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Oracle Service Bus pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Oracle Service Bus is lightweight and excels at integration with various applications, databases, JMS, or web services through numerous protocols.
It effectively supports high transaction volumes, up to 300 transactions per second, demonstrating robust performance.
The most valuable features include adapters, integration capabilities, routing, aggregation, and API management.
Its flexibility allows for diverse integrations such as on-premises to cloud and vice versa, offering extensive protocol support.
The security features and high stability, with minimal issues, enhance its efficiency and ease of use for many integrations.

CONS

Oracle Service Bus needs to support more adapters due to evolving integration points and new technologies.
Connectivity needs improvement, as requests are sometimes lost due to connectivity issues.
More cloud-based adapters and compatibility are required to enhance functionality.
Scalability and performance issues are noted even after hardware upgrades, indicating a need for optimization.
The roadmap for product launches, particularly version 12c, should be clearer for users to understand future developments.
 

Oracle Service Bus Pros review quotes

it_user452640 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Jun 1, 2016
Even though we had been using Oracle BPEL, we had to go with Oracle Service Bus because it is able to handle JSON inputs, and we were amazed by its flexibility in accepting incoming messages.
it_user522000 - PeerSpot reviewer
Middleware Administrator at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Nov 28, 2016
Performance is everything and this has proven itself over the years.
it_user852777 - PeerSpot reviewer
‎Senior ETL Consultant at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Apr 12, 2018
It is lightweight and one can easily integrate with different applications, databases, JMS, or web services through different protocols.
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YE
Developer at Touro University California
Jul 18, 2019
This product is not complicated and very easy to learn.
RR
IT Analyst at NCR Corporation
Apr 17, 2020
I am a part of the software developing team and I mainly use this solution for the integrating applications.
AB
Principal Consultant at Tech Mahindra Limited
Jan 27, 2020
The most valuable feature is the adapters.
PP
Integration Architect at Pymma consulting
Feb 9, 2020
The ability to master the process in one location.
HB
Lead Tech of Oracle Service Bus with 51-200 employees
Feb 26, 2020
The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can connect with different applications.
MA
Oracle Fusion Middleware Technical Lead at Saint-Gobain ADFORS CZ s.r.o.
Feb 4, 2021
Overall it is a pretty good solution.
HH
Principal Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 23, 2021
The solution is quite stable overall. We haven't witnessed any performance issues so far.
 

Oracle Service Bus Cons review quotes

it_user452640 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Jun 1, 2016
The logging and error-handling framework can be improved.
it_user522000 - PeerSpot reviewer
Middleware Administrator at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Nov 28, 2016
With the most recent version, 12c, I'm still getting used to using it, learning how to use it, how to configure it. The Oracle documentation is OK, but there aren’t a lot of good examples for me to follow.
it_user852777 - PeerSpot reviewer
‎Senior ETL Consultant at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Apr 12, 2018
It needs to support more adapters, because the integration points keep changing and new things keep coming up. It also needs to be more scalable.
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YE
Developer at Touro University California
Jul 18, 2019
There are times when I select components in composite and they do not appear, and I cannot figure out why.
RR
IT Analyst at NCR Corporation
Apr 17, 2020
The connectivity with the solution is an area that needs to be improved. On occasion, requests are lost due to losing connectivity.
AB
Principal Consultant at Tech Mahindra Limited
Jan 27, 2020
This solution would benefit from having more cloud-based adapters.
PP
Integration Architect at Pymma consulting
Feb 9, 2020
There are issues, especially if you want to create some compensation in your service bin.
HB
Lead Tech of Oracle Service Bus with 51-200 employees
Feb 26, 2020
This solution should work better with RESTful services.
MA
Oracle Fusion Middleware Technical Lead at Saint-Gobain ADFORS CZ s.r.o.
Feb 4, 2021
The interface console is very slow. Even in production, we need to increase the RAM or CPU. And even after that, the performance is still not good in production.
HH
Principal Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 23, 2021
The initial setup is likely complex for many organizations.