Associate Consultant at MindCraft Software Pvt. Ltd.
Consultant
Top 10
Jun 5, 2025
Regarding the pricing setup cost and licensing for IBM Integration Bus, I believe it is expensive. The IBM tool is now expensive because they moved to the cloud. I am not sure about the previous costs, but many competitors have emerged, such as Mulesoft. However, I believe it will incur more costs now that it is cloud-based, as they provide numerous services.
IBM Integration Bus is less expensive than Oracle in terms of licensing. On a scale of one to ten, with one being cheap and ten being expensive, I would rate it as six, which is in the middle.
The pricing of IBM Integration Bus is very high, which is the biggest negative for us. It is one of the reasons why we opted for a different solution now.
IBM Integration & Solution Architect at Meezan Bank
Real User
Top 10
Jul 29, 2024
As customers, we always try to buy things as cheaply as possible. But the price for the IBM Integration Bus is fine. When we compare it to competitors, it's pretty much the same. However, there are a lot of open-source integration platforms coming to the market as well. So overall, the price is fine as far as licensed products are concerned.
The price is reasonable considering the features we receive. IBM Bus can't compete with other competitors. For Bus, you are banking on an enterprise solution. This is a lot of small and open-source software.
What I understand from the finance team is that IBM is expensive. Besides, the real cost is not in the license. It's in the deployment because of the skills input.
The price of the IBM Integration Bus is expensive. If you compare the price to the cloud version you can purchase what you need but the on-premise version price is flat.
IBM Integration Bus solution is expensive and this is one of the reasons we are looking for an alternative, such as MuleSoft. There are some additional pieces of software we need to purchase to do certain kinds of integrations, this should be included and we should not have to pay extra.
Installation of the base product has been simplified over the last five years or so, and is now fairly straight forward. You need an infrastructure design for the product deployment and an integration architecture and design documented and agreed to get the best from this software. It is relatively easy to program (Extended SQL, Java, and other options are available), however, it's important to think and take advice before you start. The product is generally priced per processor core.
Integration Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Nov 11, 2021
I generally do not get involved in the licensing or pricing because I'm a hardcore technical guy, but I'm aware of the fact that IBM is highly expensive, so not everybody can afford it. All the products are licensed.
Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Feb 12, 2021
The solution requires a license and is very expensive here in India. Large organizations will be able to afford it but smaller companies will have a difficult time paying for the solution at the current price.
Managing Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Real User
Oct 28, 2020
Evaluate and define a clear architecture, and set up a governance framework that includes a competence center that will take care of the usage, the licenses which will be needed, and do guarantee the reuse of interfaces and components.
Enterprise Architect, Mars Global Services at Mars Fishcare
Real User
Sep 9, 2020
The pricing is pretty good. We've noticed that it's quite reasonable, whereas, for example, solutions like MuleSoft are rising. Salesforce recently acquired MuleSoft and has grown its market share, however, the pricing is turning people off. IBM is much more reasonable.
Senior Integration Consultant at Candela Labs (AWPL reborn)
Consultant
May 23, 2018
* The IIB setup is still very command-based. The implementation is not so easy. * It still needs a lot of environment and OS-related tweaking. * Pricing is on par with its competition.
IBM Integration Bus is a market-leading software solution for application integration. It facilitates universal connectivity across enterprise systems, applications, and data, and offers a full range of integration capabilities on a flexible, secure, high-performance platform. You can use IBM Integration Bus to connect apps regardless of the communication formats or protocols they support. This connectivity enables interaction and data exchange among your varied applications in an adaptable,...
Regarding the pricing setup cost and licensing for IBM Integration Bus, I believe it is expensive. The IBM tool is now expensive because they moved to the cloud. I am not sure about the previous costs, but many competitors have emerged, such as Mulesoft. However, I believe it will incur more costs now that it is cloud-based, as they provide numerous services.
IBM Integration Bus is less expensive than Oracle in terms of licensing. On a scale of one to ten, with one being cheap and ten being expensive, I would rate it as six, which is in the middle.
The pricing of IBM Integration Bus is very high, which is the biggest negative for us. It is one of the reasons why we opted for a different solution now.
As customers, we always try to buy things as cheaply as possible. But the price for the IBM Integration Bus is fine. When we compare it to competitors, it's pretty much the same. However, there are a lot of open-source integration platforms coming to the market as well. So overall, the price is fine as far as licensed products are concerned.
The pricing of the solution is high.
The price is reasonable considering the features we receive. IBM Bus can't compete with other competitors. For Bus, you are banking on an enterprise solution. This is a lot of small and open-source software.
What I understand from the finance team is that IBM is expensive. Besides, the real cost is not in the license. It's in the deployment because of the skills input.
The solution is expensive.
I rate the solution's pricing a one out of ten. It is expensive.
IBM Integration Bus is expensive. There are cheaper products in the marketplace. On a scale from one to ten, I would give the pricing a two.
It is quite expensive and can be lowered.
We have the enterprise edition, and it is licensed yearly. I do not know what the cost is.
The price of the IBM Integration Bus is expensive. If you compare the price to the cloud version you can purchase what you need but the on-premise version price is flat.
IBM Integration Bus solution is expensive and this is one of the reasons we are looking for an alternative, such as MuleSoft. There are some additional pieces of software we need to purchase to do certain kinds of integrations, this should be included and we should not have to pay extra.
Installation of the base product has been simplified over the last five years or so, and is now fairly straight forward. You need an infrastructure design for the product deployment and an integration architecture and design documented and agreed to get the best from this software. It is relatively easy to program (Extended SQL, Java, and other options are available), however, it's important to think and take advice before you start. The product is generally priced per processor core.
It is not cheap. It has its cost. It is one of the high-cost solutions.
I prefer not to address the licensing costs, or any other for that matter, as this is confidential.
I generally do not get involved in the licensing or pricing because I'm a hardcore technical guy, but I'm aware of the fact that IBM is highly expensive, so not everybody can afford it. All the products are licensed.
IBM provides a quite complicated licensing model.
IBM Integration Bus itself is prices fair but App-Connect is a bit expensive which we use in conjunction with it.
I use the traditional licensing model, which I believe to not be on a monthly basis, as the solution is not cloud-based. I don't mind the pricing.
The solution is very expensive.
The pricing could be improved to make it more competitive.
The solution requires a license and is very expensive here in India. Large organizations will be able to afford it but smaller companies will have a difficult time paying for the solution at the current price.
Evaluate and define a clear architecture, and set up a governance framework that includes a competence center that will take care of the usage, the licenses which will be needed, and do guarantee the reuse of interfaces and components.
The price of this product could be lower.
The pricing is pretty good. We've noticed that it's quite reasonable, whereas, for example, solutions like MuleSoft are rising. Salesforce recently acquired MuleSoft and has grown its market share, however, the pricing is turning people off. IBM is much more reasonable.
The pricing is pretty good. What they charge isn't unreasonable.
We're satisfied with the price, it's okay. The terms and everything are decided by the company. It's not a big deal for us.
I don't have any information about licensing or costs. It's not something that I am in charge of.
Our licensing is based on a five-year contract, and as far as I know, there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fee.
I have no comment on pricing.
* The IIB setup is still very command-based. The implementation is not so easy. * It still needs a lot of environment and OS-related tweaking. * Pricing is on par with its competition.