We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and Tyk 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 management of the API and API portal is good."
"It allows enterprises to expose some of their tech to outside stakeholders."
"It is easy to use and stable."
"API Connect is a very good platform for the development of APIs."
"The most valuable features of IBM API Connect are its performance and user-friendliness."
"One of the most valuable features is the easy-to-use web interface."
"Security is well organized and managed within the solution."
"The solution is very scalable because it's on the cloud."
"It is a good product for API management."
"The portal for developers that this solution provides has great functionality."
"You can set up workflows and write limited pieces of logic."
"The most valuable feature is the load balancing with the circuit-breaker function."
"The scalability is very good. That was a key factor in the selection, like how it could be pushed to high volume and scalability, which seemed to be very good."
"The feature I find most valuable is that this solution allows us to manage our security."
"Documentation for the CLI is not very complete. Also, the support could be improved, and we have had several problems with backing up and restoring the product."
"The documentation needs to be a bit better."
"There is room for improvement regarding the connectivity of the DevOps."
"It should be cheaper."
"Improving the documentation would be beneficial as it currently presents navigation challenges. Incorporating a step-by-step guide could facilitate the integration or migration of various systems, including databases. The existing documentation only comprises plain text, hence incorporating more interactive instructions could enhance its usefulness."
"The installation was difficult with the IBM toolkit."
"Different versions of the same thing can mean unnecessary duplication."
"The administration of the user interface and the technical documentation are areas of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"Sometimes when new features are released, they are not immediately stable."
"It is a young product and does not have the kind of brand recognition that would make it a more popular solution with our clients."
"I would like to see some additional features like having some extensions for .NET core because we use it for our back-end language."
"In terms of our usage, the main area of concern is that they tend to build enhancements slightly ahead of the considerations for what those enhancements and extensions are. So it could be slightly better communication with the customer base that would be my main issue with them."
"We would like a better tool for generating documentation for the APIs to be developed."
"We ran it for a while, but then we decided to move away from Tyk, because Tyk's cloud version, the SaaS version, has a significant limitation of limited flexibility, so you can't program very much."
IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews while Tyk is ranked 17th in API Management with 6 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 8.0, while Tyk is rated 7.6. 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 Tyk writes "Simple to install, has many features, but lacks support for multiple programming languages". IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Gravitee, whereas Tyk is most compared with Apache APISIX, Traefik Enterprise, Apigee, Amazon API Gateway and SwaggerHub. See our IBM API Connect vs. Tyk report.
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