Comparison of business integration software

This article is a comparison of notable business integration and business process automation software.

General

Scope

Scope of this comparison:

• Service-oriented architecture implementations;
• Message-oriented middleware and message brokers;
• Enterprise service bus implementations;
• BPEL implementations;
• Enterprise application integration software.

General information

Software	Creator	Edition	Release Date	Cost (USD)	Open source	Software license	Implementation
AdroitLogic UltraESB	AdroitLogic	17.01	2017-01	Subscription based licensing and support or perpetual licensing	No	Proprietary	Enterprise Service Bus
Anypoint Platform	MuleSoft	Mule 3.7	2015-06	Sold as software as a subscription with various packaged options to serve different use cases. The pricing scales with usage as measured by number of cores on-premises and virtual cores in the cloud.	No	Dual (CPAL or proprietary
Apache Camel	Apache Software Foundation	2.23.3	2018-11-29	Free/Commercial support available	Yes	Apache Software License
Apache Kafka	Apache Software Foundation	0.10.20	2017-02	Free / Commercial support available	Yes	Apache Software License
Apache ServiceMix	Apache Software Foundation	7.0	2017-01	Free / Commercial support available	Yes	Apache Software License
Apache Synapse	Apache Software Foundation	3.0	2016-12	Free / Commercial support available	Yes	Apache Software License
Artix ESB	Progress Software	5.x	2003		No	Proprietary
Automation Anywhere Integration Pack	Automation Anywhere	6.1	2011-02	$5500	No	Proprietary
BizTalk Server	Microsoft	2016	2016-12	Enterprise Edition: $10,835 per core; Standard Edition: $2,485 per core; Branch Edition: $620 per core (minimum 4 cores required); Developer Edition – per seat, available under Volume or MSDN licence.[1]	No	Proprietary	Enterprise Application Integration, Hub and Spoke architecture, Cloud ready
Flow Software	Flow Software Ltd	2.3.0	2010-05	Free Community Edition, and Enterprise licenses	No	Proprietary
Fuse – Enterprise Camel	Red Hat	7.0	2018		Yes	based on Apache Software License
IBM Integration Bus (formerly WebSphere Message Broker )	IBM	10.0	2015-03[2]	Varies between approximately 100 and 850 per Value Unit[3]	No	Proprietary	Enterprise Service Bus
Informatica Power Center	Informatica	8.5	2007-10	Varies: 50,000 – 100,000 generally	No	Proprietary
InterSystems IRIS (formerly InterSystems Caché + Ensemble + DeepSee)	InterSystems	All versions	2018-01	Free[4] and commercial licenses (subscription, purchase)	No	Proprietary	InterSystems IRIS Interoperability
JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)	JBoss, a division of Red Hat, Inc.	4.12	2013-03	Free / Commercial support available	Yes	GNU LGPL	Enterprise Service Bus, Replaced by JBoss Fuse
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform	JBoss, a division of Red Hat, Inc.	5.1	2011-02	Free / Commercial support available	Yes	GNU LGPL	Replaced by JBoss Fuse
Magic xpi Integration Platform	Magic Software Enterprises	4.0	2015-05		No	Proprietary
Openadaptor	The Software Conservancy	3.4.6	2011-02	Free	Yes	variant of MIT
OpenESB	OpenESB Community	3.2.2	2014-12-02	Free / Enterprise Edition with commercial support	Yes	CDDL
OpenLink Virtuoso	OpenLink Software	7.2.5.1	2018-08-15	Varies[5]	Yes	Dual (GPL or proprietary)
Oracle BPEL Process Manager[a]	Oracle Corporation	12.1.3.0.0	2014-06	Varies[6]	No	Proprietary
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus[a]	Oracle Corporation	12.1.3.0.0	2014-06	Varies[7]	No	Proprietary
PEtALS ESB	OW2 Consortium	3.1.3	2011-07	Free / Commercial support available	Yes	GNU LGPL
Sonic ESB	Progress Software	8.x	2011		No	Proprietary	Enterprise Service Bus
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (short SAP PI)	SAP AG	7.5	2011	Varies[b]	No	Proprietary
Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite	Sun Microsystems	6	2008-06	$100 per employee per year subscription, perpetual per socket licensing available[8]	No[c]	Proprietary
TrackerSuite.Net	Automation Centre	4.0	2012-06	Based on number of users and modules utilized. Available as SaaS, or as a licensed installation.	No	Proprietary
Unify NXJ	Unify Corporation	11			No	Proprietary
webMethods Integration Server	IBM	9.0[9]	2013-05	varies	No	Proprietary	Enterprise Application Integration, Hub and Spoke architecture, API Management Cloud ready[10]
WebSphere Message Broker[d]	IBM	8.0	2011-10	No longer marketed under this name – replacement name is IBM Integration Bus	No	Proprietary	Enterprise Service Bus
WSO2 Enterprise Integrator	WSO2	6.4	2018	Free / Commercial support available	Yes	Apache License 2.0	Enterprise Service Bus, Message Broker, Application Server, Business Process Server, Data Services Server
WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)	WSO2	5.0.0	2016	Free / Commercial support available	Yes	Apache Software License

Compatibility and interoperability

Operating system support

Further information: Comparison of operating systems

Software	Microsoft Windows									Darwin/ OS X	Linux				IBM				HP-UX	illumos/ Solaris
	2000	XP	Vista	2003 Server	2008 R2 Server	2008 Server	2012 Server	7–64 bit	8–64 bit		Red Hat	SUSE	Ubuntu	CentOS	AIX	OS/390	IBM i	z/OS
AdroitLogic UltraESB	Yes[e]	Yes[e]	Yes[e]	Yes[e]	Yes[e]	Yes[e]	Yes[e]	Yes[e]	Yes[e]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Anypoint Platform	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Artix ESB	with SP3, SP4	with SP1, SP2		Yes						No	Yes	Yes			Yes		No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Automation Anywhere Integration Pack	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes						No	No	No			No	No	No	No	No	No
BizTalk Server	Yes[f]	Yes[g]	Yes[h]	Yes[i]	Yes[j]	Yes[k]	Yes[l]	Yes[j]	Yes[l]	No	No	No			No		No	No	No	No
Flow Software	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No	No	No			No	No	No	No	No	No
IBM Integration Bus[11]	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes						Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes				Yes	Yes
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes						Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes				Yes	Yes
Informatica Power Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes							Yes	Yes			Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Openadaptor	Yes	Yes		Yes						Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes				Yes	Yes
OpenESB	Yes	Yes		Yes						Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
OpenLink Virtuoso	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Oracle BPEL Process Manager	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes			5L		No	No	Yes	Yes
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes			Yes		No	No	Yes	Yes
PEtALS ESB	Yes	Yes		Yes						Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
SAP Exchange Infrastructure	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes						Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	No	Yes[12]	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sonic ESB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes							Yes	Yes			Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes[13]
Spagic	Yes	Yes		Yes						Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite	Yes	Yes[m]		Yes							Yes	Yes			Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
TrackerSuite.Net	No	with SP2	Yes	Yes
Unify NXJ	with SP4	with SP1		Yes						No	Yes	Yes			5.3		No	No	Yes	Yes
WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes

Hardware support

Supported hardware depends on supported operating systems.

Database support

Further information: Comparison of relational database management systems

Software	API		Sybase		Apache Derby	IBM				Firebird	Microsoft		MySQL	Oracle	PostgreSQL
	ODBC	JDBC	ASA	ASE		IBM Db2	Db2 for i	Cloudscape	Informix		SQL Server	Azure SQL
AdroitLogic UltraESB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Anypoint Platform	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apache Synapse	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes		Yes	Yes
Artix ESB
Automation Anywhere Integration Pack	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes
BizTalk Server	Yes[14]	Yes[n]	Yes[15]	Yes[15]	Yes[15]	Yes	Yes	Yes[15]	Yes[15]	Yes[o]	Yes	Yes	Yes[p]	Yes	Yes[p]
Flow Software	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IBM Integration Bus[11]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Informatica Power Center	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes
JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Openadaptor		Yes				Yes			Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes
OpenESB		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes
OpenLink Virtuoso	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus
PEtALS ESB													Yes
SAP Exchange Infrastructure		Yes				Yes					Yes			Yes
Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes
Unify NXJ
WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes

Web servers support

Further information: Comparison of web servers

See also

• List of application servers
• List of BPEL engines
• List of BPMN 2.0 engines

Notes

1. Part of Oracle SOA Suite.
2. CPU-based pricing.
3. Components from the Open ESB open-source community are productized in Java CAPS.
4. Now known as IBM Integration Bus.
5. Development environment only.
6. Versions prior to 2006 R2 only. SP4 required for 2004 and 2006.
7. 32-bit: versions prior to 2010, not including 2000. SP 1 required for 2004. SP2 required for 2006/2006 R2. SP3 required for 2009. 64-bit: version between 2006 and 2009. SP2 required for 2006 R2. SP3 required for 2009.
8. Versions from 2006 R2 to 2010. SP1 required for 2009. SP2 required for 2010.
9. Versions from 2002 (x32) or 2006 R2 (x64) to 2009. SP1 required for 2006, 2006 R2 and 2009.
10. 2010 and later. SP1 required for 2013.
11. 2009 and 2010.
12. 2013 and later.
13. For development.
14. Via native SQL adapter if JDBC drivers are installed.
15. Via BizTalk Utilities Adapter.
16. Via ODBC adapter or via BizTalk Utilities Adapter.