IBM App Connect vs SAP Process Orchestration comparison

IBM and SAP are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of SAP users who would recommend it.

IBM App Connect

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100% willing to recommend

SAP Process Orchestration

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91% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and SAP Process Orchestration based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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IBM App Connect vs. SAP Process Orchestration

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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Data Integration (11th)

SAP Process Orchestration

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

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Business-to-Business Middleware (2nd)

Featured Reviews

Mehdi El Filahi

Co-Founder at tenekit

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.

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Laxman Molugu

Chief Executive Officer at Saanvi systems inc

Enhances operational efficiency with valuable prepackaged content and cost-effective pricing

For organizations that operate within an SAP ecosystem, SAP Process Orchestration is recommended due to its cost-effectiveness and the availability of valuable prepackaged content. It is important to consider the needs of your industry, as SAP Process Orchestration may not meet all requirements in consumer-oriented sectors. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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Pros

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

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

"I would say that the most valuable feature is the array of connectors and integration tools."

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

"When using IBM stacks, IBM App Connect is suitable and integrates well with other IBM products like WebSphere."

"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."

"It has an efficient design flow."

"We use IBM App Connect for the integration between the applications."

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"With the latest version what I find to be the most valuable are the REST, SuccessFactors, and Ariba Network adapters."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"In my opinion, SAP PO is the most mature suite of tools to integrate processes across SAP environments at this moment. It's really unbeatable because it allows you to integrate whatever scenarios you can imagine."

"The solution is stable."

"Orchestration is beneficial for us."

"The most valuable features of SAP Process Orchestration are the standard APIs that we can use."

"It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs."

"It is strategically focused to forecast a global integration platform for our business."

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Cons

"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."

"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."

"Updates are constantly delayed."

"In the next release, I would like to get some quality connectors."

"I've been using IBM App Connect for about twenty-five years, and while I like it, there are some areas for improvement. The trace policy is ridiculous, and the biggest issue is the cost—it's expensive. People would use it much more if the price point weren't so high."

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

"IBM App Connect should improve security features."

"The interface could be better."

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"It requires some maintenance."

"Process Orchestration needs to provide secure connectivity as no one has any data information."

"SAP needs to improve a lot in terms of the orchestration part so that more adapters can be provided to users, which are areas where the solution has downsides."

"It would be beneficial to enhance the ease of implementing new projects and improve overall stability in our implementations."

"There are two main areas for improvement: performance and cost."

"The monitoring governance offered by SAP is too technical and needs to be geared more toward business users."

"We encounter challenges while connecting to MQTT and MQDD adapters."

"It does not have all of the industry-standard solutions available in PO and it is not plug and play, so we have to do a lot of development."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"App Connect is not cheap."

"The cost depends upon the consumer."

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

"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."

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

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

"The price could be better."

"Normally, you will have to choose CPU-based licensing...I rate the tool price a five out of ten."

"The pricing depends on what type of client you are with SAP and the contract you have. There is a licensing cost that needs to be paid."

"There are fees in addition to the licensing."

"My company deals with different pricing models of the product, according to which we don't pay for the solution directly, but we do pay for the maintenance part."

"The solution is highly-priced."

"The fee for maintenance is costly."

"The license is a one-time payment, and additional costs are only incurred on the infrastructure side since it's an on-premise solution."

"Looking at market conditions, vendors nowadays are giving products at very low price levels. However, SAP Process Orchestration have not yet reduced their prices. The prices could be reduced a lot to stay competitive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

54%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

17%

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

Energy/Utilities Company

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By reviewers

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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 do you like most about SAP Process Orchestration?

It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Process Orchestration?

The main concern is the cost. If additional help is needed due to lack of skill, we have to pay for SAP support.

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What needs improvement with SAP Process Orchestration?

There are two main areas for improvement: performance and cost. The cost is quite high, and if it were reduced, it might also improve the performance, potentially allowing us to access a more effic...

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Also Known As

IBM Cast Iron

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration

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

IBM

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration facilitates the integration of business processes that span different departments, organizations, or companies. SAP PI is based on general standards so as to enable 3rd-party systems to be integrated. At the center of SAP PI is an XML-based communication that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Irrespective of the scenario used, the application-specific contents are transferred in messages in user-defined XML eXtensible Markup Language) from the sender to the receiver either via the Integration Server, or directly between the systems involved. SAP PI can be installed in different ways: Dual usage type installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java. and Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.

SAP

Sample Customers

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

Lenovo, Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren

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IBM App Connect vs. SAP Process Orchestration

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