We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Layer7 API Management 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."I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"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."
"Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"What I like most is the stability."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"API Management makes dealing with APIs easier. It'll help you to move ahead on your API application journey. The solution allows developers to create more advanced security policies"
"The most valuable features of Layer7 API Management are integration, ease of use, building APIs easily, and portal straightforward."
"The solution fills our two most important concerns in seeking an API solution by providing a reliable gateway and security options."
"It is helpful to have a central API that is hosted and managed."
"The most important features of Layer7 API Management are the basic security functionality and validation checks."
"Simple to use and easy to develop APIs."
"There are many security policies within this solution that help to prevent attacks. We are also able to implement TLS to allow us to look at the application from the backend. There are workflows inside of the gate that help us a lot to implement customers and improve user experience. Our customers are also able to move from a customized creative view to taking advantage of AI bot solutions."
"When I have used technical support they helped me a lot. Sometimes they took a long time to respond because we had very complex issues that we asked them for help with, but I think it is a very good service."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"An area for improvement in IBM DataPower Gateway is its price point because it's a relatively expensive product. Sometimes, when the customer use case is just a very small subset of what's being offered in IBM DataPower Gateway, then the product can be expensive, making my company lose some of the opportunities because of the expensive pricing. A lower price point for IBM DataPower Gateway, even if that results in a less feature-rich version, would be appreciated. In terms of additional features that I'd like to see in the next release of IBM DataPower Gateway, nothing specific comes to mind because IBM constantly improves its standards and provides quarterly updates to the product, so it's quite fine."
"In the next release, I would like to see the product price reduced. It should be cheaper."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
"We are always looking for more features wherein it could be easily integrated with cloud applications. We are looking for either a cloud solution or a cloud integration option."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"The setup was not as straightforward as it should have been. Support should be improved."
"The development portal could be improved."
"If they had different levels of support available then it would be easier to justify the costs."
"The Policy Manager tool that is used to manage the solution is very heavy to use because it is based in Java. Sometimes it takes a long time to load. There could be some improvements to it. If they could make Policy Manager on a web page that would be a good alternative."
"The architecture of the solution does not allow for flexibility in using different components for the gateway architecture."
"Layer7 API Management could improve by assing more portal-based capabilities."
"They need a multifactor authentication solution for the API layer and the other layers, as well."
"feel like Apigee's API product is more interactive. You can drag and drop with those, but it's a little more difficult in Layer7. It's less user-friendly compared to that Apigee product."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 5th in API Management with 15 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 8th in API Management with 13 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Layer7 API Management is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "An out-of-the-box solution that's feature-rich, fast, and easy to integrate with other products". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "We created Enterprise API Management Layer for our legacy systems using this solution". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Mule ESB, Microsoft Azure API Management and 3scale API Management, whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Enterprise and WSO2 API Manager. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Layer7 API Management report.
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