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Cleo Integration Cloud Platform vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Cleo Integration Cloud Plat...
Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware
14th
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
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (4th), Workload Automation (4th), Cloud Data Integration (4th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Business-to-Business Middleware category, the mindshare of Cleo Integration Cloud Platform is 3.2%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is 9.1%, down from 12.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business-to-Business Middleware Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform9.1%
Cleo Integration Cloud Platform3.2%
Other87.7%
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's easy to use and comes as a bundle package with the Anypoint Platform, removing the need for any complex setup."
"The tool's visual features are attractive."
"MuleSoft Anypoint Platform's most valuable features are its observability and stability."
"API management."
"It's easy to develop APIs."
"The tool helps with order management and automates the enterprise's orchestration, invoice creation, product maintenance, and product life cycle. The API manager feature helps us configure, secure, and call APIs."
"Customers can make use of Runtime Fabric, an RTF environment."
"Whenever we need some support in our local language, we get it easily. They also have an office in Germany and if a person is unable to contact them by phone, they can go to the office in person."
 

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."
"Although the solution's proxy design and process are good, it faces connecting issues because it lacks data integration."
"The solution is very expensive. They need to work on the pricing."
"From a monitoring point of view, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform can improve on tracking transactions."
"The tool requires programming language."
"The customer service is not good enough"
"There is not much information on the internet...The transforming message is an area in the solution that needs to be improved."
"Better documentation, in particular with respect to the initial setup, would be helpful."
"It would be better if we had a clearer view of the solution's future releases."
 

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 product comes complete at one set price including support."
"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 pricing of our solution is highly competitive. While it may not be categorized as exceptionally low, it is certainly more affordable compared to IBM."
"The product is still very expensive."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is affordable."
"The solution's pricing, as per the old approach, is expensive."
"Mule is not the cheapest integration platform out there, but it deserves the price we are paying."
"I rate the product price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise30
 

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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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