Currently, MuleSoft is moving from the license type to the pay-as-you-go type. The solution's pricing, as per the old approach, is expensive. That is the main reason why we don't have a lot of small-sized customers. With MuleSoft's new approach, we will have new opportunities to integrate small businesses.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform really needs to work on its pricing model because it's very complicated. CloudHub's pricing is pretty straightforward because they charge based on the number of codes you use. However, it's very tricky to calculate the cost of RTF. Moving from CloudHub to RTF creates a lot of challenges, including overshooting the license purchase. It was a nightmare for us to take down everything and change our infrastructure. So while using RTF, we need to plan how to integrate things well in advance. If we do not use the reusability features within MuleSoft, we will add APIs which will cost more. So we have to find a way to reuse the APIs and be smart in making the integrations.
The pricing of our solution is highly competitive. While it may not be categorized as exceptionally low, it is certainly more affordable compared to IBM. I rate the price of the Mule Anypoint Platform a seven out of ten.
The pricing of the Mule Anypoint Platform is totally different than Dell Boomi. The Mule Anypoint Platform works on the basis of the volume, whereas Dell Boomi charges on the basis of the connectors that you buy. The price of the Mule Anypoint Platform works on the basis of volume. For example, there is an API, and based on how much data the API will process the price is calculated on the processing units required. For our laptops or personal computers, we have RAM. Similarly, the Mule Anypoint Platform has vCores. The vCore size is calculated on the basis of the number of transactions that API has to process, such as 50,000, 500,000, or 1 million. Based on the transition size, they will tell you how many vCores are required. This could be any amount, such as 0.2, 10, or 50. We are then given a price, and along with that, there are many other factors, other than how many vCores are you purchasing. For example, there could be other additional solutions that need to be purchased and connectors that are not free. You could need other licenses, such as ones for Salesforce, there are multiple factors that they don't share. Mule Anypoint Platform pricing is slightly higher compared to Dell Boomi. I rate the price of Mule Anypoint Platform a three out of five. They do not share enough information regarding the full costs.
Senior Principal Architect at Invenio Business Solution Pvt Ltd
User
2021-07-12T07:55:47Z
Jul 12, 2021
I architected solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes and on PCE/RTF on Self Managed Kubernetes and On-premise apart from regular CloudHub Deployment;
What I see is though if you are an enterprise and have enough money then they can opt for Mule; Also you have multiple enterprise support models like Gold, Platinum and Titanium.
High price / vCore; you are an enterprise and have enough money then they can afford Mule; ETL sort of transformations if not understood properly will increase the Memory and core count.
There are 4 types of connectors -- Select, Premium, MuleSoft Certified, Community; All the enterprise level connectors like SAP etc. even connectors like FTPS are also charged additionally.
Mule has Community Addition which is like Open Source but there are very few connectors to work with like HTTP, Database (Standard RDBMS), File, FTP etc. But there's no support. Community support I frankly didn't see much neither the open-source camaraderie. -- I have not deployed on CE -- The license doesn't come under general opensource licensing like GNU, Apache etc.. It has its own licensing model -- which makes it tricky for usage into production https://github.com/mulesoft/mu...
Senior Technical Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2021-04-20T17:28:02Z
Apr 20, 2021
It's an expensive product. They need to work on their pricing so that potential customers aren't scared off. While enterprise-level organizations may not mind the pricing, smaller organizations wouldn't find the price suitable. Therefore, they should work to maybe develop a cheaper license for small companies so that they too can get the benefits of the solution - but at a much smaller cost.
Content strategist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
MSP
2021-03-15T12:04:10Z
Mar 15, 2021
The license fees are a little bit expensive but you get a lot out of it. Mule is not the cheapest integration platform out there, but it deserves the price we are paying.
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 clients. But they do have, as I understand, some interest to grow in Canada and build their local assets. It works out well for us because we have some benefits with the company.
Licensing can be complex as is the case with most iPaaS/cloud offerings. I would advise on making an overview of the type of connections needed, technology, and applications used and to match this to the licensing model and take the time for the explanation on the licensing model. What is the minimal licensing model, which parts are mandatory, when can you scale up or down, etc. One needs a full picture to understand it. MuleSoft is also known for Mule ESB, their initial Open Source offering, and this one is still available. It should not, however, be considered for enterprise class use cases as it does not include the required out-of-the-box connectors and requires heavy coding in Java. The Anypoint Runtime Manager is also part of the Enterprise Licenses and no management console is thus available for Open Source making it a black box on production as is the case with custom point-to-point middleware.
Mule Anypoint Platform is a high-ranking solution that creates a communication layer between disparate systems to eliminate integration problems. The product retrieves and stores data streams from any source type, device, or application, both in the cloud and locally. Mule Anypoint Platform solves the most challenging connectivity problems across Software as a Service (SaaS), service-oriented architecture (SOA), and application programming interfaces (APIs) through connectivity, control, and...
Currently, MuleSoft is moving from the license type to the pay-as-you-go type. The solution's pricing, as per the old approach, is expensive. That is the main reason why we don't have a lot of small-sized customers. With MuleSoft's new approach, we will have new opportunities to integrate small businesses.
Mule Anypoint Platform is affordable.
Mule Anypoint Platform is an expensive solution.
In terms of pricing, Anypoint Platform is on the expensive side. I would rate the costliness an eight out of ten.
Price-wise, it is a good product since it is reasonably priced.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform really needs to work on its pricing model because it's very complicated. CloudHub's pricing is pretty straightforward because they charge based on the number of codes you use. However, it's very tricky to calculate the cost of RTF. Moving from CloudHub to RTF creates a lot of challenges, including overshooting the license purchase. It was a nightmare for us to take down everything and change our infrastructure. So while using RTF, we need to plan how to integrate things well in advance. If we do not use the reusability features within MuleSoft, we will add APIs which will cost more. So we have to find a way to reuse the APIs and be smart in making the integrations.
The product is very expensive. I would rate the pricing six out of ten.
The pricing of our solution is highly competitive. While it may not be categorized as exceptionally low, it is certainly more affordable compared to IBM. I rate the price of the Mule Anypoint Platform a seven out of ten.
The pricing of the Mule Anypoint Platform is totally different than Dell Boomi. The Mule Anypoint Platform works on the basis of the volume, whereas Dell Boomi charges on the basis of the connectors that you buy. The price of the Mule Anypoint Platform works on the basis of volume. For example, there is an API, and based on how much data the API will process the price is calculated on the processing units required. For our laptops or personal computers, we have RAM. Similarly, the Mule Anypoint Platform has vCores. The vCore size is calculated on the basis of the number of transactions that API has to process, such as 50,000, 500,000, or 1 million. Based on the transition size, they will tell you how many vCores are required. This could be any amount, such as 0.2, 10, or 50. We are then given a price, and along with that, there are many other factors, other than how many vCores are you purchasing. For example, there could be other additional solutions that need to be purchased and connectors that are not free. You could need other licenses, such as ones for Salesforce, there are multiple factors that they don't share. Mule Anypoint Platform pricing is slightly higher compared to Dell Boomi. I rate the price of Mule Anypoint Platform a three out of five. They do not share enough information regarding the full costs.
The licensing is core-based. My customers tell me that it's very expensive compared to the cost of other integration suites.
I am not aware of the cost. It is completely managed by the vendor management team.
I architected solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes and on PCE/RTF on Self Managed Kubernetes and On-premise apart from regular CloudHub Deployment;
What I see is though if you are an enterprise and have enough money then they can opt for Mule; Also you have multiple enterprise support models like Gold, Platinum and Titanium.
High price / vCore; you are an enterprise and have enough money then they can afford Mule; ETL sort of transformations if not understood properly will increase the Memory and core count.
There are 4 types of connectors -- Select, Premium, MuleSoft Certified, Community; All the enterprise level connectors like SAP etc. even connectors like FTPS are also charged additionally.
Mule has Community Addition which is like Open Source but there are very few connectors to work with like HTTP, Database (Standard RDBMS), File, FTP etc. But there's no support. Community support I frankly didn't see much neither the open-source camaraderie. -- I have not deployed on CE -- The license doesn't come under general opensource licensing like GNU, Apache etc.. It has its own licensing model -- which makes it tricky for usage into production https://github.com/mulesoft/mu...
It's an expensive solution and then you have to try and find a MuleSoft engineer, which is even harder.
The pricing is pretty high.
It's an expensive product. They need to work on their pricing so that potential customers aren't scared off. While enterprise-level organizations may not mind the pricing, smaller organizations wouldn't find the price suitable. Therefore, they should work to maybe develop a cheaper license for small companies so that they too can get the benefits of the solution - but at a much smaller cost.
The license fees are a little bit expensive but you get a lot out of it. Mule is not the cheapest integration platform out there, but it deserves the price we are paying.
We can't discuss pricing at this time as we are under an NDA.
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 clients. But they do have, as I understand, some interest to grow in Canada and build their local assets. It works out well for us because we have some benefits with the company.
There are no other fees beyond the standard licensing costs.
Licensing can be complex as is the case with most iPaaS/cloud offerings. I would advise on making an overview of the type of connections needed, technology, and applications used and to match this to the licensing model and take the time for the explanation on the licensing model. What is the minimal licensing model, which parts are mandatory, when can you scale up or down, etc. One needs a full picture to understand it. MuleSoft is also known for Mule ESB, their initial Open Source offering, and this one is still available. It should not, however, be considered for enterprise class use cases as it does not include the required out-of-the-box connectors and requires heavy coding in Java. The Anypoint Runtime Manager is also part of the Enterprise Licenses and no management console is thus available for Open Source making it a black box on production as is the case with custom point-to-point middleware.