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Denodo vs TIBCO BusinessWorks comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Denodo improved efficiency, ROI, decision-making, reduced churn, and increased loyalty, significantly enhancing data processing and systems replacement.
Sentiment score
7.3
TIBCO BusinessWorks offers flexibility and reliability, with ROI seen in two years, ensuring smooth development and overall satisfaction.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Denodo's support is praised for responsiveness and expertise but criticized for slow bug fixes and lack of proactive engagement.
Sentiment score
6.1
TIBCO BusinessWorks customer service is generally efficient with knowledgeable teams, though experiences vary in responsiveness and problem-solving.
Denodo's customer support team is very competent and responsive.
If we raise a ticket, it can be resolved or addressed within a reasonable time frame, so support is good.
The documentation is very thorough.
Customer service is very helpful.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Denodo is scalable and integrates widely but may require additional management for performance and cost efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.9
TIBCO BusinessWorks is scalable, handling large data, but costs and licensing can limit expansion, especially on-premise.
For huge data requests, it cannot scale automatically; admin action is required.
While the solution scales well on a single machine, I have doubts about its scalability when deployed as part of a Java component cluster.
Its complexity in configuring and the requirement to install different connectors for different sources affects its scalability.
It is not like AWS where I can add memory or more servers.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Denodo offers robust stability with minor bugs; high reliability improves in the latest version despite complex scenario challenges.
Sentiment score
7.6
TIBCO BusinessWorks is stable but faces challenges post version 5.14; users report memory spikes and require hotfixes for issues.
If JVM does not function properly, it may cause Denodo to fail to connect to different sources.
I would rate it nine out of ten because it is very reliable, always performing as expected.
It is stable, however, every now and then, it just ends.
 

Room For Improvement

The system needs comprehensive improvements in functionality, integration, support, UI, scalability, security, documentation, and external tool compatibility.
TIBCO BusinessWorks needs stability, cloud adoption, user-friendliness enhancements, better pricing, and improved support for non-technical users and monitoring.
The system has dependencies on other environments, like JVM, which can affect its performance.
Denodo needs better communication on how the product can be deployed for specific solutions.
Ensuring data caching is up to date is critical.
The learning curve takes time compared to webMethods.
They should ensure that what was working in the previous version must also work in the new version of BW six.
 

Setup Cost

Denodo pricing is costly, designed for large enterprises, with complex licensing and costs varying by customer needs.
TIBCO BusinessWorks is costly, especially for medium-sized companies, with discounts mainly benefiting large organizations through Enterprise License Agreements.
Denodo is considered pricey, limiting its use to large enterprises or government organizations that can afford its comprehensive setup.
Denodo's pricing is not affordable for small companies and is more suitable for medium to large enterprises.
Pricing is for an enterprise application, so the company pays for it with a company license.
 

Valuable Features

Denodo is praised for data virtualization, efficiently integrating and managing diverse sources with strong security, introspection, and visualization.
TIBCO BusinessWorks offers user-friendly, robust performance and scalable integration with efficient service creation and extensive legacy and cloud support.
Denodo's ability to connect to multiple data sources and perform extract-transform-load (ETL) operations on the fly is noteworthy.
Denodo supports SQL base, so if you want to join two tables or two views, you can use SQL, which is an advantage as most developers or business people know SQL.
The most valuable feature of Denodo is its uniformity of self-site data access types, which allows it to connect to almost any storage technology and feed it transparently.
It's a great software application for the middleware use cases to connect the front channels to the back ends in a secure and safer way.
When I have an architecture designed to plug in the service itself with BW, it makes things much easier.
 

Categories and Ranking

Denodo
Ranking in Data Integration
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Data Virtualization (1st), Cloud Data Integration (5th)
TIBCO BusinessWorks
Ranking in Data Integration
17th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Denodo is 1.9%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO BusinessWorks is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Atanu Chatterjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Data virtualization and integration enabled while caching and scalability room for improvement
In terms of improvements for Denodo, regarding performance, in cases where there are multiple virtualizations—such as reading from one Denodo view that is virtualized, and from that view there's also virtualization, and another team is reading from that view—if multiple virtualizations happen with no caching in between, it becomes slow. This occurs because it is cascading; whenever at the top level someone is reading data, that request is getting cascaded to the nth level, causing issues, especially in cases such as Power BI reports. We need to consider implementing some persistent layer in between. The scaling process should improve because many things are getting automated. The scale-out part needs to be automated, though I am uncertain whether Denodo has already implemented that feature.
Moustafa Fares - PeerSpot reviewer
Connects systems securely, simplifies data communication, and benefits from AI integration potential
I would like to see an AI project with BusinessWorks. I haven't worked with cloud architecture using BusinessWorks, so I would like to work with it as a cloud architect. I am still learning the documentation, so I don't have a complete experience with TIBCO. The learning curve takes time compared to webMethods.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Does Denodo provide useful data virtualization education? Is it useful to attend their training?
If you are a Denodo user, it makes sense to undergo their training. Different types of professionals can benefit from it, including administrators, developers, and architects. If you are keen on i...
In experience, what might Denodo be lacking or need improvement on?
I like Denodo a lot. It offers quick and easy web service deployment within minutes. There are not any flaws that I think make the product less good or effective. The only thing I can point out is...
Which industries can benefit from Denodo the most?
Denodo is suitable for pretty much all sectors that deal with: Big data Cloud solutions Data governance Logical data fabric Master data management In my opinion, organizations in different fields...
How does TIBCO BusinessWorks compare with Mule Anypoint Platform?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...
What do you like most about TIBCO BusinessWorks?
The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO BusinessWorks?
Pricing is for an enterprise application, so the company pays for it with a company license. Everything comes packaged with the license.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Autodesk, VHA, AAA, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Caterpillar, European Chemical Agency, Seagate, Nationwide, Time Warner Cable, Pantex, Inditex, BNSF Railways, Vodafone, CIT Group, Jazztel, Wolters Kluwer, Telefonica, TransAlta
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