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We performed a comparison between IBM Integration Bus, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, and Oracle Service Bus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"This solution is very reliable and it is easy to learn.""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.""It is a stable solution.""The Cloud Pak for Integration is a useful feature.""The solution offers good performance and is stable.""I have found IBM Integration Bus is very useful because it can integrate multiple backend applications.""Content is easily infiltrated in the eclipse infrastructure.""The message queue, like, message queue connectors. Then they have a built in connectors for most of the systems, like SAP, oracle database, and this Civil connector is there. Of course, we have this SQL database connector So those built in connectors are there. For the almost most of the systems, we have built in connectors. And second thing is that it is a stateless Integration, so it doesn't maintain a state of the integration. Bus the Stitches Integration makes it very fast."

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"It is a scalable solution...The setup is easy.""Straightforward development and deployment.""The transactions and message queuing are the most valuable features of the solution.""The most valuable feature of IBM WebSphere Message Broker is the ability to facilitate communication with legacy systems, offering a multitude of great capabilities. For example, if there is a mainframe system in place with a web service serving as the front end. In that case, the solution enables efficient protocol transformations to convert all request payloads into a format that the legacy systems can accept, rendering the integration and transformation processes seamless and highly effective.""The documentation, performance, stability and scalability of the tool are valuable.""It has many interfaces and you can connect to any backend source that has another format, and convert it to the desired format.""The solution has good integration.""Performance-wise, this solution is really good."

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"It is stable.""I like the ease of deployment and the ease of implementation.""What I found most valuable in Oracle Service Bus is its time to market. It's excellent.""Service Bus is good at routing the transformation.""The ability to master the process in one location.""The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can connect with different applications.""Supports multiple protocol technologies and web services.""Monitoring feature that allows tracking of the web's UI development."

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Cons
"I would like to see more metered rest and API support. IBM is already working on it on Version 11, but it still needs improvement.""I don't mind the pricing.""I can't say that there is any improvement I’m looking for. I’m new and haven’t connected with all features. For all drawbacks that were in the old version, I think they have been solved. The scalability needs improvement.""We have come across many customer complaints about the excessive time it takes for IBM to provide customer and technical support.""They should add connectors to banking applications and other specific industries.""IBM Integration Bus isn't particularly user-friendly and has a big learning curve.""Its integration with Cloud Pak components could be better.""It provides all the features that are required for day-to-day work. So far, I haven't seen any major issues that impact our work. I have been told that IBM App Connect Enterprise, which is the next version of IIB, is really good. It is better than IIB, and it gives you more coverage in terms of application integration."

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"I know that Message Broker was a very tightly copied product with another IBM product, that is, IBM MQ. I would like to have a little bit more decoupling from the IBM MQ because it should not be a prerequisite for IBM WebSphere Message Broker usage.""Technical support is very slow and needs to be improved.""There is some lag in the GUI. There have been some performance issues and maybe it's because of the application data.""The images and size of the containers are too big and I think that they should be more lightweight.""It is currently a weighty product.""Stability and pricing are areas with shortcomings that need improvement.""The solution can add container engines such as docker.""Technical support is good but they could have a better response time."

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"There are times when I select components in composite and they do not appear, and I cannot figure out why.""This solution would benefit from having more cloud-based adapters.""This solution should work better with RESTful services.""The pricing of the product could be better. It's a bit high.""The initial setup is likely complex for many organizations.""We have faced a problem with the heap memory side, but that is stable now.""The inconvenient part about working with this product is that it's very heavy, requiring a lot of people and a lot of resources.""It's very complex and hard to learn. There's a steep learning curve."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing is on par with its competition."
  • "Support costs are high compared to the competition. Otherwise, the support is good."
  • "Our licensing is based on a five-year contract, and as far as I know, there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fee."
  • "The price of this product could be lower."
  • "The solution requires a license and is very expensive here in India."
  • "The pricing could be improved to make it more competitive."
  • "The price of the license could be cheaper."
  • "The maintenance and support of the product are very expensive."
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  • "IBM products are generally more stable and have more features, but also come at a greater cost."
  • "The price is very high and it's the main reason that we are searching for alternatives."
  • "This product is more expensive than competing products."
  • "I feel with IBM, when you want certain functions or features, you have to continuously purchase add-ons. There are always additional fees."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "The solution is expensive."
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  • "The price of this solution is better than the subscription-based Mule ESB."
  • "This is a very expensive product and the price varies depending on factors such as the number of processors and the number of users. Our licensing fees are approximately $300,000."
  • "We have an unlimited yearly license."
  • "I'm not aware of how much Oracle Service Bus costs."
  • "The pricing is on the higher side."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I was previously part of the Oracle SOA/OSB development team. In my current capacity I architected solutions using… more »
    Top Answer:Our team ran a comparison of IBM’s Integration Bus vs. Mule ESB in order to determine what sort of ESB software was the… more »
    Top Answer:IBM Integration Bus has been effective in facilitating our messaging and service-oriented architecture (SOA) or bus… more »
    Top Answer:It is a scalable solution...The setup is easy.
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive. I give the cost a one out of ten. We pay for an annual license.
    Top Answer:Stability and pricing are areas with shortcomings that need improvement.
    Top Answer:With Oracle Service Bus, we can connect with different types of systems. Another feature I like the most is the security… more »
    Top Answer:I would rate the pricing model an eight out of ten, where one is the lowest and ten is the highest.
    Top Answer:In my opinion, Oracle needs to improve its connectivity with the new applications, like, ServiceNow Salesforce, and it… more »
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    Also Known As
    IBM WebSphere ESB
    WebSphere Message Broker
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    Overview

    IBM Integration Bus is a market-leading software solution for application integration. It facilitates universal connectivity across enterprise systems, applications, and data, and offers a full range of integration capabilities on a flexible, secure, high-performance platform. You can use IBM Integration Bus to connect apps regardless of the communication formats or protocols they support. This connectivity enables interaction and data exchange among your varied applications in an adaptable, dynamic, and extensible infrastructure. IBM Integration Bus routes, transforms, and enriches messages from one location to another. It offers support for a wide range of functions, including routing, manipulating, filtering, enriching, monitoring, distribution, collection, correlation, and detection.

    You can choose between IBM Integration Bus Advanced Edition, which is appropriate for a production setting, and IBM Integration Bus for Developers (Developer Edition), which is cost-free for development and testing purposes.

    The interactions with IBM Integration Bus can be split into two categories:

    1. Development, testing, and deployment of applications. To program your applications, you can choose from one or more of the available options:
      • Patterns offer reusable solutions that distill a tried-and-true strategy for resolving a typical architecture, design, or deployment task in a specific context. You can use them as-is or tweak them to meet your needs.
      • Message flows describe your application's connectivity logic, which specifies the precise route your data takes in the integration node and, consequently, the processing that the message nodes in that flow perform on it.
      • Message nodes contain the integration logic that must be applied to your data when it passes through your integration node.
      • Message trees describe data in an efficient, format-independent manner. Many of the included nodes allow you to study and edit the contents of message trees, and you can add additional nodes to your own design.
      • You can implement transformations using graphical mapping, JavaTM, ESQL, and XSL, and choose based on the expertise of your workforce without having to provide retraining.
    2. Operational management and performance. The following features of IBM Integration Bus support your deployment's management and performance:
      • A wide range of administrative and system management choices for developed solutions.
      • Support for a variety of hardware platforms and operating systems.
      • A scalable, high-performing architecture built on the needs of traditional transaction processing environments.
      • Tight integration with software solutions from IBM and other suppliers that provide similar management and networking services.

    IBM Integration Bus Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing IBM Integration Bus. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Use the platform’s powerful capabilities to handle various integration requirements to meet the demands of any size project.
    • Help your entire organization make better business decisions by offering quick access, visibility, and control over data as it moves through your business applications and systems.
    • Connect using a variety of diverse applications and web services, eliminating the requirement for complex point-to-point connectivity.
    • To make the most of your existing Microsoft.NET expertise and software investment, use the extended support for Microsoft applications and services.
    • Provide a standardized, simple, and flexible integration base to allow you to more quickly and effectively serve business needs and scale.

    Reviews from Real Users

    IBM Integration Bus stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust data enrichment and its event correlation tool. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:

    Richard W., Chief Executive Officer at Responsiv, writes of the solution, “It reduces the need for programmers of consumer applications to understand where data is sourced, or how it is combined. It allows us to avoid the need for consumers to understand multiple API protocols and security arrangements, and in some circumstances can reduce the impact of systems being unavailable.

    Another PeerSpot reviewer, an Integration Architect at a tech services company, notes, “One of the most valuable features is how seamless and easy to use this solution is. It's compatible with the cloud, it's a very seamless and fantastic tool.” He adds, “I rate this solution a nine out of ten.”

    WebSphere Message Broker is an enterprise service bus (ESB) providing connectivity and universal data transformation for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and non-SOA environments. It allows businesses of any size to eliminate point-to-point connections and batch processing regardless of platform, protocol or data format.

    Oracle Service Bus transforms complex and brittle architectures into agile integration networks by connecting, virtualizing, and managing interactions between services and applications. Oracle Service Bus delivers low-cost, standards-based integration for mission critical SOA environments where extreme performance, scalability and reliability are critical requirements.

    Oracle Service Bus enables companies to use the values of their enterprise applications portfolio. From on-premise, to the cloud to mobile devices, Service Bus allows companies to leverage their existing investments in new ways by extending the performance and scalability leadership of Oracle SOA and API Management.

    Sample Customers
    Salesbox, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Road Buddy, Swiss Federal Railways, Electricity Supply Board, The Hartree Centre, ESB Networks
    WestJet, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Sharp Corporation, Michelin Tire
    MakeMyTrip Ltd., Griffith University, Colab Consulting Pty. Ltd., Pacfico Seguros Generales, IGEPA IT-SERVICE GmbH, Guangzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Pacfico Seguros Generales, Bank Audi S.A.L., Rydges Sydney Airport, Intelligent Pathways, Nacional Monte de Piedad IAP
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm43%
    Computer Software Company30%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Government4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Insurance Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Insurance Company9%
    Retailer7%
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Non Tech Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise72%
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    Small Business20%
    Large Enterprise80%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise75%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise67%
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