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Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration vs IBM B2B Integrator comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM B2B Integrator
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Business-to-Business Middleware category, the mindshare of Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration is 2.8%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM B2B Integrator is 8.1%, up from 6.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business-to-Business Middleware Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM B2B Integrator8.1%
Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration2.8%
Other89.1%
Business-to-Business Middleware
 

Featured Reviews

Akash Dalebehera - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
B2B APIs have supported secure ebXML orders and now streamline complex partner serviceability checks
Basically, what happens is that during the initial boot-up of the product upon installation, we do face some hiccups because of the DB connectivity. That is a major issue in which initially the console doesn't load properly. This is the initial part. Although during transactions, we have not faced any issues. But here and there, those internal DBs which will be storing all those configurations are impacted sometimes. It is the process of integration with the DB and the loading up of the console, which is something we found difficult. That is one thing. Another thing which we found is that we were running a migration project from Oracle onto Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration. In that migration project, we found that we wanted to modify a few headers. That is something which is not available out-of-the-box. We had to write some custom coding. That's the reason why we had to take help from Axway Professional Services. Configurations or customizations is something which is not very easy. We have to go through a lot of assistance from Axway support team, their product support team, to get those custom logics implemented here. These were header conversions, basically upper case to lower case header conversions. It is a little complex because as I said, we do certificate installations. Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration doesn't have a trust store or certificate store which will hold all the certificates. This is not the same, because as I said, we were migrating from Oracle. Oracle was having a trust store. Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration was not having a trust store. Somehow mapping that was kind of difficult for us to set it up initially. We are satisfied with the functionality part. Performance is also not an issue. Sometimes we do face some issues loading up and with customizations.
reviewer2742345 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager Neverhack Spain at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Experience with robust integrator reveals strong performance and potential for interface updates
Based on my experience and my clients' feedback, there are a few points IBM can improve for IBM B2B Integrator. One of these is the graphical user interface. For several years, IBM has been promising to renew this interface, which has an ancient, old aesthetic, though it contains many functionalities. Creating a new interface would incur a very high internal cost with no new profitability for IBM. This is one of the points where customers say it feels like working in the 1990s with this interface. Another significant issue is that the platform is not multi-tenant. It's not possible to have different tenants in the cloud. This creates problems when trying to create SaaS offers based on IBM B2B Integrator, as there is the possibility that some workflow for a customer can be visible to another one. Since it's not multi-tenant, it's running on the same tenant of the platform. This is the main issue that the platform has.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The automation of all the data transfers is great."
"Currently, we were using Oracle SOA Suite, and Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration also satisfies the product. It has almost 95% plus, I think 95 to 100% of the features of the products offered in the market are available with Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration."
"Axway AMPLIFY B2B Integration has a great user interface that is easy to understand."
"IBM has done a lot to modernize it a fair bit, so it's been a pretty important bit."
"The product is easily transportable - it'll go to any platform."
"Sterling has integrated itself as a B2B platform, which is excellent because it has many capabilities that we are not using currently."
"Everything from the order to fulfillment to the payment process, except for physical packing and shipping, is fully automated for some customer orders."
"The best feature is that many companies use the solution so there is a lot of peer support."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility and the range of EDI standards that IBM Sterling can handle."
"Out-of-box process orchestration yields quick implementations."
"They get better and better every time they have a new version."
 

Cons

"The initial setup can be a bit tricky."
"It is the process of integration with the DB and the loading up of the console, which is something we found difficult."
"The solution's performance could be improved and made similar to that of IBM Sterling B2B Integrator."
"Out of 10, I would give stability a seven, only because I think in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, there are still some bugs."
"There is no related transaction stored in the database because it's an OLTP application."
"The one thing that is lacking is easy visibility. It's hard to provide business users with a view into the statuses of their transactions."
"We did experience stability issues. That part I'm not too happy about."
"The tool requires you to write a lot of code in Java and XSLT, which makes development tough."
"It scales well if you have enough money. It is a very expensive platform."
"There are also some features in the solution that are not user-friendly, like code lists with no search options. So, we must navigate hundreds of pages to check for one entry."
"The dashboard is not integrated and should be bundled by the product vendor."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to other SaaS platforms, the solution's pricing is less."
"The price of IBM B2B Integrator is too high. However, IBM may be willing to give a discount if there are negotiations. If they see that there is a good opportunity for them they can provide a discount."
"Licensing depends upon the package you opt for within the solution. The solution is a bit costly compared to the other integration tools in the market."
"The product costs more than 40K."
"We pay an annual fee based on the number of VPUs. It's fairly reasonable. We're in the middle of analyzing other products, and they're all pretty much in the same range."
"The solution is priced at $20,000 to $30,000 per year with no extra costs."
"The pricing is based on how many cores are used and the type of cores."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise32
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM B2B Integrator?
Regarding pricing, IBM B2B Integrator rates in the middle range. This integrator has embedded all the functionality needed to handle files and messages. It tends to be very expensive because the IB...
What needs improvement with IBM B2B Integrator?
From the automation perspective, IBM B2B Integrator has its own powerful workflow, but compared to other applications such as MuleSoft or Boomi, they have many cloud connectors and multiple connect...
What is your primary use case for IBM B2B Integrator?
IBM B2B Integrator is majorly used in banks for managed file transfer, integrating with their external and internal applications for large files, especially huge files which need to be transferred,...
 

Also Known As

B2Bi, Axway B2Bi, AMPLIFY B2B Integration
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, Sterling Gentran Integration Suite
 

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Sample Customers

Procter & Gamble, ASEAN, OneHealthPort
Bonnie Plants, Toshiba Europe, Florida Hospital
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