BizTalk Server vs SAP Process Orchestration comparison

Microsoft and SAP are both solutions in the Business-to-Business Middleware category. Microsoft is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.4, while SAP is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.9. Microsoft holds a 4.5% mindshare in BBM, compared to SAP’s 5.4% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of SAP users who would recommend it.

BizTalk Server

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

BizTalk Server and SAP Process Orchestration compete in the enterprise software market, focusing on integration and automation. BizTalk Server has an advantage in support and cost-effectiveness, while SAP Process Orchestration excels in functionality.

Features: BizTalk Server offers extensive integration and adapter support, strong message handling, and sophisticated tracking capabilities. SAP Process Orchestration delivers comprehensive customization, scalability, and process management features. It offers superior flexibility and extensibility, making it suitable for complex needs.

Room for Improvement: BizTalk Server could enhance scalability, update its interface to improve user experience, and simplify complex configurations. SAP Process Orchestration may benefit from easier deployment, better documentation for beginners, and improved integration with non-SAP products.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BizTalk Server is known for its straightforward deployment and robust customer support, making it easy to integrate with existing systems. SAP Process Orchestration has a more complex setup process but offers detailed technical support to manage intricate deployments.

Pricing and ROI: BizTalk Server is a cost-effective solution with moderate initial costs, focusing on quick ROI through efficient operations. SAP Process Orchestration has higher setup costs, but its extensive features promise significant long-term returns, especially for feature-rich automation needs.

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Categories and Ranking

BizTalk Server

Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware

8th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Process Automation (11th)

SAP Process Orchestration

Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Business-to-Business Middleware category, the mindshare of BizTalk Server is 4.5%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Process Orchestration is 5.4%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business-to-Business Middleware Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP Process Orchestration	5.4%
BizTalk Server	4.5%
Other	90.1%

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Taqi-Hasan

Senior Application Specialist at Taqa Distribution

Offers valuable integration services but requires better cloud adaptation

Biztalk server doesn't have API management so that our exposed can be protected against the SQL injection, DOS attacks. However, this is available in IBM WebMethods. The positive impact of BizTalk Server was initially limited because of scalability issues. That is the reason why management has decided to implement IBM WebMethods. We are going to decommission BizTalk Server next year. I believe the API response could be improved in BizTalk Server. We need to increase the number of servers in BizTalk Server. We used to have two servers; later on, we increased to a third server, which has improved performance. We can make it more highly available and scale out to improve BizTalk Server. Scale out means we can increase the number of servers horizontally.

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Vasanth Kumar Sabaapathi

Senior Lead Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Simplified integrations bring flexibility and efficiency to diverse industries through comprehensive features and robust support

SAP is already trying to make improvements for SAP Process Orchestration by releasing updates every quarter, including patches and modules, and from a security standpoint, while it's a tightly coupled tool, they are introducing a lot of enhancements aligned with current market trends. There are standard contents readily available for starting integrations, which suit around 90% of every industry across verticals including pharma, manufacturing, and employee data central with SuccessFactors integration. Regarding functionality-wise improvements in SAP Process Orchestration, they are now incorporating the Salesforce system. Previously, we needed to rely on a third-party adapter for integration within SAP, but now they are building their own adapters to connect with Salesforce. Additionally, there are options like data connectors using Ariba coming up with SAP Process Orchestration. There's much more to explore, especially as they release new patches, enhancements, and adapters each quarter.

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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

"BizTalk Server offers workflow functionality that I find very effective for process automation."

"The AS2 communication protocol is one of the most advanced processes."

"The BizTalk Server business rule engine was very useful for us and has helped us for the last 12 years."

"Compared to the current solutions I use, like Azure Logic Apps and other cloud services, BizTalk was far better and more reliable."

"The most valuable feature is its reliability and stability. The first version of BizTalk was released in 2000, and many companies still use it. It was stable until 2013 when we had support."

"The BizTalk Server business rule engine was very useful for us and has helped us for the last 12 years."

"I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten."

"Boomi has advantages over BizTalk Server because it is more flexible, low-code, no-code, easy to implement, and has a fast go-to-market."

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"The most valuable features of SAP Process Orchestration are the standard APIs that we can use."

"The monitoring is one of the greatest features in Process Orchestration because it is user-friendly and easy for somebody who is not experienced."

"SAP Process Orchestration is quite flexible in supporting various integration standards and protocols, and it's fulfilling all our needs."

"The solution provides very good and central logging systems. It offers high flexibility with vertical and horizontal extend capacity."

"SAP Process Orchestration is middleware where we are able to manage and interact with everything from a single location. One of the most beneficial areas is monitoring which is very easy because it is all in one place. There are many adapters added recently that can be used for new functionality. The solution is easy to operate and it is more mature than the cloud solution provided by SAP."

"The most valuable features of SAP Process Orchestration are its system monitoring and alerts."

"The performance of data processing has increased."

"I think it is a very stable tool. My company did not have any problem with the tool."

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Cons

"BizTalk Server is an outdated legacy system that does not support messaging."

"It's a complex product because you have many degrees of freedom to connect different parts together. Whether it's sensible or not, is up to you, but the machine does allow it. But because of the vast degrees of freedom, it's complex."

"BizTalk Server needs improvements, especially because we use it for EDI messaging, and it would be very useful to have enhanced tracking capabilities for message tracking and archiving of messages."

"The deployment could be simplified."

"BizTalk lacks native cloud support. BizTalk doesn't offer in-built support for cloud. We need to use third-party adapters to connect it to cloud services."

"The product's deployment can be quicker"

"We want to get rid of BizTalk Server, as there is unnecessary license cost, and there are some limitations, so we might go for Azure Integration Services."

"The product could be improved in monitoring, managing, and support functionalities."

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"It requires some maintenance."

"The responsiveness of technical support needs to be improved."

"SAP Process Orchestration breaks down sometimes."

"There are two main areas for improvement: performance and cost."

"This is an on-premise platform and one area they can improve on is having the ability to work with SaaS solutions."

"Process Orchestration needs to provide secure connectivity as no one has any data information."

"The solution needs to move to the cloud."

"The older version of the solution will no longer be supported."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"BizTalk Server is cheap. I would rate its pricing a two out of five."

"Based on the knowledge, it is relatively cheaper than Azure Identity Services and cloud services in general."

"BizTalk Server is not freeware. There's a significant licensing cost involved. Be sure you will actually utilize its features fully."

"The cost will depend on the client's requirements."

"The solution is expensive."

"It was not cheap, but it was affordable."

"The license is a one-time payment, and additional costs are only incurred on the infrastructure side since it's an on-premise solution."

"We subscribe to annual licenses, and the competitive license cost is reasonable."

"The cost of SAP products is quite high but the quality is really good."

"It is a very expensive solution. We only pay for the license."

"The solution is highly-priced."

"Normally, you will have to choose CPU-based licensing...I rate the tool price a five out of ten."

"The price of SAP Process Orchestration was reasonable."

"Looking at market conditions, vendors nowadays are giving products at very low price levels. However, SAP Process Orchestration have not yet reduced their prices. The prices could be reduced a lot to stay competitive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Energy/Utilities Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	26

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BizTalk Server?

The tool's most valuable feature is its integration with the banks. Its messaging and routing capabilities are good.

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What needs improvement with BizTalk Server?

I am generally satisfied with BizTalk Server, but there are some gaps, as we have multiple integration tools. Thus, there is associated cost, operation cost, license cost, and CapEx, so we are tryi...

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What advice do you have for others considering BizTalk Server?

I have not worked with Amazon API Gateway or Mule ESB; I am just testing them. I am using Boomi iPaaS and WebMethods. I did not purchase it on AWS Marketplace; those are product API systems, and in...

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What do you like most about SAP Process Orchestration?

It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Process Orchestration?

The price for SAP Process Orchestration is a little high when compared to market trends, which is just how the business is. I would rate it an eight.

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What needs improvement with SAP Process Orchestration?

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Also Known As

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SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration

Overview

Connects systems both inside and across organizations, exchange data and orchestrate business processes across multiple systems.

Microsoft

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration facilitates the integration of business processes that span different departments, organizations, or companies. SAP PI is based on general standards so as to enable 3rd-party systems to be integrated. At the center of SAP PI is an XML-based communication that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Irrespective of the scenario used, the application-specific contents are transferred in messages in user-defined XML eXtensible Markup Language) from the sender to the receiver either via the Integration Server, or directly between the systems involved. SAP PI can be installed in different ways: Dual usage type installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java. and Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.

SAP

Sample Customers

Centrebet, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, QualCare, Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, DTEK, Allscripts, United BioSource, Hogg Robinson

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