We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Mule ESB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"Its initial setup was straightforward."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"The solution is robust."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"My company has a good impression of IBM DataPower Gateway. What I like about it is that because it's an appliance, it's a turnkey solution that's very fast and out of the box. Compared to other gateways, I also like that IBM DataPower Gateway is function-rich. For example, for one of the projects, there was a need for specific transformation and security features available in IBM DataPower Gateway out of the box, so my team just needed to configure the appliance. There was no need for separate development, and I found it quite neat. Another valuable feature of IBM DataPower Gateway is that it's easy to integrate with other products."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"The solution offers multiple deployment options."
"The setup is straightforward."
"The solution has a good graphical interface."
"The cloud and integration abilities are most useful allowing us to use applications such as Salesforce and DataWeave."
"Mule Expression Language"
"What Mule provides out-of-box is a sufficient product."
"It was pretty fast to develop APIs on this platform, which is something I liked about it. So, the time to value was pretty good."
"The most powerful feature is DataWeave, which is a powerful language where data can be transformed from one form into another."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"We are always looking for more features wherein it could be easily integrated with cloud applications. We are looking for either a cloud solution or a cloud integration option."
"It is a costly product."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"Traceability could be improved, especially for business operations. The traceability of the transactions could be an improvement point for DataPower to work on. It would be better if they provided JSON support. JSON protocol data has changed format. It started performing internal transformation to JSONx. This might be an additional complexity."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"Documentation is cryptic, product releases are far too frequent, and upgrades become troublesome."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvement in the generator for the DataWeave language so that it's a little more graphic."
"I would like to see support for BPM in the next release of this solution."
"It would be great to see implementing security modules as a feature."
"Mule ESB isn't as secure as IBM. Financial companies go with IBM for that reason."
"It should have some amount of logging."
"Mule ESB could be more user-friendly. I think users must learn about the architecture before they start coding. The price could be better. In the next release, I would like to see an EDIFACT integration."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 26 reviews while Mule ESB is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 45 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Mule ESB is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mule ESB writes "Plenty of documentation, flexible, and reliable". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, IBM Integration Bus and Amazon API Gateway, whereas Mule ESB is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle SOA Suite, Red Hat Fuse and Mule Anypoint Platform. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Mule ESB report.
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