IBM App Connect vs TIBCO BusinessWorks comparison

IBM and TIBCO are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

IBM App Connect

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100% willing to recommend

TIBCO BusinessWorks

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and TIBCO BusinessWorks 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.

To learn more, read our detailed IBM App Connect vs. TIBCO BusinessWorks Report (Updated: October 2024).

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IBM App Connect vs. TIBCO BusinessWorks

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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Integration (8th)

TIBCO BusinessWorks

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (15th)

Featured Reviews

Mehdi El Filahi

Co-Founder at tenekit

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.

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Choon Hwa Khoh

Head of Product Test at ams AG

May 16, 2024

A java based platform, which is used for application integration and has a user-friendly GUI

TIBCO BusinessWorks is used as middleware for us I like TIBCO BusinessWorks because it has a user-friendly GUI for developing solutions. The palette offers a wide range of activities, making it easy to configure and drop activities into the solution. I haven't encountered any drawbacks with…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

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

"It has an efficient design flow."

"The most valuable feature is the user-friendliness of the application."

"Very scalable, flexible, and user-friendly."

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

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

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

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

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"I like TIBCO BusinessWorks because it has a user-friendly GUI for developing solutions."

"The most valuable feature is the integration."

"Customer support is very efficient."

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

"The initial setup of TIBCO BusinessWorks was straightforward since we have used the solution in our organization for a long time."

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

"It is very stable. It is a market leader, and it has connectors to many of the legacy systems. It also has enterprise cloud connectors."

"It is a very robust system."

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Cons

"When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated."

"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."

"The setup time for App Connect could be improved."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"The Business Studio tool can be improved, which is the tool for designing the processes. Improving the Business Studio tool will make this solution more stable. It has a steep learning curve, and it is pretty tough to learn."

"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."

"There are multiple plugins which increase the number of product installations."

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

"Improve Business Studio's stability to further minimize development time."

"TIBCO BusinessWorks needs to improve its digital IDs and data processing capabilities. It will benefit small and medium businesses."

"They don't support out of the box - you have to buy adapters or you have to have the technology."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"App Connect is not cheap."

"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 price could be better."

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

"The cost depends upon the consumer."

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

"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."

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

"TIBCO BusinessWorks is expensive."

"Its price policy has changed quite a lot in the last two years. It was extremely expensive previously. Nowadays, you can buy a license for BusinessWorks for €2000. Looking at what you get in return in terms of support, TIBCO community, and stability, it is fairly reasonable. It is not too expensive."

"My understanding is that the licensing is very costly."

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

"TIBCO BusinessWorks is a very expensive solution."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

57%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Energy/Utilities Company

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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...

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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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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...

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What do you like most about TIBCO BusinessWorks?

The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us.

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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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Compared 6% of the time

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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

TIBCO BusinessWorks allows to connect applications, whether on-premises or in the cloud, providing proven reliability and scalability, out-of-the-box. With a drag-and-drop graphical development environment, TIBCO BusinessWorks eliminates the pain and cost of point-to-point application integration, connecting and unifying business processes across applications, data sources, and APIs, with access to real-time data across all your platforms.

Sample Customers

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

Euler Hermes, QSuper, Scandinavian Airlines

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IBM App Connect vs. TIBCO BusinessWorks

October 2024

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