We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and Microsoft Azure Logic Apps based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution provides a common place for all APIs, allowing for easy sharing and exchange of information between internal and external stakeholders."
"IBM API Connect is a good product, and their technical support is excellent."
"It offers enhanced security features to protect APIs, enforce access control, and secure sensitive data."
"DataPower Gateway holds significant value for us as it serves as the cornerstone of our enterprise security controls."
"The centralized management: this provides a management module that can deploy and apply security policies to all APIs, including all the gateways that are deployed on-premises and on any cloud because the gateway component can run at a VMware or in a Kubernetes cluster."
"What's best about IBM API Connect is the excellent administration. The development tool that builds the API is also very simple, and user-friendly, and it doesn't consume too much time. Another valuable feature in IBM API Connect is its good reporting feature, particularly for operations, but the most valuable feature of the solution for the customer is security. IBM API Connect provides a DMZ and a security gateway between the external and internal environment, so you can publish your API safely. IBM API Connect can also integrate with any tool or middleware that works on open standards without the need for development or coding, so integration with the solution is easier."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is that it protects our backend system. We are exposing services to external parties and using this solution to protect the backend system, and to have a navigation in between."
"The solution offers a pretty good SLA."
"If we are working with a service-oriented architecture, as an architect as a baseline, it supports us very well in terms of expandability, and the kind of robustness it brings, especially with its serverless nature is fabulous."
"It's easy to use, and it's stable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is the many available connectors that make automation easy. Additionally, the security of the solution is good."
"I like the ability within Logic Apps to design the workbooks through the portal with minimal code."
"Its integration capabilities are great, allowing connectivity with various applications and services."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the no-code/low-code feature."
"The product’s most valuable feature is integration."
"Easy to use and is able to integrate with other Azure-based environments."
"The documentation needs to be a bit better."
"Understanding the architecture, deployment criteria, and communication methods of the installation can be time-consuming."
"The only disadvantage I can see is that it requires heavy hardware support."
"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."
"It's based on a little bit dated architecture. A lot of evolution has happened after that. It's an evolving field. Kong is a Kubernetes-based platform. Kong runs on Kubernetes, but all the other ones are in microservices. So, there's a lot of improvement that can be done."
"The solution is overly complex."
"We would have more capability to interact with the catalog and inventories, so a more DevOps-friendly solution is needed."
"The administration of the user interface and the technical documentation are areas of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"The pricing could be improved."
"There could be custom code for the product's components."
"It would be beneficial to have less code and tighter integration between different cloud services."
"The only thing is, sometimes, when we need a specific connector, it requires an enterprise or paid version. If it were possible to provide the most commonly used connectors for pulling data from different sources free of cost, that would be really nice."
"Standard documents are fine, but in certain situations, when facing specific errors or issues, partners or consumers expect customized solutions rather than just links to existing documents."
"Pricing and handling asynchronous processes are the two main areas that need improvement."
"It's for a limited kind of application or short Apps. And, not for the complex applications."
"I find the current interface useful, but I could see how others would want the UI bits that are used for creating Logic Apps to be simplified."
IBM API Connect is ranked 7th in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with 73 reviews while Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is ranked 2nd in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with 29 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Good speed and performance, but it's based on a bit dated architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Logic Apps writes "Has different connectors for workflow and comes with low-code feature". IBM API Connect is most compared with Apigee, IBM DataPower Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Amazon API Gateway, whereas Microsoft Azure Logic Apps is most compared with Mule Anypoint Platform, Boomi AtomSphere Integration, Oracle Integration Cloud Service, SAP Cloud Platform and Workato. See our IBM API Connect vs. Microsoft Azure Logic Apps report.
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