We performed a comparison between TIBCO BusinessWorks and webMethods Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Customer support is very efficient."
"Good performance and reliability."
"The initial setup of TIBCO BusinessWorks was straightforward since we have used the solution in our organization for a long time."
"It is a very robust system."
"The solution is stable. We haven't had any serious technical issues."
"The most valuable features are the stability and the time to market."
"The solution is very scalable. It can handle a lot. We have encryption plus integration servers running on that platform currently."
"The OSGI console is available to debug different issues and get low level informations on the applications development, like bundle, dependencies, etc."
"From a user perspective, the feature which I like the most about Integration Server is its designer."
"One of the most important features is that it gives you the possibility to do low-level integration. It provides a lot of features out of the box, and over the years, it has matured so much that any problem that is there in the market can be solved with this product. We can meet any requirements through customizations, transformations, or the logic that needs to be put in. Some of the other products struggle in this aspect. They cannot do things in a certain way, or they have a product limitation, whereas, with webMethods, I have never faced this kind of problem."
"A product with good API and EDI components."
"Most of the work in our organization can be more easily done using the tool."
"The solution's ease-of-use is its most valuable feature, in which complex issues may be resolved."
"I feel comfortable using this product with its ease of building interfaces for developers. This is a better integration tool for integrating with various applications like Oracle, Salesforce, mainframes, etc. It works fine in the integration of legacy software as well."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"The most valuable feature of webMethods Integration Server is all the capabilities it provides. We leverage most of the features, that they have offered to us. Our vendor has made some additional features on top of the webMethods Integration Server and we use all the features together."
"They don't support out of the box - you have to buy adapters or you have to have the technology."
"Scaling with the solution is costly because if we need to scale up, we have to buy more memory. That means more money. Solutions like Camel or Pulsar come with built-in options to scale horizontally, vertically, region-wide or country-wide."
"Technical support is average. It's not the best."
"Could be more user friendly in the development area."
"TIBCO BusinessWorks could be improved with cloud support."
"A possible improvement could be to give the capability to use different profiles for each AppNode when an application is deployed on an AppSpace."
"The container-based image is too large and this makes auto-scaling difficult."
"The technical support's turnaround time is an area where TIBCO needs to consider improvements...Getting support from TIBCO on a particular issue takes a lot of turnaround time."
"Need to see more API portal features like monetizing APIs and private cloud readiness."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"The interface needs some work. It is not very user-friendly."
"Upgrades are complex. They typically take about five months from start to finish. There are many packages that plug into webMethods Integration Server, which is the central point for a vast majority of the transactions at my organization. Anytime we are upgrading that, there are complexities within each component that we must understand. That makes any upgrade very cumbersome and complicated. That has been my experience at this company. Because there are many different business units that we are touching, there are so many different components that we are touching. The amount of READMEs that you have to go through takes some time."
"The installation process should be simplified for first time users and be made more user-friendly."
"webMethods Integration Server could improve on the version control. I'm not sure if Web Method has some kind of inbuilt integration with Bitbucket or GitHub or some kind of version control system. However, that's one area where they can improve."
"Version control is not very easy. The packages and the integration server are on Eclipse IDE, but you can't compare the code from the IDE. For example, if you are working on Java code, doing version control and deployment for a quick comparison between the code isn't easy. Some tools or plug-ins are there, such as CrossVista, and you can also play with an SVN server where you have to place your package, and from there, you can check, but you have to do that as a separate exercise. You can't do it from the IDE or webMethods server. You can't just right-click and upload your service."
"A while ago, they were hacked, and it took them a very long time to open their website again in order to download any service packs or any features. I don't know what they could do differently. I know that they were vulnerable, and there was some downtime, but because they were down, we were unable to download any potential service packs."
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TIBCO BusinessWorks is ranked 18th in Data Integration with 23 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. TIBCO BusinessWorks is rated 8.0, while webMethods Integration Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of TIBCO BusinessWorks writes "Reliable integration solution with robust communication capabilities and good scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". TIBCO BusinessWorks is most compared with Mule Anypoint Platform, Spring Cloud Data Flow, Confluent, Talend Open Studio and Informatica PowerCenter, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, Mule ESB, Boomi AtomSphere Integration and Oracle Service Bus. See our TIBCO BusinessWorks vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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