We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and webMethods API Portal based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in API Management."The developer portal has been the most useful feature."
"The services that I consume through IBM API Connect are beneficial. It can handle multiple API management."
"The gateway is the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"The most valuable feature of IBM API Connect is the security of the protocol."
"The functionalities on offer are very good."
"It allows enterprises to expose some of their tech to outside stakeholders."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"This is a very easy to use solution."
"It is good for communicating between the systems and for publishing and subscribing. We can easily retrieve data. It is good in terms of troubleshooting and other things."
"We have found the pricing of the solution to be fair."
"webMethods API Portal is overall very valuable. It is now a comprehensive API catalogue that serves various purposes, including API assessment and evaluation."
"Debugging could be improved."
"IBM API Connect could improve the security of the application and the integration."
"Different versions of the same thing can mean unnecessary duplication."
"It should be cheaper."
"The platform’s integration with the payment gateway needs enhancement. The setup process and support services could be improved."
"The implementation of IBM API Connect is complex, as it's an enterprise solution with many components that require more than one person. It's not a single product that you work on, and this is an area for improvement, but normally, it's good. Having a more structured model for IBM API Connect support is also room for improvement that would help customers better."
"API Connect's analytics subsystem could be improved to make it easier to render content from the analytics system and offload it to an external database."
"There are issues with upgrading in the cloud version. The cloud version is extremely buggy. We prefer to use the on-premise version."
"Some of the things that we use cannot be done in this solution. For these things, we have to either use a Java service or a util service. There is no predefined or existing service that we can use. So, we have to work on the util service and write on top of it. Its price can also be better. It is pretty costly because they charge us for each transmission."
"The on-premises setup can be difficult."
"The improvement needed is related to the model's position. As of now, it seems to be more of a conceptual idea rather than a widely implemented solution. For how long"
IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews while webMethods API Portal is ranked 24th in API Management with 3 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 8.0, while webMethods API Portal is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Offers basic API orchestration and provides robust security and governance features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of webMethods API Portal writes "Stable, with good technical support, but the on-premises version can be difficult to set up". IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Tyk, whereas webMethods API Portal is most compared with .
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