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.
In general, comparison includes products of vendors, included into the Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for the Integrated Service Environment Market, 2006, published on 2 February 2006. Not included Rapid application development and modeling tools. Updated to be more in line with Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, 2009,
General information
Software
Creator
Edition
Release Date
Cost (USD)
Open source
Software license
Altova MapForce
Altova
2009
Feb 2009
No
proprietary
Apache Camel
1.4
Aug 2008
Free
Yes
Apache Software Foundation
Apache Synapse
Apache Software Foundation
1.2
May 2008
Free / Commercial support available
Yes
Apache Software License
Artix ESB
IONA Technologies
5.x
2003
No
proprietary
Automation Anywhere Integration Pack
Automation Anywhere
5.5
May 2009
$3490
No
proprietary
BizTalk Server
Microsoft
2006
2006
$34,999 per processor
No
proprietary
Blackbird ESB
ITema
1.0
July 2007
Free
Yes
GPLv3
Business Integration Server
SEEBURGER
6.3
Dec 2008
No
proprietary
ChainBuilder ESB
Bostech Corporation
2.0
November, 2008
Free
Yes
Dual (GPL or commercial)
FUSE ESB – Enterprise ServiceMix
IONA Technologies
3.x
2007
Yes
based on Apache Software License
iBOLT Integration Suite
Magic Software Enterprises
3.1
Oct. 2009
Per CPU starts at $35K; Per Integration Flow start at $15K for 4 concurrent integration flows; Per full suite starts at $50K for full BPM suite; For authorized charities basic package FoC
No
proprietary
Informatica Power Center
Informatica
8.5
October 2007
Varies: 50,000 – 100,000 generally
No
proprietary
JBossESB
JBoss Inc.
4.6
July 2009
Free / Commercial support available
Yes
GPL
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform
JBoss, a division of Red Hat, Inc.
4.6
July 2009
Commercial support available
Yes
GPL
Jitterbit
Jitterbit
2.0
May 2008
Yes
JPL
Keystroke IT
Keystroke IT
6.3
May 2009
Free except for kernel.
Yes
proprietary
MOND Technologies
MOND Technologies
1.8
January 2008
50,000$ -100,000$
No
proprietary
Mule ESB
MuleSource
2.0
April 2008
Yes
CPAL
Openadaptor
The Software Conservancy
3.4.4
September 2009
Free
Yes
variant of MIT
OpenESB
Sun Microsystems
2.0
May 2008
Licensed as part of Sun Java CAPS
Yes
CDDL
OpenLink Virtuoso
OpenLink Software
4.5
2001
850 per value unit
Yes
Dual (GPL or proprietary)
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Oracle Corporation
10.1.2.0.2
23 January 2006
50,000 per processor
No
proprietary
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus
Oracle Corporation
10.1.3.1
?
10,550
No
proprietary
Pervasive Data Integrator
Pervasive Software
9.0
Sept 2007
$6000 for Universal Design Studio, $15,000 for Pervasive Integration Engine
No
proprietary
PEtALS ESB
OW2 Consortium
2.4
March 2009
Free / Commercial support available
Yes
LGPL
SAP Exchange Infrastructure/SAP PI
SAP AG
7.0
Jan 2006
Varies
No
proprietary
ServiceMix
Apache Software Foundation
3.3.1
June 2009
Yes
Apache Software License
Sterling Integrator
Sterling Commerce
5.0
April 2009
No
proprietary
Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite
Sun Microsystems
6
June 2008
$100 per employee per year subscription, perpetual per socket licensing available
No
proprietary
Unify NXJ
Unify Corporation
11
No
proprietary
WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus
IBM
6.1.2.0
21 December 2007
250 per Value Unit
No
proprietary
WebSphere Message Broker
IBM
6.1.0.2
19 December 2007
$85,000 enterprise edition, $25,000 starter edition (up to ten message flows), $15,000 remote adapter hosting edition
No
proprietary
WebSphere Process Server
IBM
6.1.2.0
December 2007
850 per Value Unit
No
proprietary
WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
WSO2
1.7.1
Aug 2008
Free / Commercial support available
Yes
Apache Software License
Software
Creator
Edition
Release Date
Cost (USD)
Open source
Software license
Compatibility and interoperability
Operating system support
Further information: Comparison of operating systems
Software
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Linux
IBM
HP-UX
Solaris
2000
XP
Vista
2003 Server
Red Hat
SUSE
AIX
OS/390
i5/OS
z/OS
Altova MapForce
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Apache Synapse
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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
with SP4
with SP2
With Biztalk 2006 Release 2
R2
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Business Integration Server
Rel 6.2
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
BIS/400
No
Yes
Yes
ChainBuilder ESB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
ESB.NET
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
JBossESB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
iBOLT Integration Suite
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
VITRIA BusinessWare
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
5L
No
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Pervasive Data Integrator
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
PEtALS ESB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
SAP Exchange Infrastructure
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ServiceMix
Yes
with SP2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Unify NXJ
with SP4
with SP1
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
5.3
No
No
Yes
Yes
WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and WebSphere Process Server
with SP4
with SP2
with SP1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebSphere Message Broker
No
with SP1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
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 SQL Server
MySQL
Oracle
ODBC
JDBC
ASA
ASE
DB2
DB2 for iSeries
Cloudscape
Informix
Altova MapForce
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
AMADEE
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
Cape Clear ESB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ChainBuilder ESB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cordys Enterprise Service Bus
Yes
Yes
ESB.NET
via custom plugin
via custom plugin
Yes
via custom plugin
via custom plugin
FlowCentric ProcessWare
Integration only
Integration only
Integration only
Integration only
Integration only
Integration only
Integration only
Integration only
Integration only
Integration only
Yes
Integration only
Integration only
iBOLT Integration Suite
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Informatica Power Center
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ivory Service Architect
JBossESB
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
Yes
MOND Semantics Engine
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
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Oracle Enterprise Service Bus
OutSystems Agile Platform
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pervasive Data Integrator
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PEtALS ESB
Yes
PIE
PolarLake Messaging Integrator
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SAP Exchange Infrastructure
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sonic ESB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
TIBCO BusinessWorks
Unify NXJ
VITRIA BusinessWare
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
webMethods Fabric
Yes
WebLogic Integration
No
Yes
12.5.03
8.1
2000 SP3
4.0.18
Yes
WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus and WebSphere Process Server
WebSphere Message Broker
Yes
Yes
No
V12, V12.5
V10.5
V8.2, V9.1, V9.5
V4R5,V5R1,V5R2,V5R3
V5.0, V5.1
Yes
No
2000, 2005
No
Yes
WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web servers support
Further information: Comparison of web servers
See also
Comparison of application servers
Comparison of BPEL engines
Footnotes
^ Magic Quadrant for the Integrated Service Environment Market, 2006
^ Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, 2009
^ for Enterprise Edition; Standard Edition: $8,499 per processor; Developer Edition: $499 per developer or as part of MSDN Universal. See BizTalk Server 2006 Pricing and Licensing for complete information.
^ OpenLink Virtuoso Universal Server Pricing
^ a b Part of Oracle SOA Suite
^ Perpetual licenses. Also term licenses available
^ Processor perpetual
^ Dependent on customer flow through volume
^ See for detailed pricing.
^ Components from the Open ESB open-source community are productized in Java CAPS.
^ a b Pricing for Business Integration see here. Now for middleware IBM, uses Processor Value Unit Licensing. Each processor core assigned a specific number of processor value units Single-core (all platforms), RISC Dual-core = 100 Units; x86 Dual-core, PowerPC 970, PowerPC 5 QCM = 50 Units; RISC Sun T1 Octi-core = 30 Units
^ See RedBook SAP NetWeaver Java on IBM i5/OS
^ For development
^ a b Supported for application design, development and testing; no support for production use.
^ a b See documents “Linux on x86″, “Linux on x86-64″, “Linux on System z9 and zSeries” and “Linux on POWER” for details
^ See document “System requirements for WebSphere Application Server V6.1 on IBM AIX” for details
^ See document “System requirements for WebSphere Application Server V6.1 on i5/OS” for details
^ See document “System requirements for WebSphere Application Server V6.1 on z/OS”
^ See documents “HP-UX on PA-RISC” and “HP-UX on Itanium” for details
^ See documents “Solaris SPARC” and “Solaris x64″ for details
^ >See document “System Requirements for WebSphere Message Broker V6.0 for Windows, WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension V6.0 for Windows, and WebSphere Event Broker V6.0 for Windows” for details
^ a b See documents “Linux on Intel”, “Linux on POWER”, “Linux on zSeries” for details
^ See document “System Requirements for WebSphere Message Broker V6.0 for AIX, WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension V6.0 for AIX, and WebSphere Event Broker V6.0 for AIX” for details
^ See document “System Requirements for WebSphere Message Broker V6.0 for z/OS, WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension V6.0 for z/OS, and WebSphere Event Broker V6.0 for z/OS” for details
^ See document “System Requirements for WebSphere Message Broker V6.0 for HP-UX, WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension V6.0 for HP-UX, and WebSphere Event Broker V6.0 for HP-UX” for details
^ See documents “Solaris SPARC”, “Solaris x86-64″ for details
^ Supported Database Configurations
^ Depends on platform, detailed information see here
^ According to the New Database Definition Files wizard of the Message Broker Toolkit
References
Daryl C. Plummer, David W. McCoy, Charles Abrams. Magic Quadrant for the Integrated Service Environment Market, 2006. Gartner, research G00137074.
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