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Pros
"Very scalable, flexible, and user-friendly.""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.""When using IBM stacks, IBM App Connect is suitable and integrates well with other IBM products like WebSphere.""We use IBM App Connect for the integration between the applications.""There is a friendly interface for configuration, and integration is made easy.""It's stable to use, connect with the cloud, and to deploy.""It has an efficient design flow."

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"Integrity, ease of use, user-friendly user interface, and errorless logs are the most valuable features.""It is very easy to build integrations and processes to pull and push data.""It runs like an appliance and has tremendous throughput.""The Cloud Console for monitoring and troubleshooting data operations.""We only use small parts of the solution, however, the parts that we use are quite adequate.""It is a scalable solution.""The fluid user interface (probably the most user friendly interface, when compared to its competitors).""Jitterbit provides the ability to quickly map data between files and databases."

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Cons
"IBM needs to enhance and have a stronger offering for the event streaming part because this is the future needed for the containerization and the new integration requirement.""In the next release, I would like to get some quality connectors.""The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer.""The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally.""When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated.""More connectors could be available for the product as some of the third-party software doesn't have default connectors.""IBM App Connect should improve security features.""The interface could be better."

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"The initial setup can be a little bit difficult.""Sometimes we experience disconnections and I have to close all Jitterbit programs.""Its API management capabilities need improvement.""Looping through complex data structures can be difficult.""I would like the ability to offer a dedicated cloud version for security.""I know with Salesforce updating the UI like they did, it slowed it down a lot.""You need to have some development skills or hire a Jitterbit engineer to make changes.""In the past few months, there have been some server downtimes during work hours that have affected some critical scheduled integrations."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is very expensive if we want to scale."
  • "The price could be better."
  • "The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."
  • "The cost depends upon the consumer."
  • "Initially, App Connect was quite expensive because the cost was based on the number of processors we used. However, it's now based on containers, which means we can be more specific about our consumption and get a better price."
  • "The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal."
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  • "Each business needs to determine if it is a mission critical aspect."
  • "The added bonus is that Jitterbit doesn't charge for any data volume/traffic."
  • "I do believe Jitterbit has one of the better pricing and licensing options out there compared to its competitors."
  • "Jitterbit was extremely cost effective for us compared to other options."
  • "The Jitterbit price is based upon endpoints. They also offer ERP connectors with their Enterprise edition"
  • "The solution's cost is mid-ranged compared to other vendors."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal.
    Top Answer:We use the product mainly for the integration of enterprise applications.
    Top Answer:The solution's cost is mid-ranged compared to other vendors. I rate its pricing a six out of ten.
    Top Answer:The solution's API management capabilities need improvement.
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    Also Known As
    IBM Cast Iron
    Jitterbit, Jitterbit Harmony
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    Overview

    Rapidly connect public clouds, private clouds and on-premises application

    App Connect Professional is IBM’s cloud integration offering which delivers an integration solution
    • With ease-of-use, flexibility and increased responsiveness to the evolving business needs, while removing the daunting complexities of integration.
    • Provides the powerful combination of a ‘simple integration experience’ for business users looking to automate how their applications talk to each other; coupled with a ‘configuration based integration’ approach for IT.
    • App Connect Professional is for the teams and integration developers who need to solve more complex problems and need powerful tooling for integration scenarios

    Open source integration platform designed to handle the most complex integration challenges between legacy, enterprise and On-Demand applications. 

    Sample Customers
    United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
    LA Metro, Mophie, Club Auto, University of Miami, Exostar, Dialog Direct, Avero, Greenpoint Technologies, Berklee Online, Odyssey, KeyedIn Solutions, Swish Maintenance, SPP Pumps Limited, Talent Plus, Ricoh Canada, Televerde, Reed Construction Data, Sika US, Sunkist Growers
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm36%
    Computer Software Company27%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization55%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Energy/Utilities Company3%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise68%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise60%
    Large Enterprise30%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business67%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise58%
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    IBM App Connect is ranked 11th in Cloud Data Integration with 20 reviews while Jitterbit Harmony is ranked 19th in Cloud Data Integration with 13 reviews. IBM App Connect is rated 8.2, while Jitterbit Harmony is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM App Connect writes "Very flexible and user-friendly; embeds with other technologies; no dependency on queue manager". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Jitterbit Harmony writes "An easy-to-setup solution with good stability ". IBM App Connect is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods Integration Server, IBM InfoSphere DataStage and TIBCO BusinessWorks, whereas Jitterbit Harmony is most compared with MuleSoft Composer, Azure Data Factory, Mule Anypoint Platform, Microsoft Azure Logic Apps and Boomi AtomSphere Integration.

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