TIBCO BusinessWorks Reviews

Since it is an integration platform, we use it for integration purposes in our company.

Previously, we had a distribution integration system with lots of platforms. We wanted to centralize everything so that we could keep everything on a single platform since it makes it easier to manage the solution.

Feature-wise, TIBCO BusinessWorks already has a new release, and it is TIBCO BusinessWorks Version 6.

In the next release, I would like to see the solution having the bucket as an addition.

Pricing is an area that can be improved.

I have been using TIBCO BusinessWorks for thirteen years. I am a customer of the solution. Currently, I am using TIBCO BusinessWorks Version 5.13.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten. Since the solution is not a web-based interface, we have around 300-400 users using it in our company. The usage of the solution was being increased all over the years. Now, it will increase if it's a normal year. If COVID-19 strikes again, it will decrease.

I rate the technical support a five out of ten. 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.

Neutral

Previously, I was using a solution, and I switched to TIBCO BusinessWorks because of the good internal architecture.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy, I rate the initial setup a nine.

The deployment process for the solution took a week's time, and it was done ten years ago. Since it was a simple deployment, only three people were required to deploy it. The people involved in the deployment work are from the infrastructure and product teams.

The payments made for service are the only addition to the standard licensing fees that we pay for the solution.

My suggestion to those planning to use the solution is that they define a service architecture because it is not a part of the product. Also, the solution's potential users should try to implement a framework for extra functionalities.

Keeping in mind TIBCO BusinessWorks Version 5, I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

I work mostly in telecommunications and use BusinessWork for job processes. It's primarily used for orchestration and transformation from one language to another, whether you're using HTML, XML, etc. 

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

The communication protocols could be improved. 

I have nearly 10 years of experience with TIBCO products, including TIBCO BusinessWorks and TIBCO Enterprise Management Service. 

BusinessWorks is highly stable. 

BusinessWorks is scalable.

I think TIBCO's frontline support isn't good, but you can escalate the ticket to the second level if it is during their working hours. 

Setting up BusinessWorks is complex because we have multiple active-active sites for high availability and disaster recovery. Deployment takes about three days and involves two or three engineers. We register a domain and deploy messaging components like Huawei and EMS and finally, the CRM.

BusinessWorks is competitively priced. It's a good deal.

I rate TIBCO BusinessWorks eight out of 10. It's the middleware solution I recommend for any organization that needs one. 

BusinessWorks is the regional and official software of the company.

In terms of valuable features, it has transformation, change, and other features.

It is user-friendly, it's not complex.

In terms of improvement, for our requirements, it's good enough. Everything that we like to do, we can find it available on the platform.

Features that could be improved are its transformation matrix; the support for other communities. They don't support out of the box - you have to buy adapters or you have to have the technology.

I have been using TIBCO BusinessWorks for five years.

In terms of stability, we don't have any serious issues so far.

I think the scalability of TIBCO BusinessWorks is very good. We have about 90 million messages per day. They intend to increase usage because sometimes during peak hours all the resources are being used.

I'd describe technical support as average. Average to superior, because they are not excellent. Sometimes they take time to read the overall issue. Overall they are great.

The initial setup was not complex. It took around 2 to 3 weeks. 

So far there have not been any other costs besides the standard licensing fees.

My advice would be that they don't go with TIBCO 5 but to go with TIBCO 6. TIBCO 6 is richer in terms of integration technology and has more modern architecture.

On a scale of 1 - 10 I'd give TIBCO BusinessWorks an 8.

We use the solution for business integration.

The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us. The graphical user interface is also valuable to us.

The initial setup is not easy.

I have been using the solution for the last ten years.

I rate the product’s stability a nine out of ten.

I rate the tool’s scalability an eight out of ten. My organization has around 3000 users.

We contact the technical support team from time to time. The support personnel are usually good.

Positive

The initial setup has a technical learning curve. The product is deployed on the cloud. The deployment took less than half an hour. Everything is automated. However, It took us years to get to the automation.

We deployed the solution in-house.

We received an ROI within two years.

The product is not cheap. However, the pricing is reasonable.

I would definitely consider the solution for any integration as long as we can find skilled resources. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case for the solution is using the system interface exposing APIs using a tip code as a target button.

The most valuable feature is the low-code platform.

The solution is easy to troubleshoot and learn.

For the chip code container edition, it is recommended to reduce the image size to facilitate setup and accelerate our in-service. By making this change we can then use the optimal size for the best email of the container.

The cost of the solution has room for improvement.

I have been using the solution for eight years.

I give the stability a nine out of ten.

This solution is scalable, but the file size of the best image has some limitations which restrict its ability to scale rapidly. If we adjust the TIP configurations, I believe it will improve the scalability.

I give the scalability a seven out of ten.

TIBCO technical support is quick. Whenever we have an issue the support team is quick to get on the phone and resolve the issue.

Positive

I previously used RedHat and the open-source Jave Spring framework. We switched to TIBCO BusinessWorks primarily for the features, the cost, and the scalability.

The initial setup is easy because TIBCO BusinessWorks is a cloud-native solution. The deployment takes between one and two hours.

The implementation was completed in-house.

We have seen a return on investment with TIBCO BusinessWorks.

Our organization has a three-year enterprise license agreement with TIBCO. The license is really costly.

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

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

I recommend the solution to others.

The most valuable features are the extensive capabilities of adapters and the capabilities in the development environment.

Areas for improvement would be the cloud fitness of the product and the ease of migrating to newer versions. Its price could also be lower, and its licensing model would benefit from changing to pay-as-you-go to better fit the use of cloud services.

I've been working with this product for over ten years.

This product is pretty stable.

BusinessWorks is scalable, but I feel limited by the license.

The support team is good, they're really experienced.

The setup isn't very complex, but it does require some expertise.

The licensing is very rigid - it's perpetual licensing, which doesn't really support good scalability.

TIBCO can be really difficult to talk to commercially - they usually don't show much flexibility. I would give this product a rating of eight out of ten.

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

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.

I have been using this solution for 20 years.

It is stable and reliable.

Its scalability features are pretty cool. Our clients are enterprise companies.

Their technical support is really excellent.

It has medium complexity. It is not easy, and it is also not complex. It is not a one-day training. At the same time, as a developer, you don't need five years to become an expert.

It is usually deployed on-premise. Since they launched TIBCO Cloud Integration (TCI), cloud deployments are increasing.

Its price policy has changed quite a lot in the last two years. It was extremely expensive previously. Nowadays, you can buy a license for BusinessWorks for €2000. Looking at what you get in return in terms of support, TIBCO community, and stability, it is fairly reasonable. It is not too expensive. 

It is good in terms of high availability and scalability, but for every feature, there are some parameters that you need to use to tune the performance. You need some experience to know exactly what to put and where to put it. It is the same thing that you feel with MuleSoft Eco or WSO2 solution. If you want to tune the performance, you need to play around with different parameters and properties. It is a technical tool, and you need a technical person. I would advise others to just play around. You can download the software and play with it. As with every tool, the more you play, the more you learn.

There are some free solutions, such as WSO2, but if you compare it with these solutions, TIBCO has deployed more applications all over the world. BusinessWorks is more reliable, and its price is pretty fair.

I would rate TIBCO BusinessWorks an nine out of ten.

We use this product to trigger campaign management related marketing for our customers. 

The most valuable features are the stability and the time to market. 

There are not many plugins available to integrate the databases. We have to write it in Java and integrate it. The developers should have more knowledge. These are the three main aspects that they could improve. 

II have been using Tibco for twelve years. 

There hasn't been a single day that we had any problems because of the product stability. It's awesome. 

It is not scalable on its own. 

We have around 300 to 400 users. They are infrastructure architects, admins, business users, etc. 

Their technical support is very good.

The initial setup was very easy. The deployment doesn't take more than five minutes. It required around ten people for the deployment. We have a team of 100+ people for development. 

There are no additional costs to the standard licensing. 

I would rate Tibco Businessworks a nine out of ten. 

There are a lot of opportunities to do synchronous processing. 

In the next release, I would like for there to be more integration with big data ecosystems. There should be more plugins.