We performed a comparison between IBM WebSphere Application Server and Oracle SOA Suite based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."IBM WebSphere Application Server is one of the best servers due to its stability and paid license."
"The only reason why we're currently using WebSphere is that the integration of the authentication with Azure is very quick. WebSphere has something that can immediately connect with Azure Active Directory."
"We needed this type of integration and WebShepere is the best tool for it."
"The solution has good performance."
"WebSphere Application Server's best features include the data subscription and connection viewer."
"It does integrate well with the Tivoli Federated Identity Management system."
"Security: It is compatible with the latest Java 8 security features, supports FIPS 140-2 and NIST SP 800-53 with strong ciphers and cryptography keys, and supports TLS 1.2 completely. Also, configuring client and server certificates is relatively easy."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server is the best in terms of scalability and performance, as well as the support for managing distributed transactions."
"I found the adapters to be most useful."
"I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"The most valuable features for us are the APIs, which we commonly use, as well as the scheduling capabilities and file transfers."
"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."
"In Oracle SOA Suite some applications are not able to use REST, but it can support both SOAP and REST. You're able to integrate quite a lot of systems, which may not be able to in other solutions. You can also use XML and JSON. It is a standardizing type of tool. It doesn't matter whether I'm using JSON or XML, it can convert them."
"Middleware jobs developing for EC, ERP, and shipping systems become easier."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle SOA Suite is all the platform's capabilities."
"The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful."
"The current trend is to move to Liberty because of the portability of its cloud and its Kubernetes, which containerize the application."
"WebSphere Application Server doesn't have an automated deployment option, forcing us to use third-party tools like Jenkins UCD and Palo Automated Deployment."
"While WebSphere mostly supports IBM HTTP Server (IHS) as the web server plugin, I think it would be beneficial if it also supported Apache and NGINX web servers. That would give customers more flexibility in their choices."
"Initial setup is very simple. Just use the IBM Installation Manager and add the packages. The install wizard takes care of the rest. The only thing that can be difficult is to find the right packages on the IBM website, because of all the changes that IBM does on its website(s)."
"The main issue we faced was its limited compatibility with non-Java technologies, which can result in difficulty detecting potential bugs and requiring additional integration efforts."
"The licensing could be improved, and I would like it to give the longevity of the lifespan of the visions. In the next release, I would like to be able to download and extract the files so that I can just use my application server."
"The installation has room for improvement."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server hasn't changed much. It's still a heavyweight for any company compared to what you get. Unless your code base is deeply linked with it, I don't think it's a great idea to go with this solution. The current trend is toward modularity and containerization, and given the product's requirements, containerization will be difficult. There is a memory requirement as well."
"The web services need to be more robust."
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"An area for improvement in Oracle SOA Suite is the cost. It could be lower."
"I would like to see divided containers more separately as a microservice."
"The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved."
"The technical support is good, we have premier support which costs extra."
"An important area that can be improved is the product's data monitoring. When we use the solution for interfacing or end-to-end data monitoring, we want to know exactly where the data is going and exactly where it is failing, or where there is an issue."
"They supply lots of documentation but finding what we need is challenging at times."
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IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 5th in Application Infrastructure with 26 reviews while Oracle SOA Suite is ranked 8th in Application Infrastructure with 65 reviews. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while Oracle SOA Suite is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Compatible, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle SOA Suite writes "Easy to setup, provides good support and scalable solution ". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss, Tomcat and Oracle WebLogic Server, whereas Oracle SOA Suite is most compared with Mule ESB, WebLogic Suite, Apache Web Server, TIBCO ActiveMatrix and SAP NetWeaver. See our IBM WebSphere Application Server vs. Oracle SOA Suite report.
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