Anypoint Platform vs WebSphere Message Broker

Likelihood to Recommend

[MuleSoft] Anypoint Platform fits for an enterprise company that wants to gain time with environment configuration. The deployment environment - pre-prod and prod - is ready to use once you access Anypoint Platform. It's true you can customize all configurations for your environment based on your requirements and needs, but if you don't, just deploy and run your APIs.For small business, Mule doesn't have a low-cost subscription which can attend small companies. The subscription and license prices are too high for a startup with limited financial resources.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Routing, protocol transformation, message transformation and service aggregation are very well performed by WebSphere Message Broker (WMB). It is not very suitable for integration with databases.

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Srinivasa Manne

Principal Software Engineer Developer

Fidelity InvestmentsFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Anypoint Platform

WebSphere Message Broker

Pre-built connectors

Connector modification

Support for real-time and batch integration

Data quality services

Data security features

Monitoring console

Pros

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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Deepak Kushwaha

Tech Arch Sr. Analyst

Accenture AustraliaInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Graphical data mapper
Support for different programming languages
Integration with MQ
Support for different parsers

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Srinivasa Manne

Principal Software Engineer Developer

Fidelity InvestmentsFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

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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Alex S

Cloud Solutions Administrator

Chartered BankFinancial Services, 201-500 employees

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Logging
Debugging
Code quality tools
Feature specific installation

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Srinivasa Manne

Principal Software Engineer Developer

Fidelity InvestmentsFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

Anypoint Platform 8.0

Based on 1 answer

simple and easy graphics and containers helps developers to write complex flows

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Federica Bianco

Integration architect

NTT DATA ItaliaInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

Anypoint Platform 6.8

Based on 8 answers

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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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

The main problem with this software is the different connector type that is used for different protocols except for a different SAP connector. There is only one connector called SAP. It will be great if there will have a different connectors like idoc, RFC, proxy, etc.

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Nikhil Kohli

Service Delivery Lead

StrykerMedical Devices, 10,001+ employees

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Websphere message broker supports a lot more protocols than any other similar tool.

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Srinivasa Manne

Principal Software Engineer Developer

Fidelity InvestmentsFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

If you are a big size organization that heavily uses API's and SaaS-based integration, Anypoint platform is great. However, if your API implementations are not in Mulesoft, hosting just API specs is not worth it in terms of ROI.
Mulesoft uses propitiatory language which makes it difficult to write custom code when required, some other iPaaS platforms like Webmethods.io uses nodeJS which makes it easier to write custom code. In short, when you need to write custom code, building and supporting is a challenge.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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It helped us in improving the speed to market for our services/APIs.
Learning curve is quite long

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Srinivasa Manne

Principal Software Engineer Developer

Fidelity InvestmentsFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Rating Summary

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