Apache SOA vs. Mule

Question

I'm looking for a high level technical gap analysis of the Apache ESB/SOA stack (Servicemix, Camel, ActiveMQ, CXF) vs. comparable Mule technologies.

As well, I'm trying to better understand how these frameworks are viewed amongst developers in terms of learning curve, stability, scalability and overall ability to meet client requirements...

Answer 1

It's not really an answer, but too long to be added as a comment.

Gartner does such comparisons (example), so does Forrester (example1; example2), but their papers are:

• expensive to obtain
• focusing more on the market share and the hype, less on the technical capability to deliver a solution
• mainly about commercial products - maybe because market share for open source is difficult to measure (no licenses sold)

I personally have experience with Oracle Fusion (bad), Tibco (better) and Vitria (outdated), but I'm not up to the challenge to do a detailed comparison...