OpenESB vs webMethods.io comparison

OpenESB and IBM are both solutions in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category. OpenESB is ranked #13, while IBM is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.7. OpenESB holds a 2.7% mindshare in E, compared to IBM’s 8.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of OpenESB users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 3, 2025

webMethods.io and OpenESB are competing products in the integration solutions category. webMethods.io seems to have the upper hand in ease of deployment and pricing, while OpenESB is preferred for complex integration tasks due to its robust capabilities.

Features: webMethods.io offers extensive integration options, standard APIs, and cloud support. OpenESB provides strong support for complex message-based systems, advanced integration patterns, and is suitable for enterprises needing sophisticated processing capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: webMethods.io benefits from streamlined cloud-based deployment and comprehensive support, facilitating quicker time-to-market and easier maintenance. OpenESB offers a flexible on-premise and hybrid model but requires more expertise for successful deployment.

Pricing and ROI: webMethods.io provides a competitive pricing structure ideal for scalable cloud services, promising higher ROI. OpenESB, while having a higher setup cost, handles complex tasks efficiently, offering ROI through greater operational efficiencies for suitable scenarios.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenESB

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

13th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

webMethods.io

Ranking in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business-to-Business Middleware (5th), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (11th), API Management (11th), Cloud Data Integration (10th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) category, the mindshare of OpenESB is 2.7%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of webMethods.io is 8.8%, down from 10.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
webMethods.io	8.8%
OpenESB	2.7%
Other	88.5%

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

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PaulPerez

Integration Architect at Pymma consulting

Easily define choreography and orchestration with this process-oriented solution

We provide contracted services for our customers that include coordinating with providers and implementing the solution. A current project includes using the solution to deploy 200 microservices. The process-oriented solution allows you to define choreography and orchestration. This feature…

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Yashraj Makwana

Developer at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers strong integration capabilities and reliable features but needs pricing and scaling improvements

Many things are evolving with the AI buzz in the market. What I would like to see improved or enhanced in webMethods.io in the future is that since webMethods.io is already under IBM, I think IBM will introduce and integrate AI into it. Additionally, regarding what webMethods.io can improve is the license cost. Other cloud players are also providing the same kind of functionality, such as AWS and Azure. webMethods.io is being installed on-premises, but AWS is providing it directly in the cloud. When comparing the license cost and request per minute cost, webMethods.io needs to address that. There are many competitors in the market for this.

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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

"One of the most valuable features is being able to implement business processes while keeping track of the design from BPMN to a BPEL Implementation."

"The process-oriented solution allows you to define choreography and orchestration."

"OpenESB pushes the organization to clearly define service boundaries and interfaces. So it motives the business and the development teams to clearly define their business services and processes they want to implement. OpenESB supports fine and coarse-grain granularity for the services and supports top-down and bottom-up approaches for the services, processes definition, and composition."

"The core is very stable."

"EDI is robust and integration with SAP is good."

"There were no complexities involved in the setup phase...The product is able to meet my company's API protection needs."

"Currently, we're using this solution for the integration server which helps us to integrate with the mainframe."

"Application integrations are offered out-of-the-box, and that is extremely important to us. This is one of the main use cases that we have for it. It is about 60 to 70 percent of the workload in our application today."

"The solution is scalable."

"It frankly fills the gap between IT and business by having approval and policy enforcement on each state and cycle of the asset from the moment it gets created until it is retired."

"I like the solution's policies, transformation, mediation, and routing features."

"The cloud version of the solution is very easy to set up."

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Cons

"The documentation of the product must be improved. It could be tricky to find the right documentation on a topic since the documentation is spread in many places. I advise the new joiner to contact the community to get entry points and additional documentation. Tutorial and Video must be present to take up the product."

"Cloud deployment is weak and needs to be improved."

"The documentation needs to be better."

"Regarding its management, a web console being able to synchronize distributed instances would be great."

"There should be better logging, or a better dashboard, to allow you to see see the logs of the services."

"Some things could be improved, especially how ActiveTransfer handles third-party file transfers. It would be nice to have a native file-watching mechanism for when you're scheduling jobs with a third-party scheduler. Currently, we are using an outside file watcher solution to check the files before the file transfer. It checks the location to see if the file is there. If the file is there, it will prepare it for transfer. If the file isn't available, it will send an email it can create a ticket send it now. We recommended adding this file watcher mechanism."

"The stability of the various modules of the product suite have been a bit of a concern lately. Though their support team is always easy to reach out to, I would prefer it not come to that."

"I am not satisfied with the solution because it takes too much effort to migrate and add new information. The migration could be easier."

"Prices should be reduced, ideally by up to 30% for long-term customers like us."

"I'd like to see the admin portal for managing the integration server go up a level, to have more capabilities and to be given a more modern web interface."

"The UI for the admin console is very old. It hasn't been updated for years and is pretty much the same one that we started with. This is something that could be refreshed and made more modern."

"Version control is not very easy. The packages and the integration server are on Eclipse IDE, but you can't compare the code from the IDE. For example, if you are working on Java code, doing version control and deployment for a quick comparison between the code isn't easy. Some tools or plug-ins are there, such as CrossVista, and you can also play with an SVN server where you have to place your package, and from there, you can check, but you have to do that as a separate exercise. You can't do it from the IDE or webMethods server. You can't just right-click and upload your service."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The Community Edition is a full product you can use in production, it does not have limitations like other alternatives."

"The cost for the prediction instrument is high because it is charged per instances based on prediction, but the rest of the solution is free."

"There are two versions. The first is the community version, which is free and contains the last part of the feature, but if you want to get the Enterprise version, you'll have to pay €60,000 which covers support and two instances on production."

"Always plan five years ahead and don’t jeopardize the quality of your project by dropping items from the bill of materials."

"Initialy good pricing and good, if it comes to Enterprise license agreements."

"webMethods Trading Networks is a bit costly compared to others solutions."

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"The solution’s pricing is too high."

"It is expensive, but we reached a good agreement with the company. It is still a little bit expensive, but we got a better deal than the previous one."

"The vendor is flexible with respect to pricing."

"The pricing is a yearly license."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	64

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What do you like most about Built.io Flow?

The tool helps us to streamline data integration. Its BPM is very strong and powerful. The solution helps us manage digital transformation.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them.

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What needs improvement with Built.io Flow?

webMethods.io needs to incorporate ChatGPT to enhance user experience. It can offer a customized user experience.

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Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API

Overview

OpenESB is a Java-based open-source enterprise service bus. It can be used as a platform for both enterprise application integration and service-oriented architecture. OpenESB allows you to integrate legacy systems, external and internal partners and new development in your Business Process.

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webMethods.io Integration is a powerful integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that provides a combination of capabilities offered by ESBs, data integration systems, API management tools, and B2B gateways.

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Cisco, Agralogics, Dreamforce, Cables & Sensors, Sacramento Kings

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