We performed a comparison between Mule ESB and webMethods Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Scalability and load balancing."
"The solution has a good graphical interface."
"The most valuable feature is that it's programmer-friendly, so it's very easy to develop APIs."
"The most powerful feature is DataWeave, which is a powerful language where data can be transformed from one form into another."
"The connectivity the solution provides is excellent. There are often too many systems that we have to integrate and this helps with that."
"Mule ESB has a user-friendly design, and everything is in one place. The API and architecture are popular right now. Also, MuleSoft has a large and supportive online community."
"The most valuable feature of Mule ESB is data transformation, i.e. our interacting with different systems and orchestrating for our business needs."
"This tool has exceptional API management and integration connectors in addition to multiple out of the box connectors."
"Application integrations are offered out-of-the-box, and that is extremely important to us. This is one of the main use cases that we have for it. It is about 60 to 70 percent of the workload in our application today."
"The stability is good."
"It is a bundled product stack for A2A and B2B usage. It is one of the best products which I have used during my integration career."
"The tool is very powerful and user-friendly."
"One [of the most valuable features] is the webMethods Designer. That helps our developers develop on their own. It's very intuitive for design. It helps our developers to speed the development of services for the integrations."
"Application integration, business process integration, and B2B partner integration are valuable. But among these, I feel B2B partner integration is the most valuable. This module integrates two business partners and exchanges data through electronic data interchange messages in the form of specific standards, without any manual process needed."
"We needed a tool that was able to orchestrate and help us configure our APIs so that we could maintain and see the heartbeat, traffic, trends, etc."
"It frankly fills the gap between IT and business by having approval and policy enforcement on each state and cycle of the asset from the moment it gets created until it is retired."
"Community editions need more attention."
"There are limitations with the subscription model that comes with the product."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"Documentation is cryptic, product releases are far too frequent, and upgrades become troublesome."
"MuleSoft isn't as mature as some other integration technologies out there like IBM WebSphere. There's room for growth, and MuleSoft is working toward that."
"The Anypoint platform consumes a lot of memory, and it would be great for developers if it were more lightweight."
"The payment system needs improvement."
"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."
"It would be nice if they had a change management system offering. We built our own deployer application because the one built into webMethods couldn't enforce change management rules. Integration into a change management system, along with the version control system, would be a good offering; it's something that they're lacking."
"For code version control, you need to use some external software."
"The price should be reduced to make it more affordable."
"Technical support is an area where they can improve."
"The Software AG Designer could be more memory-efficient or CPU-efficient so that we can use it with middle-spec hardware."
"In terms of scale, I would give it a four out of 10."
"The learning curve is a little steep at first."
"Need to see more API portal features like monetizing APIs and private cloud readiness."
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Mule ESB is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 46 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. Mule ESB is rated 8.0, while webMethods Integration Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Mule ESB writes "Plenty of documentation, flexible, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". Mule ESB is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle SOA Suite, Red Hat Fuse and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, TIBCO BusinessWorks, Boomi iPaaS and Oracle Service Bus. See our Mule ESB vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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