Oracle

Oracle Service Bus

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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What is Oracle Service Bus?

Oracle Service Bus enables companies to unlock the value of their enterprise applications portfolio. From on-premise, to the cloud to mobile devices and to the future, Oracle Service Bus allows companies to leverage their existing investments in whole new ways. Oracle Service Bus extends the performance and scalability leadership of Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle API Management.

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Oracle Service Bus 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.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+93 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 Oracle Service Bus?

0% Negative

9% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 88

Application Workflow

Ease of Adding or Changing Components

Load Balancing

Logging and Monitoring

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Service Oriented Architecture

Protocol Translation

Operating System Agnostic

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Failover

Programming Language Agnostic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Oracle Service Bus Reviews

Amar Pratap S.

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

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Submitted May 2025

Powerful but complex, good for Oracle environment

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Oracle Service Bus from other similar products?

It excels in integration, scalability, security, monitoring, and seamless compatibility.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

its seamless integration with Oracle's ecosystem, making complex enterprise architectures smoother.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The complexity of Oracle Service Bus can be overwhelming, especially for new teams

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ensuring infrastructure heavily relies on Oracle products, as OSB excels in that environment

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Nishith C.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Great Product, introduce some modern APIM features

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Oracle Service Bus from other similar products?

Light weight and easy to setup and start development.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Eclipse IDE and XQL

What do you dislike most about this product?

Still using XML for the context and message structure

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great product go for it

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Govind S.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Oracle Service Bus: Seamless Integration Solutions

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Oracle Service Bus from other similar products?

1. Comprehensive Integration Platform: OSB offers a comprehensive integration platform that combines messaging, routing, transformation, and service orchestration capabilities in a single solution 2. Native Integration with Oracle Products: As part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware suite, OSB seamlessly integrates with other Oracle products and technologies, including Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. 3. Robust Security and Governance Features: OSB provides robust security and governance features to safeguard sensitive data and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One standout aspect of Oracle Service Bus that I find particularly impressive is its native integration with other Oracle products and technologies. This seamless interoperability allows organizations already invested in the Oracle ecosystem to leverage their existing infrastructure, applications, and data seamlessly within Oracle Service Bus. Whether it's integrating with Oracle SOA Suite for advanced service orchestration, leveraging Oracle WebLogic Server for reliable message processing, or seamlessly transitioning to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for cloud-native deployments, Oracle Service Bus offers a cohesive and integrated experience.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One aspect that some users may find challenging with Oracle Service Bus is its complexity, particularly for new users or those without extensive experience with Oracle technologies. The platform's rich feature set and comprehensive capabilities can lead to a steep learning curve, requiring significant time and effort to become proficient in its usage.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

1. Understand Your Integration Needs: Clearly define your organization's integration requirements, including the types of systems, applications, and data sources you need to integrate, as well as the specific integration patterns and workflows you'll be implementing 2. Leverage Oracle Support Services: Take advantage of Oracle's support services, including technical support, consulting services, and community forums, to address any questions, issues, or challenges . 3. Plan for Scalability and Growth: Consider future scalability and growth requirements when designing and deploying integration solutions with Oracle Service Bus.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Oracle Service Bus

What is Oracle Service Bus?

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Oracle Service Bus Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Oracle Service Bus?

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Oracle Service Bus Reviews

Amar Pratap S.

Powerful but complex, good for Oracle environment

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nishith C.

Great Product, introduce some modern APIM features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Govind S.

Oracle Service Bus: Seamless Integration Solutions

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Application Workflow

Ease of Adding or Changing Components

Load Balancing

Logging and Monitoring

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Service Oriented Architecture

Protocol Translation

Operating System Agnostic

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Failover

Programming Language Agnostic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness