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IBM App Connect vs Oracle GoldenGate comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (8th)
Oracle GoldenGate
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

Mehdi El Filahi - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 17, 2024
Offers flexible adapters, good scalability but logging can be difficult at times
There is room for improvement in the logging messages. Sometimes, if you put someone new into App Connect, they can abandon it the same day. The logging is really painful. However, IBM has made efforts to integrate with Elasticsearch for logging, so that's an improvement. Overall, the logging can be difficult at times. One more important point is that if IBM improves its CI/CD capabilities, it will make a big difference. Right now, I have to create my own CI/CD setup from scratch for every client, which is inefficient. Back in 2013, I worked with Sonic ESB, and even then, it had CI/CD with Maven. With App Connect, you need to build everything yourself when using tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, or CircleCI. IBM really needs to provide official support for this.
Vijay Manoharan - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 7, 2024
Performs real-time replication without data loss, but we cannot do much automation
The setup with the classic GoldenGate architecture was easy. Oracle has now moved to Microservices Architecture. It is a real pain. There are a lot of new things we have to learn. I rate the ease of setup of the classic architecture a seven out of ten. For Microservices, I rate the ease of setup a three out of ten. The deployment takes a couple of hours. We need one system administrator to deploy the tool. We need to maintain the tool. We are a team of four people. We need at least three people for maintenance. The time taken for maintenance depends on how big the environment is. We spend a lot of time on maintenance because our environment is big.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use IBM App Connect for the integration between the applications."
"It can handle API conversions with mapping and transformation rules, simplifying the development process."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendliness of the application."
"The solution is fast and supports Open UI 3.0 certification."
"The solution is very fast-paced when it comes to making things right. We can quickly download what we need if we need any app migrations for our software business. We can download it plenty of times when we need to use it. It gives us very high speed for delivering any development."
"When using IBM stacks, IBM App Connect is suitable and integrates well with other IBM products like WebSphere."
"Very scalable, flexible, and user-friendly."
"One of the most beneficial features is the ability to handle multiple communication technologies, like integrating Kafka flows, which is helpful as other teams heavily use it. Regarding error handling, I initially wrote most of the handling myself. While built-in features for error handling are built-in, it largely depends on the developer. We use a custom solution that catches all exceptions, logs them in a database, and replays them as needed. It has been effective for us for over twenty years."
"This solution provides us with real-time replication and it does not affect the performance of other operations, which is very important to us."
"The live application feature is most valuable. The solution is stable. I rate it a seven out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle GoldenGate is its cost-effectiveness compared to other solutions like Oracle Data Guard, especially for Oracle-to-non-Oracle replication scenarios."
"With Oracle GoldenGate, you can easily sync the tables and put them into the ODS database."
"We can replicate data across different data centers and different technologies."
"Since the world is going towards open source, the solution's heterogeneous data migration feature is very useful."
"The CDC feature is interesting."
"It works best with Oracle."
 

Cons

"IBM App Connect should improve security features."
"The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer."
"IBM App Connect is scalable. From the administration side, they need to improve the RBAC model, as well as the clustering of this product. It will be good if we can start up the cluster, via IBM Connect Console. Some other products like MuleSoft, are providing this type of administration. MuleSoft is easy to use and user friendly."
"Plugins for the repositories are difficult to find."
"In the next release, I would like to get some quality connectors."
"When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated."
"The setup time for App Connect could be improved."
"The product should improve its support."
"It would be great if Oracle added some enhanced features or more functionalities to Oracle GoldenGate."
"Oracle GoldenGate could improve the price."
"It should be easier to integrate this solution with non-Oracle databases, including cloud-based solutions hosted on Azure."
"The front-end management isn't very good."
"The solution's performance needs improvement."
"Troubleshooting issues is not always the easiest. It should be easier to troubleshoot. Their support can also be improved. They don't read your problem statement and waste a lot of time. GoldenGate for big data is actually a separate license. It is sort of a separate product, but it might fall underneath your GoldenGate category. If we're talking about big data, its interaction with big data sources is poorly documented."
"The solution, in general, should be easier to use, with less need to perform workarounds within the system."
"Lacks the ability to become a full-scale ETL tool."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"App Connect is not cheap."
"It is very expensive if we want to scale."
"The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."
"The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal."
"The cost depends upon the consumer."
"The price could be better."
"IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products."
"The price of this solution is good."
"Oracle GoldenGate's cost is high."
"Licensing for Oracle GoldenGate is paid yearly."
"We have purchased corporate licensing to use Oracle GoldenGate."
"The solution would be costly for a small organization."
"Oracle GoldenGate is a high-priced solution because it follows the core-based pricing model versus the software-based pricing model of other solutions."
"Pricing is based on anual licensing with additional costs for support packages."
"The tool needs to improve its pricing."
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Comparison Review

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Mar 31, 2014
Oracle GoldenGate vs. Oracle Active Dataguard
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
57%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
3%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM App Connect?
IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products.
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...
What do you like most about Oracle GoldenGate?
The product is reliable for data integrity.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle GoldenGate?
The product is expensive. Due to the high cost, we are considering alternative solutions.
What needs improvement with Oracle GoldenGate?
The solution sometimes has issues with long transactions and replication delays. Its pricing needs improvement.
 

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IBM Cast Iron
GoldenGate
 

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Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
Japan Exchange Group, Daewoo E&C, Herbalife, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Canon, Turk Telekom
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