We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and SAP Cloud Platform 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."Publishers can easily identify, create, and publish APIs on the developer portal, defining plans, packages, and potentially billing rules."
"Since it runs on top of Datapower, all Datapower based custom policies can be utilized and exported to API connect but its not straightforward/simple process."
"It's quite flexible and easy to deploy, especially for beginners. It has almost all the features that an API gateway should have."
"Scalable and stable API platform for creating and managing APIs."
"API Connect's data gateway is one of the strongest in the market."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The technical support is good. Whenever we need anything, we have our IT team work with IBM to change whatever requirement is needed."
"This solution is ready to scale and already supports our agile CICD."
"SAP Cloud Platform's most valuable features are its exhaustiveness, scalability with minimum maintenance, and functionality."
"The maintenance part can be outsourced easily."
"The solution has a lot of great features."
"The most valuable features of the SAP Cloud Platform are the extensions and integrations. Additionally, there are a lot of AI-based microservices."
"The integration flows are the most valuable feature of this solution."
"Feature-wise, I like it since it allows you to integrate with multiple applications. There are available connectors that allow you to integrate."
"Scalability is one of the benefits that we have in using the product."
"The ability to build custom applications on the BTP platform, reducing customization on the SAP HANA system and improving performance and management."
"Documentation for the CLI is not very complete. Also, the support could be improved, and we have had several problems with backing up and restoring the product."
"Firstly, the pricing model, when compared to other open sources, is high. Secondly, the availability of resources in the market, specifically the developers available in the market, is not so much."
"Business applications could be exposed to users."
"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 documentation needs to be a bit better."
"One thing about API Connect that could be improved is the security schemes. There are so many security schemes, and from a product perspective, IBM could improve the user experience of the configuration security scheme."
"It is expensive within this class of products."
"It would be nice to have a SaaS solution that can be deployed into the cloud."
"The product needs improvement for serverless native integrations. They should opt for serverless features as all the customers worldwide choose cloud-based products."
"The areas I think this solution should improve are monitoring and adapting."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The solution requires more flexibility overall."
"Lacks flexibility in its licensing structure."
"In person, when the development happens, we were told that it's flexible and customizable. However, sometimes, it's challenging to customize."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements with the price and the licensing."
"Shows errors without providing any analysis."
IBM API Connect is ranked 7th in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with 73 reviews while SAP Cloud Platform is ranked 4th in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with 37 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 7.8, while SAP Cloud Platform is rated 7.8. 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 SAP Cloud Platform writes "Provides seamless integration with CTI for streamlined data synchronization but complexity and challenges in migrating existing applications to the low-code model for custom application development". IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and webMethods API Portal, whereas SAP Cloud Platform is most compared with Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Mule Anypoint Platform. See our IBM API Connect vs. SAP Cloud Platform report.
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