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TIBCO BusinessWorks vs ibi Open Data Hub for Mainframe comparison

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Categories and Ranking

ibi Open Data Hub for Mainf...
Ranking in Data Integration
64th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TIBCO BusinessWorks
Ranking in Data Integration
29th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of ibi Open Data Hub for Mainframe is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO BusinessWorks is 1.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TIBCO BusinessWorks1.0%
ibi Open Data Hub for Mainframe0.6%
Other98.4%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

it_user3876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Provides High Reliability and Data Security
• Data in the datahub refreshes nightly. As the data only refreshes once every day, it is necessary to have to wait for any changes to thesource systems to become available.The daily refresh can be extremely useful for reconciling data. • DataHub only displays details of current members of the Organization. So it has much limited data available for generation of dynamic reports. • DataHub is volatile. The records are completely re-loaded each day. It puts burden on the system. • There are very few summary tables available due to storage of data in a detailed format. • The detailed information is not stored in the DataHub. It is stored in the relevant source system. Only commonly required data is stored within the DataHub.
Vinod_Parmar - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Solutions Architect at UNSW Australia
Long-term integration has supported real-time data exchange and simplified adapter-based workflows
The challenges I have faced with TIBCO BusinessWorks mostly relate to financial applications that do not come with those adapters, so that requires custom coding. The features currently in TIBCO BusinessWorks are good enough, but going forward, as we are doing a lot of AI-based integrations, I would like to see TIBCO come up with more prompt-driven configurations rather than people having to understand deep technology. AI-driven features in TIBCO BusinessWorks would be beneficial, so that our business tech BA can do the development rather than needing programmers. More artificial intelligence functionality would help so people do not have to code.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All staff members and users can request an account which can be accessed from all PCs on the company’s network."
"It is very stable. It is a market leader, and it has connectors to many of the legacy systems. It also has enterprise cloud connectors."
"The most valuable features are the extensive capabilities of adapters and the capabilities in the development environment."
"The Business Studio interface based on SCA Standards helps to show the business logic at first look and improve code maintenance."
"Good TIBCO BusinessWorks features are the admin console and the ability to roll back to the previous version."
"The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us."
"Our investment is justified based on systems maintenance and migration."
"The OSGI console is available to debug different issues and get low level informations on the applications development, like bundle, dependencies, etc."
"XML to JSON transformations, out-of-the-box, helps to build REST services."
 

Cons

"DataHub is volatile; the records are completely re-loaded each day, which puts a burden on the system."
"The creation of XSDs should be much simpler. They should ensure that what was working in the previous version must also work in the new version of BW six."
"Performance and latency could be enhanced. Additionally, having signaling stack support would be beneficial."
"Its price can be improved. For medium enterprises, it is a very expensive tool. In the market, you won't get many resources for this solution. You won't find many developers in the market very easily. The latest version of TIBCO (6.4 or 6.x) is not very stable. It has got many issues. We have raised this with TIBCO, and they are taking a lot of time to come up with a fix, which is making us move away from this product. Some of the performance-tuning aspects are also missing in version 6. They should provide performance-related fixes, which will be helpful for the customers. If you are migrating from the current version to the container-supported version, it is quite expensive. The product has evolved, but it is very pricey. That's one of the challenges. They have provided all the features that are there in other products, but this is a platform upgrade. The platform has completely been changed from 5.x to 6.x, and we can't use the same environment. We can't run both versions on the same server as VM. The development environment is entirely different. In version 5.x, there was a proprietary designer. Now, it has common plug-ins developed on top of Eclipse."
"There is room for improvement on the learning side."
"A possible improvement could be to give the capability to use different profiles for each AppNode when an application is deployed on an AppSpace."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"Improve Business Studio's stability to further minimize development time."
"I would like the solution to be integrated into the cloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost depends on the components required."
"My understanding is that the licensing is very costly."
"The solution is too expensive. It's one of the most expensive solutions out there, particularly because there are so many open-source competitors on the market. I don't know the exact numbers, however."
"Licensing scheme is too rigid"
"I think BusinessWorks is more expensive compared to other products. We have the ELA, so at least we have some sort of bargain or discount with that. But for a start-up, it's very expensive compared to other ESBs."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
"The product is not cheap."
"I give the cost of the solution a four out of ten."
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Construction Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Performing Arts
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise24
 

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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO BusinessWorks?
Because we have enterprise licenses, the pricing for TIBCO BusinessWorks is quite reasonable for us, so we do not see any issue.
What needs improvement with TIBCO BusinessWorks?
The challenges I have faced with TIBCO BusinessWorks mostly relate to financial applications that do not come with those adapters, so that requires custom coding. The features currently in TIBCO Bu...
 

Also Known As

iWay Data Hub, Data Hub, Information Builders Data Hub
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