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Oracle Service Bus vs TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 3, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Service Bus
Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus
Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of Oracle Service Bus is 9.4%, down from 10.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is 4.8%, 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
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Service Bus9.4%
TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus4.8%
Other85.8%
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
 

Featured Reviews

JB
IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Efficient integration across varied systems through advanced routing and enrichment services
We usually use Oracle Service Bus for integration, to integrate with different systems, running batch processes, or using web services. It is used for different kinds of integrations The main advantage of Oracle Service Bus is the possibility to integrate different systems using workflows and…
Mustofa Yonus - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Monitoring feature that allows tracking of the web's UI development."
"The most valuable feature is the adapters."
"It is lightweight and one can easily integrate with different applications, databases, JMS, or web services through different protocols."
"What I like most about Oracle Service Bus is that you can use it for many integrations. For example, you can use it for on-premises to on-premises integrations, on-premises to cloud integrations, and cloud to on-premises integrations."
"Supports multiple protocol technologies and web services."
"The interface is fine and the solution is quite robust."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can connect with different applications."
"We've been pleased with the level of technical support."
"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."
"The solution is very stable."
"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"
"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 stability of this solution is excellent."
"It's very stable and reliable."
 

Cons

"There are issues, especially if you want to create some compensation in your service bin."
"The initial setup is likely complex for many organizations."
"It would be ideal if they could optimize it a bit."
"The inconvenient part about working with this product is that it's very heavy, requiring a lot of people and a lot of resources."
"It needs to support more adapters, because the integration points keep changing and new things keep coming up. It also needs to be more scalable."
"This solution should work better with RESTful services."
"The connectivity with the solution is an area that needs to be improved. On occasion, requests are lost due to losing connectivity."
"It's very complex and hard to learn. There's a steep learning curve."
"The stability of their latest version is not on par with their classic version 5.X."
"The solution is very expensive when you use multiple components, it would b better if this could be reduced."
"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 initial setup process could be easier."
"Migration to cloud solutions or products should be made convenient, transparent, and easily understandable."
"If TIBCO could be able to sort the size of their base image in the Container edition, it would be really marvelous. Right now it's around 299 MB. We'd really want it to reduce to a few MBs."
"In the configuration, where we need to customize, it takes more time that we expect it to, ideally."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of this solution is better than the subscription-based Mule ESB."
"The pricing is on the higher side."
"We have an unlimited yearly license."
"I'm not aware of how much Oracle Service Bus costs."
"Oracle Service Bus is a bit expensive"
"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."
"Price-wise, I would say that the product is expensive."
"When it comes to cost, TIBCO is much more competitive than a product like Pega."
"The licensing cost is a challenge for quite a few customers."
"Its licensing cost is considerably high as compared to other ESBs."
"The biggest issue disadvantage of TIBCO is that it is expensive."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise22
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Service Bus?
The stability is consistently high, with only one notable issue encountered.
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 products.
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 use of microservices. It's a different viewpoint of the system, and such constrai...
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ActiveMatrix Service Bus
 

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Sample Customers

MakeMyTrip Ltd., Griffith University, Colab Consulting Pty. Ltd., Pacfico Seguros Generales, IGEPA IT-SERVICE GmbH, Guangzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Pacfico Seguros Generales, Bank Audi S.A.L., Rydges Sydney Airport, Intelligent Pathways, Nacional Monte de Piedad IAP
Colonial Life, CTBC Bank, New World Mobility, QUALCOMM, Swisscom Mobile, T-Mobile USA, Tata Teleservices, Telecom Italia
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