Oracle Service Bus vs Red Hat Fuse vs TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus comparison

Oracle and Red Hat are both solutions in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category. Oracle is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.4, while Red Hat is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.0. Oracle holds a 11.1% mindshare in E, compared to Red Hat’s 7.0% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Oracle Service Bus

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94% willing to recommend

Red Hat Fuse

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100% willing to recommend

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus

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702 Comparison Views

92% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Review summaries and opinions

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of Oracle Service Bus is 11.1%, up from 11.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Fuse is 7.0%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is 4.0%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle Service Bus	11.1%
Red Hat Fuse	7.0%
TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus	4.0%
Other	77.9%

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

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Radhey Rajput

Sr. IT Analyst at NCR Corporation

Allows seamless integration and connectivity with different types of systems

I would suggest using this solution. Oracle Service Bus is very good. Any organization can use it. So it's very robust and scalable, and its security features are very good. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten because there are some loopholes in service and support. Sometimes, when we have issues and go to Oracle support, they will not give us solutions. Instead, they will ask for so many log files and emails. The product is good, but the support is not.

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Kaushal Kedia

Technical Architect at Accenture

Offers a single console for all applications and supports Camel routing

Containerization is one key area where the product can improve, but it probably has already improved in JBOS integration. On a few occasions, our company's production team faced an issue with Red Hat Fuse; the screen displayed that the containers had gone down while, in reality, they were running in the background. The user interface and the back-end code were not in sync in the aforementioned situation, which our organization frequently faced while using Red Hat Fuse. But at our company, we were using an older version of Red Hat Fuse in which we faced the issues. From the JBOS end, the product was very frequently changed from Red Hat, and it was difficult for our clients to keep investing money in every upgrade. Six or seven years back, Red Hat Fuse was one of the best solutions.

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Mustofa Yonus

Cheif Specialist- Licensing Systems at Roads & Transport Authority

A robust product that needs to improve the functionality it offers related to API lifecycle management

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a six to seven out of ten. My company consists of around 7000 employees, and we use the solution as an integrated service in around 300 to 400 systems, both internally and externally, making it a huge number. Our company uses the solution every minute and every second, and we can't function without it.

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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 solution integrates external systems by providing a lot of APIs for external transactions, such as open purchase orders and sales orders."

"Monitoring feature that allows tracking of the web's UI development."

"The stability is consistently high, with only one notable issue encountered."

"The ability to master the process in one location."

"It has improved the efficiency of development."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can connect with different applications."

"I am a part of the software developing team and I mainly use this solution for the integrating applications."

"What I found most valuable in Oracle Service Bus is its time to market. It's excellent."

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"The process workflow, where we can orchestrate and design the application by defining different routes, is really useful."

"More than a feature, I would say that the reliability of the platform is the most valuable aspect."

"The routing system of the product supports Camel routing"

"Red Hat Fuse's best features are that it's very easy to set up and maintain."

"The installation is quite okay. We don't really change much in the configuration. Most of the time, most of the settings remain with the default and we are able to handle our needs using the default setting."

"This solution's adaptability to our use case has helped us integrate our systems seamlessly."

"The support training that comes with the product is amazing."

"I found it was quite easy to set up and implement."

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"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 features are the monitoring, ease of use, and easy to understand development GUI."

"The most attractive and beneficial feature is the ease of development."

"The GUI and IDE features of this solution are easy to work with and to develop. We find application management easy using this solution. It is a stable product"

"The product’s most valuable feature is stability."

"The most valuable feature is that it is a service-oriented architecture, SOA-based."

"TIBCO has the platform in terms of speed and ease of use."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that the performance is robust."

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Cons

"The connectivity with the solution is an area that needs to be improved. On occasion, requests are lost due to losing connectivity."

"This solution should work better with RESTful services."

"Security features can be improved to better protect the server."

"The interface console is very slow. Even in production, we need to increase the RAM or CPU. And even after that, the performance is still not good in production."

"We have faced a problem with the heap memory side, but that is stable now."

"There is significant room for improvement in the monitoring capabilities."

"The main problem could be related to timeout issues. This can happen due to legacy systems that might not allow the use of microservices."

"This solution would benefit from having more cloud-based adapters."

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"Currently, the main point of concern for us is how flexible it is to cater to different requirements. It should be more flexible."

"It might help if, in the documentation, there were a comments section or some kind of community input. I might read a page of documentation and not fully understand everything, or it might not quite answer the question I had. If there were a section associated with it where people could discuss the same topic, that might be helpful because somebody else might have already asked the question that I had."

"The stability of the solution is an area with a shortcoming that needs to be improved."

"Our clients would like to see the user interface improved so that it is more user-friendly."

"As its learning curve is quite steep, developer dependency will always be there in the case of a Red Hat Fuse development. This should be improved for developers. There should be some built-in connectors so the grind of the developer can be reduced."

"While it's a good platform, the pricing is a bit high."

"The pricing model could be adjusted. The price should be lower."

"Containerization is one key area where the product can improve"

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"The solution is very expensive when you use multiple components, it would b better if this could be reduced."

"In the configuration, where we need to customize, it takes more time that we expect it to, ideally."

"The initial setup process could be easier."

"We'd like to see improvements in product support."

"Issues with the support, the fees, and the termination of the professional services are reasons we are looking for other solutions."

"The stability of their latest version is not on par with their classic version 5.X."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have an unlimited yearly license."

"This is a very expensive product and the price varies depending on factors such as the number of processors and the number of users. Our licensing fees are approximately $300,000."

"The price of this solution is better than the subscription-based Mule ESB."

"I'm not aware of how much Oracle Service Bus costs."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"Oracle Service Bus is a bit expensive"

"We found other solutions were more costly."

"You need to pay for the license. It's not free."

"We are paying around $24 million across five years."

"My company pays for the license of Red Hat Fuse yearly. At the end of the day, it's a low-cost solution, and its support licenses are still very decently priced versus bigger operators such as IBM, etc. Red Hat Fuse is much more affordable than other solutions. On a scale of one to five, with one being cheap and five being extremely expensive, I'm rating its pricing a one."

"Our license for Red Hat Fuse is around $27,000 per year, which is very expensive."

"Red Hat Fuse saved us money. It is a lot easier to license for cloud deployments."

"This is an expensive product. It costs a lot and although it's worth the money, the explanations that we need to give to our top executives are highly complicated."

"We use the standard license, but you need the container platform in order to run it."

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"The licensing cost is a challenge for quite a few customers."

"When it comes to cost, TIBCO is much more competitive than a product like Pega."

"The price is on the higher side. For the same price, if I go to the previous version, I would have got a lot more capacity with similar kinds of features."

"Its licensing cost is considerably high as compared to other ESBs."

"Price-wise, I would say that the product is expensive."

"The biggest issue disadvantage of TIBCO is that it is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	21

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Service Bus?

The stability is consistently high, with only one notable issue encountered.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Service Bus?

I view both Oracle and IBM products as expensive. There are no significant differences in pricing between these produ...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Service Bus?

The main problem could be related to timeout issues. This can happen due to legacy systems that might not allow the u...

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What do you like most about Red Hat Fuse?

The process workflow, where we can orchestrate and design the application by defining different routes, is really use...

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Fuse?

Containerization is one key area where the product can improve, but it probably has already improved in JBOS integrat...

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What is your primary use case for Red Hat Fuse?

Our company used Red Hat Fuse to integrate layers of numerous applications. The solution has also been used in our or...

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What do you like most about TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus?

The most valuable feature of the solution is that the performance is robust.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus?

Price-wise, I would say that the product is expensive.

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What needs improvement with TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus?

I don't like the product's API management platform, as it doesn't offer users enough functionality to help with API l...

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Comparisons

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Compared 28% of the time

IBM Integration Bus vs Oracle Service Bus

Compared 24% of the time

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator vs Oracle Service Bus

Compared 12% of the time

IBM DataPower Gateway vs Oracle Service Bus

Compared 7% of the time

webMethods.io vs Oracle Service Bus

Compared 6% of the time

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IBM Integration Bus vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 29% of the time

JBoss ESB vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 19% of the time

Mule ESB vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 19% of the time

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 11% of the time

webMethods.io vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 7% of the time

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IBM Integration Bus vs TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus

Compared 49% of the time

Mule ESB vs TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus

Compared 24% of the time

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Oracle Service Bus

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Red Hat Fuse

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TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus

August 2025

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Also Known As

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Fuse ESB, FuseSource

ActiveMatrix Service Bus

Overview

Oracle Service Bus transforms complex and brittle architectures into agile integration networks by connecting, virtualizing, and managing interactions between services and applications. Oracle Service Bus delivers low-cost, standards-based integration for mission critical SOA environments where extreme performance, scalability and reliability are critical requirements.

Oracle Service Bus enables companies to use the values of their enterprise applications portfolio. From on-premise, to the cloud to mobile devices, Service Bus allows companies to leverage their existing investments in new ways by extending the performance and scalability leadership of Oracle SOA and API Management.

Oracle

Red Hat JBoss Fuse is a lightweight, flexible integration platform that enables rapid integration across the extended enterprise - on-premise or in the cloud. JBoss Fuse includes modular integration capabilities, an enterprise service bus (ESB), to unlock information.

Red Hat

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is a platform for developing, deploying, and managing applications that conform to a service-oriented architecture. TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is a lightweight enterprise service bus that helps organizations bridge the mediation gap in their SOA infrastructure. It reduces complexity and increases flexibility and reuse by replacing hard-coded service dependencies with configuration, and can be used to onboard services from a third-party environment or a TIBCO-based infrastructure. TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus provides service mediation capabilities to the TIBCO ActiveMatrix SOA platform. Service mediation allows you to adapt to changing requirements for developing mediation flows.

TIBCO

Sample Customers

MakeMyTrip Ltd., Griffith University, Colab Consulting Pty. Ltd., Pacfico Seguros Generales, IGEPA IT-SERVICE GmbH, Guangzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Pacfico Seguros Generales, Bank Audi S.A.L., Rydges Sydney Airport, Intelligent Pathways, Nacional Monte de Piedad IAP

Avianca, American Product Distributors (APD), Kings College Hospital, AMD, CenturyLink, AECOM, E*TRADE

Colonial Life, CTBC Bank, New World Mobility, QUALCOMM, Swisscom Mobile, T-Mobile USA, Tata Teleservices, Telecom Italia

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