Aurea CX Messenger vs Mule ESB comparison

Aurea and Salesforce are both solutions in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category. Aurea is ranked #12 with an average rating of 9.0, while Salesforce is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.9. Aurea holds a 0.6% mindshare in E, compared to Salesforce’s 21.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Aurea users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Salesforce users who would recommend it.

Aurea CX Messenger

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100% willing to recommend

Mule ESB

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86% willing to recommend

Aurea CX Messenger

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Aurea CX Messenger and Mule ESB 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.

To learn more, read our detailed Aurea CX Messenger vs. Mule ESB Report (Updated: January 2025).

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Aurea CX Messenger vs. Mule ESB

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

Aurea CX Messenger

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

12th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Activity Monitoring (3rd), Message Queue (MQ) Software (9th), SOA Governance (3rd), Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) (7th)

Mule ESB

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of Aurea CX Messenger is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mule ESB is 21.4%, down from 22.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

Featured Reviews

Radhey Rajput

Sr. IT Analyst at NCR Corporation

Lightweight and efficient solution

It's very good and lightweight. But, it does not provide web service communication. But it is excellent for internal connections One valuable feature is the messaging broker. If there is a disruption, it restores the messages. And when the application is running, it delivers all the messages. The…

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PurbayanSaha

Technology Consultant at Ernst & Young

Has API-led architecture and provides a unique, user-friendly, and scalable architecture for hosting APIs

There's room for improvement in multi-file transfer functionality. It's not convenient when using MuleSoft, and it should have better capability for handling large amounts of data. For example, applications like GoAnywhere can handle huge chunks of data, so the tool should also have something to facilitate that aspect of integration.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"SDM: User-friendly tool which allows for a seamless approach to performing hotfixes, if required."

"ESB: Provides all kind of possibilities to resolve business needs. A lot of ready to use services plus custom Java services. I used a lot of them all."

"The solution offers excellent stability."

"The Messenger Broker is a really good feature."

"The solution is highly scalable, this is very important for us. It can handle a lot of messages."

"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is very easy to develop. Most of it is graphical, but we also have the option to add any custom call that you need."

"Easy connectivity and easy integration."

"For complex cases, we employ the SSLi engine, whereas for simpler ones like healthcare or response data, such as EDI 270 or 271. We prefer to use an external XRT engine instead of handling it within the ESB for ease of management."

"The solution has a good graphical interface."

"The most valuable feature is the Salesforce integration."

"The solution offers multiple deployment options."

"Scalability and load balancing."

"We can use Java expressions anywhere in the flow."

"Everything runs in Java, which is a useful feature."

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Cons

"I don't know if the last version has the cloud option, but maybe that could be good. That could be something that is included."

"It should include/add more services with the product as per market demand. It should include custom Java services developed by any organization or provide a platform where users/developers can share ideas/custom services, etc."

"Aurea CX Messenger could improve by making better use of the new APIs"

"The improvement is that it should be on the cloud and use web services."

"The solution needs to improve support for new, more recent protocols on the API."

"You should not hurry with upgrades without testing the whole product completely."

"We would like to have a built-in logging framework in which we can do auditing."

"The price of Mule ESB could improve."

"There are some issues with both stability and scalability."

"The Anypoint platform consumes a lot of memory, and it would be great for developers if it were more lightweight."

"It should have some amount of logging."

"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."

"The stability could be improved."

"It would be beneficial if users could navigate the UI easily without extensive training or learning curves."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is not so high."

"You pay nothing for licensing, because the commercial model is a subscription. Other environments, such as QA and Development, are included in the subscription"

"Much better than Oracle SOA Suite."

"The price of the Mule ESB commercial version is expensive. However, they have a free community version."

"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."

"Mule ESB is an expensive solution."

"The solution is expensive."

"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."

"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."

"The licensing is yearly, and there are additional fees for services."

"Mule ESB is a costly solution. We pay approximately $80,000 annually for the system. The cost of the number of instances, annual subscription, and cloud hosting services are expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Insurance Company

Media Company

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Aurea CX Messenger?

The Messenger Broker is a really good feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Aurea CX Messenger?

The pricing is not so high. I will rate it a seven out of ten, where one is the lowest and ten is the highest. There are no additional fees to the standard license.

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What needs improvement with Aurea CX Messenger?

The improvement is that it should be on the cloud and use web services because the earlier version is not using web service and cloud functionality. If Aurea could include these features in the fut...

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Migration from IBM Integration Bus to Mulesoft ESB for a large enterprise tech services company

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 ...

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IBM Integration Bus vs Mule ESB - which to choose?

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 Integratio...

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What do you like most about Mule ESB?

The solution's drag-and-drop interface and data viewer helped us quite a lot.

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Also Known As

CX Messenger Enterprise, Aurea Sonic ESB, Aurea Sonic, Aurea Sonic MQ

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Overview

CX Messenger lets your technology keep pace with your business. Aurea’s industry leading Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) lets you adapt and change your infrastructure with plug-and-play speed and ease.

Aurea

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.

Salesforce

Sample Customers

Heathrow, HomeServe, Paypal, Freedom Mortgage

Ube, PacificComp, University of Witwatersrand, Justice Systems, Camelot

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