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We performed a comparison between Spring Cloud Data Flow and TIBCO BusinessWorks based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The product is very user-friendly.""There are a lot of options in Spring Cloud. It's flexible in terms of how we can use it. It's a full infrastructure.""The most valuable features of Spring Cloud Data Flow are the simple programming model, integration, dependency Injection, and ability to do any injection. Additionally, auto-configuration is another important feature because we don't have to configure the database and or set up the boilerplate in the database in every project. The composability is good, we can create small workloads and compose them in any way we like.""The most valuable feature is real-time streaming."

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"Areas for improvement would be the cloud fitness of the product and the ease of migrating to newer versions.""The most valuable features are the stability and the time to market.""The most important thing is that it is easy for developers to work with.""The solution is stable. We haven't had any serious technical issues.""Customer support is very efficient.""The most valuable feature is the integration.""One of the most valuable features is that it's a simple development. It takes a short time to get services to work.""The initial setup of TIBCO BusinessWorks was straightforward since we have used the solution in our organization for a long time."

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Cons
"On the tool's online discussion forums, you may get stuck with an issue, making it an area where improvements are required.""Spring Cloud Data Flow could improve the user interface. We can drag and drop in the application for the configuration and settings, and deploy it right from the UI, without having to run a CI/CD pipeline. However, that does not work with Kubernetes, it only works when we are working with jars as the Spring Cloud Data Flow applications.""The configurations could be better. Some configurations are a little bit time-consuming in terms of trying to understand using the Spring Cloud documentation.""Some of the features, like the monitoring tools, are not very mature and are still evolving."

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"I'd like to see a new cloud approach in the next release. They need to work on integrations, stability and management issues on their cloud platform.""I would like the solution to be integrated into the cloud.""There is room for improvement on the learning side.""Could be more user friendly in the development area.""There are multiple plugins which increase the number of product installations.""A possible improvement could be to give the capability to use different profiles for each AppNode when an application is deployed on an AppSpace.""TIBCO BusinessWorks could be improved with cloud support.""Though it is a stable product, if we have an issue with the product, it gets difficult, and it gets really difficult to explain the issue to the support team. Also, it takes a long time to get resolved."

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  • "This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."
  • "If you want support from Spring Cloud Data Flow there is a fee. The Spring Framework is open-source and this is a free solution."
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  • "My understanding is that the licensing is very costly."
  • "It is a bit expensive for medium-sized companies. If you are migrating from the current version to the container-supported version, it is quite expensive. The existing licensing will not work because the product platform itself is different."
  • "Its price policy has changed quite a lot in the last two years. It was extremely expensive previously. Nowadays, you can buy a license for BusinessWorks for €2000. Looking at what you get in return in terms of support, TIBCO community, and stability, it is fairly reasonable. It is not too expensive."
  • "I think BusinessWorks is more expensive compared to other products. We have the ELA, so at least we have some sort of bargain or discount with that. But for a start-up, it's very expensive compared to other ESBs."
  • "Licensing scheme is too rigid"
  • "I don't have the prices of the products, but I know that TIBCO is not a cheap solution. I think that this solution is more suitable for large companies because I don't think that small- or medium-sized companies would have the money for this solution. WSO2 has the community version for free, so many of the smaller companies can use it. I'm not sure what the prices are for support, though, so I suppose the support for WSO2 is not cheap either."
  • "The solution is too expensive. It's one of the most expensive solutions out there, particularly because there are so many open-source competitors on the market. I don't know the exact numbers, however."
  • "I give the cost of the solution a four out of ten."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:On the tool's online discussion forums, you may get stuck with an issue, making it an area where improvements are required. The online discussion forum for the tool should include possible questions… more »
    Top Answer:I used the solution for a payment platform we integrated with our organization. Our company had to use it since we had to integrate it with different payment platforms.
    Top Answer:Spring Cloud Data Flow is a useful product if I consider how there are different providers with whom my company had to deal, and most of them offer cloud-based products. I can't explain any crucial… more »
    Top Answer:Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule… more »
    Top Answer:The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us.
    Top Answer:The product is not cheap. However, the pricing is reasonable.
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    Overview

    Spring Cloud Data Flow is a toolkit for building data integration and real-time data processing pipelines.
    Pipelines consist of Spring Boot apps, built using the Spring Cloud Stream or Spring Cloud Task microservice frameworks. This makes Spring Cloud Data Flow suitable for a range of data processing use cases, from import/export to event streaming and predictive analytics. Use Spring Cloud Data Flow to connect your Enterprise to the Internet of Anything—mobile devices, sensors, wearables, automobiles, and more.

    TIBCO BusinessWorks allows to connect applications, whether on-premises or in the cloud, providing proven reliability and scalability, out-of-the-box. With a drag-and-drop graphical development environment, TIBCO BusinessWorks eliminates the pain and cost of point-to-point application integration, connecting and unifying business processes across applications, data sources, and APIs, with access to real-time data across all your platforms.
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    Financial Services Firm29%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Retailer7%
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    Financial Services Firm37%
    Comms Service Provider21%
    Transportation Company16%
    Insurance Company11%
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    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Energy/Utilities Company5%
    Company Size
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    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise78%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise75%
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    Spring Cloud Data Flow is ranked 28th in Data Integration with 5 reviews while TIBCO BusinessWorks is ranked 18th in Data Integration with 23 reviews. Spring Cloud Data Flow is rated 8.0, while TIBCO BusinessWorks is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Spring Cloud Data Flow writes "Provides ease of integration with other cloud platforms ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TIBCO BusinessWorks writes "Reliable integration solution with robust communication capabilities and good scalability". Spring Cloud Data Flow is most compared with Apache Flink, Google Cloud Dataflow, Apache Spark Streaming, Azure Data Factory and Mule Anypoint Platform, whereas TIBCO BusinessWorks is most compared with webMethods Integration Server, Mule Anypoint Platform, Talend Open Studio, Confluent and Informatica PowerCenter.

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