Compare IBM B2B Integrator vs. Mule Anypoint Platform
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"The most valuable features assist with understanding data formats and transforming data." "Everything from the order to fulfillment to the payment process, except for physical packing and shipping, is fully automated for some customer orders." | "API management." "This is the easiest and best tool available." "I have found several things most valuable, including its very quick implementation that you can use a lot of out of the box templates, and lastly that it is a very mature product, especially in hybrid integration." "The monitoring capabilities of this product are very good because of the feedback it supplies in statistics." "The solution's market place for different kinds of integration platforms is the most valuable feature." "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." |
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"The tool requires you to write a lot of code in Java and XSLT, which makes development tough." "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." | "Lacks intelligent management data and intelligent mappings." "Mule should have better B2B integration." "An on-premise setup requires special skills and you need a lot of professional services." "The runtime management and connectors could use some work and are vulnerable to breakage after upgrades." "Technical support needs to be improved, especially when you need help with more technical aspects of the solution." "MuleSoft's release calendar is rather conventional with two major, two minor releases and hotfixes in between. The competition sometimes offer more rapid release cycles and provides improved and new functionality with a faster time-to-market." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
Information Not Available | "The product comes complete at one set price including support." "Licensing can be complex as is the case with most iPaaS/cloud offerings." |
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Questions from the Community | |
Top Answer: Everything from the order to fulfillment to the payment process, except for physical packing and shipping, is fully automated for some customer orders.
Top Answer: The improvements that need to be made are mostly little things. The Extended Rule windows in the mapper only have two settings: small window or full screen. When working on an elaborate rule, I end up… more » Top Answer: We use the Windows version of this solution. It integrates with a proprietary, SQL-based ERP. It provides standard EDI using VAN, AS2, FTP, SFTP, HTTP. The full cycle from order to payment is covered… more » | Top Answer: This is the easiest and best tool available. Top Answer: The product is one cost. Support comes complete with no additional cost even though they pay some special attention to us. We are not a huge client. I would say we are smaller than a lot of their… more » Top Answer: In terms of improvement, customer support is a bit slow. I emailed the sales team for a pricing comparison, still no response. The developer community is far more generous on the other hand. Pricing… more » |
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Also Known As | |
| IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, Sterling Gentran Integration Suite | Data Integrator |
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| IBM | MuleSoft |
Overview | |
IBM B2B Integrator helps you securely integrate complex B2B processes with your partner communities. It provides a single, flexible B2B gateway that enables your organization to meet a wide range of B2B integration needs. The solution can improve business processes beyond enterprise boundaries and increase visibility into and across supply and demand chains. | With connectivity, composability, and control, Anypoint Platform solves the most challenging connectivity problems across SOA, SaaS, and APIs. It's a unified, highly productive, hybrid integration platform that creates an application network of apps, data and devices with API-led connectivity. |
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Learn more about IBM B2B Integrator | Learn more about Mule Anypoint Platform |
Sample Customers | |
| Bonnie Plants, Toshiba Europe, Florida Hospital | VMware, Gucci, MasterCard, Target, Time Inc, Hershey's, Tesla, Spotify, Office Depot, Intuit, CBS, Amtrak, Salesforce, Gap, Ralph Lauren |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm21% Transportation Company16% Energy/Utilities Company11% Logistics Company11% Computer Software Company46% Comms Service Provider12% Retailer9% Media Company7% | Computer Software Company50% Comms Service Provider8% Media Company6% Retailer4% |
Find out what your peers are saying about IBM B2B Integrator vs. Mule Anypoint Platform and other solutions. Updated: September 2020.
438,246 professionals have used our research since 2012.
IBM B2B Integrator is ranked 4th in Business-to-Business Middleware with 3 reviews while Mule Anypoint Platform is ranked 2nd in Business-to-Business Middleware with 7 reviews. IBM B2B Integrator is rated 8.0, while Mule Anypoint Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM B2B Integrator writes "Used to manage your trading partner's community and connections centrally. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mule Anypoint Platform writes "Constantly improving to help connect applications, data, and devices". IBM B2B Integrator is most compared with Mule ESB, SEEBURGER BIS, SAP Process Orchestration, IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services and webMethods Trading Networks, whereas Mule Anypoint Platform is most compared with Boomi AtomSphere Integration, SAP Process Orchestration, Informatica PowerCenter, Azure Data Factory and TIBCO BusinessWorks. See our IBM B2B Integrator vs. Mule Anypoint Platform report.
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