webMethods Integration Server Other Solutions Considered
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Scott Jaynes
Systems Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
It also provides application integration, data integration, business-to-business communications, APIs, and microservices. That range of features is very important because we can do anything with it. We tried Informatica, for example, which was portrayed as being an equal, and it wasn't. It can't do everything and then you have to go out to other products and combine them. webMethods can truly do everything within the webMethods environment. And you don't have to buy add-on products. In reality, a lot of the webMethods' plugins are add-on products that were acquired at some point. But they do pretty well when it comes to integrating their acquisitions into the main ecosystem.
The scope of abilities in Informatica is very limited. The scope of abilities for webMethods is pretty much unlimited.
We have also looked at SnapLogic, and again, it just doesn't have the breadth of abilities that webMethods does.
View full review »When compared to other solutions, we found the task engine to be better in webMethods along with the ease of development.
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Reviewer982364
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We routinely evaluate other options. I wasn't here when we made the decision to move onto this solution, but we periodically reassessed the platform to see if we are still sitting on the best solution that is matched to our corporation.
Today, there are many newer solutions out in the marketplace, and Software AG does offer those solutions. That is a great start. If I was starting over, I might look at those alternative solutions. However, if you are an alternative solution to webMethods Integration Server (not Software AG), then I would probably be looking a lot more into the cloud. webMethods Integration Server is used in a very legacy way. For example, we are on premise with data centers, which are legacy ways to solve a problem. If my solutions were in the cloud, then I would probably be looking at webMethods Integration Cloud as Software AG offers it, or any of the other vendors, like MuleSoft. So, you have to look at:
- What am I trying to integrate today?
- Where are those solutions sitting?
- If everything is on-prem and you are a 110-year-old company with 50 plants across the place, then probably having an on-prem is the right solution.
- If you are an eCommerce shop, then you are probably looking more in the cloud and for a cloud solution.
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RohitSingh1
Integration Lead at a wellness & fitness company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We evaluated MuleSoft and webMethods. There may have been others but these were the top choices. When we asked for demonstrations, these were the products that we looked at.
This product provides us with a single hybrid-integration platform for all of our integration needs. We do have another product but it is for a very specific use case, and it is separate because of the licensing. Otherwise, webMethods is our go-to for integration.
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reviewer1539816
Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I'm familiar with Mirth, in the healthcare space, and IBM SI is still a very large tool. Various other IBM platforms that will do similar things. The space has gotten more crowded over the years.
The single biggest differences between webMethods and the other solutions are the range of the offering, the connectors, the stability of the system, the fact that it is an enterprise-grade system, and that you can basically do anything you need with it.
The con is the fact that you are paying for the best-of-breed solution in the space, and the expense of it can be quite high. When you couple that with the fact that adding Software AG services increases the cost very fast, there is a real detriment to our adding additional Software AG offerings to the portfolio. The sheer expense makes us reluctant to do that. It's still justifying its cost for us, currently, but I feel that there are open source solutions that are charging up very fast. Also, finding resources who are trained in the tool is becoming increasingly hard as they become increasingly more in-demand.
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reviewer933312
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We are researching cloud-based solutions, such as AWS and MuleSoft.
View full review »We tried to use Oracle, and it just didn't do it for us. We explored MuleSoft, but it was a little bit expensive because of their pricing model, which is per transaction. So, it was also not a viable option for us.
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Ameer Alhadidi
Senior Integration Developer at ROP
When we started using this tool, we compared it with different tools like IBM message broker and Method.
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A. Smart
Enterprise Architect at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We went through evaluation criteria with three or four vendors and we found this one to be the best. The primary advantages of this solution were the supportability and ease of use. Also, the deployment time was reduced and development was more Java-based.
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Ameer Alhadidi
Senior Integration Developer at ROP
We are considering switching to WSO2 Enterprise Integrator because the pricing is better.
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Ivan Herlambang
Integration Engineer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Yes, TIBCO (was good enough IMHO) and Oracle Fusion Middleware (it's quite complicated IMHO).
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SrSoftwaDev
Sr. Software Developer | Systems Integration Specialist | Project Manager | EDI Technical Lead at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I have only heard of Software AG, Talend, and MuleSoft.
View full review »Microsoft BizTalk, JBoss SOA.
View full review »We checked with TIBCO for EAI and the MQ series for messaging.
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reviewer1375203
Middleware Technical Specialist at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
As we use webmethods, we continue to look for and research other products that are in the market. We have not decided if we are moving away from it yet, and there is no specific timeframe for making that decision, but we will continue to research alternatives.
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reviewer796593
IT Project Manager at a maritime company with 10,001+ employees
We considered other solutions along with webMethods Integration Server, including BizTalk and Tibco. There were other solutions but they were outside our planned budget.
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Senthil Vasan
Associate Vice President at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
We evaluated TIBCO.
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Yes. Tibco iProcess+BusinessWorks
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Srinu Simhadri
Software Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
In our organization, we use many middleware tools. Out of all them, I found webMethods is the most efficient.
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Technica3449
Technical Architect
I have no information on that.
View full review »The company evaluated that. I wasn't included in this. Also, we did another evaluation a few years back when the company was wondering if we shouldn't switch to a different solution. We stayed with webMethods.
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reviewer984546
Technical Consultant at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Java's visibility is not so easy and fairs unfavorably with that of the solution.
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