Azure Data Factory vs TIBCO BusinessWorks comparison

Microsoft and TIBCO are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Microsoft is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2, while TIBCO is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.7. Microsoft holds a 3.7% mindshare in DI, compared to TIBCO’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

Azure Data Factory

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92% willing to recommend

TIBCO BusinessWorks

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90% willing to recommend

Azure Data Factory

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

TIBCO BusinessWorks and Azure Data Factory compete in the integration tools category. Azure Data Factory seems to have the upper hand due to its cost-effective cloud-native operations and ease of use.

Features: TIBCO BusinessWorks is renowned for its stability, transformation capabilities, and extensive adapter support, making it robust for integration tasks. It features a low-code platform and debugging console for simplified development. Azure Data Factory stands out for its ease of use in cloud-based ETL processes with a visual drag-and-drop interface, comprehensive integration within the Azure ecosystem, and built-in connectors for broad connectivity.

Room for Improvement: TIBCO BusinessWorks should enhance its cloud capabilities, simplify pricing models, and improve user-friendliness and integration support. Azure Data Factory could benefit from simplifying its interface, expanding connector support, and enhancing real-time data processing. Addressing pricing complexity and improving transformation capabilities would also be beneficial.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: TIBCO BusinessWorks typically requires more extensive setup due to its on-premises or hybrid configurations compared to Azure Data Factory's cloud-based, easily scalable nature. TIBCO's customer service is mixed with noted delays, whereas Azure Data Factory benefits from the efficient support standard in cloud solutions.

Pricing and ROI: TIBCO BusinessWorks is considered expensive with high licensing and deployment costs, ideal for larger enterprises. Its ROI is driven by reliability and integration features. Azure Data Factory employs a pay-as-you-go pricing model, making costs fluctuate based on usage but generally offering competitive, transparent pricing that scales with demand, providing more cost control flexibility.

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Azure Data Factory vs. TIBCO BusinessWorks

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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:

ROI

Sentiment score

6.4

Azure Data Factory offers significant ROI, efficiency, and cost savings, with users highlighting benefits in data integration and migration.

Sentiment score

7.2

TIBCO BusinessWorks is valued for its flexibility and reliability, seen as a worthwhile investment despite ROI calculation challenges.

Our stakeholders and clients have expressed satisfaction with Azure Data Factory's efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Deena Thayalan

Data Engineer at Vthinktechnologies

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.3

Azure Data Factory support is generally satisfactory, with responsive assistance and strong community resources enhancing user satisfaction.

Sentiment score

6.2

TIBCO BusinessWorks customer service is generally efficient but varies by region, with some users experiencing delays and expertise issues.

The technical support from Microsoft is rated an eight out of ten.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

The technical support is responsive and helpful

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

The technical support for Azure Data Factory is generally acceptable.

Rama Subba Reddy Thavva

Solution Architect at Mercedes-Benz AG

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The technical support from TIBCO BusinessWorks is very good.

AftabAlam

E2E Delivery Expert - Ignite Delivery & Technical Enablement at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Customer service is very helpful.

ChristopherLebuso

Software Developer at Telkom Mobile

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

Azure Data Factory offers scalable cloud-based solutions for diverse operations, despite some third-party integration limitations and use case challenges.

Sentiment score

6.6

TIBCO BusinessWorks is seen as scalable, but cost, licensing, infrastructure, and specific limitations impact its effectiveness.

Azure Data Factory is highly scalable.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

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It is not like AWS where I can add memory or more servers.

ChristopherLebuso

Software Developer at Telkom Mobile

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

Azure Data Factory is considered highly stable and reliable, though minor issues can occur, mostly in development environments.

Sentiment score

7.4

TIBCO BusinessWorks is stable with minimal downtime, but newer versions face upgrade issues; version 5.14 is preferred.

The solution has a high level of stability, roughly a nine out of ten.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

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It is stable, however, every now and then, it just ends.

ChristopherLebuso

Software Developer at Telkom Mobile

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Room For Improvement

Azure Data Factory needs better integration, UI, documentation, data handling, pricing transparency, real-time processing, connectivity, and scheduling.

TIBCO BusinessWorks needs cloud improvements, better integration, refined pricing, enhanced monitoring, and easier external tool integration for users.

Incorporating more dedicated API sources to specific services like HubSpot CRM or Salesforce would be beneficial.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

Sometimes, the compute fails to process data if there is a heavy load suddenly, and it doesn't scale up automatically.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

There is a problem with the integration with third-party solutions, particularly with SAP.

Rama Subba Reddy Thavva

Solution Architect at Mercedes-Benz AG

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The learning curve takes time compared to webMethods.

Moustafa Fares

Senior Analyst at Etisalat

They should ensure that what was working in the previous version must also work in the new version of BW six.

ChristopherLebuso

Software Developer at Telkom Mobile

Performance and latency could be enhanced.

AftabAlam

E2E Delivery Expert - Ignite Delivery & Technical Enablement at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Setup Cost

Azure Data Factory's pricing is pay-as-you-go, with costs based on usage, offering competitive and cost-effective solutions.

TIBCO BusinessWorks is costly, favoring larger enterprises, but price adjustments make it more accessible starting at €2000.

The pricing is cost-effective.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

It is considered cost-effective.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

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Pricing is for an enterprise application, so the company pays for it with a company license.

ChristopherLebuso

Software Developer at Telkom Mobile

The current licensing cost for the product involves our resource sourcing team for negotiations.

AftabAlam

E2E Delivery Expert - Ignite Delivery & Technical Enablement at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Valuable Features

Azure Data Factory offers scalable ETL processes with easy integration, user-friendly interface, and strong orchestration, security, and automation features.

TIBCO BusinessWorks is renowned for its user-friendly GUI, scalability, robust integration, and real-time processing capabilities.

It connects to different sources out-of-the-box, making integration much easier.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

The platform excels in handling major datasets, particularly when working with Power BI for reporting purposes.

Deena Thayalan

Data Engineer at Vthinktechnologies

Regarding the integration feature in Azure Data Factory, the integration part is excellent; we have major source connectors, so we can integrate the data from different data sources and also perform basic transformation while transforming, which is a great feature in Azure Data Factory.

KandaswamyMuthukrishnan

Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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It's a great software application for the middleware use cases to connect the front channels to the back ends in a secure and safer way.

Moustafa Fares

Senior Analyst at Etisalat

Drag and drop make it easier to build the service end to end.

ChristopherLebuso

Software Developer at Telkom Mobile

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Data Factory

Ranking in Data Integration

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Warehouse (2nd)

TIBCO BusinessWorks

Ranking in Data Integration

18th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Azure Data Factory is 3.7%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO BusinessWorks is 0.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Azure Data Factory	3.7%
TIBCO BusinessWorks	0.9%
Other	95.4%

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Featured Reviews

KandaswamyMuthukrishnan

Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Integrates diverse data sources and streamlines ETL processes effectively

Regarding potential areas of improvement for Azure Data Factory, there is a need for better data transformation, especially since many people are now depending on DataBricks more for connectivity and data integration. Azure Data Factory should consider how to enhance integration or filtering for more transformations, such as integrating with Spark clusters. I am satisfied with Azure Data Factory so far, but I suggest integrating some AI functionality to analyze data during the transition itself, providing insights such as null records, common records, and duplicates without running a separate pipeline or job. The monitoring tools in Azure Data Factory are helpful for optimizing data pipelines; while the current feature is adequate, they can improve by creating a live dashboard to see the online process, including how much percentage has been completed, which will be very helpful for people who are monitoring the pipeline.

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ChristopherLebuso

Software Developer at Telkom Mobile

Drag and drop capabilities simplify service development for easy building

It is drag and drop. Drag and drop make it easier to build the service end to end. It is easier to build services with BusinessWorks. When I have an architecture designed to plug in the service itself with BW, it makes things much easier. It is easy to integrate, especially when the architecture is well-designed.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

19%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	57

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	23

Questions from the Community

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Azure Data Factory is a solid product offering many transformation functions; It has pre-load and post-load transformations, allowing users to apply transformations either in code by using Power Q...

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How does TIBCO BusinessWorks compare with Mule Anypoint Platform?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO BusinessWorks?

The current licensing cost for the product involves our resource sourcing team for negotiations. It depends on the type of licenses being used, whether perpetual or not. Sourcing manages these aspe...

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What needs improvement with TIBCO BusinessWorks?

There could be improvement areas in TIBCO BusinessWorks because every area needs to improve as the industry is demanding and traffic is increasing. Performance and latency could be enhanced. Additi...

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Overview

Azure Data Factory efficiently manages and integrates data from various sources, enabling seamless movement and transformation across platforms. Its valuable features include seamless integration with Azure services, handling large data volumes, flexible transformation, user-friendly interface, extensive connectors, and scalability. Users have experienced improved team performance, workflow simplification, enhanced collaboration, streamlined processes, and boosted productivity.

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TIBCO BusinessWorks allows to connect applications, whether on-premises or in the cloud, providing proven reliability and scalability, out-of-the-box. With a drag-and-drop graphical development environment, TIBCO BusinessWorks eliminates the pain and cost of point-to-point application integration, connecting and unifying business processes across applications, data sources, and APIs, with access to real-time data across all your platforms.

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Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Coca-Cola 4. General Electric 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. LinkedIn 7. Mastercard 8. Nestle 9. Pfizer 10. Samsung 11. Siemens 12. Toyota 13. Unilever 14. Verizon 15. Walmart 16. Accenture 17. American Express 18. AT&T 19. Bank of America 20. Cisco 21. Deloitte 22. ExxonMobil 23. Ford 24. General Motors 25. IBM 26. JPMorgan Chase 27. Microsoft (Azure Data Factory is developed by Microsoft) 28. Oracle 29. Procter & Gamble 30. Salesforce 31. Shell 32. Visa

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