Danny Welbeck's brace enabled Sunderland to come from behind to lead 2-1 until Mikel Arteta's deflected strike on 83 minutes earned Everton a point.
The result keeps the Black Cats seventh in the Premier League table and Bruce is pleased with his team's start to the campaign.
After hovering at the lower end of the standings at one stage last season, Bruce has set Sunderland the target of becoming an established top-flight club, like Monday's opponents.
"We had a good start last year, but we had a really difficult winter," Bruce told Sky Sports.
"We have got off to a decent start and the lads who have come in, like Danny Welbeck, I could go round a few who have come in and added to the squad and played particularly well.
"We're improving and it's going to take time. We've got to aspire to be somebody like Everton, who have been in the Premier League since year dot.
"I can see signs that we're improving and going forward."
Sunderland fell behind to Tim Cahill's early header and Bruce was satisfied to come away from the game with a point.
He said: "We started off slowly, that's for sure. I think Everton are one of the better teams in the Premier League and to get off to an awful start like we did put us on the back foot.
"We responded and, overall, I would have taken 2-2, but we're a bit aggrieved that we conceded too late.
"All in all, I think a draw was a pretty fair result."
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