We performed a comparison between IBM B2B Integrator and Infor ION based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business-to-Business Middleware solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features assist with understanding data formats and transforming data."
"The solution offers good integration capabilities."
"B2B Integrator is multi-platform, so it can be integrated with Windows, Unix, or whatever, and it can work with almost all programming languages. It can also transfer a lot of data in a short time. For instance, a system I recently implemented exchanges about 20 million files a day."
"The most valuable feature of IBM B2B Integrator is its security and flexibility."
"B2B provides a secure communication channel."
"The best feature is that many companies use the solution so there is a lot of peer support."
"It can scale horizontally as well as vertically as a cluster."
"Out-of-box process orchestration yields quick implementations."
"We haven't had any issues with ION so far."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be the ability to monitor integration performance and the reasons for the failure of inbound and outbound transactions. We can see both inbound and outbound transactions, and it gives us a mirror image or the whole history of all inbound and outbound transactions between Infor M3 Business Engine and the third parties."
"The tool's most valuable feature is middleware capabilities."
"ION is good for building custom middleware boxes."
"There should be a single place to do things, rather than making it complicated, not moving away and truncating the old features but instead coming up with the new and still keeping the old stuff confuses people sometimes."
"End-to-end visibility and monitoring application required. The control center is available and covers this area, but it still fails in many monitoring scenarios."
"The reporting features could be better. right now, they are lacking a bit."
"The dashboard is not integrated and should be bundled by the product vendor."
"API integration could be improved. The legacy system could be on the cloud."
"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"The user interface is outdated. B2B Integrator was developed in the United States in the nineties, and the graphical user interface hasn't improved since. It's tough because you have to program the software in XML. Nowadays, other methods are easier to work with."
"The one thing that is lacking is easy visibility. It's hard to provide business users with a view into the statuses of their transactions."
"The dashboard is not very simple and can be a bit tricky."
"Infor ION doesn't provide connectors for all integration touchpoints. Sometimes, we may have to build our own. It incurs additional costs for the customer."
"I would like to see ION add automated setup and integration with Salesforce. They need to work on these types of tools."
"ION's integration with older applications could be better."
IBM B2B Integrator is ranked 4th in Business-to-Business Middleware with 42 reviews while Infor ION is ranked 7th in Business-to-Business Middleware with 4 reviews. IBM B2B Integrator is rated 8.0, while Infor ION is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM B2B Integrator writes "A widely-used, on-premises solution with tons of peer support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Infor ION writes "It's bundled, so I don't need to purchase an additional product". IBM B2B Integrator is most compared with Mule ESB, IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services, SAP Process Orchestration, SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite and SPS Commerce Fulfillment (EDI), whereas Infor ION is most compared with Mule Anypoint Platform, SAP Process Orchestration and BizTalk Server. See our IBM B2B Integrator vs. Infor ION report.
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