MuleSoft Anypoint Platform Reviews

We are a solution provider and we have been working with a couple of people that use this platform It is used for API integrations. It helps to integrate systems together, working towards modernizing your IT, and putting systems into the cloud.

Mule works very well with Salesforce and CRMs.

Better documentation, in particular with respect to the initial setup, would be helpful.

I have been using the Mule Anypoint Platform for more than a year.

This is absolutely a stable product. It is going to stay for a long time.

Mule is very scalable, and it is one of the prime reasons we use it. It makes for better integration when you are scaling up.

We have been getting good support from the team at MuleSoft.

The installation requires some expertise and your resources need to be certified. It is not a typical solution, so you need to have some knowledge.  

We are a consulting group and deploy and maintain this solution for our clients.

There are several of us and the company founder and CEO is a techie, so this is his line of business.

The license fees are a little bit expensive but you get a lot out of it. Mule is not the cheapest integration platform out there, but it deserves the price we are paying.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

It is very easy to use for building connectors. It comes with a lot of connectors. For example, it has different adapters for NetSuite, which are very easy to use. It also has Salesforce connectors. 

The object store feature is also really easy to use. Mule Anypoint Platform is also good in terms of performance and how it is managed behind the scenes.

It has different types of subscriptions. For platinum or lower subscriptions, there are not too many things that can be done. We don't see many features. They should release a basic version that has logging and monitoring features. These features should come with Mule Anypoint Platform for free instead of making customers pay separately for these features.

Its dashboard can be improved to have a lot of charts so that it is easy to visualize information. The utilization part can be improved. The dashboard is good currently, but it can be better. Other solutions like Elastic have a good dashboard, and they allow you to administer the product from the UI. Currently, for RTF, there is a different dashboard or utility. It would be good to include the same utility in the cloud solution.

It would be good if there is a centralized repository that includes the links to the information about various troubleshooting issues. The documentation is there currently, and it is good, but the troubleshooting information is too scattered. We have to go to different links to find troubleshooting information. This kind of centralized repository would be helpful for new customers who are implementing this solution. It will be helpful to see different kinds of issues that can occur.

I have been using this solution for six months. We are using the latest version.

It is pretty stable. We don't have any issues with its performance.

It is easy to scale.

I didn't contact them. My current role does not allow me to directly contact technical support.

It is pretty easy. If it is an on-premises deployment, then you need to set up a few things. If it is a cloud deployment, there is nothing to set up. The RTF deployment is quite complex, and it has some prerequisites. 

We work on all three models, that is, cloud, on-premises, and RTF. Nowadays, people are going for cloud solutions. The cloud model is good if you do not have any compliance issues for storing customer information on the cloud. However, if you have compliance issues, you can go for on-premises deployment. There is also RTF deployment, which is a new and very stable option. People who have used the RTF option found it to be very good.

I would recommend this solution. I would rate Mule Anypoint Platform a nine out of ten.

We provide the solution for the clients. 

It's mainly used for hybrid integration solutions. Cloud to cloud and cloud to on-premises scenarios.

I have found several things most valuable, including its very quick implementation, that you can use a lot of out of the box templates, and lastly that it is a very mature product, especially in hybrid integration. It's easy to use.

Overall, I think they're keeping pace with the changes that are happening. I don't have any complaints about anything. They could just improve implementing the integration.

I would also like to see some kind of monetization of A-P-S. That's important.

I have been using Mule Anypoint Platform for three years.

It is a stable product.

In terms of scalability, it is easy to scale and expand. It has the capability to scale in regards to run time, as well.

The clients that we're working with are mostly medium to large and use it on a daily basis.

In terms of initial setup, if it is cloud based, it is very simple. If it is on-premise it is complex.

An on-premise setup requires special skills and you need a lot of professional services.

I would advise anyone interested that you need to make sure you're using the right patents. I think that's important.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Mule Anypoint Platform an eight.

We are using Anypoint MQ for integrating third-party systems with synchronous messaging.

The most valuable feature of Anypoint MQ is it comes with MuleSoft so we don't have to maintain separate components.

Anypoint MQ could improve the user interface.

I have been using Anypoint MQ for approximately three years.

Anypoint MQ is a stable solution. We have deployed it in production.

 We raise tickets with support from Anypoint MQ.

I rate the support from Anypoint MQ a four out of five.

Positive

I have not used another similar solution to Anypoint MQ.

The initial setup of Anypoint MQ was simple for us to do because it is in the cloud. If we use the cloud-based version the setup is easy. however, if you use the on-premise version there will be a lot of things to do.

The solution has a high price.

I rate the price of Anypoint MQ a two out of five.

I can recommend this solution to MuleSoft users. Those are not individual users who only want a messaging system. This solution comes packaged with MuleSoft.

I rate Anypoint MQ a seven out of ten.

I worked for a MuleSoft partner for four years before going independent mid 2017.

MuleSoft offers with the Anypoint Platform a unified platform for API management and an integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) as well as an on-premise Enterprise Service Bus pattern.

The iPaaS and API management are offered on CloudHub, MuleSoft's SaaS offering, and is located on Amazon Web Services. API management and the iPaaS run-time can also be deployed on-premise or in a private cloud. The run-time manager, Anypoint Runtime Manager (ARM), for monitoring and alerting on the run-time is located by default on CloudHub (AWS).

The API management capabilities are very mature and allow an organization to re-use microservices. It enables efficient self-service for connecting (external) API consumers through Anypoint Exchange. The API Manager includes out-of-the-box policies that can be used for rate limiting, throttling, and security.

The platform support High Availability, High Reliability and High Performance if the required patterns and network topology are followed.

The platform offers over 200 standard connectors for applications and technology, such as HTTP(s), databases, SOAP, XML, and REST, as well as premium connectors for SAP, HL7, EDI, etc.

Integrations are configured visually by dragging and dropping them on a canvas, but they do sometimes require some coding by Java, .NET or Groovy.

The API management, iPaaS and on-premise ESB run-times are based on the same source code and allow an smooth in-time move to iPaaS, if desired, with minimal changes to the existing configuration and code.

The recent Q3 2017 'Crowd' release of the platform included the flow designer, a browser based visual zero-code IDE for citizen integrators, and additional functionality for API management.

MuleSoft's release calendar is rather conventional with two major, two minor releases and hotfixes in between. The competition sometimes offer more rapid release cycles and provides improved and new functionality with a faster time-to-market.

None.

None. The minimal subscription offered is already highly scalable, and one can always upgrade to more processors, if required.

Good, but a bit formal with following process and policies, but that can be the case with technical support anywhere.

Point-to-point connections. An iPaaS and/or API management offers more advantages, such as shorter time-to-market, less staff required for development and maintenance, less incidents on support, etc.

MuleSoft has a pure and dedicated vertical focus on product development for integration with their API management and iPaaS offerings, which can be consider as a plus.

Very quick and easy. An environment (development, test, UAT and production) can be set up in a couple of hours on an on-premise infrastructure or private Infrastructure as a Service compute cloud.

I worked at a MuleSoft implementation partner in the past that did full implementations and support as well as enabling a customer in-house IT team on the platform.

As far as my experience goes, the vendor team is also strong.

The ROI is very good with this integration platform as is the case with similar iPaaS and API management offerings in the market.

The TCO of an application landscape is heavily reduced by phasing out possible existing middleware, custom point-to-point integration, underlying infrastructure, and reducing technical debt.

Vendor lock-in of existing IT suppliers with possible (legacy) applications and heavy customization can easily be reduced by following the proper implementation approach and by this decoupling Line of Business applications in a landscape. "Legacy modernization" is another use case, that can be realized with the platform.

The API-led approach of MuleSoft offers a very cost-efficient model and re-use for implementation and support of microservices, APIs and (generic) services when followed correctly, and is fully supported and enabled by the web engagement tools of the platform (Anypoint Exchange, Anypoint Portals, and Anypoint Design Center). The approach results in a decrease of maintenance costs and time for internal IT departments and external IT vendors and frees up time in an organization for innovation.

Licensing can be complex as is the case with most iPaaS/cloud offerings.

I would advise on making an overview of the type of connections needed, technology, and applications used and to match this to the licensing model and take the time for the explanation on the licensing model. What is the minimal licensing model, which parts are mandatory, when can you scale up or down, etc. One needs a full picture to understand it.

MuleSoft is also known for Mule ESB, their initial Open Source offering, and this one is still available. It should not, however, be considered for enterprise class use cases as it does not include the required out-of-the-box connectors and requires heavy coding in Java. The Anypoint Runtime Manager is also part of the Enterprise Licenses and no management console is thus available for Open Source making it a black box on production as is the case with custom point-to-point middleware.

BizTalk, Talend, and WSO2.

We are an implementation partner of Anypoint and I'm the director and solutions architect in the company. 

The most valuable features of the solution are the interface, the ease of use of the product, and it's stability. 

The product could be improved by having available more information on what's happening with the monitoring, as well as simplifying the login process. 

I've been using this solution for about one year. 

It's a stable product.

We're not a large company, so I don't know about scalability. We haven't had any issues with the number of users. I have a team of five developers and in total there are about 20 people in the company using the solution on the current project. 

Unfortunately the documentation is not great. The community provides support but that's a last resort solution. 

We switched to this solution at the request of our client company, part of the reason was that they wanted to move to a cloud based solution, not necessarily that the previous solution wasn't good. 

The initial setup is quite straightforward. The setup probably takes a few hours. 

I would suggest that anybody looking for a similar solution start with proof of concept. It's all about your company's needs, the workload you have, and what you're handling. A decision on a particular solution really comes down to that. 

I would rate this product an eight out of 10. 

Using Mule ESB, we have solved all of the client’s integration needs. Because it was developed based on the Java Spring framework, it can easily be understood by folks with a Java background.

As I have used more ESB features, I have grown to love this more than an API gateway. Developing and exposing your API using Mule ESB is also quite interesting and easy to use.

Some improvements are required in the batch component in case of errors in the batch steps and when processing a large volume of data.

There was an issue in the previous version, 3.6. They have improved and it has been stable since version 3.7.

The initial setup was not complex for folks with a Java background. It can be bit complex for people who only have tools experience.

It is a very good ESB tool for integration. It is easy to learn and their documentation is very well organized.