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IBM App Connect vs Oracle Integration Cloud Service comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (8th)
Oracle Integration Cloud Se...
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

IBM App Connect and Oracle Integration Cloud Service aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM App Connect is designed for Cloud Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 3.6%, up 2.9% compared to last year.
Oracle Integration Cloud Service, on the other hand, focuses on Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), holds 9.6% mindshare, down 11.2% since last year.
Cloud Data Integration
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

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.
Divya Prakash - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 15, 2023
An integration tool that is highly compatible and easy to maintain
Dealing with the large file sizes has occasionally been a challenge, though we have found workarounds. But dealing with large file sizes could be easy in integrations. I have also come across schema files where headers, footers, and bodies are there, but it's not a valid schema. None of the MSCAs are defined properly. In such cases, we have to think of multiple workarounds, such as splitting or merging. But this is a standard requirement for organizations, so custom solutions should be provided. There are cases when the systems don't expect additional MSCAs, or they expect headers, footers, or tags with different values. But this is not a proper XML. So if we are dealing with XML conversions, mapping, and integrations, we have to do some custom work. These are solutions that Oracle can provide.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has an efficient design flow."
"It's a powerful application for collaboration. It has many features for customization and integration."
"It's stable to use, connect with the cloud, and to deploy."
"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."
"App Connect's best feature is that it can be deployed in a container."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendliness of the application."
"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 likely an adapter for that."
"In our customers' organizations, Oracle Integration Cloud Service mainly integrates their other applications with the Oracle Fusion stack. It's very handy in scenarios where they want to seamlessly maintain data flow between applications, with business tools and logic validations in place."
"The Oracle integration tool is the most comfortable tool for using those Oracle products."
"It's easy to build an integration and make changes to it."
"Oracle Integration Cloud Service is a really good product and the ROI is very good with it. It lowers development time. A development cycle that may have taken a year without Oracle Integration Cloud Service can drop down to three or four months with it."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most important part would be the use of connectors. The significant number of cloud connectors available for active integration is its value."
"I particularly like the drag-and-drop feature for designing integrations and processes."
"The initial setup of Oracle Integration Cloud Service was easy."
 

Cons

"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."
"When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated."
"The product should improve its support."
"They reply in one or two hours at most, but they could be better."
"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."
"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."
"The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally."
"The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer."
"Configurable timeouts on each connection would be good."
"The bulk processing needs improvement."
"In terms of the area of improvement in the product, I would say that the way we design the services is very limited."
"Sometimes, the tech support is slow to get back to us. We have had to wait up to two weeks for a response."
"The solution should improve its support."
"The support and resources were lacking — they weren't there."
"I have faced situations where the solution has gone down for five to seven minutes, which is an issue if it happens in the live production environment."
"Dealing with the large file size has occasionally been a challenge."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is very expensive if we want to scale."
"App Connect is not cheap."
"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."
"The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."
"The price could be better."
"The cost depends upon the consumer."
"The solution is cost-effective."
"The price of Oracle Integration Cloud Service is reasonable to start with, but when you scale it becomes expensive."
"In the case of Oracle Integration Cloud, costs can be "predictable" as far as the platform and infrastructure are concerned."
"Its pricing is relatively lower than other vendors."
"The price of Oracle Integration Cloud Service is good. It is reasonable and is priced well for the market segment. The model they use is on a per-package unit and we have a two-year subscription."
"Oracle uses a universal credit model for OCI. Clients commit to an annual budget and can choose which products to use and build during their contract period. Billing is based on consumption - you're only billed for the products you use."
"Pricing is not on the economic side since it is a tool for enterprise-sized companies."
"The price is cheaper than all other cloud integration providers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
57%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
3%
Educational Organization
41%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

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's the difference between Oracle Integration Cloud Service and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)?
Oracle Integration Cloud Service has a fairly easy initial setup, and Oracle offers initial support and guidance for those who might find the setup to be challenging. There are complications that c...
What do you like most about Oracle Integration Cloud Service?
Oracle Integration Cloud Service offers a lot of adaptors.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Integration Cloud Service?
It is not really a high price for the value it gives. However, when you start doing the customization, it’s a bit expensive because I need to start provisioning other services before deployment. So...
 

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IBM Cast Iron
Oracle ICS
 

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Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
Calix, Avaya, Land Lakes, Leader, PWC, Vale
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