IBM App Connect vs TIBCO BusinessWorks comparison

"It can handle API conversions with mapping and transformation rules, simplifying the development process."

"It has an efficient design flow."

"Provides good security features."

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

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

"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."

"There is a friendly interface for configuration, and integration is made easy."

"The most important thing is that it is easy for developers to work with."

"One of the most valuable features is data transformation. We have some legacy systems which are in old technology, like SOAP, whereas the new ones are in REST. So we use BusinessWorks to transform data from one format to another, from SOAP to REST."

"The most valuable features are the stability and the time to market."

"We are using only plugins for the database and SAP."

"The solution is stable. We haven't had any serious technical issues."

"Areas for improvement would be the cloud fitness of the product and the ease of migrating to newer versions."

"BusinessWorks reduces development time, helping developers to focus on business logic."

"One of the most valuable features is that it's a simple development. It takes a short time to get services to work."

"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."

"Updates are constantly delayed."

"Plugins for the repositories are difficult to find."

"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 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."

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

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

"The product should improve its support."

"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."

"The communication protocols could be improved."

"The initial setup is not easy."

"Its price can be improved. For medium enterprises, it is a very expensive tool. In the market, you won't get many resources for this solution. You won't find many developers in the market very easily. The latest version of TIBCO (6.4 or 6.x) is not very stable. It has got many issues. We have raised this with TIBCO, and they are taking a lot of time to come up with a fix, which is making us move away from this product. Some of the performance-tuning aspects are also missing in version 6. They should provide performance-related fixes, which will be helpful for the customers. If you are migrating from the current version to the container-supported version, it is quite expensive. The product has evolved, but it is very pricey. That's one of the challenges. They have provided all the features that are there in other products, but this is a platform upgrade. The platform has completely been changed from 5.x to 6.x, and we can't use the same environment. We can't run both versions on the same server as VM. The development environment is entirely different. In version 5.x, there was a proprietary designer. Now, it has common plug-ins developed on top of Eclipse."

"The solution’s customer support should be improved."

"Could be more user friendly in the development area."

"The learning curve takes time compared to webMethods."

"There is room for improvement on the learning side."

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

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

"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."

"The price could be better."

"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."

"App Connect is not cheap."

"The payments made for service are the only addition to the standard licensing fees that we pay for the solution."

"I think BusinessWorks is more expensive compared to other products. We have the ELA, so at least we have some sort of bargain or discount with that. But for a start-up, it's very expensive compared to other ESBs."

"The solution is too expensive. It's one of the most expensive solutions out there, particularly because there are so many open-source competitors on the market. I don't know the exact numbers, however."

"I don't have the prices of the products, but I know that TIBCO is not a cheap solution. I think that this solution is more suitable for large companies because I don't think that small- or medium-sized companies would have the money for this solution. WSO2 has the community version for free, so many of the smaller companies can use it. I'm not sure what the prices are for support, though, so I suppose the support for WSO2 is not cheap either."

"The product is not cheap."

"Licensing scheme is too rigid"

"It is a bit expensive for medium-sized companies. If you are migrating from the current version to the container-supported version, it is quite expensive. The existing licensing will not work because the product platform itself is different."

"I would rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."