Red Hat Fuse vs WSO2 Enterprise Integrator comparison

Red Hat and WSO2 are both solutions in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category. Red Hat is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.8, while WSO2 is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.1. Red Hat holds a 7.3% mindshare in E, compared to WSO2’s 5.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Red Hat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

Red Hat Fuse

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100% willing to recommend

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75% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 3, 2025

Red Hat Fuse and WSO2 Enterprise Integrator compete in the integration and API management category. Red Hat Fuse appears stronger in developer-friendliness and seamless connectivity, while WSO2 Enterprise Integrator stands out in API management and mediation.

Features: Red Hat Fuse is known for its seamless integration capabilities, leveraging Apache Camel for connectivity. It offers modularity and containerization features that simplify deployment. An additional strength is its developer-friendly environment, enabling swift application development. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator excels in providing a robust API management platform with extensive transformation capabilities. Its wide range of adaptors makes it a versatile choice for standardizing processes. The solution also offers a no-code, user-friendly environment for faster integrations.

Room for Improvement: Red Hat Fuse users suggest that documentation and user interface enhancements could further improve the experience. Smoother learning curves and better built-in connectors are also areas to consider. Users wish for improved monitoring and easier configurations. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator could improve its admin interface, ease of customization, and library maturity. Better pricing models and expanded connector support would enhance its appeal.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Red Hat Fuse is mainly used in on-premises environments but is expanding its cloud capabilities. While its technical support is generally responsive, some users experience slower response times. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is praised for its easy setup and strong community support, although administrative complexities can occur. Both providers offer helpful technical support, although response time improvements would be beneficial.

Pricing and ROI: Red Hat Fuse is initially costly, with its high cost of ownership being suited to larger enterprises that can benefit from its robust support. While open source, the support costs can drive up the price, with ROI realized through operational cost reductions. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is generally more cost-effective, though open-source users might find subscription fees restrictive. Both solutions show ROI, albeit with varying initial investments and long-term savings potential.

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Categories and Ranking

Red Hat Fuse

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (25th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of Red Hat Fuse is 7.3%, down from 8.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is 5.0%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

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Kaushal Kedia

Technical Architect at Accenture

Offers a single console for all applications and supports Camel routing

Containerization is one key area where the product can improve, but it probably has already improved in JBOS integration. On a few occasions, our company's production team faced an issue with Red Hat Fuse; the screen displayed that the containers had gone down while, in reality, they were running in the background. The user interface and the back-end code were not in sync in the aforementioned situation, which our organization frequently faced while using Red Hat Fuse. But at our company, we were using an older version of Red Hat Fuse in which we faced the issues. From the JBOS end, the product was very frequently changed from Red Hat, and it was difficult for our clients to keep investing money in every upgrade. Six or seven years back, Red Hat Fuse was one of the best solutions.

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Ritesh_Shah

Senior Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Decreases the development timeframe and costs

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 easy integration with third-party systems. Often, customers decide to develop using open-source tools like Spring Boot if there aren't many connectors required to avoid increasing costs. They'll develop this way and then deploy using APIM, the bare minimum needed. It is mainly required for very complicated setups with many connectors. In the implementations I've seen, people often used open-source tools because there weren't many third-party systems involved—just their organization's own systems. From WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, I expect them to bring up more and more connectors in the future. That's the main expectation. Having more connectors in various areas will help us when discussing new requirements. I don't have any specific use case right now, so I can't name a particular connector. But, as new technologies emerge, the relevant connectors should be there for those. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator mainly helps with the integration part, which can be simplified only if you have relevant connectors for whatever you're doing.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

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

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

"We use it because it is easy to integrate with any other application...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution nine out of ten."

"We usually had used PowerCenter for master data integration (by replication). But in some cases, it was better to use Fuse for providing the master data online. It doesn't make it necessary to replicate data."

"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."

"More than a feature, I would say that the reliability of the platform is the most valuable aspect."

"The stability has been good."

"The most valuable part of Fuse is the fact that it's based on Red Hat Apache Camel. It is really good that it already comes with so many different connectors. That makes it relatively easy to use. We use their XML definition to define the routes, making it really easy to define the routing."

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"The solution's technical support is very knowledgeable."

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

"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 installation process is easy."

"The productivity is the most valuable feature. It is very easy to write remediations."

"The customer service executives are very responsive."

"The solution's customer service is good."

"The learning curve for this solution is very good."

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Cons

"Containerization is one key area where the product can improve"

"The documentation for Fuse can be improved because, while it is very detailed and extensive, it is not too intuitive for someone that has to deliver some kind of troubleshooting services. In particular, for installation, re-installation, or upgrades, I find that the documentation can be improved."

"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."

"My company doesn't have any experience with other messaging tools, so it's difficult to mention what areas could be improved in Red Hat Fuse, but it could be pricing because I find it expensive."

"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."

"I would like to see more up-to-date documentation and examples from Red Hat Fuse."

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

"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."

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"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."

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

"You cannot include the validation of XPath."

"The server is very specific and it is very difficult to get experience with it."

"In my opinion, the administration model and interface, of Carbon, are lacking in terms of its features and user experience."

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

"The integration capabilities need to be improved."

"They should introduce better pricing for small companies."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Red Hat Fuse is an expensive tool, though I cannot answer how much it costs as that's confidential."

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

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

"You need to pay for the license. It's not free."

"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."

"Red Hat Fuse saved us money. It is a lot easier to license for cloud deployments."

"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."

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

"It is a low-cost solution."

"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 cost is better than IBM Cloud Pak."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

25%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

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Questions from the Community

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?

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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?

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Overview

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

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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