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Apigee vs IBM Rational Test Workbench comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Apigee
Ranking in API Testing Tools
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
88
Ranking in other categories
API Management (3rd)
IBM Rational Test Workbench
Ranking in API Testing Tools
15th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Performance Testing Tools (21st), Test Automation Tools (39th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the API Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Apigee is 1.0%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Rational Test Workbench is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

ShawkyFoda  - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides high visibility and control with good traffic monitoring
Analytics is one of the areas needing enhancement, specifically more visibility and control over traffic to improve capacity management and high availability. The replication process between Master and Slave for disaster recovery takes too long. Dependencies on analytics impact the performance of the user interface, which should be separate. The complex setup process on-premises, especially with multi-node installations, could also be improved. Additional control in product declarations, based on operations like POST and GET, is needed.
KashifJamil - PeerSpot reviewer
Good integration with other tools, stable, scales easily
There are a number of things that they can do to simplify the tools, but the most important thing that they need to do is simplify the installation. This includes the workbench as well as the other tools. In the future, I would like to see the other types of tests supported, that are not already covered in the DevOps approach. This would include, for example, penetration testing.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Apigee is a very lightweight solution."
"I simply like how you can personalize your products and put them into product categories. That's what I like the most."
"I'm still evaluating, but in terms of overall performance and stability, it's quite good."
"The developer portal is very useful to customers."
"The most valuable features are scalability and technical support."
"API/proxy lifecycle workflow for API providers is quite good and one of Apigee's strongest features."
"Apigee provides good documentation."
"It's a good return on my investment."
"This solution provides for API testing, functional UI testing, performance testing, and service virtualization."
"Reporting is pretty good. Its interface is also good. I'm overall pretty happy with the functionality and use of IBM Rational Test Workbench."
 

Cons

"The user interface could be better. It could be easier to navigate and more user-friendly."
"There is potential for improvement in specific domain integrations, such as standard integration capabilities needed for banking or retail sectors."
"I would like to see better integration and some architectural improvements in future releases of the solution."
"The solution could add even more functionalities."
"Apigee lacks market presence."
"As it is now, the rotation of certificates is a manual task and is something that can be improved."
"What my clients don't like is that the on-premises solution is not being treated and maintained as well as the cloud solution."
"Google isn't enthusiastic about supporting older versions. Google is now trying to move all of its clients to X within the cloud."
"It should have more interfaces. In terms of interfaces or protocols, what you can do with Rational is far limited as compared to other products out there. What it does, it does great, but it only gives you limited types of protocols. It supports between 8 to 15 types of protocols, whereas other test tools give you 20 to 30 types of protocols with which you can do testing and convert to script. It records Javascript-based scripts, and you got to know a little bit of Java to basically be able to edit them, but the level of editing you got to do is very low. I like that, but the ability to edit the script is not as good as Parasoft or LoadRunner, which have C-Script."
"There are a number of things that they can do to simplify the tools, but the most important thing that they need to do is simplify the installation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's pricing is fair. You need to pay additional costs for the support."
"Since it was acquired by Google, we can get a license based on our requirements and the cost level will depend on cloud access and support."
"Pricing options need to be chosen on a case-by-case basis."
"Compared to other products, Apigee had higher pricing."
"It was fairly expensive. I don't know what the standard pricing is. I want to say that it's something like $80,000 for 800 million requests (approximately) a year."
"You do not necessarily pay for the license. The cloud solution is based more on transactions. So, you pay for it either way."
"The price of Apigee could be less expensive. The solution can be purchased monthly or annually."
"It is a bit on the expensive side. Its licensing cost is a bit high, and that's where we've seen people going back on their decisions."
"It doesn't really concern me. Licensing is on a yearly basis."
"The pricing is a little bit on the higher side, although it is really good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Non Profit
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Rational Test Workbench, IBM Rational Performance Tester, IBM Functional Tester, IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server
 

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