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Actian Pervasive Data Integrator [EOL] vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Actian Pervasive Data Integ...
Average Rating
5.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (4th), Business-to-Business Middleware (1st), Workload Automation (5th), Cloud Data Integration (6th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

BB
Associate Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It is stable and we did not have any issues with initial setup. I am not sure if there are various connectors available in the recent version to support the wide range of sources available.
I am not sure if there are various connectors available in the recent version of Pervasive DI to support the wide range of sources available (e.g., big data, cloud, EME) I have been using it for 6-7 months. There were no concerns with the stability. This product is very good from a stability…
GO
Senior Validation Engineer at Weir Group PLC
Integration workflows have become transparent and secure while error tracking is streamlined
The best features in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform for me are transparency between logging in or deploying and using different environments. Managing different environments for the transparency of error logins or how to trace traceability is very important. It's very easy to use and sort, so you can see where everything has gone right and everything has gone wrong. I'm aware of the drag-and-drop interface in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, and it's very, very quick. It's very time-saving and very efficient. The security features on MuleSoft Anypoint Platform help maintain data integrity in my organization; I would say it's second to none. It's one of the best out there that I have worked with because of the encryption and decryption, and there are a lot of security aspects. I would assess the platform's data mapping and transformation capabilities as amazing. Automation has been straightforward; the transformation and mapping have been easy to use, easy to source, and from the source to the target. I would say it has been very good.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"For data transfers and ETLs on Windows, this is a great product."
"There were no concerns with the stability. This product is very good from a stability perspective."
"We have been using it for ETL, it is very robust and easy to use."
"Web based interface."
"This product is extremely useful and better than building an in-house solution."
"Initial setup was very straightforward. Deployment is a cakewalk."
"The exchange and API management features are the best in the market."
"The security features on MuleSoft Anypoint Platform help maintain data integrity in my organization; I would say it's second to none."
"Initially, we faced challenges managing numerous scheduled jobs and duplicate entries in our SAP system. To address this, we developed a reusable component in Mule that all applications could use to interact with SAP."
"It has improved our organization a lot because of the increase in productivity, and it has simplified the development of products. MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is a highly effective tool where you can build integrations so effectively. If you establish the integration platform, it increases productivity. It helps us to do effective re-authentication, and it speeds the integration."
"The tool's visual features are attractive."
"The API management capability of Mule Anypoint Platform has improved my customer's workflows by providing an automated system for processes they were previously doing manually, resulting in an improvement in their performance."
"The most valuable feature of Mule Anypoint Platform is rapid development."
 

Cons

"At the moment, we can't even use it for 1, since it keeps failing in our QA testing."
"I am not sure if there are various connectors available in the recent version of Pervasive DI to support the wide range of sources available (e.g., big data, cloud, EME)."
"The areas which I think need to be improved are the transform and load steps."
"Technical support is an area which can definitely improve."
"The terms of use and how it's priced has become very difficult to manage, which is forcing us to look for alternatives already - and we haven't even been using it for that long just yet."
"I would like to see some data integration and automation."
"Some improvements are required in the batch component in case of errors in the batch steps and when processing a large volume of data."
"Pricing is one aspect of the solution that is troublesome. It's too expensive for smaller organizations."
"It should give better control over account management."
"In order to set up a storefront, we currently rely on a third-party solution. It would greatly enhance our operations if this feature was integrated into their existing solution."
"The pricing should be improved, it's an expensive product."
"It's extremely expensive to change things in Anypoint MQ. There's also this issue of slow output of messages, and that needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Mule is not the cheapest integration platform out there, but it deserves the price we are paying."
"I can't give you a straightforward answer because sometimes it depends on the usage. If you're going to have fewer than 5 million messages, it is free of cost. If you're going to have more than 5 million messages, they're going to charge $100 per month"
"The product comes complete at one set price including support."
"MuleSoft Anypoint Platform really needs to work on its pricing model because it's very complicated."
"Price-wise, it is a good product since it is reasonably priced."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is affordable."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing as four or five out of ten."
"The product is still very expensive."
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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Small Business3
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise31
 

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Also Known As

Pervasive Data Integrator, PDI
Data Integrator, Anypoint MQ
 

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