offer a very good platform."
"We can arrange data caching and look at the solid state. Also, the API gateway is a very good component that can handle relevant cachings and integrations, as well as and also load permitting."
"When it comes to the user interface, I'm already really used to it. I cannot say anything against it. For me, it's easy to use."
"It's a visual tool, so our transformations can be quickly implemented without a lot of fuss. The fact that we have an easy way to expose REST services is also very interesting. It offers the possibility to connect over GMS to synchronize message brokers."
"The product supports various types of digital documents, including XMLs and EDI."
"Limitation on external subscribers to listen to the messages on the bus."
"The payment system needs improvement."
"The price of Mule ESB could improve."
"We would like to have a built-in logging framework in which we can do auditing."
"I would like to see support for BPM in the next release of this solution."
"From an improvement perspective, there should be fewer coding challenges for users in Mule ESB."
"The stability could be improved."
"Mule ESB is more into the latest REST APIs, not much into the SOAP web services. Developing is all about web services and not easy with Mule."
"The interface needs some work. It is not very user-friendly."
"Forced migration from MessageBroker to Universal Messaging requires large scale reimplementation for JMS."
"The orchestration is not as good as it should be."
"As webMethods Integration Server is expensive, that's its area for improvement."
"I would like to have a dashboard where I can see all of the communication between components and the configuration."
"The deployment should be simplified."
"This product is for larger companies. Compared to TIBCO I think webMethods is better in terms of ease of use and support."
"This solution could be improved by offering subscription based licensing."
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Mule ESB is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 46 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. Mule ESB is rated 8.0, while webMethods Integration Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Mule ESB writes "Plenty of documentation, flexible, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". Mule ESB is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle SOA Suite, Red Hat Fuse and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, TIBCO BusinessWorks, Boomi iPaaS and Oracle Service Bus. See our Mule ESB vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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