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TIBCO BusinessWorks vs TIBCO Cloud Integration comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

TIBCO BusinessWorks
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (15th)
TIBCO Cloud Integration
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

TIBCO BusinessWorks and TIBCO Cloud Integration aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. TIBCO BusinessWorks is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 1.0%, up 0.9% compared to last year.
TIBCO Cloud Integration, on the other hand, focuses on Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), holds 1.5% mindshare, up 0.7% since last year.
Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
TIBCO BusinessWorks1.0%
Informatica PowerCenter6.0%
SSIS5.7%
Other87.3%
Data Integration
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
TIBCO Cloud Integration1.5%
Boomi iPaaS12.5%
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps12.4%
Other73.6%
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

AftabAlam - PeerSpot reviewer
User benefits from reliable support and seamless orchestration capabilities
The best features of TIBCO BusinessWorks compared to other products are that it is a roadmap product. The company has proper support. We have similar products in the market, including open source options, but they don't have any support beyond community feedback. TIBCO BusinessWorks is a standard product widely used by many companies. It is more stable, has future releases, and is compliant with new technologies. The significant advantage is that it is a standardized product with a proper, well-planned roadmap, support, and R&D. The positive impact I have experienced from installing TIBCO BusinessWorks is that it is reliable and has better support. It is easy to use and saves overall support costs. The real-time data exchange capability of TIBCO BusinessWorks has helped mission-critical systems because the uptime is superb. We have implemented it in a Kubernetes cluster with auto-scaling. If any systems go down, we have pods that automatically restart and spawn new pods which start taking the load. Earlier deployments used to be on VMs where infrastructure was limited, making scaling difficult. With Kubernetes, you can provision in advance and scale up or down based on requirements. The graphical user interface of TIBCO BusinessWorks is very easy to use. You can configure all components efficiently. Previously, configuration required opening XML files, which wasn't easy to understand without complete specifications knowledge. The graphical interface makes it easy to understand what needs to be configured and is straightforward to use.
NarendraThota - PeerSpot reviewer
A product that is easy to install and offers good stability to users
The API part of the solution is an area in the solution where improvements are made since I see that TIBCO is currently trying to revamp its tool by focusing more on redesigning it. There was a tool called Mashery, which is an API management tool that was acquired by TIBCO. TIBCO Cloud Integration is not a user-friendly tool when it comes to the installation phase or for maintaining the systems since its architecture is really complex. I think in the UK, one of the major telecom providers for whom I had done the infrastructure setup uses TIBCO Cloud Integration. Basically, TIBCO Cloud Integration is a bit difficult to install and manage the platform, but I feel there are improvements in the tool's latest version, especially on the API management side. Instead of moving to the higher version and converting the older version of TIBCO Cloud Integration or the legacy platform covered under TIBCO, they still use it because the architecture is completely different, and the components that the product has are completely different from what the new version of the product offers, making it one of the major reasons why TIBCO is coming up with a new version of the product that will be released in the upcoming year. The legacy platform of TIBCO will run on the cloud directly. TIBCO plans to develop a unified tool that is supported on the cloud and in an on-premises environment.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use the solution to develop applications."
"The tool's most valuable feature is BusinessConnect. It's an older product but still quite useful, especially for transferring files from one location to another."
"Areas for improvement would be the cloud fitness of the product and the ease of migrating to newer versions."
"It is a very robust system."
"The solution is very scalable. It can handle a lot. We have encryption plus integration servers running on that platform currently."
"BusinessWorks reduces development time, helping developers to focus on business logic."
"Good performance and reliability."
"The OSGI console is available to debug different issues and get low level informations on the applications development, like bundle, dependencies, etc."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"I am really impressed by TIBCO's integration of any level of complexity."
"I like that it is a very good integration tool with many other things. TIBCO is very good for cloud integration"
 

Cons

"This solution's cloud could be improved. I don't know whether it was because we didn't have the internal expertise or if it was the product itself, but since they came later—I think only two or three years into the cloud—after many other iPaaS that had been in the cloud for longer, I feel that maybe they haven't matured in terms of the cloud."
"The communication protocols could be improved."
"The creation of XSDs should be much simpler. They should ensure that what was working in the previous version must also work in the new version of BW six."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"Could be more user friendly in the development area."
"Though it is a stable product, if we have an issue with the product, it gets difficult, and it gets really difficult to explain the issue to the support team. Also, it takes a long time to get resolved."
"Improve Business Studio's stability to further minimize development time."
"Challenges with TIBCO BusinessWorks were mainly due to unclear documentation, but these were overcome by referring to comprehensive documents and raising tickets with TIBCO support."
"Integrations could be better. Although integration is good, we have faced some block issues."
"The deployment was rather complicated."
"TIBCO Cloud Integration is not a user-friendly tool when it comes to the installation phase or for maintaining the systems since its architecture is really complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is not cheap."
"TIBCO BusinessWorks is a very expensive solution."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
"I don't have the prices of the products, but I know that TIBCO is not a cheap solution. I think that this solution is more suitable for large companies because I don't think that small- or medium-sized companies would have the money for this solution. WSO2 has the community version for free, so many of the smaller companies can use it. I'm not sure what the prices are for support, though, so I suppose the support for WSO2 is not cheap either."
"I give the cost of the solution a four out of ten."
"My understanding is that the licensing is very costly."
"TIBCO licensing is yearly and very costly for a company like ours."
"The solution is too expensive. It's one of the most expensive solutions out there, particularly because there are so many open-source competitors on the market. I don't know the exact numbers, however."
"We don't pay for a license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
9%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Consumer Goods Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise23
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Questions from the Community

How does TIBCO BusinessWorks compare with Mule Anypoint Platform?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO BusinessWorks?
The current licensing cost for the product involves our resource sourcing team for negotiations. It depends on the type of licenses being used, whether perpetual or not. Sourcing manages these aspe...
What needs improvement with TIBCO BusinessWorks?
There could be improvement areas in TIBCO BusinessWorks because every area needs to improve as the industry is demanding and traffic is increasing. Performance and latency could be enhanced. Additi...
What needs improvement with TIBCO Cloud Integration?
The API part of the solution is an area in the solution where improvements are made since I see that TIBCO is currently trying to revamp its tool by focusing more on redesigning it. There was a too...
What is your primary use case for TIBCO Cloud Integration?
I mainly use TIBCO Cloud Integration for iPaaS platforms, SaaS connectors, and SaaS connectivity that you have. The solution can be deployed on the cloud and on an on-premises model, so you can go ...
 

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