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Fiorano ESB vs IBM Integration Bus comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 3, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Fiorano ESB
Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
12th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Integration Bus
Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
70
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of Fiorano ESB is 3.4%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Integration Bus is 15.5%, down from 22.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Integration Bus15.5%
Fiorano ESB3.4%
Other81.1%
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer987933 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr.Manager - Programming and software development at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Scalable and easy to maintain
One of the most valuable features is the scalability. Whenever it's required, we can add more servers and scale. We can actually use specific servers for specific stuff. Unlike in other solutions, now we can implement one server purely dedicated to core-banking-related API. This is very important when it comes to the PCI DSS certification.
RA
Associate Consultant at MindCraft Software Pvt. Ltd.
Efficient data transformation and seamless integration drive successful deployments
As for improvements in IBM Integration Bus, we are getting another feature of the retry mechanism now. Version 8.13 was upgraded, and we started using the retry mechanism itself, and we are using nodes in the development level. They are improving one of the nodes such as the HTTP request node, implementing the indirect retry mechanism itself, and we are getting new features.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ability to compliment out-of-the-box integration components with small custom code."
"The platform's most valuable feature is data transformation."
"One of the most valuable features is the scalability. Whenever it's required, we can add more servers and scale. We can actually use specific servers for specific stuff. Unlike in other solutions, now we can implement one server purely dedicated to core-banking-related API. This is very important when it comes to the PCI DSS certification."
"It has vastly improved the speed of delivery for custom integrations."
"Fully functional interfaces and web services are up in hours, not days, so we spend more time designing XSD than setting up the service."
"Fiorano offers multiple adaptors for various interface languages, making it easy to cater to a variety of interfaces."
"The most valuable feature is the security."
"Before we implemented IBM to integrate with other external parties, we had buckets of applications to build, and maintenance was difficult, as was support, but right now, post-implementation of IBM ESB, we have a better structure, better teams in development and response to customers, and an application that is centrally managed and monitored."
"IBM Integration Bus's best feature is integration."
"In summary, I can recommend this product because it is easy and straightforward to learn and use."
"It is user-friendly and a value-added tool for banks and other verticals."
"The product is usually very easy to deploy."
"Content is easily infiltrated in the eclipse infrastructure."
"I have found IBM Integration Bus is very useful because it can integrate multiple backend applications."
 

Cons

"Fiorano ESB could be improved by becoming more user-friendly. Most of the pages and generated reports on API usage are already there, but they could be more user-friendly. There could be more selections added to generate reports. Overall, though, Fiorano suits all our needs and has good functionality."
"Error descriptions are not user friendly."
"Fiorano ESB could be improved by becoming more user-friendly."
"Error logging is not very user-friendly. It requires the error logging to be configured in many different places."
"Fiorano ESB's logging feature and data availability need improvement."
"They need to come up with Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). It should also have a feature for integrating with those applications that are on the cloud."
"The solution could improve by having built-in implementation and secure monitoring without the need for API Connect."
"The password settings need improvement."
"It would be beneficial for it to function more as an iPaaS, with the runtime available in the cloud, potentially on platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud."
"Storage capacity of the product should be addressed."
"This reduction of two points doesn't mean that it is not as good as other products."
"The monolithic architecture is an issue. Due to the fact that it's built on monolithic architecture, the solution is not very lightweight."
"IBM provides a quite complicated licensing model."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product's pricing a five out of ten."
"IBM is expensive."
"IBM Integration Bus is expensive. There are cheaper products in the marketplace."
"It is not cheap. It has its cost. It is one of the high-cost solutions."
"As customers, we always try to buy things as cheaply as possible. But the price for the IBM Integration Bus is fine. When we compare it to competitors, it's pretty much the same. However, there are a lot of open-source integration platforms coming to the market as well. So overall, the price is fine as far as licensed products are concerned."
"Support costs are high compared to the competition. Otherwise, the support is good."
"IBM Integration Bus is expensive."
"The pricing of the solution is high."
"The pricing could be improved to make it more competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
21%
Construction Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise47
 

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IBM WebSphere ESB
 

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Sample Customers

Polaris Transport, Harris Exelis, Aboitiz Power, Dyckerhoff AG, Gamma-Dynacare, DHL, Bajaj Finserv, Ecole hételire de Lausanne, Northern California Power Agency, Federal Bank, Commercial Bank of Africa, EasyPay, SSP, General American Corporation, Forex, Beijing Shubei Software Technology, City of Canton, Kent County Council, SJS District, County of Tulare, US Coast Guard, ZUNYI, Fraikin, Nilkamal, Posco, Toyota, UB Group
Salesbox, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Road Buddy, Swiss Federal Railways, Electricity Supply Board, The Hartree Centre, ESB Networks
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