Comparison of business integration software

This article is a comparison of notable business integration and business process automation software.

General

Scope

Scope of this comparison:

General information

Software Creator Edition Release Date Cost (USD) Open source Software license Implementation
AdroitLogic UltraESB AdroitLogic 17.01 2017-01 Subscription based licensing and support or perpetual licensing No Proprietary Enterprise Service Bus
Anypoint Platform MuleSoft Mule 3.7 2015-06 Sold as software as a subscription with various packaged options to serve different use cases. The pricing scales with usage as measured by number of cores on-premises and virtual cores in the cloud. No Dual (CPAL or proprietary
Apache Camel Apache Software Foundation 2.23.3 2018-11-29 Free/Commercial support available Yes Apache Software License
Apache Kafka Apache Software Foundation 0.10.20 2017-02 Free / Commercial support available Yes Apache Software License
Apache ServiceMix Apache Software Foundation 7.0 2017-01 Free / Commercial support available Yes Apache Software License
Apache Synapse Apache Software Foundation 3.0 2016-12 Free / Commercial support available Yes Apache Software License
Artix ESB Progress Software 5.x 2003 No Proprietary
Automation Anywhere Integration Pack Automation Anywhere 6.1 2011-02 $5500 No Proprietary
BizTalk Server Microsoft 2016 2016-12 Enterprise Edition: $10,835 per core; Standard Edition: $2,485 per core; Branch Edition: $620 per core (minimum 4 cores required); Developer Edition – per seat, available under Volume or MSDN licence.[1] No Proprietary Enterprise Application Integration, Hub and Spoke architecture, Cloud ready
Flow Software Flow Software Ltd 2.3.0 2010-05 Free Community Edition, and Enterprise licenses No Proprietary
Fuse – Enterprise Camel Red Hat 7.0 2018 Yes based on Apache Software License
IBM Integration Bus (formerly WebSphere Message Broker ) IBM 10.0 2015-03[2] Varies between approximately 100 and 850 per Value Unit[3] No Proprietary Enterprise Service Bus
Informatica Power Center Informatica 8.5 2007-10 Varies: 50,000 – 100,000 generally No Proprietary
InterSystems IRIS (formerly InterSystems Caché + Ensemble + DeepSee) InterSystems All versions 2018-01 Free[4] and commercial licenses (subscription, purchase) No Proprietary InterSystems IRIS Interoperability
JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) JBoss, a division of Red Hat, Inc. 4.12 2013-03 Free / Commercial support available Yes GNU LGPL Enterprise Service Bus, Replaced by JBoss Fuse
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform JBoss, a division of Red Hat, Inc. 5.1 2011-02 Free / Commercial support available Yes GNU LGPL Replaced by JBoss Fuse
Magic xpi Integration Platform Magic Software Enterprises 4.0 2015-05 No Proprietary
Openadaptor The Software Conservancy 3.4.6 2011-02 Free Yes variant of MIT
OpenESB OpenESB Community 3.2.2 2014-12-02 Free / Enterprise Edition with commercial support Yes CDDL
OpenLink Virtuoso OpenLink Software 7.2.5.1 2018-08-15 Varies[5] Yes Dual (GPL or proprietary)
Oracle BPEL Process Manager[a] Oracle Corporation 12.1.3.0.0 2014-06 Varies[6] No Proprietary
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus[a] Oracle Corporation 12.1.3.0.0 2014-06 Varies[7] No Proprietary
PEtALS ESB OW2 Consortium 3.1.3 2011-07 Free / Commercial support available Yes GNU LGPL
Sonic ESB Progress Software 8.x 2011 No Proprietary Enterprise Service Bus
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (short SAP PI) SAP AG 7.5 2011 Varies[b] No Proprietary
Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite Sun Microsystems 6 2008-06 $100 per employee per year subscription, perpetual per socket licensing available[8] No[c] Proprietary
TrackerSuite.Net Automation Centre 4.0 2012-06 Based on number of users and modules utilized. Available as SaaS, or as a licensed installation. No Proprietary
Unify NXJ Unify Corporation 11 No Proprietary
webMethods Integration Server Software AG 9.0[9] 2013-05 varies No Proprietary Enterprise Service Bus[10]
WebSphere Message Broker[d] IBM 8.0 2011-10 No longer marketed under this name – replacement name is IBM Integration Bus No Proprietary Enterprise Service Bus
WSO2 Enterprise Integrator WSO2 6.4 2018 Free / Commercial support available Yes Apache License 2.0 Enterprise Service Bus, Message Broker, Application Server, Business Process Server, Data Services Server
WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) WSO2 5.0.0 2016 Free / Commercial support available Yes Apache Software License

Compatibility and interoperability

Operating system support

Further information: Comparison of operating systems
Software Microsoft Windows Darwin/
OS X 		Linux IBM HP-UX illumos/
Solaris
2000 XP Vista 2003 Server 2008 R2 Server 2008 Server 2012 Server 7–64 bit 8–64 bit Red Hat SUSE Ubuntu CentOS AIX OS/390 IBM i z/OS
AdroitLogic UltraESB Yes[e] Yes[e] Yes[e] Yes[e] Yes[e] Yes[e] Yes[e] Yes[e] Yes[e] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Anypoint Platform No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
Artix ESB with SP3, SP4 with SP1, SP2 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Automation Anywhere Integration Pack Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
BizTalk Server Yes[f] Yes[g] Yes[h] Yes[i] Yes[j] Yes[k] Yes[l] Yes[j] Yes[l] No No No No No No No No
Flow Software Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
IBM Integration Bus[11] No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Informatica Power Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Openadaptor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OpenESB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
OpenLink Virtuoso Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
Oracle BPEL Process Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5L No No Yes Yes
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
PEtALS ESB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
SAP Exchange Infrastructure Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes[12] Yes Yes Yes
Sonic ESB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes[13]
Spagic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite Yes Yes[m] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
TrackerSuite.Net No with SP2 Yes Yes
Unify NXJ with SP4 with SP1 Yes No Yes Yes 5.3 No No Yes Yes
WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Hardware support

Supported hardware depends on supported operating systems.

Database support

Further information: Comparison of relational database management systems
Software API Sybase Apache Derby IBM Firebird Microsoft MySQL Oracle PostgreSQL
ODBC JDBC ASA ASE IBM Db2 Db2 for i Cloudscape Informix SQL Server Azure SQL
AdroitLogic UltraESB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Anypoint Platform No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Apache Synapse Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Artix ESB
Automation Anywhere Integration Pack Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BizTalk Server Yes[14] Yes[n] Yes[15] Yes[15] Yes[15] Yes Yes Yes[15] Yes[15] Yes[o] Yes Yes Yes[p] Yes Yes[p]
Flow Software Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IBM Integration Bus[11] Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No
Informatica Power Center Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Openadaptor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OpenESB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OpenLink Virtuoso Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus
PEtALS ESB Yes
SAP Exchange Infrastructure Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Unify NXJ
WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Web servers support

Further information: Comparison of web servers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Part of Oracle SOA Suite.
  2. ^ CPU-based pricing.
  3. ^ Components from the Open ESB open-source community are productized in Java CAPS.
  4. ^ Now known as IBM Integration Bus.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Development environment only.
  6. ^ Versions prior to 2006 R2 only. SP4 required for 2004 and 2006.
  7. ^ 32-bit: versions prior to 2010, not including 2000. SP 1 required for 2004. SP2 required for 2006/2006 R2. SP3 required for 2009. 64-bit: version between 2006 and 2009. SP2 required for 2006 R2. SP3 required for 2009.
  8. ^ Versions from 2006 R2 to 2010. SP1 required for 2009. SP2 required for 2010.
  9. ^ Versions from 2002 (x32) or 2006 R2 (x64) to 2009. SP1 required for 2006, 2006 R2 and 2009.
  10. ^ a b 2010 and later. SP1 required for 2013.
  11. ^ 2009 and 2010.
  12. ^ a b 2013 and later.
  13. ^ For development.
  14. ^ Via native SQL adapter if JDBC drivers are installed.
  15. ^ Via BizTalk Utilities Adapter.
  16. ^ a b Via ODBC adapter or via BizTalk Utilities Adapter.

Footnotes

  1. ^ See [1] for complete information.
  2. ^ IBM Integration Bus V10.0 Announcement Letter see here [2].
  3. ^ For detail about IBM's Processor Value Units see here
  4. ^ InterSystems IRIS Community Edition
  5. ^ OpenLink Virtuoso Universal Server Pricing
  6. ^ [3] Licenses available per named user or per processor, as perpetual or as term-based.
  7. ^ [4] Licenses available per named user or per processor, as perpetual or as term-based.
  8. ^ See [5] for detailed pricing.
  9. ^ [6] Software AG's Integration Platform
  10. ^ "WebMethods | Integration Platform". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  11. ^ a b Use IBM's Software Compatibility Reports [7] for details of IBM software compatibility.
  12. ^ See RedBook SAP NetWeaver Java on IBM i5/OS[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ See Sonic 8.5.1 Supported Platforms
  14. ^ "The ODBC Biztalk Adapter and the EDI Ehancements".
  15. ^ a b c d e "Qlik Data Integration".

References

  • Daryl C. Plummer, David W. McCoy, Charles Abrams. Magic Quadrant for the Integrated Service Environment Market, 2006. Gartner, research G00137074.