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IBM App Connect vs Quest SharePlex comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
7.2
IBM App Connect enhances ROI and efficiency, though financial expertise and skilled teams are essential for maximizing benefits.
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Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
IBM App Connect's support is helpful but inconsistent, with delays in complex issues and needs improvement in remote assistance.
Sentiment score
7.9
Quest SharePlex customer service is rated highly for its responsiveness, 24/7 availability, and superior support for complex issues.
 

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
6.5
Quest SharePlex demonstrates improved scalability, handling large data volumes well, though logical replication complexity may pose challenges.
 

Stability Issues

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Sentiment score
7.4
Quest SharePlex offers stable performance since version 6, ensuring smooth transitions and reliable upgrades across various Oracle versions.
 

Room For Improvement

Quest SharePlex users desire enhanced replication, reporting features, database integration, AI capabilities, automation, and Foglight monitoring improvements.
 

Setup Cost

IBM App Connect licensing is costly and complex but adjustable, with fees based on usage and potential discounts available.
Quest SharePlex is a cost-effective alternative to Oracle GoldenGate, offering good value and easy administration for new users.
 

Valuable Features

Quest SharePlex excels in fast, reliable data replication, supporting high transaction volumes and maintaining integrity across multiple databases.
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (8th)
Quest SharePlex
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (24th), Data Integration (48th)
 

Featured Reviews

Mehdi El Filahi - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
KW
It reduces the downtime and migration time exponentially
I would rate SharePlex's high availability, and disaster recovery features highly. It works as advertised in terms of rapid fill-over and switch-over opportunities. It reduces the migration time for a multi-terabyte database to an hour or less because it performs real-time replication. SharePlex reduces downtime and migration time exponentially. Something that could take 12 to 24 hours is cut down to one to two hours. By the time you start to migrate, the only remaining replication is a slight difference in data from the point when SharePlex has shut down, and the application has to also switch over to the new database. It allowed the company to replicate data more transparently. Some of the business executives probably don't even know it's there. It works 100 percent of the time, with little downtime or problems. It provides what is needed. There's little concern about whether or not it functions. It's allowed the company to achieve its objectives with its clients, reducing and minimizing downtime for substantial migrations and upgrades. It can reduce hardware and storage costs, but my company doesn't utilize it with high-availability architecture.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
58%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
3%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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...
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Also Known As

IBM Cast Iron
Dell SharePlex, SharePlex
 

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Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
Bodybuilding.com, Priceline.com, Ameco Beijing, Viasat, SK Broadband
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