IBM DataPower Gateway vs SnapLogic comparison

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We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and SnapLogic 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.

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IBM DataPower Gateway vs. SnapLogic

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

5.9

IBM DataPower Gateway consolidates functions, enhancing security and cost-efficiency, with APIs helping generate income despite perceived high costs.

Sentiment score

8.5

Clients praise SnapLogic for improving efficiency and ROI, simplifying cloud integration, and automating data transfer without coding skills.

I can provide some examples of return on investment by saying that we are running different APIs which we are using, and we are charging customers.

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Deputy director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

SnapLogic is really helpful and processes in very little time, so it doesn't take much time compared to any legacy tool.

Technical Specialist App Development at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.

SnapLogic has helped automate manual data transfers significantly and improved our workflow efficiency, reducing integration development timelines considerably, which reflects a good ROI.

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Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.3

IBM DataPower Gateway's support is efficient and knowledgeable, but fees and delays vary; users suggest faster response times.

Sentiment score

7.0

SnapLogic's customer service receives mixed reviews, with commendations for quick responses and critiques for delays and knowledge gaps.

In terms of OEM support, it is poor.

Naresh Jatangi

Middleware Administrator at Pronteff IT Solutions

I would evaluate customer service and technical support as a little bit weak, so I give it a seven out of ten.

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Deputy director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The technical support from SnapLogic is excellent, and I would give it a complete ten.

Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Some SMEs are allotted for the organization, so in case of any issue, we have their email IDs to contact them for support, including SMEs and community.

Technical Specialist App Development at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.

Customer support scales well; as pipeline volume grows, we have been able to add more integrations and users without performance degradation.

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Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.6

IBM DataPower Gateway is highly scalable for enterprises but may be costly for smaller firms using on-premises setups.

Sentiment score

7.4

SnapLogic offers easy scalability and elasticity in cloud and on-prem environments, supporting diverse business sizes and user needs.

Once you install the product, we can't scale the resources on the IBM DataPower Gateway.

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Manager at CSB Bank Ltd

I rate the scalability of SnapLogic as eight out of ten.

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Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.2

IBM DataPower Gateway is highly stable and reliable, ideal for banks handling heavy transaction volumes in diverse environments.

Sentiment score

7.4

SnapLogic is stable with high uptime, but faces challenges with large datasets and some prefer competitor support.

IBM DataPower Gateway does not handle all the traffic on a single node.

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Manager at CSB Bank Ltd

I would rate the stability of SnapLogic as nearly ten out of ten.

Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

But recently, in a year, I haven't found many performance issues in SnapLogic.

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Technical Specialist App Development at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.

Room For Improvement

IBM DataPower Gateway users seek cost reduction, enhanced usability, expanded integration, and improved support and automation features.

SnapLogic needs improved integrations, processing, transparency, support, AI, and performance for better user experience and large data handling.

Whenever I am writing code, it should give recommendations automatically by incorporating AI so I can write the code in a few minutes or seconds.

Naresh Jatangi

Middleware Administrator at Pronteff IT Solutions

However, from the development perspective, it has limitations because it only supports the XSLT language.

Manager at CSB Bank Ltd

My experience with the pricing of this product is that pricing is too high and should be reduced.

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Deputy director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

If the AI capabilities and integrations were more intuitive and easy to learn for new users, it would be greatly beneficial.

Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

They can improve more visuals, with graphical representations, such as how many things can be added, how many users can be added or dropped, and how the back-end nodes can be graphically shown in a better way.

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Technical Specialist App Development at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.

I tend to frequently communicate with SnapLogic to ask for additional features, and they have been responsive.

MusaMongwe

Head of Data Practice at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees

Setup Cost

IBM DataPower Gateway can be costly, with pricing dependent on licensing, features, and specific customer requirements.

SnapLogic's pricing, though moderate to high, offers scalability and value for complex integrations with its flexible, usage-based licensing.

I think it costs around 5 Crore in Indian Rupees.

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Manager at CSB Bank Ltd

I would say the pricing is on the higher side, but it aligns with the capabilities offered for mid- to large integrations.

Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

There would be only one point of improvement if the price could be lower.

MusaMongwe

Head of Data Practice at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees

SnapLogic is positioned at around seven or eight out of ten in terms of pricing.

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Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Valuable Features

IBM DataPower Gateway provides fast performance, strong security, seamless integration, scalability, and efficient management for comprehensive threat handling.

SnapLogic simplifies low-code development with drag-and-drop tools, pre-built snaps, and seamless integration, enhancing efficiency and user experience.

No other Gateway offers this as part of the integration offering.

Naresh Jatangi

Middleware Administrator at Pronteff IT Solutions

As per the development perspective, there are some limitations with IBM DataPower Gateway because it only supports XML and XSLT language, but it does not support the Java language.

Manager at CSB Bank Ltd

IBM DataPower Gateway's multi-protocol transformation is important for my integration needs because all the API traffic is coming from this API data gateway.

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Deputy director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I also like the whole child-parent pipeline feature; it allows me to break up a process into smaller pieces and then have one big pipeline that controls these smaller pipelines.

MusaMongwe

Head of Data Practice at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees

The drag-and-drop builder and pre-built snaps have helped our team through a very low-code approach, making it easier for us to develop fast pipelines and be more agile compared to the heavier integration platforms we used before.

Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I find SnapLogic to be user-friendly, especially for beginners with limited experience in data engineering or ETL.

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Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Categories and Ranking

IBM DataPower Gateway

Ranking in API Management

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (5th), Application Infrastructure (7th), SOA Application Gateways (1st)

SnapLogic

Ranking in API Management

20th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (21st), Process Automation (16th), Cloud Data Integration (14th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of IBM DataPower Gateway is 3.1%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SnapLogic is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

API Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM DataPower Gateway	3.1%
SnapLogic	0.2%
Other	96.7%

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Security features excel but development limitations emerge

Manager at CSB Bank Ltd

We are using the IBM DataPower Gateway for security purposes. As per the development perspective, there are some limitations with IBM DataPower Gateway because it only supports XML and XSLT language, but it does not support the Java language. This is the only limitation of the IBM DataPower Gateway. For the authentication and authorization purpose, we can use the IBM DataPower Gateway. It's a very good product. We are mostly using the IBM DataPower Gateway for security purposes and load balancing purposes. If we are handling the load for a particular server, then we can use the IBM DataPower Gateway. The IBM DataPower Gateway is mostly used for security purposes. If we have some APIs and we are using some security for those APIs, then we can use it. It can also be used as a load balancer. It's also used for certificate management, user management purposes, authentication, and authorization. For routing, the IBM DataPower Gateway has multiple URL-based routing and content-based routing capabilities. If we have multiple URLs, then we can use an XML script. Using the XSLT language, we can configure multiple URLs and implement URL-based routing. Content-based routing means if we have multiple requests, we can route the request to a particular URL. For this, we need to use the XSLT language only. We can't use XML, Java, or other scripting languages. With IBM DataPower Gateway, we are using all the APIs. All APIs have been configured on the gateway. We have configured the particular TLS profile and some TLS client profiles as well. Using that TLS profile, we have configured the APIs and authentication. We have configured some tokens also, including JWT tokens and different types of auth tokens. There is also a rate limiting feature which we use for handling API loads.

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Has automated manual tasks and simplified integration with pre-built connectors while supporting AI use cases

Technical Specialist App Development at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.

The tool is very user-friendly and not complex to understand. The structure of the platform is easy to understand, and we can build multiple systems with low-code, no-code, so it doesn't require much coding language. Now it is moving more into APIs, so we can create APIs to transfer data, which we can manage. It's moving into AI, so we can create AI agents with LLM models. We can use most of the LLM such as Amazon Bedrock, OpenAI, Azure AI. With those Snaps, we can integrate and move more into the AI world. SnapLogic is hosted on Groundplex and AWS cloud. It has pre-built connectors, which we call Snaps. That is very helpful to connect with multiple systems. We have a dashboard monitor that is very graphical. We can measure exact times in seconds and how much time it took to complete the process. With that help, it's really helpful to see how much memory consumption is utilized. The monitor structure has very good features for SnapLogic. SnapLogic is an integration tool which we use to integrate multiple systems such as source system, target system, cloud systems, and Groundplex systems. It is an iPaaS tool and a very strong tool. Now it is moving more into APIs and AI/ML tools; it is improving their knowledge. It is helpful for creating SnapLogic agents. In this way, SnapLogic is expanding their work.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

29%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	17

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM DataPower Gateway?

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.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM DataPower Gateway?

This product is definitely expensive because if any issue occurs in the live environment or production environment, and our organization faces some issue with the IBM DataPower Gateway, then the IB...

What needs improvement with IBM DataPower Gateway?

The developer portal should be an integrated part of IBM DataPower Gateway to improve it. I think it is fine as is, and maybe no other additional features should be included in the next release. My...

What do you like most about SnapLogic?

Despite having no prior experience in SnapLogic, we managed to build, test, and prepare it for release in just three hours, handling heavy data efficiently.

What needs improvement with SnapLogic?

Some advanced features lack detailed documentation, and debugging complex pipelines could be more intuitive. We have faced a few issues with pipeline throttling, but SnapLogic support was responsiv...

What is your primary use case for SnapLogic?

Our main use case for SnapLogic is building integration pipelines across SaaS applications, databases, and internal systems to automate the data flows. A specific example of how we have used SnapLo...

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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

IBM

The SnapLogic Intelligent Integration Platform uses AI-powered workflows to automate all stages of IT integration projects – design, development, deployment, and maintenance – whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments. The platform’s easy-to-use, self-service interface enables both expert and citizen integrators to manage all application integration, data integration, API management, B2B integration, and data engineering projects on a single, scalable platform. With SnapLogic, organizations can connect all of their enterprise systems quickly and easily to automate business processes, accelerate analytics, and drive transformation.

Sample Customers

RBL Bank, Availity

Adobe, ADP, BlackBerry, Bonobos, Box, Capital One, Dannon, Eero, Endo, Gensler, HCL, HP, Grovo, HIS, iRobot, Leica, Merck, Sans, Target, Verizon, Vodafone, Yelp, Yahoo!

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