Priced per core, not per connection
Boomi licenses connections on its editions and charges $0.05 per Boomi Message on Pay-As-You-Go. iQBus meters cores you run — add 40 trading partners and your licence does not change.
A better alternative to Boomi
The better alternative to Boomi for endpoint-heavy estates.
Boomi counts connections and, on Pay-As-You-Go, every message. iQBus is licensed per core in your own Azure tenant — add trading partners, endpoints and interfaces without the meter moving.
Boomi
iQBus · Azure-native ESB
iQBus · Azure-native ESB
Available onAzure MarketplaceSupportsSOC 2 & HIPAA
A supply-chain integration manager and a warehouse lead review a wall screen full of connected trading-partner nodes above a fulfilment floor
Integration teams that run on Cerebrum City engineering
Why teams choose iQBus over Boomi
Three things that change on day one.
Everything in your Azure tenant
Runtime, message data, tracking and AI stay inside your subscription. No control plane outside your compliance boundary. iQBus supports SOC 2 and HIPAA.
AI that builds integrations — in-tenant
The AI Accelerator drafts pipeline components, maps and functions, and the iQBus MCP Server lets your own AI agents build integrations. Both run inside your tenant: the only middleware with AI fully in-tenant.
Side by side
Boomi and iQBus, capability by capability.
What each one meters, where it runs, what you build yourself and what comes in the box.
| Capability | Boomi | iQBus |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay for | Connections, per edition$99/mo + $0.05 per message on Pay-As-You-Go | Cores you runStarter: no licence fee, ever — you pay only your own Azure |
| Where it runs | Boomi platform + Atom runtimesControl plane hosted by Boomi | Entirely in your Azure tenantRuntime, data, tracking and AI |
| BizTalk constructs | Rebuild as processesSchemas, maps and orchestrations re-authored | Schemas, maps, pipelines, orchestrations, adaptersSame model — converted, not rewritten |
| EDI & HL7 | Trading Partner connectorsSeparate connector class, licensed | EDI and HL7 in the runtimeIn production with customers today |
| Tracking & exceptions | Process reportingPer process, per Atom | Flow tracking dashboardSuspended runs, one-click resume |
| AI & agents | Boomi AI on Boomi's platformMCP Server in tech preview | AI Accelerator + MCP ServerBoth run in your tenant |
| Making a change | Package and deploy components | Configuration, liveNo builds, no deployment windows |
| Microsoft estate fit | Multi-cloud iPaaS | Azure-nativeEntra ID, OAuth 2.1, Azure Marketplace |
Talk to an Integration Architect
Comparison reflects each vendor's publicly documented capabilities and pricing pages as of October 2026; details change without notice, so confirm against the vendor before you decide. Boomi and the other product names are trademarks of their respective owners; iQBus is not affiliated with them.
Build your estate
Pick what your estate needs. See what it takes on Boomi — and on iQBus.
Boomi licenses each deployed connection and, on Pay-As-You-Go, each document. Tick what your estate needs and watch the connection count — then compare it with the iQBus column.
Your estate needs…
Boomi Pay-As-You-Go bills $0.05 per Boomi Message (each inbound or outbound document), on top of $99/month
On Boomi you set up
On iQBus you configureConnection counts follow Boomi's licensing rule — one licence per deployed connection component per runtime — and its published Pay-As-You-Go rate; edition pricing is quoted by Boomi and not shown. Based on each vendor's public documentation as of October 2026; confirm against the vendor before you decide. See iQBus pricing.
The people a bus serves
Pick a team. See what changes for them.
Partner onboarding
EDI analyst
Forty retail partners, one licence.
Each retailer wants its own 850/856/810 flavour. On a per-connection meter every partner is a line on the invoice; on iQBus it is a port and a map.
- New partner in hours, not weeks
- Same X12 schemas you already have
- Every document traced end to end
Shipping dock
Operations
The ASN leaves when the truck does.
Dock teams do not care which platform moved the 856 — until it is late. iQBus shows the message, the port it waited on, and lets ops resume it.
- Suspended message → one-click resume
- Alerts to the people who can act
- No ticket to the integration team
Budget review
IT director
A number that stays put when the estate grows.
Per-connection and per-message meters make growth expensive. Per-core licensing means the budget line follows throughput, not your partner count.
- Starter: no licence fee, ever
- Grow and Enterprise per core
- Azure billed to your own subscription
Try it here
This is the tracking console. Go ahead and click.
The iQBus console with sample data. Follow a message through every port, map and pipeline, open a suspended run and resume it — the part you would otherwise assemble from logs.
- Switch between Flow and Table
- Filter by time or message type
- Play a scenario from Scenarios
Get iQBus
From Azure Marketplace to your own tenant, today.
No sales cycle to start. Get iQBus from Azure Marketplace, create it in your subscription, sign in with Entra ID and configure your first integration. Starter has no licence fee, ever — you pay only your own Azure.
Starter no licence fee · Grow and Enterprise licensed per core · no per-message, per-connection or per-partner metering · pricing
Microsoft Solutions PartnerCloud & AI Platforms · Cerebrum City, Atlanta, since 2007
Supports SOC 2 & HIPAAEntra ID · OAuth 2.1 · iQBus Auditing
- 1Open iQBus on Azure MarketplaceChoose Starter, Grow or Enterprise. Starter has no licence fee, ever.
- 2Create it in your own subscriptionRuntime, data and tracking land inside your Azure tenant — nothing runs outside it.
- 3Sign in with Entra ID and configurePorts, pipelines and maps in the web console; changes go live without builds or deployment windows.
- 4Let the AI draft the first flowDescribe it to the AI Accelerator, review the draft, use it. On Grow and Enterprise your own agents can build through the MCP Server.
When Boomi is the right call
If your estate is a handful of SaaS-to-SaaS syncs with low volume and no Microsoft centre of gravity, a low-code iPaaS is a fine fit and Boomi is a good one. iQBus is built for estates that look like a BizTalk estate: many endpoints, trading partners, EDI and HL7, and a team that lives in Azure.
Not sure which shape your estate is? Ask an architect
Customer story
iQBus has been a real asset to the business. Its intuitive interface allowed us to implement EDI effortlessly, and the built-in transaction tracking gives us the visibility to manage operations with confidence.
Cheryl Patterson, Chief of Staff, CPA, Novelty Inc.
Read the case study (PDF)
Zero
downtime at cutover
See your estate, mapped to iQBus.
Send us your integration landscape — on Boomi, BizTalk or anything else. An integration architect returns a tailored map of what carries over, what changes and how a phased move would run.
- Senior architects
- Runs in your Azure tenant
- Reply within one business day
You'll speak with a senior integration architect, not an SDR.
Common questions
Boomi or iQBus, answered.
Still weighing it? Talk to an Integration Architect.
Further reading: The BizTalk alternative · BizTalk vs iQBus cost · iQBus pricing
Is iQBus a real alternative to Boomi?
Yes. iQBus is an Azure-native enterprise service bus with ports, adapters, pipelines, XSLT 3.0 maps, pub/sub routing, EDI and HL7, a built-in flow tracking dashboard and AI that runs in your tenant. Where Boomi is a multi-cloud iPaaS licensed per connection, iQBus is licensed per core and runs entirely inside your own Azure subscription.
How is Boomi priced compared with iQBus?
Boomi's editions license connections (each deployed connection component counts), and its Pay-As-You-Go plan is $99 per month plus $0.05 per Boomi Message, per Boomi's own pricing pages. iQBus Starter has no licence fee; Grow and Enterprise are licensed per core. There is no per-message, per-connection or per-partner metering, and Azure is billed to your own tenant.
Can iQBus handle EDI and HL7 like Boomi's trading-partner connectors?
Yes. EDI and HL7 run in the iQBus runtime and are in production with customers today. Our adapter library grows every week, and the team adds transports an engagement needs.
Does iQBus run inside my Azure tenant?
Yes. The runtime, the tracking console, message data and the AI Accelerator all run inside your Azure subscription with Entra ID and OAuth 2.1. Nothing leaves your tenant. iQBus supports SOC 2 and HIPAA.
How do I try iQBus?
Get iQBus from Azure Marketplace and create it in your own subscription. The Starter tier has no licence fee, ever — you pay only your own Azure consumption. Or talk to an Integration Architect first and we will map your estate to iQBus with you.