JBoss ESB vs Red Hat Fuse comparison

JBoss ESB and Red Hat Fuse are both solutions in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category. JBoss ESB is ranked #13, while Red Hat Fuse is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.8. JBoss ESB holds a 2.7% mindshare in E, compared to Red Hat Fuse’s 8.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of JBoss ESB users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat Fuse users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

JBoss ESB

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

13th

Average Rating

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Red Hat Fuse

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of JBoss ESB is 2.7%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Fuse is 8.4%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Rohit SAHNI

Financial Technology Solution Consultant at Intellect Design Arena Ltd

Easy to use with flexible pricing, but needs more flexibility surrounding integrations

The EPA, from what I understand, lacks a lot of features and it doesn't really know how to interface with legacy systems or how to develop APIs for legacy systems. I'm not sure if it is possible, however, we would like to see features that allow for legacy systems so that they can continue to be developed and managed well. The solution should provide some more general studio features. We should be able to manipulate the platform in order to do some integrations on our own. There needs to be a bit more flexibility.

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AwaisOmer

Developer at Torei Consulting

The cheapest solution but the learning curve is steep

Red Hat has the latest, cutting-edge features, but the learning curve is difficult due to its configurations. For the client, it has a good cost, but for developers, it is a bit of a grind. If a new company is doing Red Hat Fuse development for the first time, there is a bit of a learning curve. They will need to spend time on getting some things ready. As its learning curve is quite steep, developer dependency will always be there in the case of a Red Hat Fuse development. This should be improved for developers. There should be some built-in connectors so the grind of the developer can be reduced. Developers for Red Hat Fuse are scarce all over the world and the community is not well-built. That can be a problem for big companies.

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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

"The solution is very easy to use. I can download the trial version and just give it a go."

"This solution's adaptability to our use case has helped us integrate our systems seamlessly."

"With a premium, one can get support 24 hours."

"The solution is stable. We have gone for months or years without any issue. There are no memory restarts, so from my point of view, it's very stable."

"The solution has more tooling and options."

"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. We are an enterprise business."

"It's very lightweight. There's no need for any specialized tools in order to deploy any service for Red Hat Fuse."

"I found it was quite easy to set up and implement."

"The most valuable part of Fuse is the fact that it's based on Red Hat Apache Camel. It is really good that it already comes with so many different connectors. That makes it relatively easy to use. We use their XML definition to define the routes, making it really easy to define the routing."

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Cons

"The EPA, from what I understand, lacks a lot of features and it doesn't really know how to interface with legacy systems or how to develop APIs for legacy systems."

"Currently, the main point of concern for us is how flexible it is to cater to different requirements. It should be more flexible."

"I would like to see more up-to-date documentation and examples from Red Hat Fuse."

"The main issue with Red Hat Fuse is the outdated and scattered documentation."

"My company doesn't have any experience with other messaging tools, so it's difficult to mention what areas could be improved in Red Hat Fuse, but it could be pricing because I find it expensive."

"I don't know the product last versions. I know they are migrating a microservices concepts. We still didn't get there... but we are in the process."

"While it's a good platform, the pricing is a bit high."

"As its learning curve is quite steep, developer dependency will always be there in the case of a Red Hat Fuse development. This should be improved for developers. There should be some built-in connectors so the grind of the developer can be reduced."

"Red Hat is not easy to learn. You can learn it but you sometimes need external expertise to implement solutions."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"You need to pay for the license. It's not free."

"We use the standard license, but you need the container platform in order to run it."

"This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."

"My company pays for the license of Red Hat Fuse yearly. At the end of the day, it's a low-cost solution, and its support licenses are still very decently priced versus bigger operators such as IBM, etc. Red Hat Fuse is much more affordable than other solutions. On a scale of one to five, with one being cheap and five being extremely expensive, I'm rating its pricing a one."

"Red Hat Fuse saved us money. It is a lot easier to license for cloud deployments."

"We found other solutions were more costly."

"Our license for Red Hat Fuse is around $27,000 per year, which is very expensive."

"The solution doesn't have independent licensing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

23%

Government

16%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

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Small Business

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What do you like most about Red Hat Fuse?

The process workflow, where we can orchestrate and design the application by defining different routes, is really useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Hat Fuse?

You need to pay for the license. It's not free. I'm not aware of the exact prices. There are no extra costs in addition to the standard licensing since it is a subscription-based solution.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Fuse?

I haven't experienced the online part of Red Hat Fuse. Red Hat Fuse doesn't have a lot of administrative control like other applications. Using administrative control, the operational user can view...

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Overview

JBossESB is the next generation of EAI - better and without the vendor-lockin characteristics of old. As such, many of the capabilities mirror those of existing EAI offerings: Business Process Monitoring, Integrated Development Environment, Human Workflow User Interface, Business Process Management, Connectors, Transaction Manager, Security, Application Container, Messaging Service, Metadata Repository, Naming and Directory Service, Distributed Computing Architecture. Plus JBossESB is part of an SOI (Service Oriented Infrastructure). However, SOA is not simply a technology or a product: it's a style of design, with many aspects (such as architectural, methodological and organisational) unrelated to the actual technology.

Red Hat JBoss Fuse is a lightweight, flexible integration platform that enables rapid integration across the extended enterprise - on-premise or in the cloud. JBoss Fuse includes modular integration capabilities, an enterprise service bus (ESB), to unlock information.

Sample Customers

Rancore, Sprint, ResMed, Brazil's Ministry of Health, ING Services Polska

Avianca, American Product Distributors (APD), Kings College Hospital, AMD, CenturyLink, AECOM, E*TRADE

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