StreamSets vs WSO2 Enterprise Integrator comparison

IBM and WSO2 are both solutions in the Data Integration category. IBM is ranked #22 with an average rating of 9.0, while WSO2 is ranked #29 with an average rating of 8.0. IBM holds a 1.4% mindshare in DI, compared to WSO2’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 76% of WSO2 users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

StreamSets and WSO2 Enterprise Integrator are key players in the data integration and management sector. StreamSets appears to have an edge due to its user-friendly interface and the broad scope of data transformation features, which makes it ideal for rapid deployment of ETL pipelines.

Features: StreamSets focuses on configuration ease, providing extensive connectors and built-in features for a wide array of data transformation tasks. It supports numerous data sources and destinations with a graphical interface that simplifies pipeline development without coding. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator stands out with its infrastructure scalability and extensive API management, making it ideal for complex integration needs.

Room for Improvement: StreamSets could improve integration with non-Java platforms and frameworks and enhance its memory management practices. Simplifying logging, visualization, and updating its security model could also meet increasing cybersecurity demands. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator might enhance intuitive customization features and integration capabilities, expand its library of connectors, and offer better support for integration components to increase its accessibility for smaller organizations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: StreamSets offers diverse deployment models, including public, private, and hybrid cloud options, supported by a robust system that assists in deployment and issue resolution, although user experiences with support responsiveness vary. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator focuses on on-premises deployment, which provides a tailored environment but with less hybrid flexibility, facing challenges in customer support satisfaction, with some users noting issues with obtaining timely problem-solving assistance.

Pricing and ROI: StreamSets provides flexible pricing, offering both open-source and commercial models, though its costs may be seen as high for smaller businesses, with ROI stemming from reduced development times and increased data management efficiency. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, being open-source, offers a cost-effective entry point but higher subscription costs for enterprise implementations, focusing on value through robust integration solutions. Both demonstrate significant ROI, with StreamSets emphasizing operational efficiency and WSO2 showcasing integration capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

StreamSets

Ranking in Data Integration

22nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WSO2 Enterprise Integrator

Ranking in Data Integration

29th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of StreamSets is 1.4%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is 0.8%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
StreamSets	1.4%
WSO2 Enterprise Integrator	0.8%
Other	97.8%

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Ved Prakash Yadav

Senior Data Platform Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Useful for data transformation and helps with column encryption

We use various tools and alerting systems to notify us of pipeline errors or failures. StreamSets supports data governance and compliance by allowing us to encrypt incoming data based on specified rules. We can easily encrypt columns by providing the column name and hash key. If you're considering using StreamSets for the first time, I would advise first understanding why you want to use it and how it will benefit you. If you're dealing with change tracking or handling large amounts of data, it could be cost-effective compared to services like Amazon. It's easy to schedule and manage tasks with the tool, and you can enhance your skills as an ETL developer. You can easily migrate traditional pipelines built on platforms like Informatica or Talend to StreamSets. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.

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Ritesh_Shah

Senior Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Decreases the development timeframe and costs

The main issue with the product is pricing. It uses core-based pricing for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator and API Manager. It would be best if you had APIM by default. It provides many connectors for easy integration with third-party systems. Often, customers decide to develop using open-source tools like Spring Boot if there aren't many connectors required to avoid increasing costs. They'll develop this way and then deploy using APIM, the bare minimum needed. It is mainly required for very complicated setups with many connectors. In the implementations I've seen, people often used open-source tools because there weren't many third-party systems involved—just their organization's own systems. From WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, I expect them to bring up more and more connectors in the future. That's the main expectation. Having more connectors in various areas will help us when discussing new requirements. I don't have any specific use case right now, so I can't name a particular connector. But, as new technologies emerge, the relevant connectors should be there for those. WSO2 Enterprise Integrator mainly helps with the integration part, which can be simplified only if you have relevant connectors for whatever you're doing.

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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 entire user interface is very simple and the simplicity of creating pipelines is something that I like very much about it. The design experience is very smooth."

"Also, the intuitive canvas for designing all the streams in the pipeline, along with the simplicity of the entire product are very big pluses for me. The software is very simple and straightforward. That is something that is needed right now."

"The scheduling within the data engineering pipeline is very much appreciated, and it has a wide range of connectors for connecting to any data sources like SQL Server, AWS, Azure, etc. We have used it with Kafka, Hadoop, and Azure Data Factory Datasets. Connecting to these systems with StreamSets is very easy."

"The Ease of configuration for pipes is amazing. It has a lot of connectors. Mainly, we can do everything with the data in the pipe. I really like the graphical interface too"

"In StreamSets, everything is in one place."

"It is really easy to set up and the interface is easy to use."

"StreamSets is the leader in the market."

"The most valuable feature is the pipelines because they enable us to pull in and push out data from different sources and to manipulate and clean things up within them."

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"The solution's technical support is very knowledgeable."

"The connectors have been the most impactful features for handling integrations. I can use these connectors when I need specific connectivity with a third party, like a core banking system in BFSI. I don't need to do all the development. I take the specific connector, put in the IP address and password, and it takes care of everything."

"The stability is excellent."

"It was mostly easy to set up the product."

"The solution's customer service is good."

"It's a very complete product. It allows us to network security and add more layers of security to the system."

"The solution basically conforms to our standards."

"The drag-and-drop features for connectors are very valuable."

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Cons

"One issue I observed with StreamSets is that the memory runs out quickly when processing large volumes of data. Because of this memory issue, we have to upgrade our EC2 boxes in the Amazon AWS infrastructure."

"StreamSets should provide a mechanism to be able to perform data quality assessment when the data is being moved from one source to the target."

"The execution engine could be improved. When I was at their session, they were using some obscure platform to run. There is a controller, which controls what happens on that, but you should be able to easily do this at any of the cloud services, such as Google Cloud. You shouldn't have any issues in terms of how to run it with their online development platform or design platform, basically their execution engine. There are issues with that."

"They need to improve their customer care services. Sometimes it has taken more than 48 hours to resolve an issue. That should be reduced. They are aware of small or generic issues, but not the more technical or deep issues. For those, they require some time, generally 48 to 72 hours to respond. That should be improved."

"The design experience is the bane of our existence because their documentation is not the best. Even when they update their software, they don't publish the best information on how to update and change your pipeline configuration to make it conform to current best practices. We don't pay for the added support. We use the "freeware version." The user community, as well as the documentation they provide for the standard user, are difficult, at best."

"If you use JDBC Lookup, for example, it generally takes a long time to process data."

"We create pipelines or jobs in StreamSets Control Hub. It is a great feature, but if there is a way to have a folder structure or organize the pipelines and jobs in Control Hub, it would be great. I submitted a ticket for this some time back."

"We often faced problems, especially with SAP ERP. We struggled because many columns weren't integers or primary keys, which StreamSets couldn't handle. We had to restructure our data tables, which was painful. Also, pipeline failures were common, and data drifting wasn't addressed, which made things worse. Licensing was another issue we encountered."

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"I would like to see them bring back a feature, from earlier versions, that was very useful in debugging and finding issues."

"In my opinion, the administration model and interface, of Carbon, are lacking in terms of its features and user experience."

"The integration capabilities need to be improved."

"If I have to buy software, then it becomes expensive for me."

"I would like to see better documentation for the open-source version."

"You cannot include the validation of XPath."

"They should release upgrades more frequently."

"The customization can be a bit difficult."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are different versions of the product. One is the corporate license version, and the other one is the open-source or free version. I have been using the corporate license version, but they have recently launched a new open-source version so that anybody can create an account and use it. The licensing cost varies from customer to customer. I don't have a lot of input on that. It is taken care of by PMO, and they seem fine with its pricing model. It is being used enterprise-wide. They seem to have got a good deal for StreamSets."

"Its pricing is pretty much up to the mark. For smaller enterprises, it could be a big price to pay at the initial stage of operations, but the moment you have the Seed B or Seed C funding and you want to scale up your operations and aren't much worried about the funds, at that point in time, you would need a solution that could be scaled."

"The overall cost is very flexible so it is not a burden for our organization... However, the cost should be improved. For small and mid-size organizations it might be a challenge."

"We are running the community version right now, which can be used free of charge."

"It's not so favorable for small companies."

"The pricing is affordable for any business."

"StreamSets is an expensive solution."

"The licensing is expensive, and there are other costs involved too. I know from using the software that you have to buy new features whenever there are new updates, which I don't really like. But initially, it was very good."

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"The pricing of WSO2 Enterprise Integrator for enterprise subscriptions can be considered expensive, especially from the perspective of someone who prefers open-source software."

"The solution costs about 20,000 or 30,000 euros per year, per instance."

"It is a low-cost solution."

"I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"The cost is better than IBM Cloud Pak."

"The open-source, unsupported version is available free of charge."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about StreamSets?

The best thing about StreamSets is its plugins, which are very useful and work well with almost every data source. It's also easy to use, especially if you're comfortable with SQL. You can customiz...

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What needs improvement with StreamSets?

One issue I observed with StreamSets is that the memory runs out quickly when processing large volumes of data. Because of this memory issue, we have to upgrade our EC2 boxes in the Amazon AWS infr...

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What is your primary use case for StreamSets?

We are using StreamSets for batch loading.

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What do you like most about WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

WSO2's analytics capability is good, considering the ELC support they provide.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

The product has reasonable and competitive pricing for enterprise customers. It is expensive for small businesses especially. They are using the open-source solution, and they find it expensive sin...

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What needs improvement with WSO2 Enterprise Integrator?

Something that could be improved in WSO2 Enterprise Integrator is that the problem is not a lack of capability or functionalities. The problem is that it is a very complex environment. To put your ...

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Overview

StreamSets is a data integration platform that enables organizations to efficiently move and process data across various systems. It offers a user-friendly interface for designing, deploying, and managing data pipelines, allowing users to easily connect to various data sources and destinations. StreamSets also provides real-time monitoring and alerting capabilities, ensuring that data is flowing smoothly and any issues are quickly addressed.

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WSO2 Enterprise Integrator, core to the WSO2 Integration Agile Platform, is an open source Integration product for cloud native and container-native projects. It enables enterprise integration experts to build, scale, and secure sophisticated integration solutions to achieve digital agility. Unlike other integration products, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator already contains integration runtimes, message brokering, business process modeling, analytics and visual tooling capabilities.

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