We performed a comparison between IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about IBM, MuleSoft, Software AG and others in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)."The product helps efficiently work with different connectors from different back-end systems."
"IBM Integration Bus is flexible, easy to use, and easy to configure."
"It's easy to develop things, and it's easy to handle."
"It is a stable solution."
"It makes the communication between multiple and heterogeneous applications so easy. We can bring together different messages and applications from different platforms and connect them through IBM Integration Bus."
"IBM Integration Bus is a very strong tool."
"I consider the solution to be one of the most stable in the market."
"What I like best are the monitoring features."
"We've been pleased with the level of technical support."
"Its ease of use is valuable. It's very easy to use. It's no code/low code. Oracle Middleware products are also rich in adapters."
"The routing and aggregation are the most valuable features. It's split and join."
"What I like most about Oracle Service Bus is that you can use it for many integrations. For example, you can use it for on-premises to on-premises integrations, on-premises to cloud integrations, and cloud to on-premises integrations."
"What I found most valuable in Oracle Service Bus is its time to market. It's excellent."
"There are always continuous improvements that are happening."
"With Oracle Service Bus, we can connect with different types of systems. Another feature I like the most is the security feature."
"Service Bus is good at routing the transformation."
"It is easy to develop. It has a very wide range of features. The older versions are very stable, and there are no issues with the product."
"The most valuable feature is that it is a service-oriented architecture, SOA-based."
"The product’s most valuable feature is stability."
"The technology is really easy to learn."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"TIBCO has the platform in terms of speed and ease of use."
"The most attractive and beneficial feature is the ease of development."
"It's very stable and reliable."
"The product lacks an integrated testing module."
"The version of the technology and current knowledge is a bit outdated."
"IBM does not support orchestration, which is how they designed it, and other BPM tools in the market support orchestration. If they merged the BPM capability into this product, then it would be a better solution."
"Migrating to this solution is complex and it would be helpful if they had a way to convert existing integrations."
"The solution needs to improve it's security and its proactive notification of security issues."
"One drawback that I have found is that there are issues with using the Java connector."
"The solution needs to simplify its documentation, such as the user and operation manuals, to make them even easier to understand."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"What needs improvement in Oracle Service Bus is the connectivity between adapters such as the Salesforce adapter and database adapters. The limited number of adapters compatible with Oracle Service Bus makes you want to switch to a different solution."
"It's very complex and hard to learn. There's a steep learning curve."
"The connectivity with the solution is an area that needs to be improved. On occasion, requests are lost due to losing connectivity."
"Security needs to be more integrated."
"We have faced a problem with the heap memory side, but that is stable now."
"Lacks sufficient cloud compatibility."
"The pricing of the product could be better. It's a bit high."
"The initial setup is likely complex for many organizations."
"The stability of their latest version is not on par with their classic version 5.X."
"Migration to cloud solutions or products should be made convenient, transparent, and easily understandable."
"The intermediate version that we are using has stability issues. These stability issues should be resolved, but it seems like TIBCO is not focusing on resolving these issues. The resolution timelines are quite high even for high-priority incidents. Its price should be lower. Its licensing cost is considerably high as compared to other ESBs."
"Our version does not have cloud capabilities."
"We'd like to see improvements in product support."
"In the configuration, where we need to customize, it takes more time that we expect it to, ideally."
"The solution is very expensive when you use multiple components, it would b better if this could be reduced."
"If TIBCO could be able to sort the size of their base image in the Container edition, it would be really marvelous. Right now it's around 299 MB. We'd really want it to reduce to a few MBs."
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