IBM App Connect vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

IBM and Salesforce are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. IBM is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.3, while Salesforce is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.2. IBM holds a 3.8% mindshare in CDI, compared to Salesforce’s 8.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Salesforce users who would recommend it.

IBM App Connect

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100% willing to recommend

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 4, 2024

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and IBM App Connect compete in the integration tools category. MuleSoft Anypoint Platform has the upper hand due to its extensive connector library, while IBM App Connect offers simpler deployment and robust support.

Features: MuleSoft Anypoint Platform offers API management, flexibility in integration, and a vast connector library. IBM App Connect provides ease of connecting applications, integration flow designer, and machine learning capabilities.

Room for Improvement: MuleSoft Anypoint Platform needs better documentation, more straightforward error handling, and improved user training materials. IBM App Connect requires better performance speeds, enhanced user training materials, and more comprehensive documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is easy to deploy with comprehensive support, albeit with a learning curve. IBM App Connect is praised for its fast deployment, reliable customer service, and minimal setup complexity.

Pricing and ROI: MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is considered expensive but delivers high ROI. IBM App Connect is viewed favorably for setup costs and satisfactory ROI.

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IBM App Connect vs. MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Message Queue (MQ) Software (3rd), Business-to-Business Middleware (2nd), Workload Automation (9th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of IBM App Connect is 3.8%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is 8.8%, up from 8.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Lakshan Jinasena

IT Specialist at ICAP

May 31, 2023

A highly scalable and user-friendly product that is easy to learn and install

Currently, we are using the product as our central middleware. We are using it to eliminate all point connections and expose data centralized service hub for consumers It has optimized the service consumption of the consumers and improved the performance since it has a limited point-to-point…

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Khedkar Bhagyashree

Technical Lead at DFS Singapore Pte Ltd

Mar 18, 2024

Easy to set it up, good support but we need to use APIs for external integration

When it comes to external systems, we need to use APIs. So, it needs some extra effort. When we are integrating with other applications, readily available connectors make it easy. However, when it comes to external applications, connectivity isn't as straightforward. We need to use RESTful APIs to get and push messages. While it's doable, it's not as simple as using the pre-built connectors. In future releases, Anypoint MQ can increase the message size limit a little bit. We faced issues while working with SAP integrations. SAP can have very large files, and we couldn't handle those within the Anypoint MQ limit.

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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

"It has different type of interfaces that can integrate with companies."

"The most valuable feature is the user-friendliness of the application."

"App Connect's best feature is that it can be deployed in a container."

"It's a powerful application for collaboration. It has many features for customization and integration."

"Very scalable, flexible, and user-friendly."

"It's stable to use, connect with the cloud, and to deploy."

"Technical support is good."

"Provides good security features."

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"The tool helps with order management and automates the enterprise's orchestration, invoice creation, product maintenance, and product life cycle. The API manager feature helps us configure, secure, and call APIs."

"It is very easy to use for building connectors. It comes with a lot of connectors. For example, it has different adapters for NetSuite, which are very easy to use. It also has Salesforce connectors. The object store feature is also really easy to use. Mule Anypoint Platform is also good in terms of performance and how it is managed behind the scenes."

"The most valuable feature of Mule Anypoint Platform is rapid development."

"It's easy to use and comes as a bundle package with the Anypoint Platform, removing the need for any complex setup."

"The tool is very capable and offers a high performance. The tool supports batch processing and ETL processing."

"The community manager is the standout feature of the Mule Anypoint Platform, as it provides a platform to showcase your API to external parties. It is exceptionally user-friendly and enables external parties to easily utilize and consume the APIs."

"The initial setup is quite easy because the solution has a good interface through which the configuration, mapping, and so on can be done."

"It's easy to develop APIs."

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Cons

"IBM needs to enhance and have a stronger offering for the event streaming part because this is the future needed for the containerization and the new integration requirement."

"The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally."

"Finding developers for the product is difficult since it is a niche solution. I know the OpenShift environment is running well for the microservice environment. We had some issues with the other environment we tried to implement. It can be easily implemented internally, but we have some problems in practice."

"They reply in one or two hours at most, but they could be better."

"The user interface of IBM App Connect can be a little bit more user-friendly, I would say because the first-time developer is onboarded while using IBM App Connect, he or she may get a little intimidated or daunted looking at all the options available or the pipelines, et cetera."

"IBM App Connect should improve security features."

"It is not easy to deploy. It requires someone with a high level of knowledge in the solution to deploy it, not just anyone can do it."

"More connectors could be available for the product as some of the third-party software doesn't have default connectors."

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"The solution is very expensive. They need to work on the pricing."

"The solution's pricing model is very strange, and it will be really expensive if you use APIs a lot."

"The tool requires programming language."

"The solution's licensing model is expensive and could be improved."

"The pricing can be a little bit less."

"Price-wise, it is a good product since it is reasonably priced...Mule Anypoint Platform can get too complex for non-technical people."

"The product does not provide a priority level for the message."

"The inclusion of GenAI in the tool can be good since it is an area that is currently unavailable in the solution."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is very expensive if we want to scale."

"The cost depends upon the consumer."

"The price could be better."

"The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."

"Initially, App Connect was quite expensive because the cost was based on the number of processors we used. However, it's now based on containers, which means we can be more specific about our consumption and get a better price."

"IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products."

"The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal."

"App Connect is not cheap."

"The tool is heavily bundle-priced. I rate the solution’s pricing five on a scale of ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap."

"Licensing can be complex as is the case with most iPaaS/cloud offerings."

"The product is still very expensive."

"Mule Anypoint Platform is affordable."

"Mule is not the cheapest integration platform out there, but it deserves the price we are paying."

"The licensing is core-based. My customers tell me that it's very expensive compared to the cost of other integration suites."

"Mule Anypoint Platform is an expensive solution."

"The solution has a high price."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

56%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

20%

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM App Connect?

I like the adapters. The adapters help us achieve scalability. If you want to connect to SAP, there's an adapter. Salesforce? There's an adapter. You want to connect to another system? There's like...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM App Connect?

IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products.

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What is your primary use case for IBM App Connect?

Our company has a big project for delivery and e-commerce sites. We use IBM App Connect to deliver information to our end users after they buy our products. We get information from many places, suc...

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What advice do you have for others considering Mule Anypoint Platform?

I architected solutions using Oracle SOA/OSB, Spring Boot, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes; What I see is though if you are an enterprise and have enough money th...

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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 can Mule Anypoint Platform be used for and what do you use it for most often?

This is a very flexible solution that comes with multiple uses. My organization mostly uses Mule Anypoint Platform for API management, as it lets us build new APIs easily and design new interfaces...

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Overview

Rapidly connect public clouds, private clouds and on-premises application

App Connect Professional is IBM’s cloud integration offering which delivers an integration solution
• With ease-of-use, flexibility and increased responsiveness to the evolving business needs, while removing the daunting complexities of integration.
• Provides the powerful combination of a ‘simple integration experience’ for business users looking to automate how their applications talk to each other; coupled with a ‘configuration based integration’ approach for IT.
• App Connect Professional is for the teams and integration developers who need to solve more complex problems and need powerful tooling for integration scenarios

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is used for integration and API management, connecting enterprise applications across retail, e-commerce, and supply chain. It supports cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-on-premises scenarios with real-time and asynchronous messaging.

Users leverage MuleSoft Anypoint Platform for diverse integrations including cloud-based and on-premises, enabling data transformations, middleware functions, and hybrid integrations. It seamlessly connects systems like SAP, Salesforce, and Oracle, facilitating data transfers and integrating legacy systems. The platform offers a graphic interface, quick implementation, and a variety of connectors, contributing to its popularity for robust and scalable solutions. Despite its strengths, users seek better technical support, more connectors, simplified runtime management, and improved documentation.

What are the key features of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform?

Marketplace for integration platforms: Provides pre-built connectors and templates.
API management: Efficient management and monitoring of APIs.
Graphic interface: User-friendly design for ease of use.
Monitoring capabilities: Comprehensive monitoring and observability features.
Quick implementation: Rapid deployment of integrations and APIs.
Pre-built templates: Ready-to-use templates for common integrations.
Stability and performance: Reliable and high-performing platform.
Data transformation with DataWeave: Powerful tool for data mapping and transformation.
Support for hybrid deployments: Flexibility to integrate cloud and on-premises systems.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Increased connectivity: Seamless integration of multiple systems.
Operational efficiency: Streamlined processes and data flows.
Scalability: Ability to grow with business needs.
Cost savings: Reduced development time with pre-built components.
Enhanced visibility: Improved monitoring and management of integrations.

Enterprises in retail, e-commerce, and supply chain implement MuleSoft Anypoint Platform to connect various applications and systems. It supports real-time messaging for inventory management, synchronizes customer data across platforms, and integrates with legacy systems for smooth data migration. Users benefit from quick deployments and a marketplace that accelerates integration projects.

Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.

VMware, Gucci, MasterCard, Target, Time Inc, Hershey's, Tesla, Spotify, Office Depot, Intuit, CBS, Amtrak, Salesforce, Gap, Ralph Lauren

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