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IBM API Connect vs StrongLoop LoopBack comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM API Connect
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
API Management (5th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (7th)
StrongLoop LoopBack
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Software Components (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

IBM API Connect and StrongLoop LoopBack aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM API Connect is designed for API Management and holds a mindshare of 6.4%, up 6.2% compared to last year.
StrongLoop LoopBack, on the other hand, focuses on Software Components, holds 1.5% mindshare, down 2.5% since last year.
API Management
Software Components
 

Featured Reviews

KavitaChavan - PeerSpot reviewer
Quite flexible and provides excellent performance for API gateway
The only disadvantage I can see is that it requires heavy hardware support, which can be considered quite expensive. In terms of new functionality, I think the analytics can be improved in V10. The analytics feature was better in the older version, 2.18. But in V10, it's not as flexible. When exporting analytics as KSP or JSON, it's not well formatted. They can work on enhancing the analytics part. Additionally, they can focus on reducing the hardware cost.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
23%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Insurance Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
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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?
Price depends on many factors like size of the deal, competitive factors, timing, customer profile or where the pricing for API Calls is very competitive comparing to any of the leader players.
What needs improvement with IBM API Connect?
The only downside where improvements are needed is probably on the licensing side. Scalability is an issue with IBM API Connect, making it an area where improvements are required.
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Sample Customers

Heineken, Tine, Finologee, Axis Bank
Telefonica | Vivo, meteolytix GmbH
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