We performed a comparison between Mule ESB and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus 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 like that Mule ESB provides fast and good technical support."
"The most valuable feature for Mule is the number of connectors that are available."
"The solution doesn't require much code writing and we can develop APIs very easily."
"Scalability and load balancing."
"The most valuable feature is that it's programmer-friendly, so it's very easy to develop APIs."
"Mule Expression Language"
"The cloud and integration abilities are most useful allowing us to use applications such as Salesforce and DataWeave."
"Once it is started, we don't see any problems on a day to day basis."
"TIBCO has the platform in terms of speed and ease of use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that the performance is robust."
"The technology is really easy to learn."
"The product’s most valuable feature is stability."
"The most attractive and beneficial feature is the ease of development."
"It is easy to develop. It has a very wide range of features. The older versions are very stable, and there are no issues with the product."
"The GUI and IDE features of this solution are easy to work with and to develop. We find application management easy using this solution. It is a stable product"
"It's very stable and reliable."
"We would like the ability to use our own code. This would allow us to develop customizations with ease. Additionally, it would be nice to have more analytics or insights on the exchanged information between databases."
"There are limitations with the subscription model that comes with the product."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvement in the generator for the DataWeave language so that it's a little more graphic."
"There are some issues with both stability and scalability."
"It's not easy to troubleshoot and we still can't make it work."
"Documentation is cryptic, product releases are far too frequent, and upgrades become troublesome."
"It needs more samples. Also, the dependency on Maven should be removed."
"In an upcoming release, I would like to see more additional concept for exception handling, batch processing, and increased integration with other application."
"Issues with the support, the fees, and the termination of the professional services are reasons we are looking for other solutions."
"Migration to cloud solutions or products should be made convenient, transparent, and easily understandable."
"In the configuration, where we need to customize, it takes more time that we expect it to, ideally."
"I don't like the product's API management platform, as it doesn't offer users enough functionality to help with API lifecycle management, making it a product that is way behind its competitors."
"Our version does not have cloud capabilities."
"The initial setup process could be easier."
"The stability of their latest version is not on par with their classic version 5.X."
"The intermediate version that we are using has stability issues. These stability issues should be resolved, but it seems like TIBCO is not focusing on resolving these issues. The resolution timelines are quite high even for high-priority incidents. Its price should be lower. Its licensing cost is considerably high as compared to other ESBs."
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Mule ESB is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 45 reviews while TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is ranked 9th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 12 reviews. Mule ESB is rated 8.0, while TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus 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 TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus writes "A robust product that needs to improve the functionality it offers related to API lifecycle management". Mule ESB is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle SOA Suite, Red Hat Fuse and IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services, whereas TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, Red Hat Fuse, IBM DataPower Gateway and Workday Business Process Framework. See our Mule ESB vs. TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus report.
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