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IBM API Connect vs Microsoft Azure Logic Apps comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.9
IBM API Connect enhances profitability and efficiency by reducing development time, improving security, and enabling seamless system integration.
Sentiment score
5.1
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps offers significant value and cost savings, with varying ROI based on usage and integration factors.
Reducing development hours from eighty to four for an API was possible due to reusing existing scripts from DataPower.
You can't generalize it because it depends on how many connectors you use, how many workflows you build, what scalability is required, and the amount of data to be ingested.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.4
IBM API Connect support is proactive and expert but variable in speed, with regional availability challenges noted by users.
Sentiment score
7.9
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps support varies, with premium plans offering quicker responses; documentation praised but needs customization.
Support is excellent when it comes to APIC.
It is easy to reach out to Microsoft for support if needed.
The support is good, with multiple options like developer support and 24x7 support.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
IBM API Connect offers excellent scalability through on-premise and cloud solutions, supporting enterprise-level operations and customization features.
Sentiment score
6.8
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is valued for its scalability and flexibility, suitable for varying business sizes and needs.
With container versions, scaling up or down the gateways deployed into pods is a two to three-minute task for the operations team.
It's just clicks away, and you can also set it up as auto-scaling.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
IBM API Connect is generally stable and reliable, especially in government and banking, despite occasional upgrade issues.
Sentiment score
7.4
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is stable and reliable, with user satisfaction influenced by architecture design and resource allocation.
The runtime engine for the APIC Gateway is still a DataPower component, which has been stable in the industry for about fifteen years.
I have never seen it misperforming.
We have had it implemented for two years without issues.
 

Room For Improvement

IBM API Connect needs better integration, automation, monitoring, documentation, and usability, facing issues in setup, costs, and support.
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps needs improvements in state management, scalability, debugging, user interface, AI integration, and template availability.
Examples include the lack of connectivity to MQ.
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps needs further development in consistency and durability, particularly for handling larger data volumes beyond 1 MB.
The business rules engine is still not fully developed, and it would be very helpful to see improvements here.
 

Setup Cost

IBM API Connect offers scalable solutions with high costs, suitable for large enterprises, available in SaaS and on-premise versions.
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps offers flexible, usage-based pricing that is cost-effective for small-scale operations but can increase with heavy use.
Pricing depends on how many instances run across environments.
There are no upfront licensing costs or contracts you are bound to.
Microsoft provides a reliable solution, but it is considered expensive compared to others.
 

Valuable Features

IBM API Connect excels with strong security, integration, usability, analytics, flexibility, and scalability, enhancing API management and monetization.
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps enhances workflow efficiency with drag-and-drop UI, cloud compatibility, AI integrations, and minimal coding.
It offers significant development efficiency, reducing man-hours from eighty to four when creating APIs.
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps has many features that are beneficial for workflow automation, such as running automation tasks and facilitating communication between different interfaces.
The workflow in Logic Apps enables integrating multiple applications.
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM API Connect
Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
API Management (8th)
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps
Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) category, the mindshare of IBM API Connect is 2.9%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is 13.6%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Shanmugasundaram Shanmuganathan - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers basic API orchestration and provides robust security and governance features
While Azure API Management offers configurable scalability, IBM API Connect relies on Kubernetes clusters. This might seem manual and require defining cluster instances upfront, but it's completely customizable and not on-the-fly scaling. It's completely custom-driven, not on-the-fly scaling, which some may consider cumbersome. Overall, I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten. Almost all applications we've been exposing lately go through this middleware, so it's used extensively. There are around sixty applications directly using it, but six Kubernetes clusters serve those applications. It's heavily used for integration, including system-to-system integration and product integrations. Our usage has been increasing year-on-year based on our needs.
Ritu-Raj - PeerSpot reviewer
Influenced cost savings by approximately seventy to eighty percent
I have worked on multiple platforms in this space, like MuleSoft, Oracle, Intel, Microsoft, and Dell Boomi. However, Azure Logic Apps is the easiest and most transparent in terms of its operations, licensing cost, and scaling. Being in Azure, the use of the Azure ecosystem becomes quite native with Logic Apps.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Insurance Company
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM API Connect?
Publishers can easily identify, create, and publish APIs on the developer portal, defining plans, packages, and potentially billing rules.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM API Connect?
Pricing depends on how many instances run across environments. I don't deal with licensing, but compared to other IBM products, the licensing is not significantly higher.
What needs improvement with IBM API Connect?
When comparing API Gateway with DataPower Gateway, several features in DataPower Gateway are absent in the APIC layer. Examples include the lack of connectivity to MQ ( /categories/message-queue-mq...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?
The solution's most valuable feature is the no-code/low-code feature.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?
Regarding the cost, I find Microsoft Azure Logic Apps to be reasonable; it is not expensive.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Logic Apps?
State management is the main challenge I have faced with Microsoft Azure Logic Apps during this period of time. The issues I am facing with state management in Microsoft Azure Logic Apps arise beca...
 

Also Known As

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Azure Logic Apps, MS Azure Logic Apps
 

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Sample Customers

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