SAP Integration Suite vs. MuleSoft Comparison

Which is the best iPaaS provider for you?

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Louis-Victor Jadavji, Cofounder of Taloflow

Who should you choose and why?

✋ Most important consideration

SAP has a mature integration offering that works well for organizations that use other SAP products extensively.

🤔 Strongly consider SAP over MuleSoft if

You have a large footprint of SAP applications, like S/4, Hana, SuccessFactors, Concur, Ariba, etc.
You are looking to leverage pre-built integration content provided by SAP for common integration scenarios.

🤔 Strongly consider MuleSoft over SAP if

You need to deploy integrations on-premises (SAP has a PI/PO dependency).
You’re building data integration scenarios.
You’re building APIs and have advanced levels of API management.

📝 Other Notes

Although the SAP integration Suite is well-known for SAP-centric integration scenarios, it has also matured reasonably well to handle non-SAP scenarios.
The SAP API Business Hub in the SAP Integration Suite provides easy access to APIs for most other SAP systems.

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SAP has a dependency on PI/PO for running integrations on-premises.

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Louis-Victor Jadavji

Louis-Victor Jadavji (or "LV") is a recognized leader in the cloud services industry. He's helped 50+ digital native companies like ModusBox, Later, and NS1 choose the right cloud stack for their applications. His work has been featured in Forbes (30 Under 30 All-Star), HuffPost, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, and Inc. Magazine.

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