We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and Microsoft Azure API Management based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure API Management provides DevOps by default and has a robust marketplace where users can easily integrate with existing APIs and begin work immediately. It scales easily and integrates seamlessly with Azure cloud infrastructure. In contrast, many users feel IBM is a bit dated and is lacking cloud-focused tools.It is also more difficult to deploy.
"Our version supports containerized integration. I can write APIs, which can be moved into a testing environment without needing a forklift. It can check if APIs are compliant before moving them into production."
"In-built policies and security functions."
"API Connect is a very good platform for the development of APIs."
"The functionalities on offer are very good."
"API Connect is a good product, and everything works fine. All the analytics are good, and it is easy to follow up. I like it in that sense. I'm more focused on following up on analytics by seeing how many API calls we are getting and where we see a lot of problems. I was working on that API level."
"The management of the API and API portal is good."
"Policy configurations are pretty easy."
"The solution offers a pretty good SLA."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure API Management is monitoring. When compared with Apigee, I prefer Microsoft Azure API Management."
"Most of the features are valuable to me."
"Azure API is scalable."
"The ability to easily connect back to Service Fabric is the most important for us."
"Without a doubt, it has a very robust, strong marketplace where we can directly integrate with existing APIs and begin working on those."
"It's easier to use and has more features than Google."
"The documentation and configuration of APIs."
"I have found this solution to be easy to configure, simple to use, and flexible."
"Business applications could be exposed to users."
"The solution would be better if it had cloud functionalities."
"The administration of the user interface and the technical documentation are areas of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"We ran it on top of the Kubernetes cluster, so it wasn't a standalone service. In the worst-case scenario, API Connect couldn't stay online if all the containers went down. We had to restart all the services. We shut down all the containers automatically one by one."
"IBM API Connect could improve the security of the application and the integration."
"It should be cheaper."
"It needs to be less taxing on compute resources."
"There is room for improvement regarding the connectivity of the DevOps."
"Sometimes when immediate support is required, it isn't available."
"The solution’s security and performance could be improved."
"Azure is our most expensive resource; it's costly."
"The licensing tiers can be misleading."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"It can be quite complex, somewhat lacking in flexibility."
"There is always room for improvement. There should be more analytics abilities so you can know how much traffic there is. Log Analyzer isn't well integrated with this solution."
"What would make Microsoft Azure API Management better are more APIs. They keep updating their APIs, but it would be better if the solution had more APIs for the services and more integration with other platforms."
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IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Good speed and performance, but it's based on a bit dated architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and WSO2 API Manager. See our IBM API Connect vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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