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Categories and Ranking

ibi Open Data Hub for Mainf...
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (60th)
webMethods.io
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
94
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (6th), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (5th), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (13th), API Management (16th), Cloud Data Integration (11th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (11th)
 

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.
YM
Developer at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Offers strong integration capabilities and reliable features but needs pricing and scaling improvements
Many things are evolving with the AI buzz in the market. What I would like to see improved or enhanced in webMethods.io in the future is that since webMethods.io is already under IBM, I think IBM will introduce and integrate AI into it. Additionally, regarding what webMethods.io can improve is the license cost. Other cloud players are also providing the same kind of functionality, such as AWS and Azure. webMethods.io is being installed on-premises, but AWS is providing it directly in the cloud. When comparing the license cost and request per minute cost, webMethods.io needs to address that. There are many competitors in the market for this.

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."
"The product is very stable."
"The development is very fast. If you know what you're doing, you can develop something very easily and very fast."
"The tool supports gRPC."
"The comprehensiveness and depth of Integration Servers' connectors to packaged apps and custom apps is unlimited. They have a connector for everything. If they don't, you can build it yourself. Or oftentimes, if there is value for other customers as well, you can talk with webMethods about creating a new adapter for you."
"They are the building blocks of EAI in SAG products, and they offer a very good platform."
"One valuable feature is that it is event-driven, so when new data is available on the source it can be quickly processed and displayed."
"The main assets are its flow language, debugging, and Broker. Flow language is far better and more flexible for debugging."
"Best feature is Insight for monitoring, and as a debugging tool. It has saved us a lot of time during crisis situations."
 

Cons

"DataHub is volatile; the records are completely re-loaded each day, which puts a burden on the system."
"They keep producing new versions at a rate that we cannot keep up with. That is a problem for us because they have a very small set of supported versions."
"The certifications and learning resources are not exposed openly enough."
"Documentation needs tuning. There is a lot of dependency with SoftwareAG."
"There should be better logging, or a better dashboard, to allow you to see the logs of the services."
"The price has room for improvement."
"The certifications and learning resources are not exposed openly enough. For instance, they have a trial version which comes with only a few basic features, and I think that community-wise they need to offer more free or open spaces where developers can feel encouraged to experiment."
"Forced migration from MessageBroker to Universal Messaging requires large scale reimplementation for JMS."
"In terms of improvement, it would be better if it adapted quicker to open standards. It took a while for API specification before the last version was available. The spec of version two was rather quick."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I don’t have much idea about prices, but webMethods API Portal is not something cheaper."
"webMethods Integration Server is expensive, and there's no fixed price on it because it has a point pricing model. You can negotiate, which makes it interesting."
"Pricing has to be negotiated with the local Software AG representative. SAG can always prepare an appropriate pricing model for every client."
"The pricing and licensing costs for webMethods are very high, which is the only reason that we might switch to another product."
"The product is very expensive."
"The solution’s pricing is too high."
"This is not a cheap solution but, compared to other products such as those offered by IBM, the pricing is similar."
"I would like to see better pricing for the license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
17%
Performing Arts
14%
Retailer
8%
Media Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise64
 

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What needs improvement with webMethods Integration Server?
The alignment of on-premise and cloud versions needs improvement.
What needs improvement with webMethods Trading Networks?
Many things are evolving with the AI buzz in the market. What I would like to see improved or enhanced in webMethods.io in the future is that since webMethods.io is already under IBM, I think IBM w...
What is your primary use case for webMethods Trading Networks?
I use webMethods.io primarily for the integration of APIs. Could you please describe a few use cases for it?
 

Also Known As

iWay Data Hub, Data Hub, Information Builders Data Hub
Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API
 

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