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IBM App Connect

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.2 /10

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What is IBM App Connect?

IBM App Connect allows you to easily connect applications and data across all your environments. It supports multiple integration styles – from traditional SOA to modern event, API and microservices – to provide a single integration tool for your business. The award-winning platform enables you to leverage hundreds of secure pre-built connectors and integration features to support the most complex enterprise requirements. App Connect can be deployed in any cloud or on-premises system, giving you the flexibility to run the integration solution close to your applications, wherever it is needed.

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IBM App Connect Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

94 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM App Connect?

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0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Application Workflow

Load Balancing

Programming Language Agnostic

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Ease of Adding or Changing Components

Protocol Translation

Service Oriented Architecture

Failover

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Operating System Agnostic

Logging and Monitoring

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

IBM App Connect Reviews

Ramya K.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Robust and Reliable Integration Platform

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM App Connect from other similar products?

IBM App Connect stands out with its strong hybrid integration capabilities, robust support for both cloud and on-premise systems, and an intuitive interface that supports both developers and business users. Its wide range of pre-built connectors, AI-assisted mapping, and enterprise-grade security make it a versatile solution for complex integration needs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of IBM App Connect is its ability to seamlessly integrate diverse applications and data sources through a user-friendly, low-code interface—making complex workflows much easier to build and maintain.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about IBM App Connect is the occasionally steep learning curve for advanced features and the limited customization options in the low-code interface for complex use cases.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend thoroughly evaluating the integration capabilities with your existing systems and taking advantage of the available training resources. For complex workflows, ensure you're comfortable with the advanced features, as they can be a bit challenging at first. Additionally, plan for scaling and flexibility as your needs grow to fully leverage IBM App Connect’s capabilities.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Sifa E.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Great Scalability

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IBM App Connect from other similar products?

I suppose the differentiation point would be its the way integrates other services and software into a single platform.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

When it comes to this kind of bulky purchases the most important thing is scalability and this tool was great at this.

What do you dislike most about this product?

This tool is one of the most expensive tool when you compare it to the competitors on the market.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I'd recommend them to be aware of the fact that this is an enterprise tool and decision making process should be done thoroughly.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Alan C.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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IBM App Connect Ratings

94 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM App Connect?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Application Workflow Application mapping, data transformation, event handling, orchestration and choreography.

Load Balancing ESB allows for the load balancing of jobs across the nodes plugged into it, to increase application performance.

Programming Language Agnostic Enterprise Service Bus integration is implementable with any programming language.

Security and Compliance Enforcement Support and enforce systems and application security, as well as policy compliance.

Ease of Adding or Changing Components Components in the Enterprise Service Bus are easy to add or change. Some sources have used the term “pluggable” to describe this.

Protocol Translation Support for multiple protocols and the ability to convert differing protocols into common communications or common message layer.

Service Oriented Architecture SOA is architecture whose objective is the deployment of services, within a model of modularity and reusability.​

Failover Allows for the failover of process tasks to other nodes on the bus.

Certification of Inter Process Communications The verification and certification of inter-process messaging between applications.​

Operating System Agnostic Enterprise Service Bus is deployable on any operating system environment.

Logging and Monitoring Logging and monitoring of all workflow and inter-process activity.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

IBM App Connect Reviews

Ramya K.

Robust and Reliable Integration Platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sifa E.

Great Scalability

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Alan C.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Application Workflow

Load Balancing

Programming Language Agnostic

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Ease of Adding or Changing Components

Protocol Translation

Service Oriented Architecture

Failover

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Operating System Agnostic

Logging and Monitoring

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features