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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Anypoint Platform

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AThe Anypoint Platform developed by MuleSoft and acquired by Salesforce in early 2018 is designed to connect apps, data, and devices anywhere, on-premises or in the cloud. This platform was built to offer out-of-the-box connectors as well as tools that architects and developers can adopt quickly to design, build and manage the entire lifecycle of their APIs, applications, and products.N/A

    Salesforce Agentforce Service

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AService Cloud is a customer service platform that helps businesses manage and resolve customer inquiries and issues. It provides tools for case management, knowledge base, omni-channel support, automation, and analytics, enabling companies to deliver exceptional customer service experiences.

    $25

    per month

    SAP Integration Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASAP Integration Suite is a modern, secure integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that connects applications, data, processes, and AI agents across SAP and non‑SAP environments.

    $11,199

    per year

    Pricing
    Anypoint PlatformSalesforce Agentforce ServiceSAP Integration Suite
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter Suite
    $25
    per month
    Pro Suite
    $100
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1
    $550
    per month per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Anypoint PlatformSalesforce Agentforce ServiceSAP Integration Suite
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——Access to free tier services does not expire while there is an active Pay-As-You-Go or CPEA account with SAP. Once a free tier service limit has been reached users have the option to update from a free to a paid service plan in the same account.
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    Community Pulse
    Anypoint PlatformSalesforce Agentforce ServiceSAP Integration Suite
    Considered Multiple Products
    Salesforce
    Chose Anypoint Platform
    Once we have moved all of our system integration APIs to the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, we will need to communicate with a wide variety of external systems. All of our business and service logic is stored in the aforementioned core systems. Anypoint Platform (and all of our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Anypoint Platform
    Overall a better experience in pricing negotiation with the Sales team. The breadth of services offered by Mulesoft was really important and the expertise offered by our consulting partner influenced the decision. The overall deployment was completed well within the timelines. …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    SAP Integration Suite:Strengths: Deep integration with SAP systems, strong support for SAP applications, robust security features.Considerations: May have a steeper learning curve for non-SAP users.MuleSoft Anypoint Platform:Strengths: Wide range of connectors, API-led …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    It compromises all the capabilities under BTP umbrella. API management, Event mesh, EDI tpm.
    The tool uses AI features and investing more on the same.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    We evaluated several integration platforms, including MuleSoft and Dell Boomi, but ultimately chose SAP Integration Suite for its deep alignment with the SAP ecosystem and robust cloud integration capabilities. Its native connectivity with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SuccessFactors, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    SAP Integration Suite is designed to support integration with SAP systems. while Mulesoft to SF
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    SAP integration suite is a holistic tool and handles EDI better than Mulesoft.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    Seamless connectivity with on-prem and SAP systems with rich set of connectors. Low-no code and EDI capabilities stands out
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    Cost for integration suite iPaaS model is better than other iPaaS solutions.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    Cheaper and more mature
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    Though from integration capabilities I would prefer SAP Integration Suite but I feel Azure will have better API Management capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    Look at the roadmap - the competitors have nothing to do, when you look at the roadmap from 2 years ago up till now and how well SAP delivered.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    IS is definitely less expensive that Mulesoft.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    As compared to MuleSoft Anytime platform, Sap Integration Suite is a better option for us keeping in mind the ease of use, ease of access, ease of setup, quality of the support. SAP provides support for real time connectors which are reusable as well and has API construction …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    Proven customer experience
    on-going partnership
    product roadmap is more aligned with our vision
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    Both are more or less the same. Mgmt decided went for SAP Integration Suite
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    SAP to SAP Cloud Integration is easy using SAP Integration Suite because of pre-built adapters, cloud connectors, and secure transmission.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    We are still earning and evaluating against these tools due to our infancy on all of them. Learning and adoption are slow to uptake as we have projects with deadlines and new technologies are not implemented quickly and even slow the project pace. An improvement would be to …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Integration Suite
    I think they are quite competitive but considering that we have a predominant SAP landscape, SAP CPI fits best in our landscape.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    272 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    240 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    293 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    163 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    39 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    229 Answers
    Features
    Anypoint PlatformSalesforce Agentforce ServiceSAP Integration Suite
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and Salesforce Agentforce Service and SAP Integration Suite
    Feature
    MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
    9.7
    13 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Integration Suite
    7.9
    270 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pre-built connectors9.814 Ratings00 Ratings8.4255 Ratings
    Connector modification9.714 Ratings00 Ratings7.7218 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration9.714 Ratings00 Ratings8.0249 Ratings
    Data quality services9.614 Ratings00 Ratings7.9226 Ratings
    Data security features9.714 Ratings00 Ratings8.1238 Ratings
    Monitoring console9.714 Ratings00 Ratings7.0246 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and Salesforce Agentforce Service and SAP Integration Suite
    Feature
    MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    7.9
    81 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SAP Integration Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.179 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.857 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.267 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings6.962 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.779 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings7.978 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and Salesforce Agentforce Service and SAP Integration Suite
    Feature
    MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    8.7
    76 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SAP Integration Suite
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.567 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.874 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and Salesforce Agentforce Service and SAP Integration Suite
    Feature
    MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    7.9
    81 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP Integration Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal00 Ratings7.758 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings7.937 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings7.451 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings8.880 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings7.870 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Anypoint PlatformSalesforce Agentforce ServiceSAP Integration Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    8.7
    (100 ratings)
    8.4
    (356 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    8.2
    (22 ratings)
    6.7
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (45 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    6.7
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Anypoint PlatformSalesforce Agentforce ServiceSAP Integration Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is best tool in the market for developing APIs with complex structures communicating with various different types of applications including web applications as well as legacy applications. Also applications including database connectivity for fetching and updating data in the DB tables. I cant think of any scenario which MuleSoft Anypoint Platform could not be used for developing the integrations.
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    Salesforce
    I think Service Cloud is best suited for medium to large operations that require both proactive and reactive service. It’s a great fit for post-sales support. However, I wouldn’t recommend it for very small companies because it can be quite costly, and many of the features may go unused. Salesforce also performs best when you have a capable team managing it, so it’s important to consider your organization’s size and readiness before starting. Once you do, I recommend exploring other parts of the Salesforce ecosystem—Service Cloud works even better when integrated with Sales Cloud, since it allows better visibility across teams.
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    SAP
    Good at: 1. Integrations with in SAP applications, especially with event based triggers 2. Can be integrated very well with other BTP services to attain Batch processing and store credentials 3. Supports many authentication models Improvements: 1. No version history available compared to as it is available in S4HANA 2. Need a lot of improvement in git hub connections
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    Pros
    Salesforce
    • API Manager provides easy API Policy Governance. You do not have to manage multiple platforms for managing the policies.
    • Supports hybrid Mule EBS environments. You can configure both CouldHub-based and on-premise-based API using Mulesoft API manager in a similar manner.
    • It's very easy to implement API proxy.
    • User friendly UI.
    • Single platform to manage all.
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    Salesforce
    • Email to case is an interesting piece of it. The threading is very strong, sometimes too strong, but it does very well at handling the incoming emails.
    • The omnichannel routing, using skill-based routing is really effective.
    • Pathing. So making the workflow and helping the team understand what it is that they're trying to do, what they have to accomplish, those step-by-step pieces. That's really helpful.
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    SAP
    • The extensive catalog of pre package integrations that have in the discovery center. That allows developers to find solutions that can fit the needs.
    • Monitor of the integrations and api deployed.
    • API management has been for us a very usefull tool inside integration suite, to be able to have the API Hub with the documentation of our apis.
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    Cons
    Salesforce
    • Has more features than what we really need so we're paying for more than we use. Sort of like paying for an Abrams tank when all we really need is a Toyota Corolla.
    • Not a value product, tends to be expensive.
    • Takes a while for developers to learn to use Mulesoft Anypoint.
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    Salesforce
    • We had a principle initially to try and use Omni as much as we can from the user experience perspective, but have found that fairly restrictive. It was very difficult to actually get the right customer experience and customer engagement going. So we're actually on a journey at the moment to replace all of our Omni with Lightning web components that gives us that flexibility. That's probably one area where we've had some challenges in terms of how we've used the product out of the box.
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    SAP
    • Provide more pre-built integrations to use within SuccessFactors or other modules instead of everything having to be custom built
    • Support is unable to provide advice on custom builds so you often have to engage a 3rd party partner
    • Works best when you have the functional and technical teams working together. Otherwise, the system is too technical for a functional user to create integration and a technical user not always understand the functional perspective
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Professional edition works best for a small company with lower call volumes and is very useful but as you grow exponetially I think it has limited ability to do all the things we want to - SLA management, defect, release management to name a few. Reports and dashboards being available in real time.
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    SAP
    It is in place, our system integrators are familiar with it, and it fits into the ecosystem. A better user interface, flow build and debugging experience would see it grow, many technical staff do not enjoy using it for this reason, however it is quite capable and powerful behind this one shortcoming.
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    Usability
    Salesforce
    We have migrated our existing over 100+ APIs from legacy to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and the processing has seen over 40% improvement and saved huge amount in overall annual billing. From development perspective, MuleSoft Vibe has made developers life so easy and reduced development time. Extensive logging, and build-in connectors for other integration tools, logging and repo is providing kind of one place solutions. Any point Platform is providing various options like runtime, API manager, Access management, segregation of Business groups and so many other option which is helping us to monitor, configure and manage all our APIs in one place
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    Salesforce
    I had Salesforce experience prior to using Service Cloud which made it a little easier to learn and navigate, but overall my team (some who had no Salesforce experience) caught on very quickly and found Service Cloud to be easy to use.
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    SAP
    The user interface is messy and not intuitive. It has a steep learning curve, and flows developed around are easy to make a mess with layout and can be difficult to follow. The debugging is also quite difficult, it takes some time to figure out how to follow the flow and examine data. Error handling is also difficult and not intuitive, it is better to let some errors leak and monitor through ALM.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Working on an application that caters to customer needs requires a platform that acts as a mediator between the actual person and the client. This mediator handles the customer and resolves many of their doubts, helps them map through the entire process, and automates the processes. Such a platform is Salesforce Service Cloud. For queries that cannot be serviced by the platform, it creates a separate ServiceNow ticket for us, and it is assigned.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The Salesforce Service Cloud generally has very good performance, however the overall new Lightning user experience can bring that down. For example, if you have too many tabs open, then it can take a while for the Lightning UI to load. This UI is probably not well equipped to handle loading of all of that information at once, but Users tend to leave their tabs open all day long. It can also be fickle depending on which browser you use, what extensions you have installed, and whether you've cleared your cache. This can be the downfall with any software as a service though, not just Salesforce
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    Anypoint Platform support is very responsive. There is also a huge knowledge base and an active online forum where answers to most questions can be found. When needed support engages the engineering group so adequate solutions or workarounds are always provided.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce offers support, although it generally gets routed to overseas support teams first, and once they are unable to help, it gets escalated up the chain to higher tiers. Frequently, the answer back from support is that there is no native solution, and we either have to turn to the AppExchange for some solution provided by another developer, or custom build our own solution.
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    SAP
    The support for SAP Integration Suite is satisfactory. We leverage SAP support through our manage services partner. So far, we have not had many major issues. One concern, to make our rating a ten, would be turnaround time on high priority incidents. SAP Integration Suite drives our key business functions forward. Without a reasonable service level agreement on turnaround, we sometimes find us running into issues running pay, etc.
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    In-Person Training
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Our in-person training was provided by our implementation partner and it was quite good. This was in part because we were already working with them and so it naturally leant itself to a good training relationship. And because they were building our customizations and configuring things, they could then provide training on those things naturally.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Salesforce
    I have started with MuleSoft Fundamentals course provided by MuleSoft training at start. This was sufficient to do initial learning and get onboarded. The online documentation with different Runtime versions/deprecated functions and keywords are well documented. The automated solution provided by MuleSoft Anypoint Platform to upgrade 3.0 to 4.0 gave a good head start while learning MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and working altogether with Online training and documentations
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    Salesforce
    Trailheads are great but it was often unclear what actually applied to our organization. This made it difficult to get a whole lot out of it. Part of it is that because the basic Salesforce features didn't quite work for us, we had to add customizations, which then nullified a lot of the training.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I would go through an implementation very differently knowing what I know now. It was difficult coming from systems we liked in post-sales service and having to adapt to the clunky and underwhelming feature set in Salesforce. I would trim back our expectations
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    SAP
    Work with an SAP implementation partner, if possible.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    Once we have moved all of our system integration APIs to the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, we will need to communicate with a wide variety of external systems. All of our business and service logic is stored in the aforementioned core systems. Anypoint Platform (and all of our APIs) makes it easy to connect to various other platforms. In order to link to these many other systems, connectors and/or components are utilized, and they are simple to configure and integrate.
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    Salesforce
    We selected this product because we already had some competencies in Salesforce. We own a Salesforce partner with expertise in this area, and on top of that, Salesforce purchased it — it was originally called Velocity. When Salesforce decided to acquire it, that finalized the decision for us.
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    SAP
    Before deploying SAP Integration Suite, we assessed Oracle Financial Services Analytics and IBM Risk Analytics. While Oracle had proved its mettle in the exceptional database support and IBM in presenting risk model tools, SAP Integration Suite overwhelmed others by being effortlessly integrated with our existing banking framework.
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    Scalability
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The product has scaled up with our company growth just fine. No issues here other than slowness in clicking around and running reports
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • Mulesoft can be used to provide an integration platform to a large number of systems like Salesforce, ODBC, JDBC, SAP, Mongo DB, etc.
    • An excellent option to develop microservices and real-time integrations.
    • Not as robust in handling large data volumes, Informatica is better in that respect.
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    Salesforce
    • We have cut our service team in half over the past 5 years due to the efficiency of the tool
    • The amount of direct inquiries to our technical team is less than 10% compared to the number support tickets that get entered in the system for them to work in a more organized manner
    • Responses are 100% more timely because tickets can be responded to by any individual in the queue or on the team, as opposed to direct emails to just one person
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    SAP
    • Positive impact would be availability of pre-defined integration content via templates.
    • One can re-use a template as a starting point to modify and adopt to client-specific integration flow.
    • Availability of adaptors and connectors, making it easier to piece together the integration flow.
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    ScreenShots

    Anypoint Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Connect any endpoints using out-of-the-box connectors, dynamic connectivity to API specifications, or by building reusable connectors with Anypoint DevKit™.Screenshot of A reporting suite that provides a real-time view of API consumption trends and operational performance. Analytics provides insight into how your API is being used and informs forward-looking design decisions.Screenshot of A platform to engage with API developers and drive adoption. Share documentation, examples and manage developer access from a single platform.

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