We performed a comparison between IBM B2B Integrator, IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services, and Mule ESB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"B2B provides a secure communication channel."
"The solution is useful for transferring files from one format to another format. Also, the solution is useful in translation."
"IBM B2B Integrator is a great tool, robust, reliable, low-maintenance, and ideal solution."
"I find the codeless communications, SFTP or FTP, valuable."
"The solution offers good integration capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of IBM B2B Integrator is its security and flexibility."
"Very flexible product; it allows implementing different flows on the same infrastructure."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility and the range of EDI standards that IBM Sterling can handle."
"We are able to monitor all B2B messages, and we are able to see or track each message on it from an error perspective. That's a good side of it. It is working well, and we're able to do our current job."
"The product's most valuable feature is the real-time integration suite."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"They have best-in-class, quality support."
"They have multiple features for each kind of task and issue. The company has different channels to give information to the administration. Security and integration capabilities are also important. This product has helped to replace a lot of other solutions, saving time and cost."
"Most of our use cases are for Salesforce. So, the connectors for Salesforce have been really helpful. They've made development two times faster."
"Mule Expression Language"
"We can use Java expressions anywhere in the flow."
"The transformation and the data format are the features that I like the most."
"It's open source, and there are a lot of community resources. Mule ESB makes it easy to connect to other software applications."
"The most valuable features of Mule ESB are its ease of use, documentation, ease to adapt to newer security and vulnerabilities, and a lot of help available. Additionally, there is a lot of flexibility, many patches available, and they provide APIs. They are a market standard."
"I'm not using ESB directly. It is the integration layer, so it's running under the hood. However, the conversion and transformation performance is excellent. Anypoint Enterprise Security is also solid."
"Easy connectivity and easy integration."
"There are also some features in the solution that are not user-friendly, like code lists with no search options. So, we must navigate hundreds of pages to check for one entry."
"Map translator needs more enhancements."
"The dashboard is not integrated and should be bundled by the product vendor."
"When working on an elaborate rule, I end up creating it in notepad and then pasting it into the Extended Rule window, which is not convenient."
"API-Fication required, and there should be more clarity on their cloud migration strategy."
"They do not have a solid partner ecosystem, and they do not have a clear roadmap for down the line; they're missing that clear roadmap."
"The web interface of B2B is quite outdated and not particularly user-friendly."
"Patching or upgrading the product is a bit of a nightmare. It would be nice if they removed the installation manager port. We find it complicates upgrading and patching a great deal."
"The only weaknesses they have different governance for each task and different channels for communication which are hard to maintain. The relation of the company with other companies can be improved. We have a lot of customers who this platform for the interchange of information which can also be improved. The compliance information about banks can also be updated."
"It can be now classified as a legacy system because there are no more updates. From what I know, there will be no updates for the current version, which is an issue. Therefore, we are looking for a compatible new software that we can use. We're currently researching what is there in the market. We would consider something that would give us better speed on our current processor. There is also room for improvement in terms of its scalability and GUI. It is an old system, and its scalability can be improved. Its GUI can also be more appealing."
"They can improve APIs because they are still lagging behind in API connectivity. With non-API connectivity, they're market leaders, but API connectivity, they're still in the immature space."
"Onboarding on the solution is complex. It's hard to onboard partners and customer suppliers. It's one aspect that is not that straightforward."
"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."
"The payment system needs improvement."
"From an improvement perspective, there should be fewer coding challenges for users in Mule ESB."
"There are some features on the commercial version of the solution that would be great if they were on the community version. Additionally, if they added more authorization features it would be helpful."
"In an upcoming release, I would like to see more additional concept for exception handling, batch processing, and increased integration with other application."
"We would like to have a built-in logging framework in which we can do auditing."
"MuleSoft is not so strong in method-based integration, so they're not so functional in that regard."
"Lacking some connectors that could be included."
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