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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Aurea Process

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAurea Process (formerly CX Process) from Aurea Software in Austin is a business process management offering, based on Savvion BPM.

    $200,000

    per year

    IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM® webMethods offers a hybrid, enterprise-grade integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that allows users to securely control applications, APIs, B2B and files across environments and locations.

    $2,500

    per month

    WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus

    Score7.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    WSO2 says they have taken a fresh look at old-style, centralized ESB architectures, and designed their unique WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus from the ground up as the highest performance, lowest footprint, and most interoperable service oriented architecture (SOA) and integration middleware today. Additionally, the vendor says that by relying on their carbon technology the ESB is able to deliver a smooth start-to-finish project experience.N/A
    Pricing
    Aurea ProcessIBM webMethods Hybrid IntegrationWSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
    Editions & Modules
    License
    $200,000
    per year
    IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration Standard Tier
    $2,500
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    Free Trial
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    Aurea ProcessIBM webMethods Hybrid IntegrationWSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Aurea Process and IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    5.3
    1 Ratings
    37% below category average
    IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration
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    Dashboards6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports4.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Aurea Process and IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    5.8
    1 Ratings
    36% below category average
    IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration
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    Process designer6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Aurea Process and IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    70% below category average
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    Social collaboration tools4.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Aurea Process and IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    68% below category average
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    Content management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Aurea Process and IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
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    IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration
    7.4
    23 Ratings
    8% below category average
    WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
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    Pre-built connectors00 Ratings7.722 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connector modification00 Ratings6.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings7.522 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality services00 Ratings7.522 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data security features00 Ratings7.421 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring console00 Ratings7.522 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Aurea ProcessIBM webMethods Hybrid IntegrationWSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
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    7.8
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Performance
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    In-Person Training
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    7.3
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    Online Training
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    8.2
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    Implementation Rating
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    Configurability
    -
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    7.3
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.2
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    User Testimonials
    Aurea ProcessIBM webMethods Hybrid IntegrationWSO2 Enterprise Service Bus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aurea
    The tool has potential. Its capabilities and visual aspects could be considered rather basic but this might improve, particularly if the business intelligence/analytics aspect is leveraged. Once running well, it could allow (perhaps smaller) companies to successfully improve their customers' experiences through digitalizing customer journey - and we all know that customer loyalty goes a long way. However, whether or not the tool is comprehensive enough to deliver this for larger companies with more complex, multi- and omni-channel interactions is yet to be seen...
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    IBM
    In any scenario where a distributed enterprise IT landscape needs a unified approach to solve the challenges of enabling a common information supply chain where different stakeholders as well as citizen developers can be empowered to contribute, participate and own their own parts of the integration landscape - IBM webMethods offers a capable, architecturally sound and cost efficient way of supporting a wide range of enterprise system integration needs.
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    WSO2
    WSO2 ESB is an awesome product for companies looking to venture into the world of SOA with an ESB. They have a lot of other products too that can work really well with their carbon infrastructure. The interface is simple for deploying and managing proxy services. You can also write custom modules within the ESB using Java with IDE like Eclipse
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    Pros
    Aurea
    • Face-lifted platforms: CX Messenger (formerly Sonic), CX Monitor (formerly Actional), CX Process (formerly Savvion)
    • User-friendly UI
    • Relatively painless implementation
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    IBM
    • Translate the data into required format based on system
    • Handles good amount of load and tranefer data into chunks and very much accurate
    • Administration is very easy and easily understable and it has goos secuity features
    • Schedulers works well for pub/sub message pulling and pushing
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    WSO2
    • One of the basic requirement of an ESB product is that it should be able to support transformation. WSO2 ESB provides support of XSLT, so you can transform your request to whatever format. Moreover, transformations like converting your xml payload into JSON and JSON payload to XML are out of the box available.
    • WSO2 ESB provides a scheduler feature, by which you can configure your own scheduler to call a proxy service at a particular time of day or or initiate sequence.
    • WSO2 ESB provides excellent error handling techniques, WSO2 ESB provides detailed error handling scenarios to tackle all the situations. WSO2 ESB also provides custom error handling by which you can make your own custom error message before sending it back to client.
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    Cons
    Aurea
    • Standard edition is significantly lighter touch than the (pricier) Enterprise version
    • There are similar solutions on the market that are competitively prices and offer positive user experience
    • Data migration can be tricky at times
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    IBM
    • Clarifying the ongoing and near future roadmap developments in terms of capabilities and architecture
    • Merging features, patterns and platform tooling with the rest of the Cloud Pak for integration toolkit
    • Adding additional support for AI-driven development, low-/no-code features, and code assistant features
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    WSO2
    • While it's easy to configure for a quick start, it is not so easy to deploy by yourself in a complex production scenario.
    • Not very stable for production usage, we encountered several trivial bugs that make us believe that this product is still not widely adopted.
    • Lack of a built in mechanism for auto-restart in case of an application server crash.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aurea
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    IBM
    The webMethods platform is a fantastic tool for modernizing information systems. It's easy to use and delivers rapid results.The platform is focused on innovation and is accelerating its improvement with the acquisition by IBM.
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    WSO2
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    Usability
    Aurea
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    IBM
    IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration is a robust tool that can be used across the Enterprise globally with visibility of the application environment for both on-prem and the cloud. It is used for API gateways and microservices communication services and does a good job in all these areas and is the single tool that we use for connectivity in our hybrid IT environment.
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    WSO2
    Compared to competitors the overall experience has been fine
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    Reliability and Availability
    Aurea
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    IBM
    The webMethods platform is very stable and does not cause incidents: if it is well configured and tailored at the base. Infrastructure incidents represent 20% of incidents (full disk, memory peaks, etc.) 80% of incidents come from the implementation of the code in the platform. If a code is not optimized and a high volume is observed in production, this can cause incidents. Similarly, if all error cases or conditions are not handled in the code, this can cause errors. Finally, there can be common errors if the applications connected to the platform do not return quality data or are unavailable.
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    WSO2
    Lack of auto-restart built-in capabilities. In case of running out of memory there are no built-in methods to recover from a crash, just for example, Oracle WebLogic Node Manager.
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    Performance
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    The webMethods platform is designed to handle a high volume of small messages. It's a tool for continuous processing.The incidents I've seen involving application performance declines are caused by: - ​​Code optimization issues - File size issues or fragmentation of the transmitted file - Misuse of the platform (batch processing) - Monitoring data was not purged, and the user was working with millions of data points
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    WSO2
    The product is performing well and consuming few resources
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    Support Rating
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    In the majority of the tickets I've created, support has been very responsive and provided the right solutions or solutions.Resolving a ticket also depends on the information provided by the creator. It's important to provide the technical context and information about the environment, as well as information to help the support team reproduce the incident.
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    WSO2
    Our experience with the WSO2 support has beent satisfactory
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    In-Person Training
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    We received in-person training from the webMethods team. We received standard training from the vendor and custom training on specific security topics.The training sessions went well but remained very standard and did not adapt to the client's specific business. In-person training is more suitable for rapid skill development. It is necessary to practice for a few weeks to ensure familiarity with the tool.
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    WSO2
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    Online Training
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    I found clear and easy-to-follow training with realistic use cases for quick understanding and a 360° view of the features. The lesson format allows you to progress and learn by breaking down the allocated time.The technical courses are described step by step, allowing you to quickly get to grips with the products
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    WSO2
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    Implementation Rating
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    When implementing webMethods, it's essential to have the right support and guidance.It's important to map out the interactions, document them, prepare test cases, and implement them while making maximum use of the product's native features.Additional tools must also be planned to automate deployments, visualize logs, and monitor the platform.
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    WSO2
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aurea
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    IBM
    webMethods.io IntegrationDescriptionWe uses webMethods.io Integration to solve some of our application to applications and business to business integration needs. It is the Integration Platform as a Service solution that we use in a mix with our continued use of webMethods Integration Server and Trading Networks on-premises. For any solutions that meet the use cases that we deem an appropriate fit for running in the cloud, we build those solutions using webMethods.io Integration. More specifically, we use webMethods.io Integration to synchronize changes in one application or system, in another application or system, by shipping data mutations via integration messaging and API calls. We also use webMethods.io Integration to integrate with external organizations. Our trading partners and supply chain partners provide APIs that we consume, and vice versa, to notify each other of business process events as they occur in the respective organizations. Please provide some detailed examples of things that webMethods.io Integration (webMethods Integration Cloud) does particularly well. Easy to usePriced competitivelySupports robust and resilient integration solutions please provide some detailed examples of areas where webMethods.io Integration (webMethods Integration Cloud) has room for improvement. These could be features that are hard to use, missing functionality, or just things that you'd like to see done differently. Complex logic is hard to understand in a simple diagrammatic user interface too simplistic for solutions that are complicated or go against the gain runtime observability could be improved please describe some specific scenarios based on your experience where webMethods.io Integration (webMethods Integration Cloud) is well suited, and/or scenarios where it is less appropriate. We don't use webMethods.io Integration for scenarios where we need to integrate to on-premises legacy applications that have limited support for modern security controls such as OAuth 2.0 and transport encryption. Likewise, we don't use it for solutions that involve any of our systems that are controlled by safe-working processes. For those scenarios, of which we have many, we maintain on-premises webMethods Integration Server and Trading Networks instances to build and execute and support and monitor those solutions. This then requires us to hook our on-premises integration platform up to the webMethods.io Integration cloud, to ship messages between the two integration platforms. This all begs the question if a cloud solution cannot be used for all use cases or scenarios that the business has, then why add the complexity of using the cloud at all if you still need to maintain an on-premises solution to support the non-cloud appropriate scenarios. What positive or negative impact (i.e. Return on Investment or ROI) has webMethods.io Integration (webMethods Integration Cloud) had on your overall business objectives?webMethods.io Integration is a cost-effective approach to integration in isolationwebMethods.io Integration as a supplement to on-premises integration is pointless and redundant and just adds complexity to the environment and additional costswebMethods.io Integration is a tough sell for organizations using Microsoft Azure integration products such as Logic AppswebMethods.io Integration has a faster time to market where the use case means standard provided adapters can be used describe how webMethods.io Integration (webMethods Integration Cloud) stacks up against them and why you selected webMethods.io Integration (webMethods Integration Cloud). For any organization which is already using Software AG products on-premises, such as webMethods Integration Server and Trading Networks, or Universal Messaging, evaluating and using webMethods.io Integration is the path of least resistance. It will be incredibly easy for your webMethods team to get up to speed on how to use webMethods.io Integration, and start developing new solutions on it. However in my opinion you should only add cloud to your integration product portfolio if you believe you can move 100% of your integration needs to the cloud. Otherwise, you will need to maintain an on-premises integration solution anyway, which means you end up with a more complex IT landscape by adding cloud to supplement on-premises integration for little benefit in terms of cost, complexity, and resourcing requirements. For organizations that are not already a Software AG shop, you should evaluate webMethods.io Integration on its merits, however, it's usually the right decision to double down on your existing products and vendors if you have no big issues with the current state. This is to say that if you are a Microsoft shop then adding Azure cloud products to your portfolio is pretty much inevitable, and avoiding the complexity of multiple clouds should also be something organizations consider.
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    WSO2
    It's the only one truly open source and free.
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    Scalability
    Aurea
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    IBM
    I don't know this product
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    WSO2
    Adding a server node is really straightforward, there are just few point in the configuration files.
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    Return on Investment
    Aurea
    • As our customers vary in size and maturity, the ROI ranges accordingly.
    • For younger, smaller businesses this is a useful tool. Digitalization of he customer journey has certainly helped save time and efforts in many cases.
    • For more mature market players the tool is not always comprehensive enough. Dashboard and report personalization take time and efforts, and sometimes it feels that a dedicated BI tool would be a more suitable solution.
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    IBM
    • + : We and our customers gain time with automatic processes
    • - : It takes a lot of time to design API
    • - : Java is slow. So we need to put a lot of time into flows improvments to reach our goals.
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    WSO2
    • Very well documented tutorials and case studies makes it easy to learn.
    • It has a really supportive community
    • It is fast and it can easily handle 300 tps of average use on a VM with 4Gig RAM
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