IBM WebSphere Message Broker vs SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal comparison

IBM and SAP are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. IBM is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.0, while SAP is ranked #19. IBM holds a 2.1% mindshare in AIS, compared to SAP’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

IBM WebSphere Message Broker and SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal both operate in the enterprise data management and user interaction category. SAP NetWeaver appears to have the upper hand with its feature-rich environment and cost effectiveness, contrasting with IBM’s integration prowess.

Features: IBM WebSphere Message Broker supports robust message routing, transformation, and diverse protocol management, making it ideal for complex system architectures. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal offers tools for collaboration, application integration, and enhanced end-user interaction capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM WebSphere Message Broker requires a more complex deployment process, demanding specialized expertise and longer implementation times, but benefits from strong technical support. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal offers a simpler deployment process, reducing setup time with effective customer support.

Pricing and ROI: IBM WebSphere Message Broker involves higher setup costs but promises significant ROI with enhanced integration and operational efficiency. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal offers a more cost-effective upfront pricing model, though its ROI is seen as moderate compared to its feature set, providing better immediate value.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM WebSphere Message Broker

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

17th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (9th)

SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Po...

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

19th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of IBM WebSphere Message Broker is 2.1%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal is 1.9%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM WebSphere Message Broker	2.1%
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal	1.9%
Other	96.0%

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BrajendraKumar

Technical Architect at HCL Technologies

Offers large-sized business information processing with a time-saving setup and impressive stability

I primarily use two previews of the product for Dev and two for QA as part of the production process. Whatever tools our company is using, the cost of a license in IBM WebSphere Message Broker is about 80% of all these software or tools. The message routing capabilities satisfy workflow efficiency. The product supports message formats of XML, JSON, and SSID, which are around 24 KB to 50 KB in size. The solution supports communication protocols like STTP and TCP. Features like DataGraph need to be introduced in IBM WebSphere Message Broker. Some of the clients of our organization are using an outdated version of IBM WebSphere Message Broker for which the vendor doesn't provide direct support anymore. For the aforementioned version, our company professionals can solve the queries on their own without seeking support from IBM. During the installation of a prior version of IBM WebSphere Message Broker, sometimes I have to configure the failovers through the cluster, where issues arise, and I often seek help from the support team. The solution is being used by some medicine companies in our organization that receive sales orders from the EDR or JDE. I would not recommend the product to others as its becoming obsolete and they can rather choose a middleware solution from Amazon or Azure. But I would overall rate the product a nine out of ten.

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reviewer1582677

CTO / Executive Director for Information Technology at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Improves business processes, highly stable, and reliable

We are in Serbia and we are providing data center services for other countries, such as Montenegro, Bosnia, and Hercegovina. We are using this solution as an ERP at the moment. This covers all of our business processes, this includes sales, distribution, data management, finance, and compliance…

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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

"It is a scalable solution...The setup is easy."

"It's reliable for our day-to-day operations, ensuring fast and secure data integration across different systems."

"Straightforward development and deployment."

"Message Broker is valuable because most of the applications are using MQ. Even in my current engagement, the few applications which I audit to onboard the bank are using MQ."

"Integration and mapping are easy, which is a major advantage."

"The documentation, performance, stability and scalability of the tool are valuable."

"Performance-wise, this solution is really good."

"IBM WebSphere Message Broker is one of the best middleware solutions"

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"From the use of this solution, we have been able to establish better processes and have greater management of our company."

"Workflow functionality and internal portal capabilities are the most important features."

"They integrated it with the SAP router."

"Internal workflow approval around ESS and MSS leave days, capex approval as well as internal communication to the business have improved the way my organization functions."

Cons

"The images and size of the containers are too big and I think that they should be more lightweight."

"The solution can add container engines such as docker."

"Technical support is good but they could have a better response time."

"Stability and pricing are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."

"There is some lag in the GUI. There have been some performance issues and maybe it's because of the application data."

"The installation configuration is quite difficult."

"The user interface is designed mainly for experts, much in the way a BPM or another integration tool is."

"It is currently a weighty product."

More IBM WebSphere Message Broker cons

"Our customers expect that a page will open within one second, and I doubt this will happen. Also, opening documentation takes time. Fixing this will help the customer and help to meet their expectations."

"We encountered stability issues, especially on external functionality around its RFP capabilities."

"The user interface could be improved by making it more user-friendly."

"Due to our business, some setups were very complex."

"External portal functionality with suppliers and customers needs improvement."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"I feel with IBM, when you want certain functions or features, you have to continuously purchase add-ons. There are always additional fees."

"IBM products are generally more stable and have more features, but also come at a greater cost."

"The price is very high and it's the main reason that we are searching for alternatives."

"IBM software can be costly, but having a contract has helped manage and potentially lower costs over time."

"The solution is expensive."

"The licensing cost of IBM WebSphere Message Broker needs to be reduced"

"This product is more expensive than competing products."

"SAP is not for every business. It depends on what is required. SAP is always going to be expensive."

"The cost of this solution is high."

"Because India is so competitive in the IT world, people will start to move away from SAP's pricing because they have a market monopoly. Soon, they will start losing the monopoly part to open source and other things. I don't think their monopoly will run for more than three to four years because people are getting away from these monopolies."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Large Enterprise	10

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Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

WebSphere Message Broker

NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, SAP Portal

Overview

WebSphere Message Broker is an enterprise service bus (ESB) providing connectivity and universal data transformation for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and non-SOA environments. It allows businesses of any size to eliminate point-to-point connections and batch processing regardless of platform, protocol or data format.

IBM

SAP Enterprise Portal allows to create attractive corporate portals that leverage the responsive SAP Fiori launchpad experience. The portal is the Web front-end component for SAP NetWeaver, the comprehensive integration and application platform that facilitates the alignment of people, information, and business processes across organizational and technical boundaries. It's ideal for organizations who require access to many applications and services across system landscapes, especially across JAVA and ABAP-based landscapes. The portal offers a single point of access to SAP and non-SAP information sources, enterprise applications, information repositories, databases and services, in and outside your organization. The portal can be accessed from desktops and from mobile devices, it can provide with the tools to manage and analyze its information resources, and to share and collaborate. With its role-based content, and personalization features, the portal enables users - from employees and customers to partners and suppliers - to focus exclusively on data relevant to daily decision-making processes. The technology and architecture of the portal ensures it is built for the enterprise, providing a secure and scalable environment.

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Sample Customers

WestJet, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Sharp Corporation, Michelin Tire

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