Comparative Analysis of Integration Engine

Introduction to Integration Engine

Integration Engine means the engine that provides an interfacing solution for health enterprises requiring comprehensive messaging between information systems. This allows HCOs to manage and streamline message exchange between applications, databases, and external systems. Below is the detailed comparison of different Integration Engine where we have comparison of Nextgen Mirth Integration Engine, Lyniate Corepoint Integration Engine, Lyniate Rhapsody Integration Engine and Cloverleaf Integration Engine.
Introduction to Integration Engine

Comparison of Different Integration Engine

	NEXTGEN MIRTH	LYNIATE COREPOINT	LYNIATE RHAPSODY	CLOVERLEAF
Product establishment	2006 Initially known as Mirth.	1997 Initially known as Corepoint.	1990(IBM) Initially known as Orion Health Rhapsody	1970 Initially known as The Interface Engine
	Open source software	Licensed proprietary software	Licensed proprietary software	Licensed proprietary software
Technology	Uses JavaScript	Uses custom code	Uses custom code	Uses custom code
	Employs Rhino JavaScript engine	Built on .NET framework	Built on top of Java Platforn	Built using a combination of programming languages and technologies, including C++, Java, and .NET
	Can be extended using JAVA code ingested as a library	Can be extended using C# code ingested as a dll	Rhapsody’s functionality can be extended using Scala, Groovy, and Kotlin	The Cloverleaf .NET SDK also provides libraries and APIs that can be used to extend the engine using C# or other .NET-compatible languages.
Scalability and Stability	Provides HA with advanced clustering	Provides its own version of HA called Native A2 which is based on Windows Failover Cluster	Provides Clustering with advanced clustering. 1. Active-Active(Uses Load Balancer) 2. Active-Passive	It offers Clustering with “Warm StandBy,” where a master-slave configuration is established among multiple Cloverleaf servers in a warm standby cluster.
Vertical Scaling	Mirth Connect requires constant increase of memory and storage and consumes resources	Runs well on the A2 high availability solution with relatively lesser need to increase resources	Provides streamlined clustered deployment setup and management.	Cloverleaf’s warm standby clustering delivers a significant level of reliability and failover capabilities, although standby clustering might not exhibit the same scalability as other clustering forms.
API consumption	Great REST API support. Custom UIs can be built by developers due to ease of integration with the Mirth Client API.	Does not provide much of an API support and is a very closed ecosystem.	Does not provide much of an API support and is a very closed ecosystem.	Does not provide much of an API support and is a very closed ecosystem.
Command Line Interface	Has a very useful CLI and can be integrated very easily into an organization’s CI/CD workflow.	Has little CLI support.	Has little CLI support.	Has little CLI support.
Version Control	The licensed version does come with a decent version control.	It however has a fantastic inbuilt version control.	Version Control is Good	Version Control is Good
Database engine	Derby by default but can be configured any other as well	SQL Server	SQL Server	Cloverleaf Repository
Database connectivity	Works fine with most databases out there in the market: SQL server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL to name a few	Works with any ODBC compliant database, such as, SQL server, Oracle and MySQL	Works fine with most databases out there in the market: SQL server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL to name a few	Works with Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySQL,PostgreSQL and IBM DB2
User friendliness	Developer friendly	Healthcare analyst friendly.	Healthcare analyst friendly.	Healthcare analyst friendly.
	TAT is slightly larger	Lesser TAT	Lesser TAT	Lesser TAT
KLAS Rating	Among the Top 5	#1 ranked engine for years now	Among the Top 5	Among the Top 5
Configuration objects	New channels and connectors can be created easily.	Data Flow graph and Connectivity wizard, make it super easy to create and edit interfaces	The Rhapsody interface provides a graphical interface that allows users to create healthcare data integration workflows using a drag-and-drop approach.	The interface allows users to create, manage, and monitor configuration objects such as data sources, data destinations, data mappings, routing rules, and transformation rules. .
Debugging	Mirth lacks an inbuilt debugger (which means a lot of logging trail for running those debug tests).	Corepoint 7.3 provides very powerful debugger on par with other IDEs such as VS or IntelliJ
Learning Curve	Larger learning curve (more so if you are a JS newbie)	Relatively easier (even if one has no programming background)	Relatively easier (even if one has no programming background)	Relatively easier (even if one has no programming background)
User experience	UI is not bad, but neither very impressive	Provides a much better and richer user experience	Provides good UI experience	Provides good UI experience
Maps and Dictionaries	Provides Global Scripts for global configuration and we can use it in throughout all the channels.	The same can be achieved through the Code Set and Correlation
Connection types	File Reader/Writer	File Reader/Writer	File Reader/Writer	File Reader/Writer
	HTTP Listener/Sender	HTTP Listener/Sender	HTTP Listener/Sender	HTTP Listener/Sender
	TCP Listener/Sender	TCP Listener/Sender	TCP Listener/Sender	TCP Listener/Sender
	Database Reader/Writer	Datapoint caller	Database Reader/Writer	Database Reader/Writer
	Web service Listener/Sender	Web service Listener/Sender	Web service Listener/Sender	Web service Listener/Sender
	FTP reader/writer	FTP reader/writer	FTP reader/writer	FTP reader/writer
	Dicom Listener/Sender	Dicom Storage SCP	Dicom Listener/Sender	Dicom Listener/Sender
	SMTP Sender	SMTP Alert	SMTP Alert	SMTP Alert
SSL/TLS Support	The free version of Mirth does not support SSL. One needs to purchase the SSL manager separately.	Since its a paid tool, comes with inbuilt SSL support	Inbuilt SSL Support	Inbuilt SSL Support
Message Filtering	Can be done within filter or transformer	Can be done within actionlists	Can be done with Filters Transform, Custom Script	Can be done with Filters such as contains, starts with etc. Logical Operators.
Extensibility	If JS does not suffice, once can always use JAVA libraries	C# code ingested as a .dll file	JavaScript, Python, as well as third-party plugins and custom connectors.	Third party plugins can be used. SDK allows developers to create custom components.
Online Community	Has a great online (open) community. Most problems can be discovered by googling.	Decent online (closed) community. However, has a great support staff ready to offer help at anytime	Decent online (closed) community.	Decent online community. Cloverleaf Documentation. Cloverleaf User Forum.
Message structure validation	Provides for the message template option to specify the message structure	Provides derivatives that can be effortlessly customized.	Provides pre built templates, XSD validation, HL7 Validation, Message Validation rule etc.	Cloverleaf offers a variety of options for validating message structure, allowing you to easily ensure that messages adhere to the expected format and structure before processing them.
Message Transformation	Transformers	Actionlists	Transformers	Transformers
Alerting	Alerts Plugin	Alert Wizard and Action Points	Built in Alerting Mechanism	Built in Notification services module.
Monitoring	Provides a dashboard to check the stats of received, filtered, sent and errored messages.	Provides Monitor to check the stats of received, filtered, sent and errored messages.	Provides Monitor to check the stats of received, filtered, sent and errored messages.	Offers real-time visibility into the message flow within the integration engine, enabling users to swiftly pinpoint and troubleshoot issues..