We performed a comparison between Amazon API Gateway 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."API Gateway offers a multitude of configuration parameters that enable versatile request filtering and protection against potential attacks."
"This solution is useful for making new APIs."
"Amazon API Gateway is a very fast solution."
"The product is stable."
"It is very helpful, with our API-based applications."
"Amazon API Gateway facilitates our serverless architecture, particularly with Lambda, by allowing us to perform various tasks. For instance, Lambda functions authorize API calls, execute multiple workloads, and integrate with other services like Azure and Kubernetes. Additionally, we leverage Lambda functions behind the Amazon API Gateway to query databases, process data, and interact with different systems."
"It allows us to expose our APIs and provides tools for managing them."
"The solution is a managed service and requires minimal configuration, which makes it easy to launch an API."
"I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime."
"My company has a good impression of IBM DataPower Gateway. What I like about it is that because it's an appliance, it's a turnkey solution that's very fast and out of the box. Compared to other gateways, I also like that IBM DataPower Gateway is function-rich. For example, for one of the projects, there was a need for specific transformation and security features available in IBM DataPower Gateway out of the box, so my team just needed to configure the appliance. There was no need for separate development, and I found it quite neat. Another valuable feature of IBM DataPower Gateway is that it's easy to integrate with other products."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"You don't have to have a separate DMC proxy because DataPower Gateway is an appliance and will take care of a lot of security features. These include data validations, encryption, as well as XML or any type of scripting or security threats that are present."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The course management needs improvement. It's always an issue to set up the course management, especially when you use data form."
"API Gateway lacks some governance features that MuleSoft offers, and there are additional features that could make it even better."
"Amazon API Gateway can improve the user interface in some areas it could be more polished."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The integration could be improved."
"Its support for SAM integration could be made more accessible."
"Amazon API Gateway will wait for only 30 seconds to get a response from other services, such as the Lambda function."
"There are certain restrictions that cannot be implemented without web access."
"Its support services could be better."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"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."
"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."
"It is a costly product."
"The product's cost for data appliances or hardware is quite high. It needs improvement."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"Traceability could be improved, especially for business operations. The traceability of the transactions could be an improvement point for DataPower to work on. It would be better if they provided JSON support. JSON protocol data has changed format. It started performing internal transformation to JSONx. This might be an additional complexity."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in API Management with 27 reviews. Amazon API Gateway is rated 8.2, while IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon API Gateway writes "Easy initial setup and highly stable solution". 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 ". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager and Tyk, whereas IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and Layer7 API Management. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. IBM DataPower Gateway report.
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