We performed a comparison between Mule ESB and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus 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."For complex cases, we employ the SSLi engine, whereas for simpler ones like healthcare or response data, such as EDI 270 or 271. We prefer to use an external XRT engine instead of handling it within the ESB for ease of management."
"Mule Expression Language"
"The solution doesn't require much code writing and we can develop APIs very easily."
"The cloud and integration abilities are most useful allowing us to use applications such as Salesforce and DataWeave."
"The architecture based on events has several connectors which allow integration from external and internal applications of the company."
"The product offers a community edition that is free of cost."
"It's open source, and there are a lot of community resources. Mule ESB makes it easy to connect to other software applications."
"The most valuable feature is that it's programmer-friendly, so it's very easy to develop APIs."
"The most valuable feature is that it is a service-oriented architecture, SOA-based."
"The most valuable features are the monitoring, ease of use, and easy to understand development GUI."
"It's very stable and reliable."
"TIBCO has the platform in terms of speed and ease of use."
"The GUI and IDE features of this solution are easy to work with and to develop. We find application management easy using this solution. It is a stable product"
"It is easy to develop. It has a very wide range of features. The older versions are very stable, and there are no issues with the product."
"The solution is very stable."
"The product’s most valuable feature is stability."
"Mule ESB could be more user-friendly. I think users must learn about the architecture before they start coding. The price could be better. In the next release, I would like to see an EDIFACT integration."
"The current version will not be supported for much longer."
"In order to meet the new trend of active metadata management, we need intelligent APIs that can retrieve new data designs and trigger actions over new findings without human intervention."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"We would like the ability to use our own code. This would allow us to develop customizations with ease. Additionally, it would be nice to have more analytics or insights on the exchanged information between databases."
"There are limitations with the subscription model that comes with the product."
"The stability could be improved."
"It needs more samples. Also, the dependency on Maven should be removed."
"The intermediate version that we are using has stability issues. These stability issues should be resolved, but it seems like TIBCO is not focusing on resolving these issues. The resolution timelines are quite high even for high-priority incidents. Its price should be lower. Its licensing cost is considerably high as compared to other ESBs."
"The stability of their latest version is not on par with their classic version 5.X."
"Our version does not have cloud capabilities."
"If TIBCO could be able to sort the size of their base image in the Container edition, it would be really marvelous. Right now it's around 299 MB. We'd really want it to reduce to a few MBs."
"In the configuration, where we need to customize, it takes more time that we expect it to, ideally."
"The solution is very expensive when you use multiple components, it would b better if this could be reduced."
"Issues with the support, the fees, and the termination of the professional services are reasons we are looking for other solutions."
"In the next release, there should be improvements made to the API manager."
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Mule ESB is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 46 reviews while TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is ranked 9th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 12 reviews. Mule ESB is rated 8.0, while TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Mule ESB writes "Plenty of documentation, flexible, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus writes "A robust product that needs to improve the functionality it offers related to API lifecycle management". Mule ESB is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle SOA Suite, webMethods Integration Server and IBM WebSphere Message Broker, whereas TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, Red Hat Fuse and IBM DataPower Gateway. See our Mule ESB vs. TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus report.
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