Mule ESB vs WSO2 Enterprise Integrator comparison

Salesforce and WSO2 are both solutions in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category. Salesforce is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.9, while WSO2 is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.6. Salesforce holds a 25.2% mindshare in E, compared to WSO2’s 5.6% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Salesforce users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

Mule ESB

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86% willing to recommend

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator

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1,005 Comparison Views

75% willing to recommend

Mule ESB

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Mule ESB and WSO2 Enterprise Integrator 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 Mule ESB vs. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Mule ESB vs. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator

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Categories and Ranking

Mule ESB

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

8th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (25th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of Mule ESB is 25.2%, up from 24.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is 5.6%, up from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

Featured Reviews

PurbayanSaha

Technology Consultant at Ernst & Young

Sep 9, 2024

Has API-led architecture and provides a unique, user-friendly, and scalable architecture for hosting APIs

We're using our Mule ESB mostly for integration projects for multinational companies that do business on a B2C or B2B basis. We also work with companies with multiple third-party vendors employed under their payroll. The Mule ESB helps integrate data from third-party systems or vendors with the…

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Ilir Lazaj

Senior Consultant at Capgemini

Jun 24, 2022

Consolidated, reliable, and has responsive technical support

There is a minor need to improve the ease of configuration. The configuration of the product is not an easy task for everyone. I agree that it has to be that way, as it's a good technology, however, maybe for people with low experience it can be hard. There can be a higher learning curve. The setup can be difficult for those not familiar with the solution. I'd like to see the possibility of configuring the product via consoles with more elasticity without having the need to go to the single files in the file system, add the files manually, and then restarting. We'd like to make some changes, some tuning of the product, using the administration console. If this is extended to the console, it would be great. We need more operations done by the console. It simplifies the life of the worker.

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

Pros

"Easy connectivity and easy integration."

"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."

"The most valuable feature of Mule ESB is data transformation, i.e. our interacting with different systems and orchestrating for our business needs."

"It is easily deployable and manageable. It has microservices-based architecture, which means that you can deploy the solution based on your needs, and you can manage the solution very easily."

"I am impressed with the product's connectors and scalability."

"The connectivity the solution provides is excellent. There are often too many systems that we have to integrate and this helps with that."

"The most valuable feature is that it's programmer-friendly, so it's very easy to develop APIs."

"The most valuable feature for Mule is the number of connectors that are available."

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"The customer service executives are very responsive."

"The solution has two main parts: integration and transformation. It's very user-friendly and easy to understand for everyone."

"In my opinion, the most valuable aspect of this solution is its extensive range of adaptors and connectors. This feature holds significant importance and provides great value to users."

"The stability is excellent."

"Currently, I find the configuration part quite valuable, where you can easily configure things."

"The drag-and-drop features for connectors are very valuable."

"It was mostly easy to set up the product."

"It's a very complete product. It allows us to network security and add more layers of security to the system."

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Cons

"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."

"The price of Mule ESB could improve."

"In the next release, I would like to see improvement in the generator for the DataWeave language so that it's a little more graphic."

"There are some features on the commercial version of the solution that would be great if they were on the community version. Additionally, if they added more authorization features it would be helpful."

"The initial setup is not easy."

"We would like to have a built-in logging framework in which we can do auditing."

"It would be much more beneficial if the solution included AI and business process management."

"The solution isn't as stable as we'd like it to be. There are some ongoing issues and therefore Mule has to provide frequent patches. Mule's core IP should be more stable overall."

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"They should release upgrades more frequently."

"You cannot include the validation of XPath."

"If I have to buy software, then it becomes expensive for me."

"They should introduce better pricing for small companies."

"The customization can be a bit difficult."

"I would like to see them bring back a feature, from earlier versions, that was very useful in debugging and finding issues."

"One of the reasons that we are looking for a replacement is their way of defining integration. The language of the XML structures that I use to describe the integrations are not that standard, and it's not easy to find people who are familiar with this approach."

"The micro integrator should be improved. There is room for enhancement considering alternative integration components."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing must be improved."

"Mule ESB is an expensive solution."

"This product is expensive, but it does offer value for money."

"Plan your licensing model (cloud or on-premises or hybrid) that will allow seamless integration with new partners."

"The licensing is yearly, and there are additional fees for services."

"The various features and components for this solution are no longer free."

"The solution is expensive."

"I think the price is very high. If you use TIBCO BW, the license is for the CPU usage, then the IPS, and support. I also think the license for the product is a one-time expense."

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"It is a low-cost solution."

"The pricing of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator for enterprise subscriptions can be considered expensive, especially from the perspective of someone who prefers open-source software."

"The open-source, unsupported version is available free of charge."

"I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"The solution costs about 20,000 or 30,000 euros per year, per instance."

"The cost is better than IBM Cloud Pak."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

28%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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 ...

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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...

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What do you like most about Mule ESB?

The solution's drag-and-drop interface and data viewer helped us quite a lot.

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What do you like most about WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

WSO2's analytics capability is good, considering the ELC support they provide.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

The product has reasonable and competitive pricing for enterprise customers. It is expensive for small businesses especially. They are using the open-source solution, and they find it expensive sin...

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What needs improvement with WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

The main issue with the product is pricing. It uses core-based pricing for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator and API Manager. It would be best if you had APIM by default. It provides many connectors for e...

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Overview

For companies looking to modernize and unlock the value of existing on-premises systems and applications, an enterprise service bus (ESB) architecture serves as a critical foundation layer for SOA. When deployed as an ESB, the Mule runtime engine of Anypoint Platform combines the power of data and application integration across legacy systems and SaaS applications, with a seamless path to the other capabilities of Anypoint Platform and the full power of API-led connectivity.

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, core to the WSO2 Integration Agile Platform, is an open source Integration product for cloud native and container-native projects. It enables enterprise integration experts to build, scale, and secure sophisticated integration solutions to achieve digital agility. Unlike other integration products, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator already contains integration runtimes, message brokering, business process modeling, analytics and visual tooling capabilities.

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