We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Microsoft Azure API Management 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."My company has a good impression of IBM DataPower Gateway. What I like about it is that because it's an appliance, it's a turnkey solution that's very fast and out of the box. Compared to other gateways, I also like that IBM DataPower Gateway is function-rich. For example, for one of the projects, there was a need for specific transformation and security features available in IBM DataPower Gateway out of the box, so my team just needed to configure the appliance. There was no need for separate development, and I found it quite neat. Another valuable feature of IBM DataPower Gateway is that it's easy to integrate with other products."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"What I like most is the stability."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"Ease of integration into the entire Microsoft environment."
"I like the support they provide for the APIs more than the solution itself. First of all, documentation-wise, both Microsoft Azure and even Google Cloud are up there. But in comparison, the real-time consulting and support for APIs make Microsoft stand out a little. I also like the performance. Standard public cloud provider-built APIs are more resilient and flexible in terms of what feature you want to use and what feature you don't want to use, and they're more customizable. They are more resilient in terms of performance in that particular environment because that is the design aspect of the offering. When public clouds build APIs and deploy them after testing them on their framework for a certain amount of time, I feel there is a massive difference in the product's performance. On the interface, everything is strong."
"I like API Management's sandbox feature. It's an environment where you can test out the API before putting it into production and connecting it to a live environment."
"It seems quite good so far. It handles our current workload well, and I'm optimistic it can scale effectively as our needs grow."
"I like API Management's ability to do hybrid cloud stuff."
"Everything is already available and ready to operate without a lot of preparation work."
"Without a doubt, it has a very robust, strong marketplace where we can directly integrate with existing APIs and begin working on those."
"I have found this solution to be easy to configure, simple to use, and flexible."
"We are always looking for more features wherein it could be easily integrated with cloud applications. We are looking for either a cloud solution or a cloud integration option."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"An area for improvement in IBM DataPower Gateway is its price point because it's a relatively expensive product. Sometimes, when the customer use case is just a very small subset of what's being offered in IBM DataPower Gateway, then the product can be expensive, making my company lose some of the opportunities because of the expensive pricing. A lower price point for IBM DataPower Gateway, even if that results in a less feature-rich version, would be appreciated. In terms of additional features that I'd like to see in the next release of IBM DataPower Gateway, nothing specific comes to mind because IBM constantly improves its standards and provides quarterly updates to the product, so it's quite fine."
"They should improve the solution's clustering features."
"IBM DataPower Gateway is quite big for smaller organizations, looking at different types of clients who are virtually assisted in this, I would say it's not really a good product for smaller firms."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"The programming language is only supported in XSLT and Gateway script."
"The components that they include in the product that are, in fact, a WTX, really need to be removed from the product because they tend to fail."
"Could use clearer configuration when it comes to API policies."
"The solution's integration suite needs improvement."
"They're trying to implement versioning and trying to be able to manage different versions of your API all at the same time, but they're not doing that just quite right yet."
"There is a limitation of 32 kb of data in the APIs. Having the limitation increase would be a benefit."
"Azure API Management could be improved with better integration with all of Microsoft's tools."
"Microsoft Azure API Management is lagging behind Apigee and should also have a better CICD process."
"It could be more user friendly for developers. It would be nice if developers could view things more easily."
"The solution’s security and performance could be improved."
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IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in API Management with 27 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Security features meets compliance needs and offers MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) that simplifies integration efforts ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Mule ESB, IBM Integration Bus and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and SwaggerHub. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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