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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mule ESB

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AMule ESB, from Mulesoft, is an open source middleware solution.N/A

    OpenText MBPM

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AOpenText acquired BPM solution Metastorm in 2011, and has rebranded the product as OpenText MBPM. It is an alternative BPM solution to OpenText's primary BPM offering called OpenText Cordys Business Process Management.N/A
    Pricing
    Mule ESBOpenText MBPM
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Mule ESBOpenText MBPM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Mule ESBOpenText MBPM
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Mule ESB and OpenText MBPM
    Feature
    Mule ESB
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText MBPM
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Mule ESB and OpenText MBPM
    Feature
    Mule ESB
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText MBPM
    7.3
    3 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Process designer00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings6.93 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings6.13 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Mule ESB and OpenText MBPM
    Feature
    Mule ESB
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText MBPM
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Mule ESB and OpenText MBPM
    Feature
    Mule ESB
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText MBPM
    6.0
    2 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Content management00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Mule ESBOpenText MBPM
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM DataPower Gateway
    Score9.5 out of 10
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Mule ESBOpenText MBPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    7.1
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Mule ESBOpenText MBPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    If you’re bringing anything into Salesforce you should just invest now into Mule, you will get your money’s worth and find a myriad of uses to build APIs between many other systems. Once you build a component you can easily reuse it as a building block to attach to another source/destination. This makes it easy to ramp up quickly and spread usage of Mule throughout your enterprise. A good value for medium to large companies, but probably cheaper to outsource your job to a consulting firm if you are smaller.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    Metastorm is well-suited for scenarios in which internal stress testing an application is needed in a hurry before showcasing it to potential customers. It supports different views of the process from Swimlane perspective, so different methodologies can be handled. It is an Enterprise level tool and handles both small and large projects quite well, although smaller companies may be stressed out by the amount of time it takes to properly maintain the application.
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    Pros
    Salesforce
    • It is best suited for Rest API development. Mule ESB uses RAML as an API descriptor which is less complex and easy to understand. RAML is an open standard majorly supported by Mulesoft. Once RAML is developed, it is very easy (a few clicks)to create flows corresponding to the resources defined in the RAML. One can also include JSON schema validation in RAML, and with the use of APIkit router, Mule ESB makes the request validation very easy (it's automatic basically.)
    • Mule ESB comes with a large spectrum of community and enterprise connectors. We have connectors for all the major platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Salesforce, SAP, etc. This enables Mule ESB to integrate with the other systems in a faster and more robust way. Mule ESB has many components to fulfill the requirements of each integration (for example batch processing, parallel processing, choice, etc.)
    • Mule API gateway is one of the best tools (modules) of Mulesoft's offering. It supports API governance and management very well. One can easily enforce policies on their APIs with API gateway. It enables some of the must-have features in an API solution (i.e. throttling, oAuth, access levels, etc.)
    • Implementing a CI/CD (DevOps) environment for Mule ESB is a very easy task. Mule majorly uses MAVEN as its build tool, which in turn makes it best suitable for CI/CD approach. Mule also provides MAVEN plugins for auto deployments to the servers. Mule also has a best Unit testing module which is MUnit. MUnit can be used for both Unit and Functional testing, and it is easy to write and generates coverage reports in various formats.
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    OpenText
    • Complex routing of tasks based on calculated criteria
    • Linking between tasks and accessing relevant information
    • Organising, scheduling and prioritising
    • Different views for different people
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    Cons
    Salesforce
    • Make sure to not over-engineer shared components. It can complicate development
    • Create a roadmap for where you are going - if not, you may miss components
    • I suggest getting support, otherwise it could be a difficult learning curve
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    OpenText
    • The Metastorm process engine is based on an older version of .NET. Updating to a newer version would resolve several known issues with .NET email functionality.
    • Metastorm builds web pages at run time. While the UI presented to the end user is fine, the Document Object Model is convoluted and subject to change with new releases. Providing a more simplified DOM or at very least a custom function to replace document.getElementById() would make client-side scripting a much more powerful tool.
    • One function that I've seen Metastorm competitors do well, is email wizards. Having a WYSIWYG email editor would be really nice.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    There are other products that seem to be a better fit for future initiatives.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    Although it is intuitive to use it does require training
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    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    Great customer service for an API support related query
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    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    It doesn't have API . We have to go for another API manager. But in Mule, it has both API manager and ESB
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    OpenText
    We found that OpenText MBPM held its own quite well against IBM BPM. We ended up choosing OpenText MBPM due to the analytics, complex routing, and the ease of SOA service integration. Furthermore, the ability to quickly develop simple User interfaces make this tool a daily component of our most-used toolbox components.
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    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • Overall a great tool for complex integrations
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    OpenText
    • The development of the ticketing system has enabled us to greatly improve customer relationships
    • The scheduling and allocation of the tasks has reduced both the number of open tickets and the turnaround time to resolution
    • Management information from the system has improved decision making
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