We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and IBM API Connect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature in Amazon API Gateway is the itinerary release."
"All information and data needs to be sanitized before it enters a private domain and we use this solution to do this."
"API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks."
"Its security feature is the most valuable because it is mainly a security solution. It has easy authentication and authorization, and its integration is also useful."
"In terms of most valuable features, it would say that it is really easy to start working with it."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution is a managed service and requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to launch an API."
"This solution is useful for making new APIs."
"API Connect is a good product, and everything works fine. All the analytics are good, and it is easy to follow up. I like it in that sense. I'm more focused on following up on analytics by seeing how many API calls we are getting and where we see a lot of problems. I was working on that API level."
"We really like the runtime capabilities of IBM API Connect. The creation of products and the control of the monetization and hit rate are some of the features which we've found very valuable."
"Publishers can easily identify, create, and publish APIs on the developer portal, defining plans, packages, and potentially billing rules."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is that it protects our backend system. We are exposing services to external parties and using this solution to protect the backend system, and to have a navigation in between."
"The services that I consume through IBM API Connect are beneficial. It can handle multiple API management."
"The most valuable features are stability and security."
"One of the most valuable features is the easy-to-use web interface."
"The capabilities are very good."
"They could include more support tools in the product."
"I believe that there could be more features associated with analytics since it is an area where the product lacks."
"Amazon API Gateway needs to focus on minimizing latency."
"Since the first invocation of AWS Lambda takes more than 30 seconds because of Lambda's cold start, Amazon API Gateway blocks that resource, thereby aborting the invocation."
"There should be more videos and documentation about the new features that are released every month."
"The tool's UI requires time to understand."
"Amazon API Gateway will wait for only 30 seconds to get a response from other services, such as the Lambda function."
"When working with XML payloads, there can be issues due to the lack of a seamless connection between API Gateway and Lambda functions."
"We have asked IBM for scalability and for some other features that we wanted. We had a dialogue with them and in the end, they have agreed to provide us with features related to API setup and security."
"The administration of the user interface and the technical documentation are areas of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"In the next version, I don't know if they've already been included it or not, but the designer and all the tools should be on the cloud. I don't want any external installation or local installation."
"The platform’s integration with the payment gateway needs enhancement. The setup process and support services could be improved."
"We've had some issues upgrading to the latest version of the solution."
"We would have more capability to interact with the catalog and inventories, so a more DevOps-friendly solution is needed."
"Automation for our Domino applications could be improved."
"The new version is very unstable."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while IBM API Connect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Good speed and performance, but it's based on a bit dated architecture". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager and 3scale API Management, whereas IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Kong Gateway Enterprise. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. IBM API Connect report.
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