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"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.""The product's most valuable feature is the real-time integration suite.""They have best-in-class, quality support.""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 solution is extremely scalable."

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"The most valuable feature is that it's programmer-friendly, so it's very easy to develop APIs.""The solution has a good graphical interface.""Most of our use cases are for Salesforce. So, the connectors for Salesforce have been really helpful. They've made development two times faster.""I am impressed with the product's connectors and scalability.""We can use Java expressions anywhere in the flow.""Once it is started, we don't see any problems on a day to day basis.""The most valuable feature of Mule ESB is data transformation, i.e. our interacting with different systems and orchestrating for our business needs.""The product offers a community edition that is free of cost."

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"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.""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.""Onboarding on the solution is complex. It's hard to onboard partners and customer suppliers. It's one aspect that is not that straightforward.""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."

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"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.""Lacking some connectors that could be included.""It's not easy to troubleshoot and we still can't make it work.""The Anypoint platform consumes a lot of memory, and it would be great for developers if it were more lightweight.""One area that could be improved is the way that policies are propagated when APIs are moved from one environment to another. It's an issue, but when you develop and test the rest APIs in a lower environment and need to move them, there's a propagation process. This process moves certain aspects of the APIs, like the basic features. But when we move them, the policies don't always move with them. The policies should be able to move so we don't have to redo them manually. There are some APIs we use, but it's a bit tedious.""In order to meet the new trend of active metadata management, we need intelligent APIs that can retrieve new data designs and trigger actions over new findings without human intervention.""Limitation on external subscribers to listen to the messages on the bus.""Community editions need more attention."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing is a little bit on the higher side because they give you the best support. Out of ten, I would rate pricing at seven or eight."
  • "They have a good pricing system, in relation to powerful features."
  • "The tool is expensive because of its rich features."
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  • "This is expensive. In my next project, we had to go to other vendor."
  • "Plan your licensing model (cloud or on-premises or hybrid) that will allow seamless integration with new partners."
  • "The various features and components for this solution are no longer free."
  • "The licensing is yearly, and there are additional fees for services."
  • "This product is cheaper than some offered by other vendors, although there is a problem because you have to pay for some third-party adapters."
  • "Most of the challenges that I had with this solution were for smaller customers. There is not a good licensing model or pricing model. It is more expensive than other solutions, and that's the downside of MuleSoft. I had to be creative to be able to sell it to the business, but we did. This is something they have to work on because for large companies, it's affordable, but for small and medium businesses, it's very hard to sell."
  • "This product is expensive, but it does offer value for money."
  • "I think the price is very high. If you use TIBCO BW, the license is for the CPU usage, then the IPS, and support. I also think the license for the product is a one-time expense."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product's most valuable feature is the real-time integration suite.
    Top Answer:IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services needs to improve API management. It needs to incorporate a better and more stable use of AS3 software.
    Top Answer:I was previously part of the Oracle SOA/OSB development team. In my current capacity I architected solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes and on PCE/RTF on… 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 best fit for our organization. Ultimately we decided to choose IBM Integration… more »
    Top Answer:The solution's drag-and-drop interface and data viewer helped us quite a lot.
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    Overview

    IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services are designed to alleviate the burden on internal resources by providing secure connectivity and collaboration with your customers, suppliers, and business partners. The solution is built on the cloud-based B2B integration and visibility capabilities of IBM Sterling B2B Collaboration Network and provides comprehensive service offerings for partner onboarding, B2B process management, and trading partner support.

    • Facilitate growth by rapidly growing and adapting your B2B community without burdening internal resources and capital
    • Reduce B2B total cost of ownership by reducing the cost and increasing the reliability of B2B operations

    Accelerate B2B collaboration with global customers and suppliers by leveraging our B2B expertise.

    For companies looking to modernize and unlock the value of existing on-premises systems and applications, an enterprise service bus (ESB) architecture serves as a critical foundation layer for SOA. When deployed as an ESB, the Mule runtime engine of Anypoint Platform combines the power of data and application integration across legacy systems and SaaS applications, with a seamless path to the other capabilities of Anypoint Platform and the full power of API-led connectivity.
    Sample Customers
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    Ube, PacificComp, University of Witwatersrand, Justice Systems, Camelot
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Retailer9%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company46%
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise70%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise54%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services is ranked 3rd in Business-to-Business Middleware with 8 reviews while Mule ESB is ranked 2nd in ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) with 45 reviews. IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services is rated 8.2, while Mule ESB is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services writes "Comes with real-time integration suite and best security ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mule ESB writes "Plenty of documentation, flexible, and reliable". IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services is most compared with SPS Commerce Fulfillment (EDI), SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite, SAP Process Orchestration, IBM B2B Integrator and Mule Anypoint Platform, whereas Mule ESB is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, Red Hat Fuse, Oracle SOA Suite and WSO2 Enterprise Integrator.

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