We performed a comparison between IBM Cloud Pak for Integration and IBM DataPower Gateway 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."Cloud Pak for Integration is definitely scalable. That is the most important criteria."
"The most preferable aspect would be the elimination of the command, which was a significant improvement. In the past, it was a challenge, but now we can proceed smoothly with the implementation of our policies and everything is managed through JCP. It's still among the positive aspects, and it's a valuable feature."
"The most valuable aspect of the Cloud Pak, in general, is the flexibility that you have to use the product."
"It is a stable solution."
"You don't have to have a separate DMC proxy because DataPower Gateway is an appliance and will take care of a lot of security features. These include data validations, encryption, as well as XML or any type of scripting or security threats that are present."
"The solution is stable."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"Its initial setup was straightforward."
"My company has a good impression of IBM DataPower Gateway. What I like about it is that because it's an appliance, it's a turnkey solution that's very fast and out of the box. Compared to other gateways, I also like that IBM DataPower Gateway is function-rich. For example, for one of the projects, there was a need for specific transformation and security features available in IBM DataPower Gateway out of the box, so my team just needed to configure the appliance. There was no need for separate development, and I found it quite neat. Another valuable feature of IBM DataPower Gateway is that it's easy to integrate with other products."
"It can look for the various security threats, productions, payload scanning, and perform routing based on the content type."
"Setting up Cloud Pak for Integration is relatively complex. It's not as easy because it has not yet been fully integrated. You still have some products that are still not containerized, so you still have to run them on a dedicated VM."
"The pricing can be improved."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"Its queuing and messaging features need improvement."
"They should improve the solution's clustering features."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"The components that they include in the product that are, in fact, a WTX, really need to be removed from the product because they tend to fail."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
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IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is ranked 21st in API Management with 4 reviews while IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 8th in API Management with 26 reviews. IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is rated 8.6, while IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Cloud Pak for Integration writes "A hybrid integration platform that applies the functionality of closed-loop AI automation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is most compared with IBM App Connect, IBM API Connect, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and AWS Glue, whereas IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and NGINX Plus. See our IBM Cloud Pak for Integration vs. IBM DataPower Gateway report.
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