OpenESB vs webMethods.io comparison

OpenESB and IBM are both solutions in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category. OpenESB is ranked #14, while IBM is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.1. OpenESB holds a 1.5% mindshare in E, compared to IBM’s 11.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of OpenESB users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 3, 2025

webMethods.io and OpenESB are competing products in the integration solutions category. webMethods.io seems to have the upper hand in ease of deployment and pricing, while OpenESB is preferred for complex integration tasks due to its robust capabilities.

Features: webMethods.io offers extensive integration options, standard APIs, and cloud support. OpenESB provides strong support for complex message-based systems, advanced integration patterns, and is suitable for enterprises needing sophisticated processing capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: webMethods.io benefits from streamlined cloud-based deployment and comprehensive support, facilitating quicker time-to-market and easier maintenance. OpenESB offers a flexible on-premise and hybrid model but requires more expertise for successful deployment.

Pricing and ROI: webMethods.io provides a competitive pricing structure ideal for scalable cloud services, promising higher ROI. OpenESB, while having a higher setup cost, handles complex tasks efficiently, offering ROI through greater operational efficiencies for suitable scenarios.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenESB

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

14th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

webMethods.io

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business-to-Business Middleware (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (9th), API Management (9th), Cloud Data Integration (6th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of OpenESB is 1.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of webMethods.io is 11.0%, up from 9.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PaulPerez

Integration Architect at Pymma consulting

Easily define choreography and orchestration with this process-oriented solution

We provide contracted services for our customers that include coordinating with providers and implementing the solution. A current project includes using the solution to deploy 200 microservices. The process-oriented solution allows you to define choreography and orchestration. This feature…

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MohanPrasad

Senior Consultant at Brillio

Smooth integration and enhanced deployment with high licensing cost

webMethods.io was used to integrate APIs through the webMethods.io platform, trigger database events, and connect backend APIs through a Java backend. It was used extensively for integration purposes in my organization Integration became smoother, troubleshooting was easier, and deployment and…

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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

"The core is very stable."

"OpenESB pushes the organization to clearly define service boundaries and interfaces. So it motives the business and the development teams to clearly define their business services and processes they want to implement. OpenESB supports fine and coarse-grain granularity for the services and supports top-down and bottom-up approaches for the services, processes definition, and composition."

"One of the most valuable features is being able to implement business processes while keeping track of the design from BPMN to a BPEL Implementation."

"The process-oriented solution allows you to define choreography and orchestration."

"The solution's ease-of-use is its most valuable feature, in which complex issues may be resolved."

"Our use case is for integration factory for SAP. It is mostly for SAP integration."

"Operationally, I consider the solution to be quite good."

"The Software AG Designer has been great. It's very intuitive."

"The ease of mapping... is the single largest feature. It gives us the ability to craft anything. A lot of single-purpose technologies, like Mirth, are good for healthcare messages, but we use webMethods not only for healthcare messages but for other business-related purposes, like integrations to Salesforce or integrations to Office 365. It's multi-purpose nature is very strong."

"It has a good integration server, designer, and a very good API portal."

"The cloud version of the solution is very easy to set up."

"Ease of implementation and flexibility to hold the business logic are the most valuable features."

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Cons

"Regarding its management, a web console being able to synchronize distributed instances would be great."

"Cloud deployment is weak and needs to be improved."

"The documentation needs to be better."

"The documentation of the product must be improved. It could be tricky to find the right documentation on a topic since the documentation is spread in many places. I advise the new joiner to contact the community to get entry points and additional documentation. Tutorial and Video must be present to take up the product."

"I'd like to see the admin portal for managing the integration server go up a level, to have more capabilities and to be given a more modern web interface."

"webMethods.io Integration's installation is complex. It should also improve integration and connectors."

"It is quite expensive."

"The logging capability has room for improvement. That way, we could keep a history of all the transactions. It would be helpful to be able to get to that without having to build a standalone solution to do so."

"In terms of improvement, it would be better if it adapted quicker to open standards. It took a while for API specification before the last version was available. The spec of version two was rather quick."

"This product has too many gaps. You find them after update installations. This should be covered by automatic testing."

"We got the product via a reseller, and the support from the reseller has been less than desirable."

"Rapid application development has to be considered, especially for UI, where user interference is crucial."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The Community Edition is a full product you can use in production, it does not have limitations like other alternatives."

"There are two versions. The first is the community version, which is free and contains the last part of the feature, but if you want to get the Enterprise version, you'll have to pay €60,000 which covers support and two instances on production."

"The cost for the prediction instrument is high because it is charged per instances based on prediction, but the rest of the solution is free."

"There are no hidden costs in addition to the standard licensing fees for webMethods. For corporate organizations, it's a very cheap or fairly priced product, but for growing or small businesses, it's quite expensive. These businesses would probably need to consider an enterprise services bus at some point. Thus, from a pricing point, it closes out non-cooperate businesses."

"The solution's development license is free for three to six months. We have to pay for other things."

"Most of my clients would like the price of the solution to be reduced."

"This is not a cheap solution but, compared to other products such as those offered by IBM, the pricing is similar."

"It's a good deal for the money that we pay."

"Based on our team discussions and feedback, it is pretty costly because they charge us for each transmission."

"I would like to see better pricing for the license."

"Initialy good pricing and good, if it comes to Enterprise license agreements."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Hospitality Company

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

13%

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What do you like most about Built.io Flow?

The tool helps us to streamline data integration. Its BPM is very strong and powerful. The solution helps us manage digital transformation.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them.

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What needs improvement with Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io needs to incorporate ChatGPT to enhance user experience. It can offer a customized user experience.

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Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API

Overview

OpenESB is a Java-based open-source enterprise service bus. It can be used as a platform for both enterprise application integration and service-oriented architecture. OpenESB allows you to integrate legacy systems, external and internal partners and new development in your Business Process.

OpenESB

webMethods.io Integration is a powerful integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides a combination of capabilities offered by ESBs, data integration systems, API management tools, and B2B gateways.

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