OpenText Trading Grid vs webMethods.io comparison

OpenText and IBM are both solutions in the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) category. OpenText is ranked #20, while IBM is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.9. OpenText holds a 1.8% mindshare in PaaS, compared to IBM’s 7.9% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of IBM users who would recommend it.

OpenText Trading Grid

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50% willing to recommend

webMethods.io

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1,597 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

OpenText Trading Grid

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Trading Grid

Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware

12th

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

35th

Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

20th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

webMethods.io

Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware

3rd

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

10th

Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (11th), API Management (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) category, the mindshare of OpenText Trading Grid is 1.8%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of webMethods.io is 7.9%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
webMethods.io	7.9%
OpenText Trading Grid	1.8%
Other	90.3%

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Featured Reviews

VARUNKUMAR

Mgr Value Chain Integration/EDI at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

Industry-leading, easy to implement, and has good mapping specification guidelines

The good thing about OpenText is that we have the mapping specification guideline available, which is not there in a solution like SEEBURGER. Whenever you want to take a decision to move away from OpenText, you have already documented your mapping and what your mapping looks like. So you go to the next provider, provide them with that mapping specification, and it'll be very easy for them to develop a new map instead of just taking the data - input data, output data - and then looking for how the data is getting transformed. So you have the mapping spec level which is a very good feature of OpenText, which we do not have in SEEBURGER. It's very hard to move from SEEBURGER. The solution is easy to implement. It's stable and reliable. They are the industry leaders in the integration space.

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MohanPrasad

Senior Consultant at Brillio

Smooth integration and enhanced deployment with high licensing cost

webMethods.io was used to integrate APIs through the webMethods.io platform, trigger database events, and connect backend APIs through a Java backend. It was used extensively for integration purposes in my organization Integration became smoother, troubleshooting was easier, and deployment and…

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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 solution is easy to implement."

"It’s fairly easy to view, move, and mange access across different components. Different component types are categorized and can be viewed in a web based administration console."

"There's hardware, software and application integration, providing hosting flexibility."

"The solution's ease-of-use is its most valuable feature, in which complex issues may be resolved."

"They are the building blocks of EAI in SAG products, and they offer a very good platform."

"It's very flexible and a good platform to use."

"The most valuable feature of webMethods Integration Server is all the capabilities it provides. We leverage most of the features, that they have offered to us. Our vendor has made some additional features on top of the webMethods Integration Server and we use all the features together."

"My impression of webMethods.io's drag-and-drop interface to design workflows is actually amazing."

"The core product can be used not only for automatic file transfers between applications, but also as an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)."

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Cons

"Technical support needs to be better."

"The product needs to be improved in a few ways. First, they need to stabilize the components of the whole platform across versions. Also, they should stop replacing old components with brand new ones and, rather, improve by evolution."

"The products, at the moment, are new and there should perhaps be support for the older version of the protocols."

"This is a great solution and the vendor could improve the marketing of the solution to be able to reach more clients."

"Scalability and connectors to different cloud applications is lacking."

"Documentation needs tuning. There is a lot of dependency with SoftwareAG. Even with the documentation at hand, you can struggle to implement scenarios without SAG’s help. By contrast, IBM’s documentation is self-explanatory, in my opinion."

"Need to see more API portal features like monetizing APIs and private cloud readiness."

"We'd like for them to open up to a more cloud-based solution that could offer more flexibility and maybe a better rules engine or more integration with rules engines."

"webMethods.io Integration's installation is complex. It should also improve integration and connectors."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."

"Its cost depends on the use cases."

"The solution’s pricing is too high."

"Some who consider this solution often avoid it due to its high price."

"The pricing and licensing costs for webMethods are very high, which is the only reason that we might switch to another product."

"webMethods Integration Server is expensive, and there's no fixed price on it because it has a point pricing model. You can negotiate, which makes it interesting."

"Sometimes we don't have a very clear idea what the licensing will entail at first, because it can be very customizable. On one hand, this can be a good thing, because it can be tailored to a specific customer's needs. But on the other hand it can also be an issue when some customer asks, "What's the cost?" and we can't yet give them an accurate answer."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

15%

Retailer

13%

Computer Software Company

Media Company

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	63

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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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Also Known As

Trading Grid, GXS Trading Grid

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

Overview

OpenText Trading Grid (formerly GXS) is a unique global integration platform that enables and streamlines cross enterprise business processes. With extreme flexibility and a service-oriented, business-to-business e-commerce platform, the Grid helps companies automate global trading communities by shielding complexity from rapidly changing standards, eliminating manual and duplicative efforts and enabling a new level of process integration and business intelligence.

OpenText

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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Sample Customers

Autoliv, Hella, Hutchinson, Michelin

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

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