We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Oracle SOA Suite based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I like most is the stability."
"The MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) is great because it allows you to easily expose services using various protocols – web services, REST (JSON), and others. This flexibility simplifies things."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"This is one of the critical products for my company and we use it extensively. We currently use each and every feature of Oracle SOA."
"The product allows you to visualize how a company is working currently by providing rich possibilities for analysis such as the audit trails and therefore shows where improvements might be valuable."
"In case there is something that doesn't work out of the box, you have the flexibility to customize it."
"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."
"I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"The new product has come out with SOA Cloud Service and Integration Analytics as well, which gives more options for clients to pick their point of requirements."
"The product provides transparency in finances."
"The stability of the solution is the most valuable feature."
"It is a costly product."
"The components that they include in the product that are, in fact, a WTX, really need to be removed from the product because they tend to fail."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"IBM DataPower Gateway is quite big for smaller organizations, looking at different types of clients who are virtually assisted in this, I would say it's not really a good product for smaller firms."
"An area for improvement in Oracle SOA Suite is the cost. It could be lower."
"SOA, OSB, SOA Cloud Service."
"The installation and adjustment process seems too complex."
"The deployment could be made easier by including add-ons like Hudson and Maven."
"The web services need to be more robust."
"One area that could be better is the human task feature. It could be improved to provide more functionality and customization options because it has limited options available."
"The interface is too complicated. Making modifications still requires too much technical knowledge."
"The technical support is good, we have premier support which costs extra."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 27 reviews while Oracle SOA Suite is ranked 8th in Application Infrastructure with 65 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Oracle SOA Suite is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle SOA Suite writes "Easy to setup, provides good support and scalable solution ". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Oracle SOA Suite is most compared with Mule ESB, WebLogic Suite, Apache Web Server and TIBCO ActiveMatrix. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Oracle SOA Suite report.
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