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InterSystems Ensemble vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

InterSystems Ensemble
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Application Infrastructure (19th)
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (4th), Business-to-Business Middleware (1st), Workload Automation (5th), Cloud Data Integration (6th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Integration solutions, they serve different purposes. InterSystems Ensemble is designed for Application Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 1.8%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Business-to-Business Middleware, holds 8.7% mindshare, down 11.9% since last year.
Application Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
InterSystems Ensemble1.8%
Apache Web Server8.0%
NGINX Plus7.9%
Other82.3%
Application Infrastructure
Business-to-Business Middleware Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform8.7%
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite10.4%
IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services9.7%
Other71.2%
Business-to-Business Middleware
 

Featured Reviews

it_user463221 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech vendor
We use the solution for web services.
It would be good to enhance the schedule interface. There is no indication that lets us know if a module has stopped. Shortly speaking, each business host has color in the Production page. Meanings of colors are described in a "Legend" link on the Production page. Also, each business host either has or has no private pool (processes that work with its queues). When we stop a business host by scheduling, its private processes are killed (if they exist). Such a situation is not expressed in changing business host color. The only way to check if a business host is stopped by scheduling is to check its processes presence.
GO
Senior Validation Engineer at Weir Group PLC
Integration workflows have become transparent and secure while error tracking is streamlined
The best features in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform for me are transparency between logging in or deploying and using different environments. Managing different environments for the transparency of error logins or how to trace traceability is very important. It's very easy to use and sort, so you can see where everything has gone right and everything has gone wrong. I'm aware of the drag-and-drop interface in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, and it's very, very quick. It's very time-saving and very efficient. The security features on MuleSoft Anypoint Platform help maintain data integrity in my organization; I would say it's second to none. It's one of the best out there that I have worked with because of the encryption and decryption, and there are a lot of security aspects. I would assess the platform's data mapping and transformation capabilities as amazing. Automation has been straightforward; the transformation and mapping have been easy to use, easy to source, and from the source to the target. I would say it has been very good.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The InterSystems technical support (WRC) is perfect and highly qualified."
"The API management capability of Mule Anypoint Platform has improved my customer's workflows by providing an automated system for processes they were previously doing manually, resulting in an improvement in their performance."
"It can scale."
"The solution's deployment and proxy processes are very good."
"The exchange and API management features are the best in the market."
"The most valuable features of the Mule Anypoint Platform are the Flex Gateway, API management, easy-to-use, and connectors. Additionally, they are coming out with improvements to the solution when required."
"The ability to define multi-tiered APIs and reuse them is a fantastic platform feature."
"It is very easy to use for building connectors. It comes with a lot of connectors. For example, it has different adapters for NetSuite, which are very easy to use. It also has Salesforce connectors. The object store feature is also really easy to use. Mule Anypoint Platform is also good in terms of performance and how it is managed behind the scenes."
"From my perspective, the best feature in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is its seamless integration with Salesforce."
 

Cons

"It would be good to enhance the schedule interface."
"The stability could be better."
"Anypoint MQ could improve the user interface."
"In order to set up a storefront, we currently rely on a third-party solution. It would greatly enhance our operations if this feature was integrated into their existing solution."
"One area we'd like to see improvement in is the error logging and troubleshooting process."
"Unfortunately the documentation is not great."
"The product does not provide a priority level for the message."
"Pricing model is very expensive, Mule should consider Pay as You go model."
"Information on monitoring could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is still very expensive."
"The pricing of our solution is highly competitive. While it may not be categorized as exceptionally low, it is certainly more affordable compared to IBM."
"I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"I can't give you a straightforward answer because sometimes it depends on the usage. If you're going to have fewer than 5 million messages, it is free of cost. If you're going to have more than 5 million messages, they're going to charge $100 per month"
"Mule is not the cheapest integration platform out there, but it deserves the price we are paying."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing as four or five out of ten."
"The tool is heavily bundle-priced. I rate the solution’s pricing five on a scale of ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap."
"Regarding pricing, I believe there could be room for improvement to align with user expectations."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise31
 

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What can Mule Anypoint Platform be used for and what do you use it for most often?
This is a very flexible solution that comes with multiple uses. My organization mostly uses Mule Anypoint Platform for API management, as it lets us build new APIs easily and design new interfaces...
 

Also Known As

Ensemble
Data Integrator, Anypoint MQ
 

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Sample Customers

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