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IBM Astra Streaming vs. Software AG Universal Messaging

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    IBM Astra Streaming

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ANow from IBM, Astra Streaming is a serverless data streaming and event stream processing service integrated in the Astra Portal and powered by Apache Pulsar™.N/A

    Software AG Universal Messaging

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASoftware AG Universal Messaging is presented as a single solution for high-performance, low-latency messaging across a wide array of delivery channels, including all mainstream enterprise, web and mobile platforms. The venodr states that for the enterprise, Software AG Universal Messaging delivers high throughput messaging for resilient, secure and highly scalable applications. For web and mobile, Software AG Universal Messaging was designed to provide real-time streaming to the edge of…N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Astra StreamingSoftware AG Universal Messaging
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Astra StreamingSoftware AG Universal Messaging
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    IBM
    DataStax Enterprise is a state-of-the-art data management platform that manages our own data across web, mobile, and IoT applications. It is a hybrid cloud-based solution that enables us to meet the availability and performance requirements of web, IoT and mobile platforms.
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    Software AG
    Software AG Universal Messaging is best used in conjunction with Software AG webMethods integration platform, as it works seamlessly with other components of that platform such as webMethods Integration Server and webMethods Trading Networks. It can be used with any messaging client developed in Java or .NET and supports JMS clients, however, it is best suited to being used as one component in an organization that is going to implement the entire webMethods platform to implement their Enterprise Service Bus integration solution.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Easy to operate and save man hours
    • Easy installation and configuration
    • Mature and scalable data warehouse, well supported
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    Software AG
    • Low latency high performance messaging and event handling
    • High availability
    • Horizontal scalability
    • Seamless integration with Software AG webMethods integration platform
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Their solution is expensive compared to other resolutions, however you get what you pay for.
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    Software AG
    • Logging
    • Administration
    • Observability
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    IBM
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    Software AG
    Software AG Universal Messaging has excellent performance characteristics, a good high availability story, and works great when you are using the other products in the Software AG webMethods integration platform, as our organization is. It has relatively high licensing costs, which is a large negative when compared with open-source solutions such as Apache Kafka. However, Software AG provides good support services, and is a market leader in the integration space, giving some surety for risk-averse organizations that if something goes wrong we have a vendor we can rely on to help fix it.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • In my personal opinion, I can mention that this product has enormous positive points because it has worked really well for us in our organization in a very positive way, for which we ourselves feel quite comfortable with this product.
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    Software AG
    • Enables disparate software systems to be integrated, reducing manual data entry
    • Enables high performance event handling for data lakes and analytics
    • Has relatively high licensing costs
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