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 UltraESBAdroitLogic 17.01 2017-01 Subscription based licensing and support or perpetual licensing 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. Dual (CPAL or proprietary Apache Camel Apache Software Foundation 2.23.3 2018-11-29 Free/Commercial support available Apache Kafka Apache Software Foundation 0.10.20 2017-02 Free / Commercial support available Artix ESB Progress Software 5.x 2003 Automation Anywhere Integration Pack Automation Anywhere 6.1 2011-02 $5500 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.See for complete information. Enterprise Application Integration, Hub and Spoke architecture, Cloud ready Fuse – Enterprise Camel Red Hat 7.0 2018 IBM Integration Bus (formerly WebSphere Message Broker ) IBM 10.0 2015-03IBM Integration Bus V10.0 Announcement Letter see here . Varies between approximately 100 and 850 per Value UnitFor detail about IBM's Processor Value Units see here Enterprise Service Bus Informatica Power Center Informatica 8.5 2007-10 Varies: 50,000 – 100,000 generally JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) JBoss, a division of Red Hat, Inc. 4.12 2013-03 Free / Commercial support available 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 Replaced by JBoss Fuse Magic xpi Integration Platform Magic Software Enterprises 4.0 2015-05 Openadaptor The Software Conservancy 3.4.6 2011-02 Free OpenESB OpenESB Community 3.2.2 2014-12-02Free / Enterprise Edition with commercial support OpenLink Virtuoso OpenLink Software 7.2.5.1 2018-08-15 VariesOpenLink Virtuoso Universal Server Pricing Dual (GPL or proprietary) Oracle BPEL Process Manager Oracle Corporation 12.1.3.0.0 2014-06 Varies Licenses available per named user or per processor, as perpetual or as term-based. Oracle Enterprise Service Bus Oracle Corporation 12.1.3.0.0 2014-06 Varies Licenses available per named user or per processor, as perpetual or as term-based. PEtALS ESB OW2 Consortium 3.1.3 2011-07 Free / Commercial support available Sonic ESB Progress Software 8.x 2011 Enterprise Service Bus SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (short SAP PI) SAP AG 7.5 2011 Varies Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite Sun Microsystems 6 2008-06 $100 per employee per year subscription, perpetual per socket licensing availableSee for detailed pricing. TrackerSuite.Net Automation Centre 4.0 2012-06 Based on number of users and modules utilized. Available as SaaS, or as a licensed installation. Unify NXJ Unify Corporation 11 webMethods Integration Server IBM 9.0 IBM webMethods Integration Platform 2013-05 varies Enterprise Application Integration, Hub and Spoke architecture, API Management Cloud ready WebSphere Message Broker IBM 8.0 2011-10 No longer marketed under this name – replacement name is IBM Integration Bus Enterprise Service Bus WSO2 Enterprise Integrator WSO2 6.4 2018 Free / Commercial support available 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
Compatibility and interoperability
Operating system support
Software Microsoft Windows Darwin–macOS 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 Anypoint Platform Artix ESB Automation Anywhere Integration Pack BizTalk Server Flow Software IBM Integration BusUse IBM's Software Compatibility Reports for details of IBM software compatibility. JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform Informatica Power Center Magic xpi Integration Platform Openadaptor OpenESB OpenLink Virtuoso Oracle BPEL Process Manager Oracle Enterprise Service Bus PEtALS ESB SAP Exchange Infrastructure See RedBook SAP NetWeaver Java on IBM i5/OS Sonic ESB See Sonic 8.5.1 Supported Platforms Spagic Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite TrackerSuite.Net Unify NXJ WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Hardware support
Supported hardware depends on supported operating systems.
Database support
Software API Sybase Apache Derby IBM Firebird Microsoft MySQL Oracle PostgreSQLODBCJDBCASAASEIBM Db2Db2 for iCloudscapeInformixSQL ServerAzure SQL Anypoint Platform Artix ESB Automation Anywhere Integration Pack BizTalk Server IBM Integration Bus Informatica Power Center JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) JBoss Enterprise SOA PlatformMagic xpi Integration Platform Openadaptor OpenESB OpenLink Virtuoso Oracle BPEL Process Manager Oracle Enterprise Service Bus PEtALS ESB SAP Exchange Infrastructure Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite Unify NXJ WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Web servers support
See also List of application servers List of BPEL engines List of BPMN 2.0 engines
Notes
Footnotes
References Daryl C. Plummer, David W. McCoy, Charles Abrams. Magic Quadrant for the Integrated Service Environment Market, 2006. Gartner, research G00137074.