We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two API Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I have found the API Management to be most valuable."
"API Connect's data gateway is one of the strongest in the market."
"It gives a holistic environment for us to set up the APIs and that's the main value that it adds. It gives end to end for us."
"The solution is very scalable because it's on the cloud."
"The most valuable features of IBM API Connect are its performance and user-friendliness."
"The solution provides a common place for all APIs, allowing for easy sharing and exchange of information between internal and external stakeholders."
"Using API Connect allows us to quickly create proxy APIs and saves time on end-to-end testing, which lets us deliver quickly to clients."
"It allows enterprises to expose some of their tech to outside stakeholders."
"The developer portal is easy to integrate. It is easy to use, easy to integrate, and I like the developer portal."
"Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager's most valuable aspect is it has plenty of features."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is a great solution. I like it very much because of its speed of delivery and because it allows API-led integration."
"Overall, the platform is pretty good, I cannot say which one specific feature is good. The idea of an API manager is really interesting."
"If you adopt the whole platform, you can build composable applications. This will cut your time creating new applications and updating them – once you have everything running – by up to 50%."
"The product improved data exchange processes by enhancing communication between various messaging queues. There was a heavy reliance on queues for indexing clusters and data transfer in this particular environment. The product facilitated the transfer of messages from one queue to another, ensuring data flow and processing across different topics."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to investigate APIs."
"The stability overall has been pretty great."
"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."
"The platform’s integration with the payment gateway needs enhancement. The setup process and support services could be improved."
"We ran it on top of the Kubernetes cluster, so it wasn't a standalone service. In the worst-case scenario, API Connect couldn't stay online if all the containers went down. We had to restart all the services. We shut down all the containers automatically one by one."
"We have asked IBM for scalability and for some other features that we wanted. We had a dialogue with them and in the end, they have agreed to provide us with features related to API setup and security."
"The installation process could use improvement. I hope that in the next release, the installation process is easier."
"The automation and the simplicity could be improved."
"The new version is very unstable."
"The product's setup phase and its setup for the users in different environments, along with DevOps integration, are areas of concern where there is a need for improvement."
"Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager can improve some of the gateway features. We could use some more customization in creating rules. A lot of the policies are related to the APIs rather than the client. If I want to apply a policy based on a client that is not available."
"It can offer workflows, orchestration, and webhooks."
"Monetization and cataloging can be improved."
"I'd suggest more control over MQ restarts and greater transparency in traffic management."
"The solution is expensive."
"They should develop on MuleSoft as it would be a good way of improving API monetization."
"To improve Anypoint API Manager for the next release, it should focus on better consumption scalability, especially for smaller APIs."
"We find that the enterprise level is lacking scalability."
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IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 7.8, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. 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 MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway and Kong Enterprise, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our IBM API Connect vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager report.
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Of those three: MuleSoft Anypoint. But, cost-friendly is another term, I would choose a different solution. We are happy with Gravitee.