We performed a comparison between IBM Cloud Pak for Integration and IBM DataPower Gateway 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."Cloud Pak for Integration is definitely scalable. That is the most important criteria."
"The most valuable aspect of the Cloud Pak, in general, is the flexibility that you have to use the product."
"The most preferable aspect would be the elimination of the command, which was a significant improvement. In the past, it was a challenge, but now we can proceed smoothly with the implementation of our policies and everything is managed through JCP. It's still among the positive aspects, and it's a valuable feature."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"Its initial setup was straightforward."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"Setting up Cloud Pak for Integration is relatively complex. It's not as easy because it has not yet been fully integrated. You still have some products that are still not containerized, so you still have to run them on a dedicated VM."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"Its queuing and messaging features need improvement."
"The pricing can be improved."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"The programming language is only supported in XSLT and Gateway script."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"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."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"I would like the tool to improve its training."
"They should improve the solution's clustering features."
"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."
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IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is ranked 23rd in API Management with 4 reviews while IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in API Management with 27 reviews. IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is rated 8.6, while IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Cloud Pak for Integration writes "A hybrid integration platform that applies the functionality of closed-loop AI automation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Security features meets compliance needs and offers MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) that simplifies integration efforts ". IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is most compared with IBM App Connect, IBM API Connect, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and AWS Glue, whereas IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM WebSphere Application Server. See our IBM Cloud Pak for Integration vs. IBM DataPower Gateway report.
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