We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and WSO2 API Manager 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."The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"The solution is stable."
"What I like most is the stability."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"One of the great things about WSO2 API Manager is that it is so easy to adopt. And because it's an open source solution, we're able to extend the implementation any time to suit our company needs better."
"It is possible to scale up and scale down with the solution...I can say that I have not seen any issues related to scalability."
"The solution is stable."
"It's a good product."
"The solution is open source and easy to configure."
"There are a lot of tools to help the manager. WSO2 is very easy to install. It has all the principal functionalities that you think about when you want to put up the management solution. It's a very friendly tool."
"Most of the time, we need to install a plug-in without having any lapse in services or restarting the application. The WSO2 platform can do all deployments without any downtime."
"This solution is a little bit faster, easier to use, and has better integration than the other solutions I have experienced."
"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."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"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."
"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."
"Making it more user-friendly would be an improvement."
"Providing easy configuration for email and SMS notifications, layout and customization of admin and developer landing pages."
"I can say that user management is not really flexible. So, if I want to create 1,000 store users, I can't do it as a publisher. You have to register as a store user using the store URL."
"Based on our recent large scaling project, the latency needs to be improved."
"The initial setup can be difficult."
"The product hasn’t been updated for some time."
"The interface needs to be modernized and made more user friendly so the product continues to have a growing community of users."
"I would improve the product documentation. There are some gaps, and it can be difficult to find the proper documentation for the product if you need to solve something."
"The stability is pretty good, but it could be improved."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 8th in API Management with 26 reviews while WSO2 API Manager is ranked 7th in API Management with 33 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while WSO2 API Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WSO2 API Manager writes "Reliable with good capabilities and good support". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas WSO2 API Manager is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management and SwaggerHub. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. WSO2 API Manager report.
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