We performed a comparison between IBM Cloud Pak for Integration and Microsoft Azure API Management 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 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 most valuable aspect of the Cloud Pak, in general, is the flexibility that you have to use the product."
"Cloud Pak for Integration is definitely scalable. That is the most important criteria."
"We use this solution for API rate limiting and for its security features against DDoS."
"The user management is pretty seamless."
"The most valuable features are the ease of use and it is a platform that has self-enablement for the customers to be able to register themselves."
"There were no scalability issues."
"Azure API is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure API Management is the developer portal because it's very quick and easy to get something published."
"Microsoft Azure API Management has many valuable features. One is the developer portal, that's very useful for teams. The tool also provides layers of security. I also found the caching, automatic documentation, and version management functionalities most valuable."
"It’s easy to set up."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"Its queuing and messaging features need improvement."
"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 pricing can be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface and workflow for hosting APIs, especially third-party APIs."
"It should be easier to integrate."
"Support for GraphQL could be better."
"There is a limitation of 32 kb of data in the APIs. Having the limitation increase would be a benefit."
"The cloud deployment performance could be better."
"The licensing fees should be cheaper."
"Technical support could be more flexible and try to meet the client's needs a bit more effectively."
"The user interface needs improvement."
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IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is ranked 21st in API Management with 4 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews. IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. 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 Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is most compared with IBM App Connect, IBM API Connect, IBM DataPower Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and AWS Glue, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and IBM API Connect. See our IBM Cloud Pak for Integration vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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