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 #8 with an average rating of 10.0, while Red Hat Fuse is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.0. JBoss ESB holds a 3.6% mindshare in E, compared to Red Hat Fuse’s 6.7% 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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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between JBoss ESB and Red Hat Fuse based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed JBoss ESB vs. Red Hat Fuse Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

JBoss ESB

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

8th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Red Hat Fuse

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of JBoss ESB is 3.6%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Fuse is 6.7%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Red Hat Fuse	6.7%
JBoss ESB	3.6%
Other	89.7%

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AshutoshUpadhyay

Senior Software Engineer at Deloitte

Efficient orchestration and security features improve business processes effortlessly

JBoss ESB should focus on startup and performance as EAP is heavier than lightweight Java frameworks, which impacts microservices and cloud environments. Improvements should include faster start times and reduced memory footprints. Better cold-start performance in containers should be emphasized. Cloud-native features must be enhanced since many enterprises are shifting to Kubernetes and OpenShift, making EAP more cloud-friendly. This could include providing smaller container images, native auto-scaling support, and improved integration with cloud configuration services. Enhancing the developer experience is crucial; while the current configuration is powerful, it can be complex for newcomers. As an experienced user, I navigate it easily, but newcomers struggle due to heavy reliance on XML configuration. Transitioning to a JSON-based configuration or YAML format would be beneficial, and simplifications in clustering setup for local testing would greatly assist users.

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Luis Arce

Technology Manager at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Long-term integrations have improved performance and support critical business processes

The downsides of Red Hat Fuse that I encountered were related to the Java virtual machine I worked with, which was Oracle, as the client did not create good services. In the integration, they had many steps with a loop and several bad uses of the integration with many steps and a bad pattern of design. That was the problem, and then I resolved that. The user interface is not good, and it is a very technical tool. In comparison with other tools such as Oracle Integration Cloud or Oracle BPEL, Red Hat Fuse is more complex. However, the integration in low code is more simple because there is the possibility to create services directly in Java and call them at a high level from Apache Camel and expose them with Red Hat Fuse.

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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."

"The most valuable feature is the software development environment."

"Red Hat Fuse's best features are that it's very easy to set up and maintain."

"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."

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

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

"Because we have been doing Red Hat Fuse projects for three years, and over time we have matured, we can employ similar use cases and make use of accelerators or templates. It gives us an edge when we deliver these services or APIs quickly."

"The features I found most valuable in Red Hat Fuse are the OSB framework, containerization, and the integration of Apache technologies such as the NQ channel, CXF, etc. These are the features that are very prominent in the solution. Red Hat Fuse also offers flexibility, so it's another valuable characteristic of the solution."

"The routing system of the product supports Camel 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."

"JBoss ESB should focus on startup and performance as EAP is heavier than lightweight Java frameworks, which impacts microservices and cloud environments."

"The solution will be discontinued in 2024."

"It might help if, in the documentation, there were a comments section or some kind of community input. I might read a page of documentation and not fully understand everything, or it might not quite answer the question I had. If there were a section associated with it where people could discuss the same topic, that might be helpful because somebody else might have already asked the question that I had."

"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."

"The testing part, specifically when running it in the cloud, could be improved. It's a little bit complex, especially considering its cloud nature."

"There is definitely a bit of a learning curve."

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

"What needs to be improved in Red Hat Fuse is on the development side because when you use it for development purposes, it lacks a user interface compared to what MuleSoft has, so it's a bit difficult for users."

"Red Hat Fuse doesn't have a lot of administrative control like other applications."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The most important feature of Fuse is the cost. It is open source and a cheap option for an ESB. So, most of the clients in the Middle East and Asian countries prefer this ESB. Other ESBs, like MuleSoft and IBM API Connect, are pretty expensive. Because it is open source, Red Hat Fuse is the cheapest solution, providing almost every integration capability."

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

"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."

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

"In terms of pricing, Red Hat Fuse is a bit expensive because nowadays, if I'm just comparing it with OpenShift with Kubernetes, so Kubernetes and OpenShift, are similar, and Kubernetes is open source, so Red Hat Fuse is quite expensive in terms of support, but Red Hat Fuse provides value for money because it provides good support. If you want to get something, you need to pay for it."

"The solution doesn't have independent licensing."

"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."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with JBoss ESB?

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What advice do you have for others considering JBoss ESB?

I am currently using JBoss ESB as an end user. I chose JBoss ESB because it is excellent for open source Java, Java EE, and Jakarta applications. Initially developed by JBoss, it was later acquired...

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What is your primary use case for JBoss ESB?

I used JBoss ESB for banking API and banking software. We created our own modules since banking APIs and banking applications require extensive security measures. Since banks handle sensitive finan...

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

I think the pricing for Red Hat Fuse is okay; it's not expensive, and the support is good.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Fuse?

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What is your primary use case for Red Hat Fuse?

My use cases for Red Hat Fuse include using Drools to create a bunch of rules for the Finance Ministry in Chile many years ago. I worked with another enterprise named Aguas Andinas, which is a very...

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Fuse ESB, FuseSource

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

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.

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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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