IBM App Connect vs webMethods.io comparison

IBM App Connect and webMethods.io are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. IBM App Connect is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.3, while webMethods.io is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.9. Additionally, 100% of IBM App Connect users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of webMethods.io users who would recommend it.

IBM App Connect

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100% willing to recommend

webMethods.io

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94% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and webMethods.io 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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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

webMethods.io

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business-to-Business Middleware (4th), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (10th), API Management (10th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (5th)

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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Derrick Brockel

Senior Manager of Operations at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Dec 14, 2023

An integration platform that enables you to automate tasks by connecting apps and services

Follow best practices,engage in their professional services to help build your messaging system and to be PR have some PR emphasis and and blue Bluegreen deployment You could take half your your clusters out, upgrade them, and put them back in so you have a quick callback. And also patch quarterly, we got we got downbound. And and at that point, it's a little hard to get into the cycle when you're releasing software every every week, and you're trying to, go through an upgrade seven fifty servers, it's a little hard to get into the upgrade flow when when you're running that tight. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.

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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

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

"It has an efficient design flow."

"The most valuable feature is the security."

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

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

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

"The solution is fast and supports Open UI 3.0 certification."

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

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"It’s fairly easy to view, move, and mange access across different components. Different component types are categorized and can be viewed in a web based administration console."

"The product supports various types of digital documents, including XMLs and EDI."

"It's very flexible and a good platform to use."

"Within the new version, webMethods API Gateway gives us an end-to-end lifecycle from the creation of the API up into the development, deployment, and promotion into production/live. The current end-to-end lifecycle of the API gives us enough authority and governance of the API. We know what are currently live services, what is in the testing stage of development, and what version that has been commissioned. So, the full life cycle itself gives us full authority and governance of the API."

"The main assets are its flow language, debugging, and Broker. Flow language is far better and more flexible for debugging."

"Segregation of deployment for the environments is the most valuable feature of the solution."

"When it comes to the user interface, I'm already really used to it. I cannot say anything against it. For me, it's easy to use."

"webMethods API Portal is overall very valuable. It is now a comprehensive API catalogue that serves various purposes, including API assessment and evaluation."

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Cons

"Updates are constantly delayed."

"Plugins for the repositories are difficult to find."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"The product should improve its support."

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"With performance, there is room for improvement in regards to if we would like to put another extra layer of security on it, such as SSL. This is affecting their performance quite significantly. They need to improve the process of managing the SSL and other things inside their solutions, so there will not be quite such a significant impact to the performance."

"The price has room for improvement."

"Some of the things that we use cannot be done in this solution. For these things, we have to either use a Java service or a util service. There is no predefined or existing service that we can use. So, we have to work on the util service and write on top of it. Its price can also be better. It is pretty costly because they charge us for each transmission."

"In terms of scale, I would give it a four out of 10."

"The UI for the admin console is very old. It hasn't been updated for years and is pretty much the same one that we started with. This is something that could be refreshed and made more modern."

"It is difficult to maintain."

"Rapid application development has to be considered, especially for UI, where user interference is crucial."

"This solution could be improved by offering subscription based licensing."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The cost depends upon the consumer."

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

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

"App Connect is not cheap."

"The price could be better."

"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."

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

"I don’t have much idea about prices, but webMethods API Portal is not something cheaper."

"This is an expensive product and we may replace it with something more reasonably priced."

"The vendor is flexible with respect to pricing."

"I do think webMethods is coming under increasing pressure when it comes to their price-to-feature value proposition. It's probably the single biggest strategic risk they have. They're very expensive in their industry. They've been raising the price recently, especially when compared with their competitors."

"This is not a cheap solution but, compared to other products such as those offered by IBM, the pricing is similar."

"It is an expensive tool. I rate the product price a nine out of ten, where ten means it is very expensive."

"I signed a three-year deal with them. It is a yearly locked-in price for the next three years."

"webMethods Integration Server is expensive, and there's no fixed price on it because it has a point pricing model. You can negotiate, which makes it interesting."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

57%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Retailer

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Midsize Enterprise

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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...

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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 Built.io Flow?

The tool helps us to streamline data integration. Its BPM is very strong and powerful. The solution helps us manage digital transformation.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them.

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What needs improvement with Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io needs to incorporate ChatGPT to enhance user experience. It can offer a customized user experience.

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Also Known As

IBM Cast Iron

Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API

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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

webMethods.io Integration is a powerful integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides a combination of capabilities offered by ESBs, data integration systems, API management tools, and B2B gateways.

Sample Customers

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

Cisco, Agralogics, Dreamforce, Cables & Sensors, Sacramento Kings

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