Mule ESB vs Oracle SOA Suite comparison

The compared Salesforce and Oracle solutions aren't in the same category. Salesforce is ranked #2 in E , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 15.0% mindshare in the category. Oracle is ranked #9 in AIS , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Salesforce users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Mule ESB

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87% willing to recommend

Oracle SOA Suite

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866 Comparison Views

86% willing to recommend

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

5.4

Calculating Mule ESB ROI is challenging, but users report positive returns from licensing, reusability, and microservices efforts.

Sentiment score

5.9

Oracle SOA Suite aligns costs with needs, offering long-term value despite high initial investment and usability challenges. Users satisfied.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.3

Mule ESB's support is generally positive but varies by subscription level; users note inconsistencies and prefer external help sometimes.

Sentiment score

5.9

Oracle SOA Suite's customer service experiences mixed reviews, with some praising it and others highlighting inconsistencies and delays.

We have a good relationship with our vendor, and they are ready to help us with any technical issues.

Richmond Cosay

Solutions Architect at Metrobank

The technical support of Mule ESB can be rated from nine to ten.

reviewer2704872

Senior Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The technical support from Salesforce is moderate.

Srinivas-Kanduri

Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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There have been many instances where I've been stuck for longer periods awaiting resolutions.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.5

Mule ESB offers adaptable scalability and performance, ideal for diverse businesses with cloud deployments and large data volumes.

Sentiment score

7.5

Oracle SOA Suite offers scalable, high-performance integration and growth with seamless cloud deployment and efficient transaction management.

When it comes to scalability and the ability to expand, I would rate Mule ESB as an eight or nine.

Srinivas-Kanduri

Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Mule ESB is a scalable solution.

reviewer2704872

Senior Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The adaptability of Mule ESB in supporting multiple messaging patterns is pretty decent and pretty good.

AshwaniKumar

Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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The scalability of Oracle SOA Suite is high; it allows for extensions and the addition of new interfaces without requiring server shutdowns.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.1

Mule ESB is stable with minor glitches; improvements and proper management enhance reliability, scoring 8-9 out of 10.

Sentiment score

6.6

Oracle SOA Suite's stability varies, with improvements in recent versions; skilled administration is crucial for optimal performance.

Mule ESB is a stable product, and I have no doubts about its reliability.

Srinivas-Kanduri

Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Oracle SOA Suite is stable, but it requires knowledgeable individuals to navigate its complexities.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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Room For Improvement

Mule ESB requires user-friendly documentation, enhanced stability, better performance, scalability, exception handling, and improved analytics for broader adaptability.

Oracle SOA Suite needs performance, stability, integration, mobile support improvements, and simpler deployment, with concerns over cloud capabilities and costs.

Points for improvement in Mule ESB definitely include enhancing the analytics capabilities because currently, they rely on external logging tools such as Splunk or ELK, which is lagging behind compared to other tools such as Workato that offer more analytical features.

Srinivas-Kanduri

Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Pricing is one factor that could be improved about Mule ESB; other than that, I'm pretty fine with it.

AshwaniKumar

Principal Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

More information is needed from MuleSoft.

reviewer2704872

Senior Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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Setup Cost

Mule ESB's cost and flexible licensing appeal to enterprises, yet high fees lead smaller businesses to explore alternatives.

Oracle SOA Suite's cost is influenced by setup, licensing, and cloud options, with high availability justifying enterprise expenses.

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The setup cost of Oracle SOA Suite is relatively high since various components, including database licenses, WebLogic licenses, VM costs, and SOA licenses based on enterprise and Oracle negotiations, contribute to expenses.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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Valuable Features

Mule ESB provides flexible, robust integrations with extensive connectors, data transformation, and API management, supported by cloud options and community.

Oracle SOA Suite enables seamless integration, robust orchestration, cloud support, and strong security with excellent API management and service virtualization.

It is also reusable, meaning the same service can be used in multiple places simply by adding it, and this comes with the API-led architecture that makes integrations more secure and reliable.

Srinivas-Kanduri

Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

They have their own language called DataWeave, which helps transform data and is efficient enough to handle any kind of transformation.

reviewer2704872

Senior Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The best features of Mule ESB are that it's very robust and solid; I find that even our legacy systems go well with ESB.

Richmond Cosay

Solutions Architect at Metrobank

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It has multiple built-in adapters, a strong WebLogic server, an easy-to-understand user development interface, and quick development timelines.

Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

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Categories and Ranking

Mule ESB

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (2nd)

Oracle SOA Suite

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (9th), SOA Governance (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Integration solutions, they serve different purposes. Mule ESB is designed for Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and holds a mindshare of 15.0%, down 21.6% compared to last year.
Oracle SOA Suite, on the other hand, focuses on Application Infrastructure, holds 3.3% mindshare, down 4.1% since last year.

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Mule ESB	15.0%
IBM Integration Bus	16.6%
webMethods.io	9.7%
Other	58.7%

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

Application Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle SOA Suite	3.3%
Apache Web Server	11.3%
IIS	10.2%
Other	75.2%

Application Infrastructure

Featured Reviews

Srinivas-Kanduri

Enterprise integrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Integration architecture has enabled reliable multi-channel messaging and secure API management but now needs better analytics and simpler development

In my opinion, the real-time analytics part of Mule ESB is not up to the mark for the decision-making process. While there are some analytics features, they lack the standards needed for enterprise use. Compared to other analytics tools such as Power BI, MuleSoft falls short.Points for improvement in Mule ESB definitely include enhancing the analytics capabilities because currently, they rely on external logging tools such as Splunk or ELK, which is lagging behind compared to other tools such as Workato that offer more analytical features. Additionally, issues arise with AI-based use cases due to dependencies on Salesforce tools such as agent force, making development more complicated when it should be more independent. Developing AI-based agents without being tied to Salesforce applications could also enhance functionality.

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Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

Has enabled complex data flow management but faces limitations with modern integration needs

There are areas of Oracle SOA Suite I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future, particularly regarding its adapter capabilities. The popularity of Oracle Integration Cloud nowadays arises from its larger set of adapter capabilities, including numerous application adapters. In contrast, Oracle SOA Suite provides a limited number of adapters. I would like to see more REST-based features added to Oracle SOA Suite, currently lacking, along with an enhancement of file size or payload capability, as the existing limitation is a 10 MB payload size. Additionally, Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	38

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	41

Questions from the Community

Migration from IBM Integration Bus to Mulesoft ESB for a large enterprise tech services company

I was previously part of the Oracle SOA/OSB development team. In my current capacity I architected solutions using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes and on PCE/RTF ...

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IBM Integration Bus vs Mule ESB - which to choose?

Our team ran a comparison of IBM’s Integration Bus vs. Mule ESB in order to determine what sort of ESB software was the best fit for our organization. Ultimately we decided to choose IBM Integratio...

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What do you like most about Mule ESB?

The solution's drag-and-drop interface and data viewer helped us quite a lot.

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What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

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Comparisons

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

IIS vs Oracle SOA Suite

Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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SOA Suite

Overview

For companies looking to modernize and unlock the value of existing on-premises systems and applications, an enterprise service bus (ESB) architecture serves as a critical foundation layer for SOA. When deployed as an ESB, the Mule runtime engine of Anypoint Platform combines the power of data and application integration across legacy systems and SaaS applications, with a seamless path to the other capabilities of Anypoint Platform and the full power of API-led connectivity.

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Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

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Sample Customers

Ube, PacificComp, University of Witwatersrand, Justice Systems, Camelot

7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,

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