We performed a comparison between IBM Integration Bus and Mule ESB based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both solutions receive high marks from reviewers. IBM Integration Bus has a slight advantage over Mule ESB due to its flexibility and user-friendly interface.
"We use IBM Integration Bus for document conversions."
"Easy to understand documentation with a huge list of examples and tutorials."
"The product is a user-customized tool so that you can adjust it to your specific needs pretty well with little trouble."
"The most valuable feature is that it's robust and its time to market is very short."
"The multi-approach and the multi-capabilities are valuable."
"Having the solution come from IBM you know you are receiving a product of quality in components and in the services, it is very good."
"What I like best are the monitoring features."
"One of the most valuable features is how seamless and easy to use this solution is. This is a fantastic solution and a very measured product."
"The solution improved my company by modernizing the way we offer services and improving the user experience."
"Everything runs in Java, which is a useful feature."
"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."
"I like that it's user-friendly. Compared to other ESBs, I find it easier to use. I like it better than other ESBs. I like the connectors, which make calling the APIs through the routers easier."
"I like that Mule ESB provides fast and good technical support."
"The connectors help to connect with a variety of applications."
"Easy connectivity and easy integration."
"Mule ESB has a user-friendly design, and everything is in one place. The API and architecture are popular right now. Also, MuleSoft has a large and supportive online community."
"I would rate the support from IBM Integration Bus a seven out of ten. They are very helpful but sometimes it takes too long for them to respond."
"We decided to move away from IBM Integration Bus for IT technical refreshments."
"The cloud deployment of the IBM Integration Bus should be made easier."
"IBM Integration Bus isn't particularly user-friendly and has a big learning curve."
"Licensing is too high. It is quite expensive."
"The user interface could be improved in a future release."
"Session management can sometimes hand forcing server reboots."
"I would like to be able to run and install this solution on different platforms."
"It would be beneficial if users could navigate the UI easily without extensive training or learning curves."
"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."
"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."
"Limitation on external subscribers to listen to the messages on the bus."
"MuleSoft isn't as mature as some other integration technologies out there like IBM WebSphere. There's room for growth, and MuleSoft is working toward that."
"It would be much more beneficial if the solution included AI and business process management."
"Mule ESB could be more user-friendly. I think users must learn about the architecture before they start coding. The price could be better. In the next release, I would like to see an EDIFACT integration."
"Lacking some connectors that could be included."
IBM Integration Bus is ranked 1st in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 65 reviews while Mule ESB is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 46 reviews. IBM Integration Bus is rated 8.0, while Mule ESB is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Integration Bus writes "Scalable solution with efficient integration features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mule ESB writes "Plenty of documentation, flexible, and reliable". IBM Integration Bus is most compared with webMethods Integration Server, Oracle Service Bus, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM DataPower Gateway and Red Hat Fuse, whereas Mule ESB is most compared with Oracle Service Bus, Oracle SOA Suite, Red Hat Fuse, webMethods Integration Server and IBM DataPower Gateway. See our IBM Integration Bus vs. Mule ESB report.
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