Oracle SOA Suite vs Red Hat Fuse comparison

The compared Oracle and Red Hat solutions aren't in the same category. Oracle is ranked #9 in AIS , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 3.3% mindshare in the category. Red Hat is ranked #6 in E , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 6.7% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Oracle SOA Suite

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86% willing to recommend

Red Hat Fuse

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100% willing to recommend

Oracle SOA Suite

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Review summaries and opinions

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ROI

Sentiment score

5.9

Oracle SOA Suite aligns costs with needs, offering long-term value despite high initial investment and usability challenges. Users satisfied.

Sentiment score

6.9

Red Hat Fuse improves service speed and long-term ROI, though initial costs and unforeseen expenses affect short-term expectations.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

5.9

Oracle SOA Suite's customer service experiences mixed reviews, with some praising it and others highlighting inconsistencies and delays.

Sentiment score

7.5

Red Hat Fuse's customer service is generally responsive, though some users cite slow responses and need for better documentation.

There have been many instances where I've been stuck for longer periods awaiting resolutions.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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On a scale from one to ten, I would rate the support for Red Hat Fuse as ten.

Luis Arce

Technology Manager at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.5

Oracle SOA Suite offers scalable, high-performance integration and growth with seamless cloud deployment and efficient transaction management.

Sentiment score

7.1

Red Hat Fuse excels in scalability, supporting diverse deployments and high-volume integrations, effectively meeting enterprise and varied user needs.

The scalability of Oracle SOA Suite is high; it allows for extensions and the addition of new interfaces without requiring server shutdowns.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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There are other factors to it, such as developer experience, so that developers can scale it.

Nilay Rathod

Chapter Area Lead/GM Group Architecture & IT at Spark New Zealand

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

6.6

Oracle SOA Suite's stability varies, with improvements in recent versions; skilled administration is crucial for optimal performance.

Sentiment score

8.0

Red Hat Fuse is praised for its reliability and high availability, though stability can vary by configuration and platform.

Oracle SOA Suite is stable, but it requires knowledgeable individuals to navigate its complexities.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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I would rate the stability of Red Hat Fuse at ten out of ten.

Nilay Rathod

Chapter Area Lead/GM Group Architecture & IT at Spark New Zealand

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Room For Improvement

Oracle SOA Suite needs performance, stability, integration, mobile support improvements, and simpler deployment, with concerns over cloud capabilities and costs.

Red Hat Fuse requires UI updates, better documentation, pricing flexibility, improved configuration, built-in connectors, and enhanced stability and monitoring.

Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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There is the possibility to create services directly in Java and call them at a high level from Apache Camel and expose them with Red Hat Fuse.

Luis Arce

Technology Manager at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

For us to use Red Hat Fuse with AI models, we need MCP so that we can be very confident that it can deliver us a really solid outcome when developers are using it, whether it is any of the integration patterns or messaging bus patterns.

Nilay Rathod

Chapter Area Lead/GM Group Architecture & IT at Spark New Zealand

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Setup Cost

Oracle SOA Suite's cost is influenced by setup, licensing, and cloud options, with high availability justifying enterprise expenses.

Red Hat Fuse offers competitive pricing with potential discounts, valued for enterprise support but costs may rise with consulting.

The setup cost of Oracle SOA Suite is relatively high since various components, including database licenses, WebLogic licenses, VM costs, and SOA licenses based on enterprise and Oracle negotiations, contribute to expenses.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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We are in the third renewal since we migrated to Red Hat Fuse. Cost always goes up, it does not go down.

Nilay Rathod

Chapter Area Lead/GM Group Architecture & IT at Spark New Zealand

I think the pricing for Red Hat Fuse is okay; it's not expensive, and the support is good.

Luis Arce

Technology Manager at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

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Valuable Features

Oracle SOA Suite enables seamless integration, robust orchestration, cloud support, and strong security with excellent API management and service virtualization.

Red Hat Fuse excels in integration, scalability, reliability, and flexibility, offering powerful features for DevOps and microservices.

It has multiple built-in adapters, a strong WebLogic server, an easy-to-understand user development interface, and quick development timelines.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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When we flipped from the previous enterprise integration application to Red Hat Fuse, the TCO benefit was about 40 percent.

Nilay Rathod

Chapter Area Lead/GM Group Architecture & IT at Spark New Zealand

Red Hat Fuse was the integration system, and it has many ways for traceability, which is a key point.

Luis Arce

Technology Manager at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle SOA Suite

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (9th), SOA Governance (1st)

Red Hat Fuse

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (6th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Integration solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle SOA Suite is designed for Application Infrastructure and holds a mindshare of 3.3%, down 4.1% compared to last year.
Red Hat Fuse, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), holds 6.7% mindshare, down 7.0% since last year.

Application Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle SOA Suite	3.3%
Apache Web Server	11.3%
IIS	10.2%
Other	75.2%

Application Infrastructure

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Red Hat Fuse	6.7%
IBM Integration Bus	16.6%
Mule ESB	15.0%
Other	61.7%

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

Featured Reviews

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

Has enabled complex data flow management but faces limitations with modern integration needs

There are areas of Oracle SOA Suite I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future, particularly regarding its adapter capabilities. The popularity of Oracle Integration Cloud nowadays arises from its larger set of adapter capabilities, including numerous application adapters. In contrast, Oracle SOA Suite provides a limited number of adapters. I would like to see more REST-based features added to Oracle SOA Suite, currently lacking, along with an enhancement of file size or payload capability, as the existing limitation is a 10 MB payload size. Additionally, Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations.

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Nilay Rathod

Chapter Area Lead/GM Group Architecture & IT at Spark New Zealand

Microservices have transformed our integrations and now highlight room to improve AI-driven tooling

There are areas in Red Hat Fuse that have room for improvement. We were recently having a discussion with Red Hat team building agentic AI, which we call AI SDLC. Something that the team is actively working on, but I have not really seen any production-level version of it is MCP. For us to use Red Hat Fuse with AI models, we need MCP so that we can be very confident that it can deliver us a really solid outcome when developers are using it, whether it is any of the integration patterns or messaging bus patterns. I have not seen that yet. Even though Red Hat has an alternative to that, such as a plugin, it is not as advanced as some of the MCPs that we see around.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	41

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Hat Fuse?

I think the pricing for Red Hat Fuse is okay; it's not expensive, and the support is good.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Fuse?

The downsides of Red Hat Fuse that I encountered were related to the Java virtual machine I worked with, which was Oracle, as the client did not create good services. In the integration, they had m...

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What is your primary use case for Red Hat Fuse?

My use cases for Red Hat Fuse include using Drools to create a bunch of rules for the Finance Ministry in Chile many years ago. I worked with another enterprise named Aguas Andinas, which is a very...

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Also Known As

SOA Suite

Fuse ESB, FuseSource

Overview

Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

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.

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Sample Customers

7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,

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

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