We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway and IBM API Connect 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 solution is a managed service and requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to launch an API."
"It is a stable solution."
"The product is stable."
"It allows us to expose our APIs and provides tools for managing them."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a stable solution with an uptime of 99.99 percent."
"t is easy for integrations if it is deployed in AWS Services."
"It's flexible. It was valuable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Policy configurations are pretty easy."
"I have found the API Management to be most valuable."
"The functionalities on offer are very good."
"DataPower Gateway holds significant value for us as it serves as the cornerstone of our enterprise security controls."
"Publishers can easily identify, create, and publish APIs on the developer portal, defining plans, packages, and potentially billing rules."
"It is a complete all-in-one solution."
"We are able to share those APIs instantly within the organization; even if we want to share it outside publicly, then we can have those capabilities."
"Since it runs on top of Datapower, all Datapower based custom policies can be utilized and exported to API connect but its not straightforward/simple process."
"I am not completely satisfied with Technical Support."
"The API Gateway lacks the capability to directly facilitate API strategy development or user onboarding workflows."
"They could include more support tools in the product."
"The tool's UI requires time to understand."
"When it comes to DDoS protection, I would like to see that become available at the API Gateway level."
"We faced a few issues with the documentation."
"Amazon API Gateway is not as complete as Apigee and needs to be improved by adding more features to become a more robust application."
"The only real problem is that you have to know a lot about what is outside of the API gateway in order to make the best use of it."
"The installation was difficult with the IBM toolkit."
"Support for this platform could still be improved. It also needs to have more levels of versatility. Its compatibility and integration with different platforms also need improvement."
"The developmental process is not quite user-friendly."
"While Azure API Management offers configurable scalability, IBM API Connect relies on Kubernetes clusters. This might seem manual and require defining cluster instances upfront, but it's completely customizable and not on-the-fly scaling. It's completely custom-driven, not on-the-fly scaling, which some may consider cumbersome."
"It would be nice to have a SaaS solution that can be deployed into the cloud."
"I would like to see automation of the installation. If there could be a single-click function where you could automate everything, that would be helpful."
"There is room for improvement regarding the connectivity of the DevOps."
"Like any typical IBM infrastructure setup, you need to learn to set it up yourself. It's not one of those simple zip files or an archive unzip and you're up and running in some few minutes. Knowledge to set it up is key."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while IBM API Connect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Offers basic API orchestration and provides robust security and governance features". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager and 3scale API Management, whereas IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and 3scale API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. IBM API Connect report.
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