MuleSoft Anypoint Platform vs. SolarWinds Task Factory

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

SolarWinds Task Factory

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Anypoint Platform	Score 7.8 out of 10	N/A	The Anypoint Platform developed by MuleSoft and acquired by Salesforce in early 2018 is designed to connect apps, data, and devices anywhere, on-premises or in the cloud. This platform was built to offer out-of-the-box connectors as well as tools that architects and developers can adopt quickly to design, build and manage the entire lifecycle of their APIs, applications, and products.	N/A
SolarWinds Task Factory	Score 8.2 out of 10	N/A	According to the vendor, SolarWinds Task Factory saves time managing tedious ELT/ETL tasks with high-performing SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) components that can be used within the Visual Studio environment to connect to nearly any data source. Task Factory’s components and tasks have been optimized to ensure fast performance of data-centric applications, and the user can run Task Factory…	N/A

Pricing

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

SolarWinds Task Factory

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Task Factory: 1,245 (annual subscription license)
per server
Task Factory Azure Data Factory: 1,495 (annual subscription license)
per ADF node

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Anypoint Platform	SolarWinds Task Factory
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	MuleSoft Anypoint Platform	SolarWinds Task Factory
Considered Both Products	Anypoint Platform Verified User Anonymous Chose Anypoint Platform AWS is a very good tool but still evolving and offers a small set of API management features. The main reason why we chose MuleSoft Anypoint Platform API Manager is because it is well suited with the APIs developed in Mule ESB. Incentivized Helpful? Charles Ahn Director Chose Anypoint Platform Mulesoft is a more modern, flexible, and faster-performing integration suite than traditional providers. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Anypoint Platform Once we have moved all of our system integration APIs to the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, we will need to communicate with a wide variety of external systems. All of our business and service logic is stored in the aforementioned core systems. Anypoint Platform (and all of our … Incentivized Helpful? Gaurav Pandey - PMP,ITIL,CSM SAP Technical Manager Chose Anypoint Platform Overall a better experience in pricing negotiation with the Sales team. The breadth of services offered by Mulesoft was really important and the expertise offered by our consulting partner influenced the decision. The overall deployment was completed well within the timelines. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Anypoint Platform Once we use [MuleSoft] Anypoint Platform to host all our system integration APIS, we need to exchange data with a lot of different resources. Those listed systems are our main systems that hold all business and logic behind our service. The integration from Anypoint Platform … Incentivized Helpful? AS Alex Scutea Cloud Solutions Administrator Chose Anypoint Platform We selected Mulesoft for speed of implementation. We did not have the luxury of time and needed a solution that can be learned and implemented within weeks so we can take advantage of newly formed partnerships. The training that was provided to use during our pre-sales and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Anypoint Platform We believe Anypoint Platform is best in breed and has features that match nearly any other iPaaS offering. It also allows for accomplishing much more challenging and complex integrations due to the ability to connect to nearly any system, use custom connectors, and embed … Incentivized Helpful? Nikhil Kohli Service Delivery Lead Chose Anypoint Platform The main problem with this software is the different connector type that is used for different protocols except for a different SAP connector. There is only one connector called SAP. It will be great if there will have a different connectors like idoc, RFC, proxy, etc. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Anypoint Platform Anypoint has tons of capabilities baked in one platform, and other competitors like Built.io or Workato may not have all those like Anypoint Exchange. However where these products shine are in usability, as it's ridiculously easy to build integrations using Built.io. I was … Incentivized Helpful? Kamta Prasad Technical Lead Chose Anypoint Platform Anypoint Platform is really very easy to adopt for application integration. Simple UI and easy data weave language allows user to focus on business portion only. The API management and deployment of application are hassle free. We have selected Anypoint platform because it is … Incentivized Helpful? Vaibhav Khanna ☁⚡ Salesforce Consultant Chose Anypoint Platform Dell Boomi is kind of similar in drag and drop implementation. However, it doesn't have as many connectors (shapes in Dell Boomi). Moreover, it also doesn't have deployment stuff on its own. Informatica is way behind Dell Boomi and Anypoint Platform, but users are still using it … Incentivized Helpful? Rajarshee Mukhopadhyay Associate Consultant Chose Anypoint Platform Compared to Dell Boomi the API management suite of Mulesoft is much mature, however if its only about the integration , then i would always go for Dell Boomi, as there is no infrastructure setup that needs to be done from the developer's end. APIGEE api management is as good as … Incentivized Helpful? Deepak Kushwaha Tech Arch Sr. Analyst Chose Anypoint Platform The main reason why we chose Anypoint API Manager is because it is well suited with the APIs developed in Mule ESB. AWS, on the other hand, is a very good tool but still evolving and offers a small set of API management features. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Anypoint Platform API led architecture focus with a decent API ecosystem for developer collaboration, policy management and declarative implementation. Batch processing, visualization, Anypoint MQ and ObjectStore leave a lot to be explored. Multiple deployment models make it worth considering. Incentivized Helpful? Ankit Goyal Technical Consultant Chose Anypoint Platform Dell Boomi and Talend Data Integration Incentivized Helpful? Federica Bianco Integration architect Chose Anypoint Platform It enables customers to expose their APIs in a very simple and fast way. It can be used by non-expert developers. It is compliant with all major connection and data representation world standard. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Anypoint Platform TIBCO BusinessWorks and WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus Incentivized Helpful? VR Vijaya Reddy Founder Chose Anypoint Platform We provide options to customers to choose from the best tools. Customers are the decision makers. Personally, because of open-source and large community base, MuleSoft is the repo in the market. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Anypoint Platform It is a powerful tool with smart intelligence. The drag and drop feature makes my work easy. The tool has great connecting support which is the best reason to use the tool on a daily basis. Powerful functionality with designing and implementing APIs. Hosted on public IP. Incentivized Helpful?	SolarWinds Task Factory Holly Couch Executive Administrator Chose SolarWinds Task Factory SolarWinds Task Factory has a lot of SQL integrated SSIS in one location that makes it easy to automate nearly every business procedure without integrating with external applications. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory We really did not look at any other products. We had already heard of SolarWinds Task Factory previously. We hired Pragmatic Works for a consulting project and they owned the product at that time and implemented it in-house. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory None Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory It was here from a prior manager, no reason to change to something else. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory ZappySys is an alternative provider that we tested. However, we found the ease of use, set up and installation to be much simplier and quicker using Task Factory. ZappySys has a number of the same connectors but are more difficult to setup and the GUI is not as intuitive and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory Task Factory does a fair job in terms of address parsing compared to COZYROC and also other variable features in terms connecting to CRM and SharePoint site. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory We wanted more ways to connect with other sources and Task Factory offer the best suited solution. Task Factory was also easier to integrate with our actual code base and was cheaper than the alternative. We were very satisfied with our choice and we recommend Task Factory to … Incentivized Helpful? JS John Stuchly Data Developer Chose SolarWinds Task Factory Cozyroc has a few more connectors, but Task Factory's focus on tasks is a better overall fit for us. ZappySys had some compelling features around web services which seemed a bit more robust, but that was not our primary interest at the time of purchase. Basically, all of … Incentivized Helpful? JH John C Hill Business Intelligence Manager Chose SolarWinds Task Factory n/a Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory Dell Boomi, Informatica, Data Stage. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory Since I used Task Factory earlier, I went for it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory Haven't performed a competitor analysis in 6 years. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory When we were doing research on if Task Factory was a viable option for us, we found that the large array of tasks that it offers and the low cost of all of it was much better than the competition. We found that we would have to buy a culmination of tools just to pull together … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory Task Factory is more than just components. It is more than just monitoring. It is an entire suite of tools for SSIS package development. And this is not a case of someone going wide but not going deep. Task Factory by Sentry One (formerly of Pragmatic Works) goes wide and deep. … Incentivized Helpful? PB Peter Berrens BI consultant Chose SolarWinds Task Factory Task Factory just has more options and tasks needed to run a fully automatic ETL. Incentivized Helpful? AR Al Rubel System Architect Chose SolarWinds Task Factory Cheaper and more flexible. Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Lundahl Senior Business Intelligence Analyst Chose SolarWinds Task Factory I haven't participated in any other evaluations because we had Task Factory when I started here. Incentivized Helpful? Luca Campanelli Senior Betting & Online DB Administrator Development Chose SolarWinds Task Factory No other product was considered because we knew we were safe with this product even when it was still Pragmatic Works (now Sentry One). Before using this product, we downloaded additional third-party tasks, some freeware, but a complete package like the one offered by sentry … Incentivized Helpful? Mickeal Davis Enterprise Architect Chose SolarWinds Task Factory We've only compared it to standard Microsoft, and we selected Task Factory after the 30-day trial. Incentivized Helpful? KC Kang Chen Advanced Data Architect Chose SolarWinds Task Factory It did a better on parsing XML/JSON data. Incentivized Helpful? Steven Gockley, MBA, MCSA DBA / Sr. Data Analyst Chose SolarWinds Task Factory Honestly, I had seen Task Factory being used in a previous shop, and when the need came up I went straight to them. Incentivized Helpful? EC Edward Chow Software Developer Chose SolarWinds Task Factory We have not considered other products. Incentivized Helpful? Karl Wiggins Director, IT Infrastructure & Operations Chose SolarWinds Task Factory CData Software was evaluated initially, and while we chose to go with Task Factory initially due to cost and simplicity, in the end we had to purchase CData's product anyway when Task Factory was not updated to work with Microsoft Dynamics 365 v. 9 for months after it was … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SolarWinds Task Factory In the arena of SSIS extension products and services, Task Factory is a strong competitor and checks all of the boxes we needed to have checked at a very reasonable cost. Incentivized Helpful? SM Steve Mayer Technical Project Manager Chose SolarWinds Task Factory No others. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

SolarWinds Task Factory

Cloud Data Integration

Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Product A and Product B
	MuleSoft Anypoint Platform 6.9 Ratings 15% below category average	SolarWinds Task Factory - Ratings
Pre-built connectors	7.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Connector modification	7.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for real-time and batch integration	6.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data quality services	6.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data security features	6.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Monitoring console	7.30 Ratings	00 Ratings

Data Source Connection

Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
	MuleSoft Anypoint Platform - Ratings	SolarWinds Task Factory 9.4 Ratings 11% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources	00 Ratings	9.40 Ratings

Data Transformations

Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
	MuleSoft Anypoint Platform - Ratings	SolarWinds Task Factory 9.2 Ratings 12% above category average
Simple transformations	00 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
Complex transformations	00 Ratings	9.60 Ratings

Data Governance

Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
	MuleSoft Anypoint Platform - Ratings	SolarWinds Task Factory 9.4 Ratings 15% above category average
Integration with data quality tools	00 Ratings	9.20 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools	00 Ratings	9.60 Ratings

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User Ratings
	MuleSoft Anypoint Platform	SolarWinds Task Factory
Likelihood to Recommend	7.6 (0 ratings)	8.1 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	6.8 (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	MuleSoft Anypoint Platform	SolarWinds Task Factory
Likelihood to Recommend	MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is best tool in the market for developing APIs with complex structures communicating with various different types of applications including web applications as well as legacy applications. Also applications including database connectivity for fetching and updating data in the DB tables. I cant think of any scenario which MuleSoft Anypoint Platform could not be used for developing the integrations. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Since I started working with this great tool all data analysis programs have been running effectively. Implementation of projects and tasks have been effective and reliable. Data collected from each department gives us working plan on better management of various programs. The Dimension Merge SCD Transform helps us to load large volumes of data within a short period of time. Incentivized Nancy Petrey Business Analyst Read full review
Pros	Provides wide range of popular connectors like salesforce, netsuite, sftp and many more. A user can easily integrate with those services using specific connector. Support API development using RAML and desing tool. The platform is very good in data type classification. Cloud deployment and post deployment monitoring is easy. A user can configure application worker as per need. Alert and notifications are real time. Incentivized Kamta Prasad Technical Lead Read full review	The Slowly Changing Dimension Component saves us a huge amount if time compared to the native SSIS component. JSON Transform is really useful to convert record and send it to rest API. The advanced derived columns allow us to use really cool functions that are not available in the regular transforms. Incentivized Karl Blacquière Bi Architect Read full review
Cons	Has more features than what we really need so we're paying for more than we use. Sort of like paying for an Abrams tank when all we really need is a Toyota Corolla. Not a value product, tends to be expensive. Takes a while for developers to learn to use Mulesoft Anypoint. Incentivized A Verified User Cloud Solutions Administrator Read full review	It was built by Pragmatic Works who sold it to SentryOne and now Solar Winds, concerned about future support. SolarWinds is discontinuing support for related products such as BiXpress. Had issues with connecting to certain versions of SQL Server - would fail when deploying one package - had to deploy the entire solutions. Occasional random failures observed with the Filter tranform. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	Task Factory has become a key product for our use of doing ETL work in SSIS. Their custom SSIS components allow us to work simply on the data engineering side of things. We can ignore the lower level work needed to connect to disparate data sources. This allows us to work faster and provide more value to the business Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is really very easy to adopt for application integration. Simple UI and easy data weave language allows user to focus on business portion only. The API management and deployment of application are hassle free. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Compared to some of the other transformations I have worked with, it really is pretty simple for the type of functionality you get Incentivized Steven Gockley, MBA, MCSA DBA / Sr. Data Analyst Read full review
Support Rating	Anypoint Platform support is very responsive. There is also a huge knowledge base and an active online forum where answers to most questions can be found. When needed support engages the engineering group so adequate solutions or workarounds are always provided. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Overall, the best vendor we currently have on the data side of the house. No issues, issues are resolved very quickly and upgrades go without any issues. Incentivized Steven Gockley, MBA, MCSA DBA / Sr. Data Analyst Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Overall it went smoothly. Had a couple of gotchas with licensing and upgrading but nothing that really stopped us. Incentivized Steven Gockley, MBA, MCSA DBA / Sr. Data Analyst Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Once we have moved all of our system integration APIs to the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, we will need to communicate with a wide variety of external systems. All of our business and service logic is stored in the aforementioned core systems. Anypoint Platform (and all of our APIs) makes it easy to connect to various other platforms. In order to link to these many other systems, connectors and/or components are utilized, and they are simple to configure and integrate. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	I've not found too many tools to bolt onto SSIS that encompass what you get with Task Factory. I have used some Enterprise ETL tools like Dell's Boomi, but did not find it to be very intuitive. Task Factory does not leave you guessing how to use its components. Additionally, their support is very responsive and helpful. Incentivized FC Frank Coulter Database Operations Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Mulesoft can be used to provide an integration platform to a large number of systems like Salesforce, ODBC, JDBC, SAP, Mongo DB, etc. An excellent option to develop microservices and real-time integrations. Not as robust in handling large data volumes, Informatica is better in that respect. Incentivized Nikhil Kohli Service Delivery Lead Read full review	We were able to support our developers with Task Factory features and reduce the development time by 40%. Recently Task Factory has changed their pricing module and it seems to be pretty costly for our process. Our business team has started to evaluate whether this is worth it going forward. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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