We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and OpenLegacy 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."API Connect is a good product, and everything works fine. All the analytics are good, and it is easy to follow up. I like it in that sense. I'm more focused on following up on analytics by seeing how many API calls we are getting and where we see a lot of problems. I was working on that API level."
"The solution offers a pretty good SLA."
"Its speed and performance are valuable."
"The management of the API and API portal is good."
"It is easy to use and stable."
"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 is the easy-to-use web interface."
"WSRR is a powerful component for getting the endpoints."
"The biggest advantage of OpenLegacy was how simple the technology was. We were able to build out the OpenLegacy parts very quickly. We put together a couple hundred APIs in six months."
"It is possible to connect a service to a mainframe program or back transaction in a matter of minutes or hours at the most."
"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 monetization of the API could be improved. The pricing for the consumer is also very important to improve this solution."
"Our main pain points are in these two areas: creating a better developer portal and improving stability in terms of synchronization and monetization."
"Support for this platform could still be improved. It also needs to have more levels of versatility. Its compatibility and integration with different platforms also need improvement."
"The design time setup has a lot of customizable fields, but we need certain standard fields to be added, such as what all of the consuming systems are. This needs to be very clearly articulated during the design time."
"The solution is overly complex."
"IBM API Connect could improve the security of the application and the integration."
"The installation was difficult with the IBM toolkit."
"The pricing of the solution could be more flexible and allow for once-off payment versus annual licensing. This would be more appealing to companies in Latin America."
"I'd like to see OpenLegacy develop its low-code/no-code (LCNC) solutions. They've expanded somewhat their horizons for integration beyond mainframe CICS, which is their sweet spot. They have some tooling in that area, but it's not as good as it needs to be."
IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 22 reviews while OpenLegacy is ranked 20th in API Management with 2 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 7.6, while OpenLegacy is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Stable and scalable solution for API management, but it needs more versatility and integration with different platforms". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenLegacy writes "The biggest advantage is how simple the technology was". IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and SwaggerHub, whereas OpenLegacy is most compared with MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, Kong Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our IBM API Connect vs. OpenLegacy report.
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