IBM WebSphere Message Broker vs WebLogic Suite comparison

IBM and Oracle are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. IBM is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.7. IBM holds a 1.5% mindshare in AIS, compared to Oracle’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

WebLogic Suite and IBM WebSphere Message Broker are leading middleware solutions competing in scalability and integration. WebLogic Suite may have the upper hand due to its strong alignment with Oracle products, making it ideal for Java applications, while IBM stands out for legacy system integration and protocol transformations.

Features: WebLogic Suite is known for robust clustering, scalability, and seamless Oracle product integration, making it optimal for large-scale applications with effective load balancing. IBM WebSphere Message Broker excels in protocol transformations and is well-suited for diverse technology stacks, offering multi-platform integration and high-volume data capabilities.

Room for Improvement: WebLogic Suite could enhance user experience with better transaction monitoring and streamlined deployment processes. IBM WebSphere Message Broker has room to improve container integration and simplify its pricing structure. Both products could also benefit from better technical support and comprehensive user documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: WebLogic Suite and IBM WebSphere Message Broker primarily support on-premises and hybrid cloud deployments. WebLogic offers superior Oracle ecosystem integration but experiences mixed user feedback on support response times. While IBM's support can be costly, it generally maintains satisfactory service levels.

Pricing and ROI: WebLogic Suite and IBM WebSphere Message Broker are perceived as expensive; however, they provide substantial ROI through improved scalability and integration. WebLogic's structured licensing aids enterprises with predictable growth, while IBM requires careful cost management but delivers powerful capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM WebSphere Message Broker

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

16th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (8th)

WebLogic Suite

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of IBM WebSphere Message Broker is 1.5%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WebLogic Suite is 3.4%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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BrajendraKumar

Technical Architect at HCL Technologies

Offers large-sized business information processing with a time-saving setup and impressive stability

I primarily use two previews of the product for Dev and two for QA as part of the production process. Whatever tools our company is using, the cost of a license in IBM WebSphere Message Broker is about 80% of all these software or tools. The message routing capabilities satisfy workflow efficiency. The product supports message formats of XML, JSON, and SSID, which are around 24 KB to 50 KB in size. The solution supports communication protocols like STTP and TCP. Features like DataGraph need to be introduced in IBM WebSphere Message Broker. Some of the clients of our organization are using an outdated version of IBM WebSphere Message Broker for which the vendor doesn't provide direct support anymore. For the aforementioned version, our company professionals can solve the queries on their own without seeking support from IBM. During the installation of a prior version of IBM WebSphere Message Broker, sometimes I have to configure the failovers through the cluster, where issues arise, and I often seek help from the support team. The solution is being used by some medicine companies in our organization that receive sales orders from the EDR or JDE. I would not recommend the product to others as its becoming obsolete and they can rather choose a middleware solution from Amazon or Azure. But I would overall rate the product a nine out of ten.

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Mari Pandian

Business Head - Enterprise Solutions at ImageGrafix Software FZCO

Coding flexibility with good integration but users need coding knowledge

We are an Oracle partner and work with many Oracle applications for integration purposes. WebLogic is used for integrating various Oracle applications and third-party services WebLogic allows us to do the coding as per the customer's requirements. It helps us meet their needs by integrating their…

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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's reliable for our day-to-day operations, ensuring fast and secure data integration across different systems."

"The documentation, performance, stability and scalability of the tool are valuable."

"The solution has good integration."

"Integration and mapping are easy, which is a major advantage."

"Straightforward development and deployment."

"It has many interfaces and you can connect to any backend source that has another format, and convert it to the desired format."

"The transactions and message queuing are the most valuable features of the solution."

"It is a scalable solution...The setup is easy."

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"Scalability on the solution is great. It's very very easy to scale."

"WebLogic Suite provides a stable application server experience."

"This is a robust solution."

"The product is reliable."

"The feature that I have found to be the most valuable is the ease of deployment."

"WebLogic Suite is scalable."

"WebLogic adds a lot of value to business and investments."

"The most valuable feature is that it provides one place where you can control all of the services."

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Cons

"Stability and pricing are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."

"As our business requirements evolve, we require more dynamic capabilities to adapt and scale our services accordingly."

"It is currently a weighty product."

"There is some lag in the GUI. There have been some performance issues and maybe it's because of the application data."

"I know that Message Broker was a very tightly copied product with another IBM product, that is, IBM MQ. I would like to have a little bit more decoupling from the IBM MQ because it should not be a prerequisite for IBM WebSphere Message Broker usage."

"The installation configuration is quite difficult."

"Today I probably wouldn't go for Message Broker because of the cost structure, support, and the whole ecosystem around IBM."

"The solution can add container engines such as docker."

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"The restart capability needs to be improved because it takes us 15 minutes to restart any application."

"I would like to see the licensing policy simplified."

"Sometimes there are issues when we work on a VM because people use it to put all of their reports on it at the same time. Then I have to restart and rebuild the machine."

"I noticed a few areas for improvement in WebLogic Suite. If you use the pure play higher-availability features, then yes, it can be switched over to the other system from the high-availability point of view, but that comes with a certain price. If you prefer simpler high-availability, that requires manual intervention. I'd also recommend a tuning feature in WebLogic Suite because it's not self-tuning, and this means you need thorough expertise to do the tuning and leverage the best benefit out of it. If Oracle makes WebLogic Suite automated or self-driven, then it becomes a wonderful product, similar to what Oracle did for the Autonomous Database which is self-driven or has an autonomous operating system. If automation is added in the next release of the solution, combined with more affordable pricing, though as a technical person, I know how much goes into having automation as a feature, and it could be difficult to lower the price, but if Oracle can do it, then that would make WebLogic Suite better."

"The solution needs to share more information in terms of training. There needs to be more documentation involved to help those who are completely new to the product."

"The support is not good."

"Compared to Apache and Microsoft platform products, WebLogic Suite has implementation complexity."

"This solution would benefit from the inclusion of a ripple start function for clusters."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"The price is very high and it's the main reason that we are searching for alternatives."

"I feel with IBM, when you want certain functions or features, you have to continuously purchase add-ons. There are always additional fees."

"IBM software can be costly, but having a contract has helped manage and potentially lower costs over time."

"IBM products are generally more stable and have more features, but also come at a greater cost."

"The solution is expensive."

"The licensing cost of IBM WebSphere Message Broker needs to be reduced"

"This product is more expensive than competing products."

"The cost of the WebLogic Suite license is a bit high."

"Technical support is very costly."

"Scaling is costly."

"The product comes bundled with Oracle Premier Support."

"There is a license required for this solution and the price could be reduced."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

32%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

18%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM WebSphere Message Broker?

It is a scalable solution...The setup is easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM WebSphere Message Broker?

IBM software can be costly, but having a contract has helped manage and potentially lower costs over time.

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What needs improvement with IBM WebSphere Message Broker?

There could be greater flexibility and agility in service creation for the product. As our business requirements evolve, we require more dynamic capabilities to adapt and scale our services accordi...

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What do you like most about WebLogic Suite?

The solution is useful for centralizing data.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WebLogic Suite?

We have an enterprise license, and the pricing is stable. The license does not apply to the current solution.

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What needs improvement with WebLogic Suite?

There is no need for improvement with WebLogic Suite, although its coherence is a bit more complicated.

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Overview

WebSphere Message Broker is an enterprise service bus (ESB) providing connectivity and universal data transformation for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and non-SOA environments. It allows businesses of any size to eliminate point-to-point connections and batch processing regardless of platform, protocol or data format.

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Oracle WebLogic Suite is an integrated solution for building onpremise cloud application infrastructures that span web server, application server and data grid technology tiers. It includes Oracle WebLogic Server, an application server for developing and deploying applications across conventional and cloud environments, Oracle Coherence Enterprise Edition, Oracle Web Tier, Oracle TopLink, Oracle Java Mission Control and Flight Recorder, and other component technologies.

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