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 7.0, and holds a 3.9% mindshare in the category. Red Hat is ranked #6 in E , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 7.2% mindshare. Additionally, 85% 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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85% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle SOA Suite

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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

Red Hat Fuse

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

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 3.9%, down 4.5% compared to last year.
Red Hat Fuse, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), holds 7.2% mindshare, down 7.9% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

MANOHAR SADDALA

IT Specialist at Eagle Hills

Enables seamless integration with multiple systems

I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It's not much more dynamic, not as dynamic as you may think, like seeing it in the cloud. In order to use it, you need to have the download servers and then scale up your systems. Oracle SOA Suites serves as a middle layer between applications. For example, let's say you have SAP, and we have Salesforce or Oracle ERP system. Users connect to those systems and perform certain activities or transactions on the applications. Now, if any data needs to be synchronized or any integration needs to happen between these applications, we use the Oracle SOA Suite. It acts as the bridge between the applications, not between the users. It's like having endpoints between the applications. Currently, we have 20 endpoints; 20 systems are connected to it, which is great. Oracle SOA Suite is being used daily. We are using it to its maximum potential.

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It performs better in real-time transactions."

"I found the adapters to be most useful."

"I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy."

"The product provides transparency in finances."

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

"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."

"The most valuable feature of the facility, as the partner link, is to try to use third-party services and logic in your own vehicle to orchestrate the information."

"The stability of the solution is the most valuable feature."

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"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. We are an enterprise business."

"The solution has more tooling and options."

"The features I found most valuable in Red Hat Fuse are the OSB framework, containerization, and the integration of Apache technologies such as the NQ channel, CXF, etc. These are the features that are very prominent in the solution. Red Hat Fuse also offers flexibility, so it's another valuable characteristic of the solution."

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

"What I like about Red Hat Fuse is that it's a well-established integration software. I find all aspects of the tool positive."

"The most valuable part of Fuse is the fact that it's based on Red Hat Apache Camel. It is really good that it already comes with so many different connectors. That makes it relatively easy to use. We use their XML definition to define the routes, making it really easy to define the routing."

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

"Because we have been doing Red Hat Fuse projects for three years, and over time we have matured, we can employ similar use cases and make use of accelerators or templates. It gives us an edge when we deliver these services or APIs quickly."

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Cons

"An area for improvement in Oracle SOA Suite is the cost. It could be lower."

"Another area of improvement is performance. Because with multiple solutions connecting to the SOA platform, the performance of the SOA platform can be affected in time. So, that could be one area that could be improved with the SOA."

"Other solutions might be better componets such as Salesforce."

"The technical support is good, we have premier support which costs extra."

"Decrease the number of internal resources which the product uses."

"The installation and adjustment process seems too complex."

"The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved."

"It's also not developer-friendly."

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

"The testing part, specifically when running it in the cloud, could be improved. It's a little bit complex, especially considering its cloud nature."

"My company doesn't have any experience with other messaging tools, so it's difficult to mention what areas could be improved in Red Hat Fuse, but it could be pricing because I find it expensive."

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

"Red Hat Fuse doesn't have a lot of administrative control like other applications."

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

"The web tools need to be updated."

"For improvement, they can consider the way we collaborate with other applications...Right now, in Red Hat Fuse, everything is not available under one umbrella."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."

"Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."

"The product is moderately priced."

"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."

"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."

"In terms of pricing, Red Hat Fuse is a bit expensive because nowadays, if I'm just comparing it with OpenShift with Kubernetes, so Kubernetes and OpenShift, are similar, and Kubernetes is open source, so Red Hat Fuse is quite expensive in terms of support, but Red Hat Fuse provides value for money because it provides good support. If you want to get something, you need to pay for it."

"The solution doesn't have independent licensing."

"After doing some Googling and comparisons, the main standouts were MuleSoft and Red Hat Fuse. One of the big factors in our decision to go with Fuse was the licensing cost. It was cheaper to go with Fuse."

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

"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."

"This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."

"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 found other solutions were more costly."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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?

Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved. A big challenge for Oracle SOA Suite is that you don't get too many technical resources.

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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 useful.

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

You need to pay for the license. It's not free. I'm not aware of the exact prices. There are no extra costs in addition to the standard licensing since it is a subscription-based solution.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Fuse?

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Comparisons

WebLogic Suite vs Oracle SOA Suite

Compared 44% of the time

Mule ESB vs Oracle SOA Suite

Compared 18% of the time

Apache Web Server vs Oracle SOA Suite

Compared 14% of the time

TIBCO ActiveMatrix vs Oracle SOA Suite

Compared 10% of the time

IBM DataPower Gateway vs Oracle SOA Suite

Compared 7% of the time

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IBM Integration Bus vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 25% of the time

Mule ESB vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 21% of the time

JBoss ESB vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 18% of the time

Oracle Service Bus vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 16% of the time

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator vs Red Hat Fuse

Compared 11% of the time

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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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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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