Workato vs. MuleSoft Comparison

Who should you choose and why?

✋ Most important consideration

• Although MuleSoft has a comprehensive platform that can cover most integration use cases, Workato provides one that is easier to use, generally more cost-effective, and that equally targets business users and integration specialists.

🤔 Strongly consider Workato over MuleSoft if

• You are connecting to standard SaaS apps and want to have application, data, and file connectors available to you.
• You are looking for pre-built solutions that give your team a headstart (i.e., you generally don’t want to develop integrations from scratch).

🤔 Strongly consider MuleSoft over Workato if

• You have B2B integration scenarios requiring the processing of EDI files.
• You have eventing and queuing technologies that were built in-house.
• You want to leverage the API-related features of the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
• You better API policy enablement.

📝 Other Notes

• Although MuleSoft and Workato both provide an integration marketplace, the ability to make the artifacts reusable and available for internal and external consumers is more mature in Workato.
• MuleSoft can cater to many specific industry verticals, like healthcare and manufacturing, by providing support for file formats like HL7, and supporting protocols like MQTT. On the other hand, Workato does not support either format given it’s more focused on supporting enterprise business functions like HR, Marketing, and Finance.
• File processing is generally better on MuleSoft.