| [[HowdoesCamelcomparetoSynapse-HowdoesCamelcomparetoSynapse]] |
| === How does Camel compare to Synapse? |
| |
| We are Camel developers so take what you read here with a pinch of salt. |
| If you want to read a less biased comparison |
| http://rajith.2rlabs.com/2008/02/11/synapse-vs-camel/[try reading this |
| review which has a slight Synapse bias since the author mostly uses |
| Synapse] :smile: |
| |
| However we think the main differences are: |
| |
| * the Camel community is way more active according to the |
| http://www.nabble.com/Camel-f22882.html[nabble statistics] (Synapse is |
| inside the Apache Web Services bar) or by comparing |
| http://apache.markmail.org/search/?q=camel[Camel] and |
| http://apache.markmail.org/search/?q=synapse[Synapse] on markmail. |
| * Camel is the default routing engine included in |
| http://activemq.apache.org/[Apache ActiveMQ] for Message Orientated |
| middleware with EIP and http://servicemix.apache.org/[Apache ServiceMix] |
| the ESB based around OSGi and JBI at Apache - both of which are |
| http://www.nabble.com/Apache-f90.html[very popular too]. |
| * Camel is designed from the ground up around |
| link:../enterprise-integration-patterns.adoc[Enterprise Integration |
| Patterns] -- having an EIP pattern language implemented in |
| link:../dsl.adoc[Java], link:../spring.adoc[Spring XML], |
| link:../scala-dsl.adoc[Scala] and link:../groovy-dsl.adoc[Groovy] as well as |
| link:../visualisation.adoc[EIP Visualisations]. |
| * Camel is designed to work with pretty much all kinds of |
| link:../transport.adoc[transport] as well as working with any |
| link:../data-format.adoc[Data Format]. When we first looked at Synapse it |
| was based around Axis 2 and WS-* though apparently thats no longer the |
| case. |
