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Mule ESB vs SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.4
Calculating Mule ESB ROI is challenging, but users report positive returns from licensing, reusability, and microservices efforts.
Sentiment score
7.2
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite enhances efficiency, reduces headcount, and delivers cost savings through automation and integration, despite initial costs.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
Mule ESB's support is generally positive but varies by subscription level; users note inconsistencies and prefer external help sometimes.
Sentiment score
7.4
SEEBURGER's support is reliable with responsive service, though language and time-zone issues may affect personalization and customization speed.
We have a good relationship with our vendor, and they are ready to help us with any technical issues.
Solutions Architect at Metrobank
The technical support of Mule ESB can be rated from nine to ten.
Senior Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The technical support from Salesforce is moderate.
Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The support provided by SEEBURGER is excellent.
Seeburger Lead EDI Developer/Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would rate my experience with the technical support of SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite as 10 out of 10.
Senior Software Engineer at HCLTech
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Mule ESB offers adaptable scalability and performance, ideal for diverse businesses with cloud deployments and large data volumes.
Sentiment score
7.4
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite excels in scalability and flexibility, easily adapting to various business needs with cloud integration.
The adaptability of Mule ESB in supporting multiple messaging patterns is pretty decent and pretty good.
Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
When it comes to scalability and the ability to expand, I would rate Mule ESB as an eight or nine.
Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Mule ESB is a scalable solution.
Senior Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The scalability depends primarily on the mapping itself, as the connection and file flow are in the cloud.
Senior Software Engineer at HCLTech
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Mule ESB is stable with minor glitches; improvements and proper management enhance reliability, scoring 8-9 out of 10.
Sentiment score
8.0
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite offers reliable stability, minimal issues, swift error handling, and near-perfect uptime with responsive support.
Mule ESB is a stable product, and I have no doubts about its reliability.
Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite is a very stable product, and I haven't noticed any significant drawbacks.
Seeburger Lead EDI Developer/Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would rate the stability of SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite as 9 out of 10.
Senior Software Engineer at HCLTech
 

Room For Improvement

Mule ESB requires user-friendly documentation, enhanced stability, better performance, scalability, exception handling, and improved analytics for broader adaptability.
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite needs interface simplification, enhanced monitoring, better documentation, and improved cloud integration and cost models.
Points for improvement in Mule ESB definitely include enhancing the analytics capabilities because currently, they rely on external logging tools such as Splunk or ELK, which is lagging behind compared to other tools such as Workato that offer more analytical features.
Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
More information is needed from MuleSoft.
Senior Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Pricing is one factor that could be improved about Mule ESB; other than that, I'm pretty fine with it.
Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
This requires restarting the application to update the IP address, which is an issue from the SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite vendor side.
Senior Software Engineer at HCLTech
Acquiring training documents on a public domain for SEEBURGER is challenging.
Seeburger Lead EDI Developer/Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Mule ESB's cost and flexible licensing appeal to enterprises, yet high fees lead smaller businesses to explore alternatives.
SEEBURGER's flexible licensing and comprehensive features offer competitive pricing, justifying its cost despite complexity for many organizations.
Regarding the pricing of SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite, I would rate it as 7 out of 10.
Senior Software Engineer at HCLTech
 

Valuable Features

Mule ESB provides flexible, robust integrations with extensive connectors, data transformation, and API management, supported by cloud options and community.
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite offers platform independence, strong EDI automation, seamless SAP integration, scalability, and comprehensive global B2B integration.
They have their own language called DataWeave, which helps transform data and is efficient enough to handle any kind of transformation.
Senior Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
It is also reusable, meaning the same service can be used in multiple places simply by adding it, and this comes with the API-led architecture that makes integrations more secure and reliable.
Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The best features of Mule ESB are that it's very robust and solid; I find that even our legacy systems go well with ESB.
Solutions Architect at Metrobank
It comes pre-loaded with solutions, meaning it is ready to use without requiring significant development.
Seeburger Lead EDI Developer/Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
There is no disturbance in the connections, and it is very clear to check the connection flow with applicable queues.
Senior Software Engineer at HCLTech
 

Categories and Ranking

Mule ESB
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
54
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (2nd)
SEEBURGER Business Integrat...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (5th), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (14th), API Management (21st), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Integration solutions, they serve different purposes. Mule ESB is designed for Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and holds a mindshare of 15.0%, down 21.6% compared to last year.
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite, on the other hand, focuses on Business-to-Business Middleware, holds 9.7% mindshare, down 9.8% since last year.
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Mule ESB15.0%
IBM Integration Bus16.6%
webMethods.io9.7%
Other58.7%
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Business-to-Business Middleware Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite9.7%
IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services12.9%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform9.8%
Other67.6%
Business-to-Business Middleware
 

Featured Reviews

Srinivas-Kanduri - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Integration architecture has enabled reliable multi-channel messaging and secure API management but now needs better analytics and simpler development
In my opinion, the real-time analytics part of Mule ESB is not up to the mark for the decision-making process. While there are some analytics features, they lack the standards needed for enterprise use. Compared to other analytics tools such as Power BI, MuleSoft falls short.Points for improvement in Mule ESB definitely include enhancing the analytics capabilities because currently, they rely on external logging tools such as Splunk or ELK, which is lagging behind compared to other tools such as Workato that offer more analytical features. Additionally, issues arise with AI-based use cases due to dependencies on Salesforce tools such as agent force, making development more complicated when it should be more independent. Developing AI-based agents without being tied to Salesforce applications could also enhance functionality.
SS
Senior Software Engineer at HCLTech
Exceptional support and reliability drive optimal data flow and integration
The features of SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite that I found most valuable are related to entity flow. We can find the entity flow to be very useful so we can grab the flow accordingly. There is no disturbance in the connections, and it is very clear to check the connection flow with applicable queues. When comparing to other applications, SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite is the easiest way to understand the application. I have also worked on the cloud services where SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite is moving to cloud. I have worked on cloud services where the mapping part is in the cloud itself, along with the connection setup.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Computer Software Company
8%
Retailer
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise38
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise38
 

Questions from the Community

Migration from IBM Integration Bus to Mulesoft ESB for a large enterprise tech services company
I was previously part of the Oracle SOA/OSB development team. In my current capacity I architected solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes and on PCE/RTF ...
IBM Integration Bus vs Mule ESB - which to choose?
Our team ran a comparison of IBM’s Integration Bus vs. Mule ESB in order to determine what sort of ESB software was the best fit for our organization. Ultimately we decided to choose IBM Integratio...
What do you like most about Mule ESB?
The solution's drag-and-drop interface and data viewer helped us quite a lot.
What do you like most about SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite?
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite is a highly stable solution that offers rich features for our B2B integration.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite?
Regarding the pricing of SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite, I would rate it as 7 out of 10.
What needs improvement with SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite?
Regarding areas of improvement for SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite, the cloud functionality needs enhancement. The cloud interface is currently too cluttered, especially when creating new tran...
 

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Sample Customers

Ube, PacificComp, University of Witwatersrand, Justice Systems, Camelot
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