IBM App Connect vs TIBCO Scribe comparison

IBM and TIBCO are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution.

IBM App Connect

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100% willing to recommend

TIBCO Scribe

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0% willing to recommend

IBM App Connect

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Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Data Integration (13th)

TIBCO Scribe

Average Rating

6.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

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Data Integration (49th)

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Emirhan Guven

Team Leader, Software Development at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

Transforms data efficiently and navigates licensing challenges with ease

The transition between version 12 and version 13 presents some challenges. While version 12 had approximately 10 features, version 13 includes around 200 features with cloud platform compatibility. The learning curve for developers moving from version 12 to 13 could be smoother. When using new components, better context explanations would be beneficial. In version 13, accessing new features requires connecting through a web browser, which can be challenging to understand. The explanation of new features could be more user-friendly.

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GouravSuri

Software Engineer (L4) at Uber

A cloud solution that has a lot of connectors, but it should provide better documentation and scenario-based samples

Smaller customers who want to integrate with other systems don't need too much in-house expertise in terms of technology. They can hire consultants who can implement this solution for them, and they don't have to maintain any infrastructure. For a smaller setup, it is a go-to integration system wherein they don't need a lot of expertise or infrastructure. The solution's UI is pretty intuitive and easy. It is good for smaller integration use cases. I think it would be a problem for bigger use cases. Overall, I rate TIBCO Scribe a six out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"App Connect's best feature is that it can be deployed in a container."

"IBM App Connect definitely saves a lot of time, approximately 50 to 60%, and based on the time savings, we can reduce the number of employees needed and save money on reduced resources."

"It has an efficient design flow."

"There is a friendly interface for configuration, and integration is made easy."

"It has different type of interfaces that can integrate with companies."

"The transformation capabilities in IBM App Connect are particularly beneficial."

"One of the most beneficial features is the ability to handle multiple communication technologies, like integrating Kafka flows, which is helpful as other teams heavily use it. Regarding error handling, I initially wrote most of the handling myself. While built-in features for error handling are built-in, it largely depends on the developer. We use a custom solution that catches all exceptions, logs them in a database, and replays them as needed. It has been effective for us for over twenty years."

"The solution is fast and supports Open UI 3.0 certification."

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"The most valuable feature of TIBCO Scribe is the connectors available to various products."

Cons

"I've been using IBM App Connect for about twenty-five years, and while I like it, there are some areas for improvement. The trace policy is ridiculous, and the biggest issue is the cost—it's expensive. People would use it much more if the price point weren't so high."

"Finding developers for the product is difficult since it is a niche solution. I know the OpenShift environment is running well for the microservice environment. We had some issues with the other environment we tried to implement. It can be easily implemented internally, but we have some problems in practice."

"IBM App Connect occasionally crashes for various reasons, requiring problem-solving intervention."

"When we do a version upgrade of the system, the platform is kind of complicated."

"The interface could be better."

"The setup time for App Connect could be improved."

"The user interface of IBM App Connect can be a little bit more user-friendly, I would say because the first-time developer is onboarded while using IBM App Connect, he or she may get a little intimidated or daunted looking at all the options available or the pipelines, et cetera."

"More connectors could be available for the product as some of the third-party software doesn't have default connectors."

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"The solution should provide better documentation and scenario-based samples."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"App Connect is not cheap."

"The price could be better."

"The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal."

"The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."

"Initially, App Connect was quite expensive because the cost was based on the number of processors we used. However, it's now based on containers, which means we can be more specific about our consumption and get a better price."

"The cost depends upon the consumer."

"It is very expensive if we want to scale."

"IBM App Connect's pricing is high compared to other products."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Retailer

Computer Software Company

19%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	21

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM App Connect?

I like the adapters. The adapters help us achieve scalability. If you want to connect to SAP, there's an adapter. Salesforce? There's an adapter. You want to connect to another system? There's like...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM App Connect?

Configuration time varies by implementation. For insurance companies with simple JDBC connections, the process is straightforward. However, companies requiring multiple configurations for ODBC, JDB...

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What is your primary use case for IBM App Connect?

I am a developer specializing in IBM App Connect. We have a customer interested in comparing ESB tools, such as webMethods, which was previously owned by Software AG company before IBM acquired the...

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What do you like most about TIBCO Scribe?

The most valuable feature of TIBCO Scribe is the connectors available to various products.

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What needs improvement with TIBCO Scribe?

The solution should provide better documentation and scenario-based samples.

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What is your primary use case for TIBCO Scribe?

TIBCO Scribe is used to do some out-of-the-box integration with some packaged products. TIBCO Scribe is a cloud solution that has a lot of connectors, like REST connectors and database connectors t...

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Also Known As

IBM Cast Iron

Scribe

Overview

Rapidly connect public clouds, private clouds and on-premises application

App Connect Professional is IBM’s cloud integration offering which delivers an integration solution
• With ease-of-use, flexibility and increased responsiveness to the evolving business needs, while removing the daunting complexities of integration.
• Provides the powerful combination of a ‘simple integration experience’ for business users looking to automate how their applications talk to each other; coupled with a ‘configuration based integration’ approach for IT.
• App Connect Professional is for the teams and integration developers who need to solve more complex problems and need powerful tooling for integration scenarios

IBM

Sophisticated website content management system (CMS) designed to address the day-to-day needs of organizations. Scribe allows Publishers to run every aspect of their business on one single system.

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Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.

Armanino, Oklahoma City Thunder, Texas Rangers, Tata Technologies, BenefAction, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Atdec, Dynasplint Systems

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