We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and WSO2 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."The solution is very stable."
"The gateway is the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"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."
"The interface is very nice. It makes the solution easy to use and navigate."
"The solution offers a pretty good SLA."
"It has all of the tools that are needed for the specific mission."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of IBM API Connect is the security of the protocol."
"API management lifecycle is the most valuable."
"It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability."
"This is a flexible and versatile API management solution that has the power to integrate with more than just API."
"The documentation is good."
"It's a good product."
"The flexibility is definitely a highlight. We have flexible mapping capabilities, allowing us to provide common mappings or create custom ones as needed."
"WSO2 is very stable."
"WSO2 API Manager has a user-friendly model."
"We would have more capability to interact with the catalog and inventories, so a more DevOps-friendly solution is needed."
"Possible improvement is mainly around having more of the cloud oriented architecture bringing stability in adding new capabilities around security."
"The solution could improve security and performance."
"Installation is weak."
"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."
"It would be nice to have a SaaS solution that can be deployed into the cloud."
"IBM info-center help documentation also needs improvement. Competitive product like Apigee provide out of the box policies to run Javascript, JAVA and better/flexible logging policies."
"Understanding the architecture, deployment criteria, and communication methods of the installation can be time-consuming."
"The price and the complexities attached to the solution are two areas of concern where improvements are required."
"We found WSO2 API Manager to be a bit complex."
"I would like it to be a more stable solution. Maybe in the last version that is approved. For me it would be good if they had a community established version."
"The professional support and licensing aspects of WSO have been a challenge."
"They are developing another platform called Choreo that allows you to create API itself using the WSO2 programming language Ballerina. It would be great if they added a direct connection between Choreo and API Manager, that would be great. I think they are working on that, but I'm not sure."
"The stability is pretty good, but it could be improved."
"The technical support must be improved."
"They don't have different URLs for administrators."
IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 7th in API Management with 33 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 8.0, while WSO2 API Manager 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 WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". IBM API Connect is most compared with Apigee, IBM DataPower Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and TIBCO Cloud API Management, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management and Tyk. See our IBM API Connect vs. WSO2 API Manager report.
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