TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus vs webMethods.io comparison

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus vs. webMethods.io

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Categories and Ranking

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

webMethods.io

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business-to-Business Middleware (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (9th), API Management (9th), Cloud Data Integration (7th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus is 4.0%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of webMethods.io is 11.1%, up from 9.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

Featured Reviews

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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MohanPrasad

Senior Consultant at Brillio

Smooth integration and enhanced deployment with high licensing cost

webMethods.io was used to integrate APIs through the webMethods.io platform, trigger database events, and connect backend APIs through a Java backend. It was used extensively for integration purposes in my organization Integration became smoother, troubleshooting was easier, and deployment and…

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

"The stability of this solution is excellent."

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

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

"It's very stable and reliable."

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

"The solution is very stable."

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

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"Currently, we're using this solution for the integration server which helps us to integrate with the mainframe."

"The tool supports gRPC."

"Application integrations are offered out-of-the-box, and that is extremely important to us. This is one of the main use cases that we have for it. It is about 60 to 70 percent of the workload in our application today."

"Broker and UM are the best features."

"It's obvious that the heart of the product lies here. It's comprised of all aspects of ESB (Enterprise Gateway, Adapter, TN, Java) and BPM (task, rules engine)."

"It's very flexible and a good platform to use."

"I like the stability of the webMethods Integration Server."

"The most valuable feature of the webMethods Integration Server is its reliability. It has a lot of great documentation from the service providers. Additionally, it is easy to use."

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Cons

"In the next release, there should be improvements made to the API manager."

"Migration to cloud solutions or products should be made convenient, transparent, and easily understandable."

"The initial setup process could be easier."

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

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

"I don't like the product's API management platform, as it doesn't offer users enough functionality to help with API lifecycle management, making it a product that is way behind its competitors."

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

"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."

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"The interface needs some work. It is not very user-friendly."

"The on-premises setup can be difficult."

"The solution has big instances when deployed under microservices or in a containerized platform. They need to improve that so that it is competitive with other integration solutions, like Redis and Kafka. Deployments under microservices with those solutions are much more lightweight, in the size of the runtime itself, compared with Software AG."

"The stability of the various modules of the product suite have been a bit of a concern lately. Though their support team is always easy to reach out to, I would prefer it not come to that."

"Prices should be reduced, ideally by up to 30% for long-term customers like us."

"The deployment should be simplified."

"Some of the things that we use cannot be done in this solution. For these things, we have to either use a Java service or a util service. There is no predefined or existing service that we can use. So, we have to work on the util service and write on top of it. Its price can also be better. It is pretty costly because they charge us for each transmission."

"Technical support is an area where they can improve."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

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

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

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

"The solution's development license is free for three to six months. We have to pay for other things."

"Its cost depends on the use cases."

"webMethods.io Integration's pricing is high and has yearly subscription costs."

"Some who consider this solution often avoid it due to its high price."

"I signed a three-year deal with them. It is a yearly locked-in price for the next three years."

"It is expensive, but we reached a good agreement with the company. It is still a little bit expensive, but we got a better deal than the previous one."

"I do see a lack of capabilities inside of the monetization area for them. They have a cloud infrastructure that is pay per use type of a thing. If you already use 1,000 transactions per se, then you can be charged and billed. I see room for improvement there for their side on that particular capability of the monetization."

"It's a good deal for the money that we pay."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

23%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Retailer

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus?

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

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

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

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 lifecycle management, making it a product that is way behind its competitors. The...

What do you like most about Built.io Flow?

The tool helps us to streamline data integration. Its BPM is very strong and powerful. The solution helps us manage digital transformation.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them.

What needs improvement with Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io needs to incorporate ChatGPT to enhance user experience. It can offer a customized user experience.

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Also Known As

ActiveMatrix Service Bus

Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API

Overview

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

webMethods.io Integration is a powerful integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides a combination of capabilities offered by ESBs, data integration systems, API management tools, and B2B gateways.

IBM

Sample Customers

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

Cisco, Agralogics, Dreamforce, Cables & Sensors, Sacramento Kings

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus vs. webMethods.io