We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Spring Edge based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in API Management."The MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) is great because it allows you to easily expose services using various protocols – web services, REST (JSON), and others. This flexibility simplifies things."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"You don't have to have a separate DMC proxy because DataPower Gateway is an appliance and will take care of a lot of security features. These include data validations, encryption, as well as XML or any type of scripting or security threats that are present."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"The tool helps to ensure security. It helps with notifications and messaging. We have seen improvements in message deliverability."
"Its support services could be better."
"In the next release, I would like to see the product price reduced. It should be cheaper."
"The programming language is only supported in XSLT and Gateway script."
"The product's cost for data appliances or hardware is quite high. It needs improvement."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"Making it more user-friendly would be an improvement."
"MuleSoft seems to have certain advantages over Spring Edge. Mulesoft covers more use cases, while Spring Edge is lightweight. The use cases mentioned revolve around integration capabilities. It can handle more integration. On the other hand, while offering some plugins for integration, Spring Edge is portrayed as more focused on communication tasks."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in API Management with 27 reviews while Spring Edge is ranked 47th in API Management with 1 review. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Spring Edge is rated 0.0. 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 Spring Edge writes "Helps to ensure security and improves message deliverability ". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Spring Edge is most compared with 3scale API Management.
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