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We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Oracle Service Bus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Oracle Service Bus Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure.""I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime.""The scalability of the solution is good.""What I like most is the stability.""The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution.""It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API.""The solution is very easy to work with.""It is a scalable solution."

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"There are always continuous improvements that are happening.""Monitoring feature that allows tracking of the web's UI development.""What I like most about Oracle Service Bus is that you can use it for many integrations. For example, you can use it for on-premises to on-premises integrations, on-premises to cloud integrations, and cloud to on-premises integrations.""The most valuable feature is the adapters.""Overall it is a pretty good solution.""It is lightweight and one can easily integrate with different applications, databases, JMS, or web services through different protocols.""The stability is consistently high, with only one notable issue encountered.""The interface is fine and the solution is quite robust."

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Cons
"The product's cost for data appliances or hardware is quite high. It needs improvement.""The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help.""Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition.""Its support services could be better.""Making it more user-friendly would be an 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.""They should add features to manage API integrations.""For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."

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"If they can containerize this, that would be nice. If they can provide docker images and offer support for those containers, that would be great.""There are issues, especially if you want to create some compensation in your service bin.""The connectivity with the solution is an area that needs to be improved. On occasion, requests are lost due to losing connectivity.""It needs to support more adapters, because the integration points keep changing and new things keep coming up. It also needs to be more scalable.""Lacks sufficient cloud compatibility.""There is significant room for improvement in the monitoring capabilities.""The interface console is very slow. Even in production, we need to increase the RAM or CPU. And even after that, the performance is still not good in production.""It would be ideal if they could optimize it a bit."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The cost of this product varies from customer to customer and the relationship with IBM, including how many offerings from IBM are already being used."
  • "It's expensive when you compare it with others."
  • "The licensing cost is very expensive."
  • "As far as I know, they have a perpetual license for this product. They are paying perpetual fees rather than an annual subscription or annual pricing."
  • "IBM DataPower Gateway is quite expensive to get resources to work on this product. If the price could be cheaper, I think that will make it a little bit better and easily accessible to smaller clients. Then it could compete with other solutions that are available in the market. There's a whole lot of other solutions available that work well and are cheaper than IBM's products."
  • "The appliance is a bit on the expensive side for the workloads that are not too high."
  • "Most customers' use case budgets are not inlined with the price of IBM DataPower Gateway. It is too expensive."
  • "This product is a bit expensive as IBM products are costly assets. However, for enterprise customers it is a worthwhile investment."
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  • "The price of this solution is better than the subscription-based Mule ESB."
  • "This is a very expensive product and the price varies depending on factors such as the number of processors and the number of users. Our licensing fees are approximately $300,000."
  • "We have an unlimited yearly license."
  • "I'm not aware of how much Oracle Service Bus costs."
  • "The pricing is on the higher side."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It is very easy to set up and configure, even for users with no prior experience.
    Top Answer:I would say the pricing is normal. It is not the cheapest, but it is not the most expensive either.
    Top Answer:One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases. So it doesn't integrate with Postgres.
    Top Answer:The stability is consistently high, with only one notable issue encountered.
    Top Answer:The pricing is on the higher side. I would rate it ten out of ten.
    Top Answer:There is significant room for improvement in the monitoring capabilities. Enhancing this aspect of our monitoring process is essential for effectively pinpointing the root cause of issues accurately… more »
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    Also Known As
    WebSphere DataPower, IBM DataPower, IBM WebSphere DataPower
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    Overview

    IBM DataPower Gateway is a robust, secure next-generation enterprise-grade single multichannel API gateway that supplies dynamic access, integration, control, and outstanding security. The solution is available in a broad range of workload capabilities, including application programming interface (API), service oriented architecture (SOA), B2B, cloud, web, and mobile. These dynamic capabilities ensure users are able to quickly increase the reach of an organization's critical IT resources to new channels, which will provide shareholders, team members, and clients with safe, secure access at all times.

    DataPower Gateway is very flexible and is widely available in virtual, cloud, traditional, physical, Docker, and Linux form factors.

    IBM DataPower Gateway Features

    IBM DataPower Gateway has many value-added features. Some of these features are included below:

    • Control: The solution provides decision point authorization and authentication for all standards, including Lightweight Direct Access Protocol (LDAP) and Open Authorization (OAuth), which allow for better access control across an organization’s entire network.
    • DataPower dashboard: The dashboard is specifically designed to enhance performance and determine problematic processes. The solution provides intuitive real-time performance transparency to diagnose operational and performance anomalies and offer repair and restoration recommendations.
    • Enhanced messaging: Users are able to easily mediate messaging and protocols by incorporating the best of today’s traditional and modern application standards.
    • Integration: IBM DataPower Gateway offers super fast mainframe connectivity, database connectivity, transport protocol bridging, content-based routing, and any-to-any message transformation, ensuring secure and immediate connect service.

    IBM DataPower Gateway Benefits

    IBM DataPower Gateway provides many benefits. Some of those benefits include:

    • Flexibility: The solution is easy to use and configure and provides for a pleasant, intuitive overall user experience. The solution can immediately be used out of the box, which makes overall process management simple.
    • Protection: The solution provides sturdy continuous service protection and application performance using robust powerful routing and traffic control.
    • Security: The solution’s enterprise-grade De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) ready gateway enables users to enforce the desired runtime application security across all messaging protocols.
    • Profitability: The solution’s design ensures significant reduction of development costs in addition to the streamlining of overall operations. Users are able to achieve reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and experience a near-immediate ROI.

    Reviews from Real Users

    “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. Another valuable feature of IBM DataPower Gateway is that it's easy to integrate with other products.”- Bálint T., Solution Manager at Intalion

    “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. From a security point of view, being an appliance in the DMC zone, IBM DataPower Gateway will take care of the entire security angle for the infrastructure.” - Sathyan K., Founder/Director at perfTech Solutions Pvt Ltd

    Oracle Service Bus transforms complex and brittle architectures into agile integration networks by connecting, virtualizing, and managing interactions between services and applications. Oracle Service Bus delivers low-cost, standards-based integration for mission critical SOA environments where extreme performance, scalability and reliability are critical requirements.

    Oracle Service Bus enables companies to use the values of their enterprise applications portfolio. From on-premise, to the cloud to mobile devices, Service Bus allows companies to leverage their existing investments in new ways by extending the performance and scalability leadership of Oracle SOA and API Management.

    Sample Customers
    RBL Bank, Availity
    MakeMyTrip Ltd., Griffith University, Colab Consulting Pty. Ltd., Pacfico Seguros Generales, IGEPA IT-SERVICE GmbH, Guangzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Pacfico Seguros Generales, Bank Audi S.A.L., Rydges Sydney Airport, Intelligent Pathways, Nacional Monte de Piedad IAP
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    Financial Services Firm38%
    Computer Software Company19%
    Pharma/Biotech Company6%
    Security Firm6%
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    Financial Services Firm29%
    Insurance Company10%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Non Tech Company7%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise58%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise67%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Oracle Service Bus
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Oracle Service Bus and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 26 reviews while Oracle Service Bus is ranked 5th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 25 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Oracle Service Bus is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Service Bus writes "Enables us to do a lot of aggregation and routing, but API response can be a problem if the payload is heavy". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Oracle Service Bus is most compared with Mule ESB, IBM Integration Bus, webMethods Integration Server, Red Hat Fuse and JBoss ESB. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Oracle Service Bus report.

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