Stay in the tenant you already trust
Your identity is Entra ID, your data is in Azure SQL and Microsoft 365. iQBus runs in that same tenant — no cross-cloud identity federation, no second compliance boundary.
A better alternative to AWS
The better alternative to AWS integration for Microsoft estates.
On AWS, integration is EventBridge, Step Functions, Lambda, Amazon MQ and B2B Data Interchange — assembled by you, metered per event, transition, request and document. iQBus is one ESB in the Azure tenant your Microsoft estate already lives in.
AWS integration services
iQBus · Azure-native ESB
iQBus · Azure-native ESB
Available onAzure MarketplaceSupportsSOC 2 & HIPAA
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Integration teams that run on Cerebrum City engineering
Why teams choose iQBus over AWS integration services
Three things that change on day one.
A bus, not a toolkit
EventBridge routes events, Step Functions orchestrates, Lambda transforms, Amazon MQ queues, B2B Data Interchange parses X12 — you wire them together. iQBus is the bus: routing, pipelines, maps, adapters, partners and tracking in one product.
Per core, not per event
AWS integration services meter per event, per state transition, per request, per broker-hour and per transformed document. iQBus is licensed per core; Starter has no licence fee.
Side by side
AWS integration services and iQBus, capability by capability.
What each one meters, where it runs, what you build yourself and what comes in the box.
| Capability | AWS integration services | iQBus |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay for | Events, transitions, requests, documentsEventBridge, Step Functions, Lambda, MQ, B2Bi — each metered | Cores you runStarter: no licence fee, ever — you pay only your own Azure |
| Identity & tenant | IAM, federated to your Microsoft identitySecond boundary to govern | Entra ID and OAuth 2.1Same tenant as your Microsoft estate |
| What you build | The integration layer itselfFrom EventBridge, Step Functions, Lambda, MQ | The integrationsThe bus is the product |
| BizTalk constructs | Rebuild on primitives | Schemas, maps, pipelines, orchestrations, adaptersSame model — converted |
| EDI & HL7 | B2B Data Interchange (X12), per documentHL7 is yours to build | EDI and HL7 in the runtimeIn production with customers today |
| Tracking & exceptions | CloudWatch and X-Ray, per serviceCorrelation is yours to build | One flow tracking dashboardSuspended runs, one-click resume |
| AI & agents | Bedrock agentsAWS-hosted models | AI Accelerator + MCP ServerBoth run in your tenant |
| Making a change | Infrastructure-as-code redeploys | Configuration, liveNo builds, no deployment windows |
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. AWS integration services 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 AWS integration services — and on iQBus.
On AWS, integration is assembled from primitives, each with its own meter and console. Tick what your estate needs and count the services you would wire together — then look at the iQBus column.
Your estate needs…
On AWS integration services you set up
On iQBus you configureService counts follow AWS documentation for B2B Data Interchange, Transfer Family, EventBridge, Step Functions, Lambda, API Gateway and AppFlow; each is metered separately (events, transitions, requests, documents), so no combined dollar figure is 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.
Platform decision
CIO / CTO
One cloud boundary is easier to defend than two.
A Microsoft estate that integrates on AWS carries two identity systems, two network edges and two compliance stories. iQBus keeps integration inside the Azure tenant you already govern.
- Entra ID, not a federation project
- iQBus supports SOC 2 and HIPAA
- Microsoft Solutions Partner, on Azure Marketplace
Health plan operations
Claims processing
837 in, 835 out, every one accounted for.
Payer operations live and die by X12 batches and their acknowledgements. iQBus parses, maps, routes and tracks them in one place — not across a parser service, a queue, a function and a log.
- EDI in the runtime
- Tracking by tracking ID and message type
- iQBus supports HIPAA
Night dispatch
Dispatch
Nothing gets lost between the services.
When an order stalls at 2 a.m., the question is "where is it?" — not "which of five consoles?". iQBus shows the message, the port it waited on and a Resume button.
- One console at night
- Email alerts to the shift
- Retries per send port, resume for the rest
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 AWS is the right call
If your applications, identity and data already live on AWS, building integration there with EventBridge, Step Functions and B2B Data Interchange is the coherent choice. iQBus is for estates whose centre of gravity is Microsoft — Entra ID, Azure, SQL Server, Microsoft 365 — where a second cloud boundary buys complexity, not capability.
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 AWS integration services, 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
AWS integration services 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 AWS integration services?
For a Microsoft-centred estate, yes. AWS offers primitives — EventBridge, Step Functions, Lambda, Amazon MQ, AppFlow, B2B Data Interchange — that you assemble into an integration layer. iQBus is a complete enterprise service bus that runs inside your own Azure tenant: ports, adapters, pipelines, XSLT 3.0 maps, pub/sub routing, EDI and HL7, a flow tracking dashboard and in-tenant AI.
How are AWS integration services priced compared with iQBus?
AWS meters each service on its own unit — events published, state transitions, requests and duration, broker-hours, documents transformed — per AWS's pricing pages. iQBus Starter has no licence fee; Grow and Enterprise are licensed per core, with no per-message metering, and the Azure it runs on is billed to your own subscription.
We are a Microsoft shop. Why does the cloud matter for integration?
Integration touches every system, so it inherits every boundary it crosses. Integrating on AWS means federating Entra ID to IAM, a second network edge and a second compliance scope. iQBus runs in the Azure tenant you already govern, with Entra ID and OAuth 2.1.
Can iQBus still talk to systems on AWS?
Yes. iQBus connects over API, SFTP, file share, SQL, queues and the adapters in its library, which grows every week, so applications hosted on AWS or anywhere else are endpoints like any other.
How do I try iQBus?
Get iQBus from Azure Marketplace and create it in your own subscription. Starter has no licence fee, ever — you pay only your own Azure. Or talk to an Integration Architect first and we will map your estate to iQBus with you.