TIBCO BusinessWorks vs Toad Data Point comparison

TIBCO and Quest Software are both solutions in the Data Integration category. TIBCO is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.3, while Quest Software is ranked #29 with an average rating of 9.0. TIBCO holds a 1.0% mindshare in DI, compared to Quest Software’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of TIBCO users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

TIBCO BusinessWorks

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90% willing to recommend

Toad Data Point

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100% willing to recommend

TIBCO BusinessWorks

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Toad Data Point and TIBCO BusinessWorks are competitors in the data management and integration markets. Toad Data Point offers a simpler and more intuitive platform advantageous for quick database management, while TIBCO BusinessWorks excels in complex integration processes with advanced tools.

Features: Toad Data Point features robust data preparation and transformation capabilities, high compatibility with various database platforms, and effective database analytics. TIBCO BusinessWorks offers comprehensive enterprise integration tools, effective orchestration of business processes, and advanced integration capabilities for large-scale tasks.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Toad Data Point provides a straightforward setup with support services facilitating prompt issue resolution, making it suitable for smaller projects. TIBCO BusinessWorks requires more extensive initial configuration but benefits from detailed documentation and dedicated support, ideal for enterprise-level applications.

Pricing and ROI: Toad Data Point typically incurs lower setup costs and faster ROI for database management and analysis needs. Its pricing is cost-effective for standard data tasks. TIBCO BusinessWorks, with a higher pricing tier, aligns with extensive integration features and supports sophisticated system orchestration, justifying investment for complex integration needs.

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TIBCO BusinessWorks vs. Toad Data Point

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

TIBCO BusinessWorks

Ranking in Data Integration

14th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Toad Data Point

Ranking in Data Integration

29th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Preparation Tools (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of TIBCO BusinessWorks is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad Data Point is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration

Featured Reviews

Moustafa Fares

Senior Analyst at Etisalat

Connects systems securely, simplifies data communication, and benefits from AI integration potential

I would like to see an AI project with BusinessWorks. I haven't worked with cloud architecture using BusinessWorks, so I would like to work with it as a cloud architect. I am still learning the documentation, so I don't have a complete experience with TIBCO. The learning curve takes time compared to webMethods.

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Aaron Payne

ERP Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Offers power developers the tooling they need

I am not the end user of this solution. I am not close enough to it because I manage the platform that it runs against. The end users who use the Toad tool come against the database that my team manages, so it is hard for me to provide any area for improvement when it comes to the Toad tool. However, in the administration case, cost is a significant issue. The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly.

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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

"I work in operations, so I value BusinessWorks' performance the most."

"The high availability, tolerance, and load balancing features are top-notch. Its scalability features are also pretty cool."

"The OSGI console is available to debug different issues and get low level informations on the applications development, like bundle, dependencies, etc."

"BusinessWorks reduces development time, helping developers to focus on business logic."

"It is a seamless and sophisticated tool."

"It's a great software application for the middleware use cases to connect the front channels to the back ends in a secure and safer way."

"Good TIBCO BusinessWorks features are the admin console and the ability to roll back to the previous version."

"Customer support is very efficient."

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"We love it."

"One of the greatest features is that you can get data from anywhere to anywhere with Toad Data Point."

"With Toad Data Point, I can automate most steps automatically."

"The most valuable features of Toad Data are you could write a parameterized query and it wouldn't error out, it would give you the parameters that you could input. The auto-formatting feature is useful because it was great for keeping your queries neat and understandable. The auto comment, and uncomment toggles that you could do were convenient."

"The Connectivity and Connection Manager supports a broad number of connection types, and it is trivial for end-users to set up their own connections to sources."

"It provides better SQL development tooling than SQL Developer, which is not a sufficient tool for all development use cases. It offers power developers the tools they need."

"The best thing about it is its automation features."

"I have never experienced any issues with customer service."

Cons

"The Business Studio tool can be improved, which is the tool for designing the processes. Improving the Business Studio tool will make this solution more stable. It has a steep learning curve, and it is pretty tough to learn."

"The solution’s customer support should be improved."

"Could be more user friendly in the development area."

"Its price can be improved. For medium enterprises, it is a very expensive tool. In the market, you won't get many resources for this solution. You won't find many developers in the market very easily. The latest version of TIBCO (6.4 or 6.x) is not very stable. It has got many issues. We have raised this with TIBCO, and they are taking a lot of time to come up with a fix, which is making us move away from this product. Some of the performance-tuning aspects are also missing in version 6. They should provide performance-related fixes, which will be helpful for the customers. If you are migrating from the current version to the container-supported version, it is quite expensive. The product has evolved, but it is very pricey. That's one of the challenges. They have provided all the features that are there in other products, but this is a platform upgrade. The platform has completely been changed from 5.x to 6.x, and we can't use the same environment. We can't run both versions on the same server as VM. The development environment is entirely different. In version 5.x, there was a proprietary designer. Now, it has common plug-ins developed on top of Eclipse."

"Though it is a stable product, if we have an issue with the product, it gets difficult, and it gets really difficult to explain the issue to the support team. Also, it takes a long time to get resolved."

"The communication protocols could be improved."

"The creation of XSDs should be much simpler."

"There is room for improvement on the learning side."

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"It's not user-friendly. Once you start using it, you eventually get to know the features."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version."

"On the scheduling server, some scheduled reports just sit there and never execute for the first time. After manually executing the first time, they run with no issues."

"Toad Data could improve by having additional features, such as query prediction. This could help someone who's not the strongest programmer. If the software could help them write queries correctly it would be very helpful, especially for small development teams or teams that lack the input skills necessary to write and program efficiently."

"It's not user-friendly. Once you start using it, you eventually get to know the features."

"I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"TIBCO BusinessWorks is expensive."

"My understanding is that the licensing is very costly."

"TIBCO licensing is yearly and very costly for a company like ours."

"I would rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"I give the cost of the solution a four out of ten."

"TIBCO BusinessWorks is a very expensive solution."

"The license is expensive, and I would rate it one out of ten."

"It is a bit expensive for medium-sized companies. If you are migrating from the current version to the container-supported version, it is quite expensive. The existing licensing will not work because the product platform itself is different."

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"The cost of this product is reasonable."

"The price of Toad Data Point was approximately $500 annually."

"The Mac licenses are expensive, costing 1,600 dollars each. This is much higher than for the Windows version. I maintain a very limited number of licenses due to this cost."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

35%

Healthcare Company

12%

Government

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Questions from the Community

How does TIBCO BusinessWorks compare with Mule Anypoint Platform?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...

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What do you like most about TIBCO BusinessWorks?

The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO BusinessWorks?

Pricing is for an enterprise application, so the company pays for it with a company license. Everything comes packaged with the license.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Toad Data Point?

The Mac licenses are expensive, costing 1,600 dollars each. This is much higher than for the Windows version. I maintain a very limited number of licenses due to this cost.

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What needs improvement with Toad Data Point?

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What is your primary use case for Toad Data Point?

We primarily use Toad Data Point for end users where SQL Developer does not provide sufficient tooling. Toad Data Point offers better SQL development tools compared to SQL Developer, making it the ...

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Overview

TIBCO BusinessWorks allows to connect applications, whether on-premises or in the cloud, providing proven reliability and scalability, out-of-the-box. With a drag-and-drop graphical development environment, TIBCO BusinessWorks eliminates the pain and cost of point-to-point application integration, connecting and unifying business processes across applications, data sources, and APIs, with access to real-time data across all your platforms.

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Toad Data Point is a cross-platform, self-service, data-integration tool that simplifies data access, preparation and provisioning. It provides nearly limitless data connectivity, desktop data integration, visual query building and workflow automation.

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