We performed a comparison between Confluent and IBM App Connect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I find Confluent's Kafka Connectors and Kafka Streams invaluable for my use cases because they simplify real-time data processing and ETL tasks by providing reliable, pre-packaged connectors and tools."
"It is also good for knowledge base management."
"With Confluent Cloud we no longer need to handle the infrastructure and the plumbing, which is a concern for Confluent. The other advantage is that all portfolios have access to the data that is being shared."
"The most valuable feature that we are using is the data replication between the data centers allowing us to configure a disaster recovery or software. However, is it's not mandatory to use and because most of the features that we use are from Apache Kafka, such as end-to-end encryption. Internally, we can develop our own kind of product or service from Apache Kafka."
"Confluence's greatest asset is its user-friendly interface, coupled with its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with a vast range of other solutions."
"The most valuable feature of Confluent is the wide range of features provided. They're leading the market in this category."
"Their tech support is amazing; they are very good, both on and off-site."
"We mostly use the solution's message queues and event-driven architecture."
"It's a powerful application for collaboration. It has many features for customization and integration."
"It can handle API conversions with mapping and transformation rules, simplifying the development process."
"It has different type of interfaces that can integrate with companies."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendliness of the application."
"It has an efficient design flow."
"The solution is fast and supports Open UI 3.0 certification."
"Provides good security features."
"I would say that the most valuable feature is the array of connectors and integration tools."
"Confluent's price needs improvement."
"It could be improved by including a feature that automatically creates a new topic and puts failed messages."
"There is a limitation when it comes to seamlessly importing Microsoft documents into Confluent pages, which can be inconvenient for users who frequently work with Microsoft Office tools and need to transition their content to Confluent."
"In Confluent, there could be a few more VPN options."
"The formatting aspect within the page can be improved and more powerful."
"The pricing model should include the ability to pick features and be charged for them only."
"there is room for improvement in the visualization."
"It could have more integration with different platforms."
"The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally."
"The product should improve its support."
"The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer."
"IBM App Connect should improve security features."
"IBM App Connect is scalable. From the administration side, they need to improve the RBAC model, as well as the clustering of this product. It will be good if we can start up the cluster, via IBM Connect Console. Some other products like MuleSoft, are providing this type of administration. MuleSoft is easy to use and user friendly."
"Updates are constantly delayed."
"It is not easy to deploy. It requires someone with a high level of knowledge in the solution to deploy it, not just anyone can do it."
"When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated."
Confluent is ranked 3rd in Streaming Analytics with 19 reviews while IBM App Connect is ranked 11th in Cloud Data Integration with 20 reviews. Confluent is rated 8.4, while IBM App Connect is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Confluent writes "Has good technical support services and a valuable feature for real-time data streaming ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM App Connect writes "Very flexible and user-friendly; embeds with other technologies; no dependency on queue manager". Confluent is most compared with Amazon MSK, Amazon Kinesis, Databricks, AWS Glue and Oracle GoldenGate, whereas IBM App Connect is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods Integration Server, IBM InfoSphere DataStage and TIBCO BusinessWorks. See our Confluent vs. IBM App Connect report.
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