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IBM App Connect vs TIBCO BusinessWorks 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.
Sentiment score
8.1
TIBCO BusinessWorks delivers significant ROI within two years, offering reliability and seamless development, valued by stakeholders despite measurement challenges.
 

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
6.2
TIBCO BusinessWorks support experiences vary, with users noting both efficient assistance and delays, influenced by regional differences.
 

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
7.1
TIBCO BusinessWorks offers strong scalability, but users experience mixed success due to costs, configurations, and licensing constraints.
 

Stability Issues

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Sentiment score
7.7
TIBCO BusinessWorks is valued for stability, though newer versions and components occasionally present issues, yet reliability remains high.
 

Room For Improvement

TIBCO BusinessWorks requires stability, flexible pricing, user-friendly design, better support, integration, and improved documentation and resources.
 

Setup Cost

IBM App Connect licensing is costly and complex but adjustable, with fees based on usage and potential discounts available.
TIBCO BusinessWorks is costly, favored by large enterprises, with high fees making it unsuitable for smaller companies.
 

Valuable Features

TIBCO BusinessWorks excels in user-friendly integration, scalability, and performance, with strong features for real-time processing and legacy integration.
 

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)
TIBCO BusinessWorks
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (16th)
 

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.
Choon Hwa Khoh - PeerSpot reviewer
A java based platform, which is used for application integration and has a user-friendly GUI
I haven't encountered any drawbacks with TIBCO BusinessWorks so far. Despite being a new user for the past year, everything has been smooth, including development and deployment. Challenges with TIBCO BusinessWorks were mainly due to unclear documentation, but these were overcome by referring to comprehensive documents and raising tickets with TIBCO support.
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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
26%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
6%
 

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...
How does TIBCO BusinessWorks compare with Mule Anypoint Platform?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...
What do you like most about TIBCO BusinessWorks?
The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO BusinessWorks?
TIBCO BusinessWorks is a very expensive solution. Four years ago, we purchased four products with a two-course for 20 million dollars. This is a perpetual license.
 

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Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
Euler Hermes, QSuper, Scandinavian Airlines
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