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Mule ESB vs. webMethods Integration Server
May 2024
Executive Summary

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.
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Featured Review
Anonymous User
Researched webMethods Integration Server but chose Mule ESB: Best for microservices-based architecture and easy to deploy and manage
RohitSingh1
Researched Mule ESB but chose webMethods Integration Server: Robust, fast development process, easy to create connectors, and it supports managed file transfers
This solution has improved our productivity and efficiency in pretty much all of our applications. There are some currently-running automation... Read more →
Quotes From Members
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Pros
"What Mule provides out-of-box is a sufficient product.""The connectors help to connect with a variety of applications.""The most powerful feature is DataWeave, which is a powerful language where data can be transformed from one form into another.""The most valuable feature is the Salesforce integration.""It was pretty fast to develop APIs on this platform, which is something I liked about it. So, the time to value was pretty good.""Mule ESB is a very easy-to-use and user-friendly solution.""The most valuable feature is that it's programmer-friendly, so it's very easy to develop APIs.""I am impressed with the product's connectors and scalability."

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"We needed a tool that was able to orchestrate and help us configure our APIs so that we could maintain and see the heartbeat, traffic, trends, etc.""Application integrations are offered out-of-the-box, and that is extremely important to us. This is one of the main use cases that we have for it. It is about 60 to 70 percent of the workload in our application today.""It's very flexible and a good platform to use.""The development is very fast. If you know what you're doing, you can develop something very easily and very fast.""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.""The messaging part is the most valuable feature.""Segregation of deployment for the environments is the most valuable feature of the solution.""From a user perspective, the feature which I like the most about Integration Server is its designer."

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Cons
"There are some issues with both stability and scalability.""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.""Lacking some connectors that could be included.""The stability could be improved.""It's not easy to troubleshoot and we still can't make it work.""From an improvement perspective, there should be fewer coding challenges for users in Mule ESB.""Documentation is cryptic, product releases are far too frequent, and upgrades become troublesome.""It would be great to see implementing security modules as a feature."

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"The installation process should be simplified for first time users and be made more user-friendly.""Forced migration from MessageBroker to Universal Messaging requires large scale reimplementation for JMS.""The patching of infrastructure is not very smooth and improved authentication should be added in the next feature.""The product needs to be improved in a few ways. First, they need to stabilize the components of the whole platform across versions. Also, they should stop replacing old components with brand new ones and, rather, improve by evolution.""The deployment should be simplified.""The initial setup of the webMethods Integration Server is not easy but it gets easier once you know it. It is tiresome but not difficult.""The certifications and learning resources are not exposed openly enough. For instance, they have a trial version which comes with only a few basic features, and I think that community-wise they need to offer more free or open spaces where developers can feel encouraged to experiment.""webMethods Integration Server needs to add more adapters."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "This is expensive. In my next project, we had to go to other vendor."
  • "Plan your licensing model (cloud or on-premises or hybrid) that will allow seamless integration with new partners."
  • "The various features and components for this solution are no longer free."
  • "The licensing is yearly, and there are additional fees for services."
  • "This product is cheaper than some offered by other vendors, although there is a problem because you have to pay for some third-party adapters."
  • "Most of the challenges that I had with this solution were for smaller customers. There is not a good licensing model or pricing model. It is more expensive than other solutions, and that's the downside of MuleSoft. I had to be creative to be able to sell it to the business, but we did. This is something they have to work on because for large companies, it's affordable, but for small and medium businesses, it's very hard to sell."
  • "This product is expensive, but it does offer value for money."
  • "I think the price is very high. If you use TIBCO BW, the license is for the CPU usage, then the IPS, and support. I also think the license for the product is a one-time expense."

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  • "Initialy good pricing and good, if it comes to Enterprise license agreements."
  • "It is worth the cost."
  • "Always plan five years ahead and don’t jeopardize the quality of your project by dropping items from the bill of materials."
  • "Pricing has to be negotiated with the local Software AG representative. SAG can always prepare an appropriate pricing model for every client."
  • "Some of the licensing is "component-ized," which is confusing to new users/customers."
  • "It is expensive, but we reached a good agreement with the company. It is still a little bit expensive, but we got a better deal than the previous one."
  • "The pricing and licensing costs for webMethods are very high, which is the only reason that we might switch to another product."
  • "The vendor is flexible with respect to pricing."

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    Questions from the Community
    Migration from IBM Integration Bus to Mulesoft ESB for a large enterprise...
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    What do you like most about Mule ESB?
    Top Answer:The solution's drag-and-drop interface and data viewer helped us quite a lot.
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    What do you like most about webMethods Integration Server?
    Top Answer:The synchronous and asynchronous messaging system the solution provides is very good.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for webMethods Integr...
    Top Answer:The solution’s pricing is too high.
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    What needs improvement with webMethods Integration Server?
    Top Answer:Other products have been using AI and cloud enhancements, but webMethods Integration Server is still lagging in that key area. It's very good as a standalone integration server, but it has to come up… more »
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    Ranking
    2nd
    out of 22 in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
    Views
    7,174
    Comparisons
    5,880
    Reviews
    14
    Average Words per Review
    377
    Rating
    8.1
    3rd
    out of 22 in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
    Views
    3,340
    Comparisons
    2,314
    Reviews
    20
    Average Words per Review
    691
    Rating
    8.0
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    Overview
    For companies looking to modernize and unlock the value of existing on-premises systems and applications, an enterprise service bus (ESB) architecture serves as a critical foundation layer for SOA. When deployed as an ESB, the Mule runtime engine of Anypoint Platform combines the power of data and application integration across legacy systems and SaaS applications, with a seamless path to the other capabilities of Anypoint Platform and the full power of API-led connectivity.

    webMethods Integration Server is widely considered to be the best integration server available in the marketplace today. The solution can help users integrate everything and anything.

    webMethods Integration Server allows organizations to display and integrate existing and new business activities. The solution offers components that help users create, test, and install new services. webMethods Integration Server can automate, organize, and construct various gathered services and traditional legacy systems into productive value-added processes. webMethods Integration Server works as a secure platform for distributing and running services. The solution obtains and translates user requests, recognizes and records the requested service, translates and moves the data in the necessary format, receives the information back, and returns the information to the user in the appropriate original format. webMethods is the primary solution used by enterprise organizations for integrating functional coordination with application servers, custom applications, and databases. webMethods makes it easy for enterprise organizations to share electronic documents seamlessly.

    Users have several options to audit webMethods Integration Server processes using some of the component metrics below:

    • Adapters: Using the SOA extension for webMethods, users can easily monitor the performance of every adapter users have deployed. Available metrics include Adapter Services, Adapter Connection Pools, and Adapter Notifications nodes.

    • Business Processes: A business process is a process that uses a specific set of rules to perform tasks in a prescribed order. Many business processes depend on the successful integration of numerous systems, involving many people in varying roles. With the SOA extension for webMethods, users can easily monitor that workflow, ensuring that processes are being performed as defined.

    • Java Services: This includes services created in Java or in languages coordinated with Java.

    • WebServices: This includes services regarding webserver endpoints and performance.

    • XSLT Services: This service will allow users to transform XML data into other formats and includes the transformation to other services.

    • Thread Pools: This metric uses threads to conduct services, gather documents from the webMethods Broker, and initiate triggers. Documents can be published locally on the server or to the broker that will send the document out. A JMS trigger receives inbound messages and then processes those messages accordingly.

    Reviews from Real Users:

    “There are a few things about this product that we definitely like. It is very robust. If you build it nicely, you can't go wrong with it. It's rock solid. The development is very fast. If you know what you're doing, you can develop something very easy and very fast.” - Rohit S., Integration Lead at a wellness & fitness company

    “One of the most important features is that it gives you the possibility to do low-level integration. We can meet any requirements through customizations, transformations, or the logic that needs to be put in. When clients come to me with any problem, in about 99% of cases, I say, "Yes, it is feasible to do through webMethods." It has reached such a level of flexibility and maturity. Most of the things are available out of the box, and even if something is not available out of the box, we can customize it and deliver it for a client's requirements.” - Sushant D., IT specialist at Accenture

    Sample Customers
    Ube, PacificComp, University of Witwatersrand, Justice Systems, Camelot
    Fujitsu, Coca Cola, ING, Credit Suisse, Electrolux, GTA, CosmosDirekt
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company46%
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Insurance Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company28%
    Manufacturing Company18%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Retailer7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise70%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise70%
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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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