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."The most valuable feature of Mule ESB is data transformation, i.e. our interacting with different systems and orchestrating for our business needs."
"The most powerful feature is DataWeave, which is a powerful language where data can be transformed from one form into another."
"The setup is straightforward."
"The connectivity the solution provides is excellent. There are often too many systems that we have to integrate and this helps with that."
"It is easily deployable and manageable. It has microservices-based architecture, which means that you can deploy the solution based on your needs, and you can manage the solution very easily."
"Once it is started, we don't see any problems on a day to day basis."
"The solution doesn't require much code writing and we can develop APIs very easily."
"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."
"From a user perspective, the feature which I like the most about Integration Server is its designer."
"The tool supports gRPC."
"The MFT component of webMethods, for example, is easy to set up and convenient to use. It handles files very efficiently and it is easy to automate tasks with complex schedules. Monitoring is centralized to MWS which can be used to monitor other products as well (Trading Networks, BPM, MFT, etc.)"
"The product supports various types of digital documents, including XMLs and EDI."
"I feel comfortable using this product with its ease of building interfaces for developers. This is a better integration tool for integrating with various applications like Oracle, Salesforce, mainframes, etc. It works fine in the integration of legacy software as well."
"The synchronous and asynchronous messaging system the solution provides is very good."
"The solution has a very comprehensive and versatile set of connectors. I've been able to utilize it for multiple, different mechanisms. We do a lot of SaaS and we do have IoT devices and the solution is comprehensive in those areas."
"All of the components are very independent but are tied together to give the business value."
"The price of Mule ESB could improve."
"The payment system needs improvement."
"In order to meet the new trend of active metadata management, we need intelligent APIs that can retrieve new data designs and trigger actions over new findings without human intervention."
"The current version will not be supported for much longer."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"There are limitations with the subscription model that comes with the product."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"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."
"It would be nice if they had a change management system offering. We built our own deployer application because the one built into webMethods couldn't enforce change management rules. Integration into a change management system, along with the version control system, would be a good offering; it's something that they're lacking."
"This product has too many gaps. You find them after update installations. This should be covered by automatic testing."
"For code version control, you need to use some external software."
"The installation process should be simplified for first time users and be made more user-friendly."
"The patching of infrastructure is not very smooth and improved authentication should be added in the next feature."
"Forced migration from MessageBroker to Universal Messaging requires large scale reimplementation for JMS."
"This is a great solution and the vendor could improve the marketing of the solution to be able to reach more clients."
"The learning curve is a little steep at first."
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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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