IBM B2B Integrator vs SAP Process Orchestration comparison

IBM and SAP are both solutions in the Business-to-Business Middleware category. IBM is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.0, while SAP is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.9. IBM holds a 7.0% mindshare in BBM, compared to SAP’s 7.1% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of SAP users who would recommend it.

IBM B2B Integrator

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

IBM B2B Integrator and SAP Process Orchestration compete in the enterprise integration space, where each has distinct advantages. IBM stands out in external system integration, while SAP provides streamlined integration within SAP environments.

Features: IBM B2B Integrator provides extensive integration capabilities across various systems, strong data transformation for B2B transactions, and wide protocol support. SAP Process Orchestration delivers robust integration with SAP and non-SAP systems, useful connectors, and respected monitoring capabilities.

Room for Improvement: IBM B2B Integrator needs better out-of-the-box solutions, enhanced integration with IBM products, and improved monitoring and analytics. SAP Process Orchestration can enhance its business monitoring tools and manage high volumes more effectively. Transitioning to cloud solutions poses challenges and costs for SAP users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM B2B Integrator is typically on-premises with limited cloud support, and its technical support is responsive but sometimes requires escalation. SAP Process Orchestration offers diverse deployment options, including cloud, with reliable support despite the complexity of transitioning between solutions.

Pricing and ROI: IBM B2B Integrator is perceived as costly, with flexible pricing based on PVUs or cloud subscription, achieving varied ROI. SAP Process Orchestration is likewise expensive, with pricing dependent on package and scale, offering competitive pricing in SAP-centric settings. Both provide potential ROI, but timelines vary.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM B2B Integrator

Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Process Orchestration

Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Business-to-Business Middleware category, the mindshare of IBM B2B Integrator is 7.0%, up from 5.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Process Orchestration is 7.1%, down from 11.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business-to-Business Middleware Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP Process Orchestration	7.1%
IBM B2B Integrator	7.0%
Other	85.9%

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Sathyan K

Founder, Director at perfTech Solutions Pvt Ltd

Banks achieve seamless data transformation and integration with enhanced security and scalability

From the automation perspective, IBM B2B Integrator has its own powerful workflow, but compared to other applications such as MuleSoft or Boomi, they have many cloud connectors and multiple connectors for integrating with Salesforce or other CRM or ERP applications, whereas here you may have to develop them, which is not native. There is room for improvement in IBM B2B Integrator, particularly in the automation parts, and from a UI perspective. They are making some changes to make it more intuitive. The current UI is not aesthetically pleasing, but features-wise, it is rich enough to provide all the valuable information required.

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Vasanth Kumar Sabaapathi

Senior Lead Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Simplified integrations bring flexibility and efficiency to diverse industries through comprehensive features and robust support

SAP is already trying to make improvements for SAP Process Orchestration by releasing updates every quarter, including patches and modules, and from a security standpoint, while it's a tightly coupled tool, they are introducing a lot of enhancements aligned with current market trends. There are standard contents readily available for starting integrations, which suit around 90% of every industry across verticals including pharma, manufacturing, and employee data central with SuccessFactors integration. Regarding functionality-wise improvements in SAP Process Orchestration, they are now incorporating the Salesforce system. Previously, we needed to rely on a third-party adapter for integration within SAP, but now they are building their own adapters to connect with Salesforce. Additionally, there are options like data connectors using Ariba coming up with SAP Process Orchestration. There's much more to explore, especially as they release new patches, enhancements, and adapters each quarter.

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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

"The most valuable feature of IBM B2B Integrator is its security and flexibility."

"The solution is useful for transferring files from one format to another format. Also, the solution is useful in translation."

"Everything from the order to fulfillment to the payment process, except for physical packing and shipping, is fully automated for some customer orders."

"The solution is fast and easy to use."

"It uses VMs, allowing us to enable horizontal scaling."

"The reporting and monitoring features of IBM B2B Integrator are comparatively easier than other applications because it is modularized, making it much faster to port, and it supports all compliances related to financial industries."

"It's highly stable, and the redundancy is amazing. B2B Integrator also has a high availability option to work in a cluster environment. You rarely have issues operating it because of the HA."

"There are also different tabs where we can check the status of file transfers and business processes, and we can monitor adapters and services in the link."

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"Orchestration is beneficial for us."

"SAP Process Orchestration has all the features that are necessary."

"In my opinion, SAP PO is the most mature suite of tools to integrate processes across SAP environments at this moment. It's really unbeatable because it allows you to integrate whatever scenarios you can imagine."

"I rate the product's setup phase a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy since it is a very easy process."

"The performance of data processing has increased."

"It is strategically focused to forecast a global integration platform for our business."

"The solution's technical support is good."

"It is a scalable solution."

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Cons

"The user interface is outdated. B2B Integrator was developed in the United States in the nineties, and the graphical user interface hasn't improved since. It's tough because you have to program the software in XML. Nowadays, other methods are easier to work with."

"API integration could be improved. The legacy system could be on the cloud."

"There is no related transaction stored in the database because it's an OLTP application."

"From the automation perspective, IBM B2B Integrator has its own powerful workflow, but compared to other applications such as MuleSoft or Boomi, they have many cloud connectors and multiple connectors for integrating with Salesforce or other CRM or ERP applications, whereas here you may have to develop them, which is not native."

"Patching or upgrading the product is a bit of a nightmare. It would be nice if they removed the installation manager port. We find it complicates upgrading and patching a great deal."

"The one thing that is lacking is easy visibility. It's hard to provide business users with a view into the statuses of their transactions."

"End-to-end visibility and monitoring application required. The control center is available and covers this area, but it still fails in many monitoring scenarios."

"There are also some features in the solution that are not user-friendly, like code lists with no search options. So, we must navigate hundreds of pages to check for one entry."

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"There are two main areas for improvement: performance and cost."

"I think the main area that SAP PO should improve on is offering pre-delivered content like they do when you use SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI). SAP should not forget that they still have a lot of customers using Process Orchestration and they should focus more on providing pre-delivered content in SAP PO."

"The solution needs to move to the cloud."

"It requires some maintenance."

"The cloud capability features need improvement."

"SAP needs to improve a lot in terms of the orchestration part so that more adapters can be provided to users, which are areas where the solution has downsides."

"It is not a scalable solution for the cloud. I would not recommend this for the cloud."

"I feel that support is an area that needs improvement. They need to improve the response time and address the customer's issues as soon as possible."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay an annual fee based on the number of VPUs. It's fairly reasonable. We're in the middle of analyzing other products, and they're all pretty much in the same range."

"The price of IBM B2B Integrator is too high. However, IBM may be willing to give a discount if there are negotiations. If they see that there is a good opportunity for them they can provide a discount."

"The pricing is based on how many cores are used and the type of cores."

"The product costs more than 40K."

"The solution is priced at $20,000 to $30,000 per year with no extra costs."

"Licensing depends upon the package you opt for within the solution. The solution is a bit costly compared to the other integration tools in the market."

"My company deals with different pricing models of the product, according to which we don't pay for the solution directly, but we do pay for the maintenance part."

"The cost of SAP products is quite high but the quality is really good."

"It's not an expensive solution."

"The license is a one-time payment, and additional costs are only incurred on the infrastructure side since it's an on-premise solution."

"The fee for maintenance is costly."

"The solution is highly-priced."

"Looking at market conditions, vendors nowadays are giving products at very low price levels. However, SAP Process Orchestration have not yet reduced their prices. The prices could be reduced a lot to stay competitive."

"The pricing for this solution is fine."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

16%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	32

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	26

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM B2B Integrator?

IBM B2B Integrator is a great tool, robust, reliable, low-maintenance, and ideal solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM B2B Integrator?

Regarding pricing, IBM B2B Integrator rates in the middle range. This integrator has embedded all the functionality needed to handle files and messages. It tends to be very expensive because the IB...

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What needs improvement with IBM B2B Integrator?

Based on my experience and my clients' feedback, there are a few points IBM can improve for IBM B2B Integrator. One of these is the graphical user interface. For several years, IBM has been promisi...

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What do you like most about SAP Process Orchestration?

It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Process Orchestration?

The price for SAP Process Orchestration is a little high when compared to market trends, which is just how the business is. I would rate it an eight.

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What needs improvement with SAP Process Orchestration?

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Also Known As

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, Sterling Gentran Integration Suite

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration

Overview

IBM B2B Integrator helps you securely integrate complex B2B processes with your partner communities. It provides a single, flexible B2B gateway that enables your organization to meet a wide range of B2B integration needs. The solution can improve business processes beyond enterprise boundaries and increase visibility into and across supply and demand chains.

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SAP NetWeaver Process Integration facilitates the integration of business processes that span different departments, organizations, or companies. SAP PI is based on general standards so as to enable 3rd-party systems to be integrated. At the center of SAP PI is an XML-based communication that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Irrespective of the scenario used, the application-specific contents are transferred in messages in user-defined XML eXtensible Markup Language) from the sender to the receiver either via the Integration Server, or directly between the systems involved. SAP PI can be installed in different ways: Dual usage type installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java. and Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.

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Sample Customers

Bonnie Plants, Toshiba Europe, Florida Hospital

Lenovo, Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren

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