BizTalk Server Reviews

Name: BizTalk Server
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 3.7 (13 reviews)

3.7 out of 5

13 reviews
84% willing to recommend

617 followers

What is BizTalk Server?

Connects systems both inside and across organizations, exchange data and orchestrate business processes across multiple systems.

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BizTalk Server is the #8 ranked solution in top Business-to-Business Middleware solutions and #15 ranked solution in top Process Automation solutions. PeerSpot users give BizTalk Server an average rating of 7.4 out of 10. Based on the analysis of the 13 most recent BizTalk Server reviews, the overall sentiment is positive, with a sentiment score of 6.3. (Among the lowest in the category). BizTalk Server is most commonly compared to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: BizTalk Server vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform. BizTalk Server is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 66% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 12% of all views.

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Featured reviews

Srinidhi S

Software Engineer at Shell

The most valuable feature is its reliability and stability. The first version of BizTalk was released in 2000, and many companies still use it. It was stable until 2013 when we had support. In the 2016 version, they gave the option to connect to Azure Logic Apps and adapters. And in the 2020 version, we have direct connectivity with Azure AD. We have so many virtual tools... There are competitors now, such as MuleSoft, which is owned by Salesforce. However, as a Microsoft admin, I have a strong preference for BizTalk. It is easy for a beginner to learn BizTalk. I was trained in .NET technology, then I gradually learned BizTalk on my own. You can install VMware and get the community version of BizTalk to practice and do POCs [Proofs of Concept]. The development environment lets you use the admin console and test everything, so it's easy to see if BizTalk is a good fit. If you want to learn BizTalk for the first time, you can definitely do it.

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Vignesh Kumar Sekar

Senior Analyst at Sword Group

The AS2 communication protocol is one of the most advanced processes. It enables a handshake with the source and target systems using certificates. It is the most secure way of communicating between two systems. It is an advantage. We can do a lot of message routing. If we want to handle large data, we can put the data into different patterns to process it. We can do it through sequential convoy or parallel convoy orchestration. BizTalk comes with SQL Server. We can load temporary data in the database and use the batch process from BizTalk. It is an added advantage. Creating agreements is a manual job, but it's quite easy in BizTalk. Even a fresh college graduate can configure AS2 certificates and partner profiles and communicate with other systems. It is easy.

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Sunil Kumar Raghavapuram

ManagerManager at Capgemini

The most valuable feature of BizTalk Server is that it will turn XML into flexible transactions. We can implement complex mapping and integration across the account. We can split pipeline concepts based on requirements and process everything. It's based on the demand. Whatever it is, we can implement it in the XML Disassembler or .class file decoding. We can split, unzip, and encode pipeline concepts. If you're working on Edifecs transactions, you need to create the business profiles and agreements based on how it will work and transform. It will process the transactions based on this identifier and the digital profiles. When I'm working on development side data, we don't use any DevOps. We implement Orchestrator, and it's BTDF.

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BizTalk Server mindshare

Product category:

As of December 2024, the mindshare of BizTalk Server in the Business-to-Business Middleware category stands at 4.6%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business-to-Business Middleware

PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Business-to-Business Middleware	Dec 22, 2024	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Dec 22, 2024	Download
Comparison	BizTalk Server vs SAP Process Orchestration	Dec 22, 2024	Download
Comparison	BizTalk Server vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform	Dec 22, 2024	Download
Comparison	BizTalk Server vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	Dec 22, 2024	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform	4.0	14.0%	91%	56 interviews Add to research
webMethods.io	4.0	N/A	94%	91 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"The AS2 communication protocol is one of the most advanced processes."
"Compared to the current solutions I use, like Azure Logic Apps and other cloud services, BizTalk was far better and more reliable."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability and stability. The first version of BizTalk was released in 2000, and many companies still use it. It was stable until 2013 when we had support."

Room for Improvement

"Updating things in BizTalk is a headache."
"BizTalk lacks native cloud support. BizTalk doesn't offer in-built support for cloud. We need to use third-party adapters to connect it to cloud services."
"It's an on-premises system, requiring physical servers for deployment. This is different from Azure; you don't need any servers with Azure. If you have a subscription, you can do whatever you want. There are unit restrictions based on the environment (like non-production vs. production) in BizTalk. You need physical servers and databases. In Azure, those are not required – it's all in the cloud."

ROI

Pricing

BizTalk Server pricing varies widely depending on user requirements, transaction volume, and security needs. While some users find it cost-effective, others consider it expensive, especially compared to Azure's flexible pricing. Upfront licensing costs can make BizTalk costlier than Azure's consumption-based model. Deployment is slower compared to cloud options like Azure, which offers quicker setup. Though BizTalk provides valuable features, users should assess utilization to justify the licensing investment or risk overspending on unnecessary capabilities.

"The solution is expensive."
"BizTalk Server is not freeware. There's a significant licensing cost involved. Be sure you will actually utilize its features fully."
"It was not cheap, but it was affordable."

Popular Use Cases

Service and Support

Deployment

Scalability

BizTalk Server is largely considered scalable, with users noting the ability to scale by adding servers and managing loads effectively. However, some users mention challenges with increased message volumes and data transfer delays due to architectural constraints. Certain users report minor issues when handling various format conversions, yet others find scalability satisfactory for handling increased workloads. The extent of scalability perception seems to vary based on specific organizational demands and usage conditions.

Stability

BizTalk Server demonstrates high stability with few encountering issues. It's reliable for various operations but struggles with processing large data volumes. Some experience host termination during large-scale integrations without clear error messages, necessitating exploration in Windows app console. Microsoft addresses some concerns. Many appreciate its longstanding stability, but open-source alternatives prompt migration away from BizTalk. Usage often involves legacy system migration, converting logic to other technologies like MuleSoft and Azure, as it has limited cloud support.

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