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Denodo vs TIBCO BusinessWorks comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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
8.0
Denodo enhances ROI by speeding processes, improving strategic accuracy, reducing churn, and boosting customer loyalty within six months.
Sentiment score
8.1
TIBCO BusinessWorks provides justified investment through benefits like flexibility and reliability, offering positive ROI outcomes in various projects.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Denodo's service and support are praised for expertise and promptness, but initial support and training need improvement.
Sentiment score
6.2
TIBCO BusinessWorks customer service quality varies, with generally good support but occasional delays and communication challenges reported.
The documentation is very thorough.
Denodo's customer support team is very competent and responsive.
They are proactive in conducting webinars and connecting with customers.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Denodo offers scalable architecture with successful integration and deployment, overcoming financial and query delegation challenges to ensure performance.
Sentiment score
7.0
TIBCO BusinessWorks is scalable but limited by infrastructure and costs, with cloud versions enhancing performance and scalability.
Its complexity in configuring and the requirement to install different connectors for different sources affects its scalability.
While the solution scales well on a single machine, I have doubts about its scalability when deployed as part of a Java component cluster.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Denodo is stable, handles stress well, but faces occasional challenges with complex queries and external dependencies.
Sentiment score
7.7
TIBCO BusinessWorks is praised for stability but faces minor issues in newer versions, favoring version 5.14 for reliability.
I would rate it nine out of ten because it is very reliable, always performing as expected.
If JVM does not function properly, it may cause Denodo to fail to connect to different sources.
 

Room For Improvement

Denodo requires improvements in data catalog, integration, modernization, connectivity, security, performance, visualization, documentation, and user-friendliness.
TIBCO BusinessWorks needs stability, integration improvements, better monitoring, competitive pricing, and enhanced cloud, support, and security features.
Ensuring data caching is up to date is critical.
Denodo needs better communication on how the product can be deployed for specific solutions.
The system has dependencies on other environments, like JVM, which can affect its performance.
The learning curve takes time compared to webMethods.
 

Setup Cost

Denodo's pricing is expensive but fair for enterprises, with various editions and licensing often based on CPU or core.
TIBCO BusinessWorks pricing is costly, with limited scalability, favoring large enterprises over medium-sized companies and startups.
Denodo's pricing is not affordable for small companies and is more suitable for medium to large enterprises.
Denodo is considered pricey, limiting its use to large enterprises or government organizations that can afford its comprehensive setup.
 

Valuable Features

Denodo offers efficient data virtualization with robust integration, optimized queries, and secure access, enhancing analytics and data management.
TIBCO BusinessWorks excels in usability, integration, scalability, and real-time processing with seamless technology linking and cloud connectivity.
Denodo's ability to connect to multiple data sources and perform extract-transform-load (ETL) operations on the fly is noteworthy.
The most valuable feature of Denodo is its uniformity of self-site data access types, which allows it to connect to almost any storage technology and feed it transparently.
Denodo is also effective for developing solutions quickly, facilitating user reports, and offering good data governance.
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.
 

Categories and Ranking

Denodo
Ranking in Data Integration
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
Data Virtualization (1st), Cloud Data Integration (6th)
TIBCO BusinessWorks
Ranking in Data Integration
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Denodo is 1.9%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO BusinessWorks is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Dash Bibhuprasad - PeerSpot reviewer
Saves our underwriters' time with data virtualization, but could provide more learning resources
As a company, we first did a proof-of-concept for about four months to make sure the product was a perfect fit for us or not, and beyond that I have only used Denodo for another year or so, so I know that we haven't used the product to its fullest yet. Indeed, a lot of Denodo has changed since we had our first presentation on it with the Denodo sales team who gave us a rundown of all the features. Nevertheless, there are multiple ideas I could suggest in terms of improvement. First of all, the visualization and reporting could be better. Of course, the data virtualization is good, but the data visualization could be improved with regards to the real-time dashboarding of the graphs, pie charts, etc. For the real-time data, the dashboard should preferably be updated automatically every hour. Let's say, as a CEO or CFO, I just want to know how much premium the company will get at any hour of the day. This data should be readily available on the dashboard. This is largely why we stick with Power BI's dashboarding features (besides the simple fact that Power BI works well hand-in-hand with Azure), and why we still haven't used Denodo's data visualization features as much as the data virtualization features. Another area we have been struggling with is the integration of Denodo with both Salesforce and MuleSoft, which we use to track the customers in our sales system, such as when sending insurance quotes. When we first tried to integrate Salesforce, we found that there was some type of version incompatibility. We had a hard time talking with Salesforce about this, but eventually we upgraded our version and the integration was resolved. Yet, this was a challenge that I feel we didn't need to go through, as we were not able to quickly map out the issue. And with MuleSoft, we have not been able to integrate it properly at all. I have also seen our users complain about the availability of data sources, where they are sometimes not able to connect to all the sources they need. This kind of complaint, however, is difficult to diagnose, and I don't know for sure whether it is due to how we have Denodo set up in the company, or whether it's an actual issue with Denodo itself. These complaints were mainly made during the first few months of our usage, so it is possible that the problems stemmed from a lack of knowledge on how to use Denodo correctly, especially since the individual feedback would generally be something vague like, "Okay, I'm not able to do this". To help resolve these complaints, I would suggest that Denodo work on better documentation and perhaps some kind of virtual training. For example, there's an insurance software company called Guidewire, and when we first brought Guidewire into the company they sent us a lot of training videos even before the actual integration took place. For Denodo, it would be beneficial to make sure that the team that will be using it has some kind of training on how to use the product at least a month beforehand, and there could even be some kind of feedback or Q&A sessions to go along with the training. If Denodo were able to provide this kind of training, it would be very helpful to users in insurance and banking companies because the staff are typically older and not always technically-minded. They say, "You are pushing us too hard", so they need encouragement when it comes to adoption of a new software product.
Choon Hwa Khoh - PeerSpot reviewer
A java based platform, which is used for application integration and has a user-friendly GUI
I haven't encountered any drawbacks with TIBCO BusinessWorks so far. Despite being a new user for the past year, everything has been smooth, including development and deployment. Challenges with TIBCO BusinessWorks were mainly due to unclear documentation, but these were overcome by referring to comprehensive documents and raising tickets with TIBCO support.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Does Denodo provide useful data virtualization education? Is it useful to attend their training?
If you are a Denodo user, it makes sense to undergo their training. Different types of professionals can benefit from it, including administrators, developers, and architects. If you are keen on i...
In experience, what might Denodo be lacking or need improvement on?
I like Denodo a lot. It offers quick and easy web service deployment within minutes. There are not any flaws that I think make the product less good or effective. The only thing I can point out is...
Which industries can benefit from Denodo the most?
Denodo is suitable for pretty much all sectors that deal with: Big data Cloud solutions Data governance Logical data fabric Master data management In my opinion, organizations in different fields...
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...
What do you like most about TIBCO BusinessWorks?
The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO BusinessWorks?
TIBCO BusinessWorks is a very expensive solution. Four years ago, we purchased four products with a two-course for 20 million dollars. This is a perpetual license.
 

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Sample Customers

Autodesk, VHA, AAA, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Caterpillar, European Chemical Agency, Seagate, Nationwide, Time Warner Cable, Pantex, Inditex, BNSF Railways, Vodafone, CIT Group, Jazztel, Wolters Kluwer, Telefonica, TransAlta
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