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Cleo Integration Cloud Platform vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Cleo Integration Cloud Plat...
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
16th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (6th), Workload Automation (12th), Cloud Data Integration (10th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Business-to-Business Middleware category, the mindshare of Cleo Integration Cloud Platform is 2.1%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is 9.8%, down from 11.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business-to-Business Middleware Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform9.8%
Cleo Integration Cloud Platform2.1%
Other88.1%
Business-to-Business Middleware
 

Featured Reviews

Joshua Rule - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Integration Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Though the tool reduces the internal hosting cost for businesses, it needs to provide more API integrations
I think it would be good and helpful if the solution provides access to other protocols besides AS2. Currently, the solution fails to provide users with additional protocol assistance and API integrations, so the aforementioned areas need to be considered for improvement. I wouldn't necessarily want to see any additional features included in the solution since it is already a robust product.
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

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of use it provides. Cleo Integration Cloud Platform is a straightforward and simple product."
"It reduces manual loads in maintaining servers as it comes with the Cloud Hub feature."
"The community manager is the standout feature of the Mule Anypoint Platform, as it provides a platform to showcase your API to external parties. It is exceptionally user-friendly and enables external parties to easily utilize and consume the APIs."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of developing APIs."
"The platform's cloud integration capabilities are good."
"The flexibility has been great overall."
"The customer service and technical support are unique compared to other providers, as they are very involved, very responsive, and very eager to help and to provide what we need."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is our preferred platform for integration."
"The most valuable feature for me is the Exchange sub-tool."
 

Cons

"Currently, the solution fails to provide users with additional protocol assistance and API integrations, so the aforementioned areas need to be considered for improvement."
"The runtime management and connectors could use some work and are vulnerable to breakage after upgrades."
"The product does not provide a priority level for the message."
"This becomes an expensive solution over time."
"The cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required, especially when compared to other tools, like Dell Boomi or Oracle."
"Information on monitoring could be improved."
"The stability could be better."
"The inclusion of GenAI in the tool can be good since it is an area that is currently unavailable in the solution."
"It has different types of subscriptions. For platinum or lower subscriptions, there are not too many things that can be done."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I learned that the product's price is reasonable based on the interactions I had with my company's purchase team."
"The solution's pricing, as per the old approach, is expensive."
"The solution is the priciest in the market which is an issue for some clients."
"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 solution has a high price."
"Making changes in Anypoint MQ is expensive."
"The tool's pricing is cheaper than other RPAs' since it is execution-based. Other RPAs charge based on subscriptions."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is affordable."
"Regarding pricing, I believe there could be room for improvement to align with user expectations."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise31
 

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Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...
What can Mule Anypoint Platform be used for and what do you use it for most often?
This is a very flexible solution that comes with multiple uses. My organization mostly uses Mule Anypoint Platform for API management, as it lets us build new APIs easily and design new interfaces...
 

Also Known As

Extol Business Integrator
Data Integrator, Anypoint MQ
 

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