IBM Rational Build Forge vs. Linx Comparison


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About IBM® Rational® Build Forge® products offer an adaptive execution framework that creates a software assembly line to automate and accelerate software delivery. It allows you to standardize and automate repetitive tasks, uncover development bottlenecks, determine trends for specific projects and manage compliance mandates. Available in standard and enterprise editions, these products integrate into your current environment and support major development languages, scripts, tools and platforms. Accelerates build and release cycles through iterative development and parallel processes. Gives developers preconfigured build processes within their integrated development environments (IDEs). Simplifies compliance management with self-documenting audit trails and role-based security. Increases team efficiency with centralized build and release management using tools you already have.	About A powerful iPaaS platform for integration and business process automation. Linx is a powerful platform for building custom integrations at scale. The platform provides enterprise-grade capability and unparalleled flexibility to cater to a wide range of integration use cases for today’s growing businesses, including application integration, data synchronization, data migration, automations, and rapid API development and management. Linx is a low-code, desktop-based iPaaS that enables organizations to connect their cloud and on-premise applications, data sources.
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Software developers seeking a software assembly line to automate and accelerate software delivery	Audience Developers, IT Managers, Business Intelligence, Technically-minded business unit owners
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported	API Offers API Not Supported
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Pricing No information available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported	Pricing $599 per month Priced per application deployed. Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported
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	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros IDE Desktop Designer is easy to use with drag & drop interface Also provides hosted infrastructure Easy & Quick deployment Enterprise Security Lots of plugins Free to use designer and affordable plans for dedicated infrastructure Cons It needs more pre built solutions as the catalog is pretty limited and building anything out of it requires very good understanding of API.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information IBM Founded: 1911 United States www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/rational-build-forge	Company Information Twenty57 Founded: 2001 South Africa linx.software/
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Categories Build Automation Supported	Categories API Management Supported Application Development Supported Application Server Supported Build Automation Supported Business Process Automation Supported Business Process Management Supported Data Extraction Supported Data Mapping Supported Data Migration Supported Data Preparation Supported eCommerce Integration Supported Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Supported ETL Supported IDE Supported Integration Supported Low-Code Development Supported No-Code Development Supported Rapid Application Development (RAD) Supported Workload Automation Supported
Build Automation Features Automated Testing Supported Build Cache Supported Build Management Tools Supported Build Metrics Supported Change Only Compiling Supported Debugging Tools Supported Dependency Management Supported IDE Compatibility Supported Parallel Testing Supported Plugin Library Supported Source Code Management Supported Version Conflict Resolution Supported	Show More Features API Management Features Access Control Supported Analytics Supported API Design Not Supported API Lifecycle Management Not Supported Dashboard Supported Developer Portal Not Supported Testing Management Supported Threat Protection Not Supported Traffic Control Not Supported Version Control Supported Application Development Features Access Controls/Permissions Supported Code Assistance Supported Code Refactoring Supported Collaboration Tools Supported Compatibility Testing Supported Data Modeling Supported Debugging Supported Deployment Management Supported Graphical User Interface Supported Mobile Development Not Supported No-Code Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Software Development Supported Source Control Supported Testing Management Supported Version Control Supported Web App Development Not Supported Application Server Features Admin Console Supported Alerts / Notifications Supported Application Security Supported Multi-Application Support Not Supported Multiple Environment Support Not Supported Open Standards Compliance Not Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported User Management Supported Business Process Management Features Access Controls / Permissions Supported Alerts / Notifications Supported Business Process Automation Supported Business Rules Management Supported Collaboration Not Supported Process Change Tracking Not Supported Process Mapping Not Supported Process Modeling & Design Not Supported Visual Workflow Management Supported Data Extraction Features Disparate Data Collection Supported Document Extraction Supported Email Address Extraction Supported Image Extraction Supported IP Address Extraction Not Supported Phone Number Extraction Not Supported Pricing Extraction Not Supported Web Data Extraction Not Supported Data Preparation Features Collaboration Tools Not Supported Data Access Supported Data Blending Supported Data Cleansing Supported Data Governance Not Supported Data Mashup Not Supported Data Modeling Not Supported Data Transformation Supported Machine Learning Not Supported Visual User Interface Supported ETL Features Data Analysis Not Supported Data Filtering Supported Data Quality Control Not Supported Job Scheduling Supported Match & Merge Supported Metadata Management Not Supported Non-Relational Transformations Supported Version Control Supported Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Features Data Source Connectors Supported Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Supported Enterprise Application Integration Supported Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) Supported Integrations Management Supported Messaging Supported IDE Features Code Completion Supported Compiler Supported Cross Platform Support Not Supported Debugger Supported Drag and Drop UI Supported Integrations and Plugins Supported Multi Language Support Not Supported Project Management Supported Text Editor / Code Editor Supported Integration Features Dashboard Supported ETL - Extract / Transform / Load Supported Metadata Management Not Supported Multiple Data Sources Supported Web Services Supported Low-Code Development Features AI-Assisted Development Not Supported Business Process Automation Supported Collaborative Development Supported Data Aggregation and Publishing Not Supported Deployment Management Supported Drag & Drop Supported Integrations Management Supported Iteration Management Not Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Requirements Management Not Supported Templates Supported Visual Modeling Supported Web / Mobile App Development Supported Workflow Management Not Supported Workload Automation Features Alerts / Notifications Supported Audit Trails Not Supported Business Process Management Supported Cross-Platform Scheduling Not Supported Dashboard Supported Data Analysis / Visualization Not Supported Event-Triggers Supported Load Balancing Supported Resource-Based Scheduling Not Supported Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Not Supported Workflow Foundation Support Not Supported
Integrations .NET Not Supported Amazon EC2 Not Supported Amazon Web Services (AWS) Not Supported Apache Kafka Not Supported EDB Postgres Advanced Server Not Supported Gears Supported GenRocket Supported GitEye Supported Gmail Not Supported Google Drive Not Supported IBM InfoSphere Data Architect Supported Microsoft Excel Not Supported MongoDB Not Supported Nocode HQ Not Supported Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Not Supported QuickBooks Online Not Supported SQLite Not Supported Sage X3 Not Supported Salesforce Not Supported Shopify Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 4 Integrations	Integrations .NET Supported Amazon EC2 Supported Amazon Web Services (AWS) Supported Apache Kafka Supported EDB Postgres Advanced Server Supported Gears Not Supported GenRocket Not Supported GitEye Not Supported Gmail Supported Google Drive Supported IBM InfoSphere Data Architect Not Supported Microsoft Excel Supported MongoDB Supported Nocode HQ Supported Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Supported QuickBooks Online Supported SQLite Supported Sage X3 Supported Salesforce Supported Shopify Supported Show More Integrations View All 22 Integrations
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