OpenText Corporation

Artix

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

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What is Artix?

A flexible integration solution to build, deploy, and manage highly secure services in C++ or Java. Use as a fill enterprise service bus solution or to help modernize existing investments.

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Artix Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

93 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

100 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+100 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Artix?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 94

Protocol Translation

100

Logging and Monitoring

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Operating System Agnostic

Application Workflow

Ease of Adding or Changing Components

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Failover

Load Balancing

Service Oriented Architecture

Programming Language Agnostic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 93

Usability and Intuitiveness

100

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Artix Reviews

Amar Pratap S.

Role: Finance
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted May 2025

Powerful but complex and best for experts

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Artix from other similar products?

flexible, supports legacy systems, and handles complex enterprise needs better

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

strong support for legacy systems and wide protocol compatibility

What do you dislike most about this product?

Setup is complex and it need skilled team to manage and maintain

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

plan setup well, and use it for complex, enterprise-level integrations

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Neeta G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Best Product, Easy implementation!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Artix from other similar products?

Micro Focus Artix provides flexible solution to build, manage and deploy highly secure services.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy implementation

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing to dislike about this product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly recommended

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Prabhat P.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Media
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Artix: A Lean, Liberating Distro for the Systemd

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Artix from other similar products?

Artix differentiates itself through its focus on systemd-free design and flexibility in init system choices, offering alternatives like OpenRC, runit, s6, and dinit. This contrasts with many other Linux distributions that rely heavily on systemd for service management. Additionally, Artix, like other Linux distributions based on Arch Linux, uses a rolling-release model, ensuring users always have the latest software updates

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the most compelling aspects of Artix Linux is its commitment to systemd-free architecture. Unlike most mainstream distributions, Artix offers users the freedom to choose from init systems like OpenRC, runit, s6, or dinit, which can appeal to those who value simplicity, transparency, and tighter control over their systems. It’s particularly appreciated by advanced users who want the performance and flexibility of Arch Linux, but without systemd. Do you use Artix currently, or are you exploring it as an option?

What do you dislike most about this product?

The biggest drawback of Artix for many users is its steeper maintenance and troubleshooting curve due to the absence of systemd. Since most modern Linux software is tested and developed with systemd in mind, Artix users can sometimes run into compatibility issues or need to manually tweak services that would otherwise “just work” on systemd-based distros. This can lead to more time spent configuring and debugging—especially for less common packages or newer software that assumes systemd is present

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Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Artix Ratings

93 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

100 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+100 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Artix?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Protocol Translation Support for multiple protocols and the ability to convert differing protocols into common communications or common message layer.

Logging and Monitoring Logging and monitoring of all workflow and inter-process activity.

Certification of Inter Process Communications The verification and certification of inter-process messaging between applications.​

Operating System Agnostic Enterprise Service Bus is deployable on any operating system environment.

Application Workflow Application mapping, data transformation, event handling, orchestration and choreography.

Ease of Adding or Changing Components Components in the Enterprise Service Bus are easy to add or change. Some sources have used the term “pluggable” to describe this.

Security and Compliance Enforcement Support and enforce systems and application security, as well as policy compliance.

Failover Allows for the failover of process tasks to other nodes on the bus.

Load Balancing ESB allows for the load balancing of jobs across the nodes plugged into it, to increase application performance.

Service Oriented Architecture SOA is architecture whose objective is the deployment of services, within a model of modularity and reusability.​

Programming Language Agnostic Enterprise Service Bus integration is implementable with any programming language.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Artix Reviews

Amar Pratap S.

Powerful but complex and best for experts

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Neeta G.

Best Product, Easy implementation!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Prabhat P.

Artix: A Lean, Liberating Distro for the Systemd

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Protocol Translation

Logging and Monitoring

Certification of Inter Process Communications

Operating System Agnostic

Application Workflow

Ease of Adding or Changing Components

Security and Compliance Enforcement

Failover

Load Balancing

Service Oriented Architecture

Programming Language Agnostic

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support