We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Windows Process Activation Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."The solution is stable."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"I like the tool's security. Also, all functionalities are integrated within on platform."
"Its initial setup was straightforward."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"What I like most is the stability."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the central console, that allows you to see all of the activated and deactivated computers."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"It is a costly product."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"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."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"Traceability could be improved, especially for business operations. The traceability of the transactions could be an improvement point for DataPower to work on. It would be better if they provided JSON support. JSON protocol data has changed format. It started performing internal transformation to JSONx. This might be an additional complexity."
"The stability of the solution needs improvement."
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IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 27 reviews while Windows Process Activation Services is ranked 23rd in Application Infrastructure. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Windows Process Activation Services is rated 4.0. 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 Windows Process Activation Services writes "Central console enables us to see all of the activated and deactivated computers but it has poor alerts and frustrating technical support". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Windows Process Activation Services is most compared with Microsoft .NET Framework and IIS.
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