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IBM B2B Integrator vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 4, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM B2B Integrator
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (3rd), Workload Automation (9th), Cloud Data Integration (4th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the Business-to-Business Middleware category, the mindshare of IBM B2B Integrator is 6.6%, down from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is 13.7%, up from 13.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business-to-Business Middleware
 

Featured Reviews

UR
Aug 19, 2020
Good data formatting and transformation functions
I am a consultant and B2B Integrator is one of the products that I implement for my clients. This tool helps with understanding the products by improving communications The most valuable features assist with understanding data formats and transforming data. The tool requires you to write a lot…
Rohit Sircar - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 7, 2022
Perfect customer service, consistent stability, and definite return on investment
The most important thing that I have seen is it has removed the data silos because of the three-tier architecture that Mule Anypoint Platform follows The most valuable feature is their integrations and very good API management. I think in the next release if they could work with the low-code…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution offers good integration capabilities."
"Everything from the order to fulfillment to the payment process, except for physical packing and shipping, is fully automated for some customer orders."
"B2B provides a secure communication channel."
"The solution is useful for transferring files from one format to another format. Also, the solution is useful in translation."
"It's highly stable, and the redundancy is amazing. B2B Integrator also has a high availability option to work in a cluster environment. You rarely have issues operating it because of the HA."
"IBM B2B Integrator is a great tool, robust, reliable, low-maintenance, and ideal solution."
"It is easy of use and it's easy to maintain. It's also faster to on-board partners."
"I find the codeless communications, SFTP or FTP, valuable."
"The use of ACK is valuable."
"The tool is very capable and offers a high performance. The tool supports batch processing and ETL processing."
"The solution's market place for different kinds of integration platforms is the most valuable feature."
"Initially, we faced challenges managing numerous scheduled jobs and duplicate entries in our SAP system. To address this, we developed a reusable component in Mule that all applications could use to interact with SAP."
"The solution's deployment and proxy processes are very good."
"It is very easy to use for building connectors. It comes with a lot of connectors. For example, it has different adapters for NetSuite, which are very easy to use. It also has Salesforce connectors. The object store feature is also really easy to use. Mule Anypoint Platform is also good in terms of performance and how it is managed behind the scenes."
"The most valuable features for us are flexibility, all the features related to connectivity with multiple connectors to the business, and the flexibility of on-premises and cloud deployments."
"Mule works very well with Salesforce and CRMs."
 

Cons

"The user interface is outdated. B2B Integrator was developed in the United States in the nineties, and the graphical user interface hasn't improved since. It's tough because you have to program the software in XML. Nowadays, other methods are easier to work with."
"Map translator needs more enhancements."
"There is no related transaction stored in the database because it's an OLTP application."
"The one thing that is lacking is easy visibility. It's hard to provide business users with a view into the statuses of their transactions."
"It supports many of our use cases but falls short in some areas as technology evolves"
"IBM B2B Integrator could improve the business process itself, there is no resignation of duties and in terms of the console should be changed in a way that is more user-friendly."
"The tool requires you to write a lot of code in Java and XSLT, which makes development tough."
"There should be a single place to do things, rather than making it complicated, not moving away and truncating the old features but instead coming up with the new and still keeping the old stuff confuses people sometimes."
"It should give better control over account management."
"There is not much information on the internet...The transforming message is an area in the solution that needs to be improved."
"MuleSoft's release calendar is rather conventional with two major, two minor releases and hotfixes in between. The competition sometimes offer more rapid release cycles and provides improved and new functionality with a faster time-to-market."
"The solution's pricing model is very strange, and it will be really expensive if you use APIs a lot."
"We would like an entire DevOps in place in this particular solution."
"Over the years, Mule Anypoint Platform has undergone significant improvements. When I first started using it, the API gateway capabilities were fairly basic."
"Although the solution's proxy design and process are good, it faces connecting issues because it lacks data integration."
"The inclusion of GenAI in the tool can be good since it is an area that is currently unavailable in the solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product costs more than 40K."
"The price of IBM B2B Integrator is too high. However, IBM may be willing to give a discount if there are negotiations. If they see that there is a good opportunity for them they can provide a discount."
"Licensing depends upon the package you opt for within the solution. The solution is a bit costly compared to the other integration tools in the market."
"The solution is priced at $20,000 to $30,000 per year with no extra costs."
"We pay an annual fee based on the number of VPUs. It's fairly reasonable. We're in the middle of analyzing other products, and they're all pretty much in the same range."
"The pricing is based on how many cores are used and the type of cores."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing as four or five out of ten."
"MuleSoft Anypoint Platform really needs to work on its pricing model because it's very complicated."
"The product is still very expensive."
"The solution is the priciest in the market which is an issue for some clients."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is affordable."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is an expensive solution."
"Price-wise, it is a good product since it is reasonably priced."
"I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Retailer
8%
Educational Organization
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM B2B Integrator?
IBM B2B Integrator is a great tool, robust, reliable, low-maintenance, and ideal solution.
What needs improvement with IBM B2B Integrator?
It supports many of our use cases but falls short in some areas as technology evolves, especially with data transfer between edge locations and the cloud or on-premise systems. The solution doesn’t...
What advice do you have for others considering Mule Anypoint Platform?
I architected solutions using Oracle SOA/OSB, Spring Boot, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes; What I see is though if you are an enterprise and have enough money th...
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 can Mule Anypoint Platform be used for and what do you use it for most often?
This is a very flexible solution that comes with multiple uses. My organization mostly uses Mule Anypoint Platform for API management, as it lets us build new APIs easily and design new interfaces...
 

Also Known As

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, Sterling Gentran Integration Suite
Data Integrator, Anypoint MQ
 

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Sample Customers

Bonnie Plants, Toshiba Europe, Florida Hospital
VMware, Gucci, MasterCard, Target, Time Inc, Hershey's, Tesla, Spotify, Office Depot, Intuit, CBS, Amtrak, Salesforce, Gap, Ralph Lauren
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