We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and JBoss ESB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about IBM, MuleSoft, Software AG and others in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)."I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"The solution is robust."
"The MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) is great because it allows you to easily expose services using various protocols – web services, REST (JSON), and others. This flexibility simplifies things."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"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 very easy to use. I can download the trial version and just give it a go."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"The product's cost for data appliances or hardware is quite high. It needs improvement."
"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."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"The EPA, from what I understand, lacks a lot of features and it doesn't really know how to interface with legacy systems or how to develop APIs for legacy systems."
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IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 27 reviews while JBoss ESB is ranked 14th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while JBoss ESB is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Security features meets compliance needs and offers MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) that simplifies integration efforts ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of JBoss ESB writes "Easy to use with flexible pricing, but needs more flexibility surrounding integrations". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas JBoss ESB is most compared with Mule ESB, Red Hat Fuse, Oracle Service Bus, IBM Integration Bus and webMethods Integration Server.
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