Oracle SOA Suite vs Red Hat Fuse comparison

The compared Oracle and Red Hat solutions aren't in the same category. Oracle is ranked #9 in AIS , with an average rating of 7.4, and holds a 4.0% mindshare in the category. Red Hat is ranked #6 in E , with an average rating of 8.8, and holds a 7.0% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Oracle SOA Suite

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85% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle SOA Suite

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (9th), SOA Governance (1st)

Red Hat Fuse

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (6th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Integration solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle SOA Suite is designed for Application Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 4.0%, down 4.8% compared to last year.
Red Hat Fuse, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), holds 7.0% mindshare, down 8.8% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

MANOHAR SADDALA

IT Specialist at Eagle Hills

Enables seamless integration with multiple systems

I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It's not much more dynamic, not as dynamic as you may think, like seeing it in the cloud. In order to use it, you need to have the download servers and then scale up your systems. Oracle SOA Suites serves as a middle layer between applications. For example, let's say you have SAP, and we have Salesforce or Oracle ERP system. Users connect to those systems and perform certain activities or transactions on the applications. Now, if any data needs to be synchronized or any integration needs to happen between these applications, we use the Oracle SOA Suite. It acts as the bridge between the applications, not between the users. It's like having endpoints between the applications. Currently, we have 20 endpoints; 20 systems are connected to it, which is great. Oracle SOA Suite is being used daily. We are using it to its maximum potential.

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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 product provides transparency in finances."

"The integration with various products."

"Middleware jobs developing for EC, ERP, and shipping systems become easier."

"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."

"The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful."

"In Oracle SOA Suite some applications are not able to use REST, but it can support both SOAP and REST. You're able to integrate quite a lot of systems, which may not be able to in other solutions. You can also use XML and JSON. It is a standardizing type of tool. It doesn't matter whether I'm using JSON or XML, it can convert them."

"The Oracle SOA Suite has many useful features, and different organizations may place different emphases on the importance of each feature. Certain features are particularly important to the organization, such as the ability to access databases and transform messages, as well as the use of proxy services to secure web services with usernames and passwords. These features can be critical for enabling effective integration and data exchange between systems and applications."

"The stability of the solution is the most valuable feature."

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"The support training that comes with the product is amazing."

"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 most valuable feature is the software development environment."

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

"The solution has more tooling and options."

"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 most valuable feature is that it's the same as Apache Camel."

"The stability has been good."

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Cons

"SOA"

"They supply lots of documentation but finding what we need is challenging at times."

"The installation and adjustment process seems too complex."

"The Maven integration in JDeveloper is very basic and might be enhanced to allow the proper use of Maven."

"I want to see easier integration connections with other cloud-based tools."

"An area for improvement in Oracle SOA Suite is the cost. It could be lower."

"An important area that can be improved is the product's data monitoring. When we use the solution for interfacing or end-to-end data monitoring, we want to know exactly where the data is going and exactly where it is failing, or where there is an issue."

"The technical support is good, we have premier support which costs extra."

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"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."

"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."

"The web tools need to be updated."

"The pricing model could be adjusted. The price should be lower."

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

"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."

"The solution will be discontinued in 2024."

"Our clients would like to see the user interface improved so that it is more user-friendly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."

"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."

"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

"The product is moderately priced."

"Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."

"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."

"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 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."

"We are paying around $24 million across five years."

"This is an expensive product. It costs a lot and although it's worth the money, the explanations that we need to give to our top executives are highly complicated."

"Pricing has been something that we have been working with Red Hat on, year over year. We have preferred pricing with the university because we are involved in education and research."

"After doing some Googling and comparisons, the main standouts were MuleSoft and Red Hat Fuse. One of the big factors in our decision to go with Fuse was the licensing cost. It was cheaper to go with Fuse."

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

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By reviewers

Large Enterprise

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?

Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved. A big challenge for Oracle SOA Suite is that you don't get too many technical resources.

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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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Also Known As

SOA Suite

Fuse ESB, FuseSource

Overview

Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

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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.

Red Hat

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