We performed a comparison between Atos DirX Directory and IBM DataPower Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The role and attribute-based access control has been greatly improved."
"DirX Directory is the best feature of the product: a very fast, stable LDAP directory."
"The most valuable feature is its knowledge."
"The solution offers high performance."
"It can look for the various security threats, productions, payload scanning, and perform routing based on the content type."
"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."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"It is very easy to set up and configure, even for users with no prior experience."
"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."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The price could be better. It would be better if they developed a better endpoint solution in the next release."
"An overall modernization of the product is required in order to keep up with newer products."
"Needs more available consultants and implementation partners."
"The user interface could be more convenient for people that don't know the tool too intensively."
"The Self-Service Portal is old school and it lacks easy accessibility for users."
"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."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"The programming language is only supported in XSLT and Gateway script."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"I would like the tool to improve its training."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"DataPower isn't the most user-friendly tool. It is not an easy tool to use. Some things could use better wizards to guide you through processes."
Atos DirX Directory is ranked 19th in Application Infrastructure with 4 reviews while IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 27 reviews. Atos DirX Directory is rated 6.8, while IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Atos DirX Directory writes "An identity management system with valuable knowledge". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Security features meets compliance needs and offers MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) that simplifies integration efforts ". Atos DirX Directory is most compared with One Identity Manager, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and SailPoint IdentityIQ, whereas IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus. See our Atos DirX Directory vs. IBM DataPower Gateway report.
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