We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and Mule Anypoint Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the user-friendliness of the application."
"There is a friendly interface for configuration, and integration is made easy."
"It has an efficient design flow."
"Provides good security features."
"Very scalable, flexible, and user-friendly."
"Technical support is good."
"It has different type of interfaces that can integrate with companies."
"When using IBM stacks, IBM App Connect is suitable and integrates well with other IBM products like WebSphere."
"This is a good platform for designing, flowing out APIs, and then doing API-based integrations."
"MuleSoft offers with the Anypoint Platform a unified platform for API management and an integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) as well as an on-premise Enterprise Service Bus pattern."
"The tool's visual features are attractive."
"The product’s ability to seamlessly translate protocols is great."
"It has improved our organization a lot because of the increase in productivity, and it has simplified the development of products. MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is a highly effective tool where you can build integrations so effectively. If you establish the integration platform, it increases productivity. It helps us to do effective re-authentication, and it speeds the integration."
"It is very easy to use for building connectors. It comes with a lot of connectors. For example, it has different adapters for NetSuite, which are very easy to use. It also has Salesforce connectors. The object store feature is also really easy to use. Mule Anypoint Platform is also good in terms of performance and how it is managed behind the scenes."
"The ability to define multi-tiered APIs and reuse them is a fantastic platform feature."
"The most valuable features for us are flexibility, all the features related to connectivity with multiple connectors to the business, and the flexibility of on-premises and cloud deployments."
"The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally."
"It is not easy to deploy. It requires someone with a high level of knowledge in the solution to deploy it, not just anyone can do it."
"Updates are constantly delayed."
"IBM App Connect should improve security features."
"The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer."
"IBM App Connect is scalable. From the administration side, they need to improve the RBAC model, as well as the clustering of this product. It will be good if we can start up the cluster, via IBM Connect Console. Some other products like MuleSoft, are providing this type of administration. MuleSoft is easy to use and user friendly."
"The interface could be better."
"Plugins for the repositories are difficult to find."
"Code quality, Code Security, SaaS, and DaaS security, can all be improved."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"An on-premise setup requires special skills and you need a lot of professional services."
"The initial setup should be made easy and the documentation should have some guidance."
"Mule Anypoint Platform could improve by having better integration with MDM. There are challenges when doing the interaction at this time."
"The compatibility with vendors can be improved. Microsoft Azure heavily uses single software."
"It doesn't work well when you try using it for the processing layer."
"Although the solution's proxy design and process are good, it faces connecting issues because it lacks data integration."
IBM App Connect is ranked 11th in Cloud Data Integration with 20 reviews while Mule Anypoint Platform is ranked 3rd in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews. IBM App Connect is rated 8.2, while Mule Anypoint Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM App Connect writes "Very flexible and user-friendly; embeds with other technologies; no dependency on queue manager". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mule Anypoint Platform writes "Robust, reliable, and stable, ensuring high availability for critical integrations". IBM App Connect is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, webMethods Integration Server, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, TIBCO BusinessWorks and SAP Process Orchestration, whereas Mule Anypoint Platform is most compared with MuleSoft Composer, Microsoft Azure Logic Apps, Oracle Integration Cloud Service, SAP Process Orchestration and Infor ION. See our IBM App Connect vs. Mule Anypoint Platform report.
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