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IBM App Connect vs Rivery comparison

IBM and Rivery are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. IBM is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.2, while Rivery is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0. IBM holds a 4.8% mindshare in CDI, compared to Rivery’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Rivery users who would recommend it.
IBM App Connect
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100% willing to recommend
Rivery
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

IBM App Connect and Rivery compete in the data integration space. While IBM App Connect offers competitive pricing, Rivery is favored for its advanced features.

Features: IBM App Connect offers seamless integration of cloud and on-premise applications, automation capabilities for optimizing workflows, and comprehensive integration across multiple systems. Rivery provides data pipeline management, supports real-time solutions for modern data infrastructure, and offers effective transformation and scalability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM App Connect ensures a straightforward deployment with a strong support structure for enterprise integration. Rivery focuses on rapid, intuitive deployment and maintains responsive customer service, emphasizing user-friendly operations.

Pricing and ROI: IBM App Connect is cost-effective, offering competitive pricing with focus on long-term ROI through effective integration. Rivery, with a higher initial cost, delivers substantial ROI driven by its feature-rich, tailored pipeline solutions and operational efficiencies.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Rivery
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (35th), Migration Tools (4th), Cloud Migration (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of IBM App Connect is 4.8%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rivery is 0.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Mehdi El Filahi - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers flexible adapters, good scalability but logging can be difficult at times
There is room for improvement in the logging messages. Sometimes, if you put someone new into App Connect, they can abandon it the same day. The logging is really painful. However, IBM has made efforts to integrate with Elasticsearch for logging, so that's an improvement. Overall, the logging can be difficult at times. One more important point is that if IBM improves its CI/CD capabilities, it will make a big difference. Right now, I have to create my own CI/CD setup from scratch for every client, which is inefficient. Back in 2013, I worked with Sonic ESB, and even then, it had CI/CD with Maven. With App Connect, you need to build everything yourself when using tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, or CircleCI. IBM really needs to provide official support for this.
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reviewer2335923 - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides users with an initial setup phase, which is fairly simple to manage
I don't know what could be improved in terms of what my company was used to previously or after moving over to Rivery. I have not had much experience with platforms other than Rivery. For me, Rivalry was a way to step up from what we used. To be honest, I am not really sure what improvements could be made in Rivery. Pricing is a little steep for smaller organizations, I would say. The product's pricing model could be a little bit better. I am not aware if there are additional packages for smaller organizations, but if there are no packages available, then maybe that would be a good way to introduce something new in the tool.
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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is very fast-paced when it comes to making things right. We can quickly download what we need if we need any app migrations for our software business. We can download it plenty of times when we need to use it. It gives us very high speed for delivering any development."
"There is a friendly interface for configuration, and integration is made easy."
"It's stable to use, connect with the cloud, and to deploy."
"I recommend IBM App Connect Enterprise to everyone."
"It's a powerful application for collaboration. It has many features for customization and integration."
"When using IBM stacks, IBM App Connect is suitable and integrates well with other IBM products like WebSphere."
"It has an efficient design flow."
"I like the adapters. The adapters help us achieve scalability. If you want to connect to SAP, there's an adapter. Salesforce? There's an adapter. You want to connect to another system? There's likely an adapter for that."
More IBM App Connect pros
"Connects to many APIs in the market and new ones are being added all the time."
"The solution's most valuable features are that it is quick to connect and simple to use."
 

Cons

"Updates are constantly delayed."
"IBM App Connect should improve security features."
"It is not easy to deploy. It requires someone with a high level of knowledge in the solution to deploy it, not just anyone can do it."
"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."
"More connectors could be available for the product as some of the third-party software doesn't have default connectors."
"The interface could be better."
"When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated."
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"Lineage and an impact analysis or logic dependency are lacking."
"Pricing is a little steep for smaller organizations, I would say. The product's pricing model could be a little bit better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products."
"App Connect is not cheap."
"The price could be better."
"The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."
"The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal."
"It is very expensive if we want to scale."
"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 cost depends upon the consumer."
"I rate the tool's price as six out of ten if I consider the lowest price to be one and the highest price to be ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
45%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
11%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM App Connect?
I like the adapters. The adapters help us achieve scalability. If you want to connect to SAP, there's an adapter. Salesforce? There's an adapter. You want to connect to another system? There's like...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM App Connect?
IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products.
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What is your primary use case for IBM App Connect?
I have been using IBM App Connect for application integration.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rivery?
The tool's price can be a little steep for a small organization. I rate the tool's price as six out of ten if I consider the lowest price to be one and the highest price to be ten.
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What needs improvement with Rivery?
I don't know what could be improved in terms of what my company was used to previously or after moving over to Rivery. I have not had much experience with platforms other than Rivery. For me, Rival...
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What is your primary use case for Rivery?
My company has started to use the Rivery extract data from Hive. It is like a project management sort of program, and we started to use Rivery to get the data from there over into Mavenlink, so we ...
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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

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Rivery is a serverless, SaaS DataOps platform that empowers companies of all sizes around the world to consolidate, orchestrate, and manage internal and external data sources with ease and efficiency.

By offering comprehensive data solutions and partnering with complementary technology providers, including Google, Snowflake, Tableau, and Looker, Rivery enables data-driven companies to build the perfect ecosystems for all their data processes.

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Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
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