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Categories and Ranking

Adobe Experience Manager (A...
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Customer Communications Management (CCM) (5th)
webMethods.io
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
95
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (6th), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (5th), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (14th), API Management (17th), Cloud Data Integration (12th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (11th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user692313 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner and AEM Architect at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Its flexibility and customization ability. Ease of initial setup and complete set of features to support digital marketing initiatives.
Start small and plan your first set of objectives clearly, leaving all the “nice-to-haves” for a later phase. Starting this way will help companies get a sample of the benefits, and get familiar with the tool in general. After the first phase, they may find things that they thought they wanted are not really required or can be achieved in a better, more efficient way in the AEM world. Another useful suggestion is to avoid trying to recreate your current solution using AEM; rather, try to look for new and different ways to achieve the same results that take advantage of AEM’s features.
YM
Developer at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Offers strong integration capabilities and reliable features but needs pricing and scaling improvements
Many things are evolving with the AI buzz in the market. What I would like to see improved or enhanced in webMethods.io in the future is that since webMethods.io is already under IBM, I think IBM will introduce and integrate AI into it. Additionally, regarding what webMethods.io can improve is the license cost. Other cloud players are also providing the same kind of functionality, such as AWS and Azure. webMethods.io is being installed on-premises, but AWS is providing it directly in the cloud. When comparing the license cost and request per minute cost, webMethods.io needs to address that. There are many competitors in the market for this.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"All these features help companies create powerful web applications that can then be customized and maintained by marketers with little involvement from IT."
"LiveCycle has a good user interface and has developed an easy way to create fillable .pdf forms."
"webMethods API Gateway is the most stabilized tool with a robust integration server."
"It’s fairly easy to view, move, and mange access across different components. Different component types are categorized and can be viewed in a web based administration console."
"There are many components that we are currently using and all of them are very important."
"The connectivity that the tool provides, along with the functionalities needed for our company's business, are some of the beneficial aspects of the product."
"It has a good integration server, designer, and a very good API portal."
"Overall, webMethods offers a good user experience and is easy to use for our company."
"The Software AG Designer has been great. It's very intuitive."
"Overall, it's a really good product."
 

Cons

"We have found occasional issues with stability but those were, in general, caused either by custom developed code or issues in the implemented architecture."
"Help menu is a bit difficult to navigate."
"The price should be reduced to make it more affordable."
"They should develop clear visibility for the onboarding. They could also improve the clustering."
"The price has room for improvement."
"The market webMethods Integration Server falls under is a very crowded market, so for the product to stand out, Software AG would need to get traction in the open source community by releasing a new version or a base version and open source it, so people can create new custom components and add it to the portfolio."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Programming model with flow is hopelessly outdated."
"The licensing cost is high compared to other options."
"As webMethods Integration Server is expensive, that's its area for improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I don’t have much idea about prices, but webMethods API Portal is not something cheaper."
"I do think webMethods is coming under increasing pressure when it comes to their price-to-feature value proposition. It's probably the single biggest strategic risk they have. They're very expensive in their industry. They've been raising the price recently, especially when compared with their competitors."
"This is not a cheap solution but, compared to other products such as those offered by IBM, the pricing is similar."
"It is a cost-effective solution."
"webMethods Trading Networks is a bit costly compared to others solutions."
"The price of webMethods Integration Server isn't that high from an enterprise context, but open-source ESB solutions will always be the cheapest."
"There are no hidden costs in addition to the standard licensing fees for webMethods. For corporate organizations, it's a very cheap or fairly priced product, but for growing or small businesses, it's quite expensive. These businesses would probably need to consider an enterprise services bus at some point. Thus, from a pricing point, it closes out non-cooperate businesses."
"The pricing is a yearly license."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
23%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Construction Company
6%
 

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Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise65
 

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What needs improvement with webMethods Integration Server?
The alignment of on-premise and cloud versions needs improvement.
What needs improvement with webMethods Trading Networks?
webMethods.io does not currently have certain features, and we have to do coding as well. However, they have recently come up with a hybrid application where users will be able to use drag-and-drop...
What is your primary use case for webMethods Trading Networks?
We are primarily focused on IBM webMethods. I am part of the Center of Excellence team, where we involve ourselves in proposals and providing solutions to clients. webMethods.io is a middleware too...
 

Also Known As

Adobe LiveCycle
Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API
 

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