We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and IBM Integration Bus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is robust."
"Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"Facilitates communication between parties and legacy systems."
"My favorite feature is the XML-based DFDL mapping, which is a tool that allows you to graphically map legacy data formats to modern data formats."
"The message queue feature is very valuable."
"I found all features valuable. There are a lot of connectors."
"It can be implemented as an enterprise service bus to seamlessly connect all applications within your enterprise."
"The integration with other tools is excellent. It integrates well with batch issues."
"It aligns well with containerized environments, which increases its scalability and high availability."
"The multi-approach and the multi-capabilities are valuable."
"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 two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"I would like the tool to improve its training."
"The product's cost for data appliances or hardware is quite high. It needs improvement."
"Making it more user-friendly would be an improvement."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"The solution could improve by having built-in implementation and secure monitoring without the need for API Connect."
"They need to come up with Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). It should also have a feature for integrating with those applications that are on the cloud."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"Sometimes migration takes too long."
"Technical support is something that should be better."
"I think security should be more simplified."
"Migrating to this solution is complex and it would be helpful if they had a way to convert existing integrations."
"The solution needs to improve it's security and its proactive notification of security issues."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 27 reviews while IBM Integration Bus is ranked 1st in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 64 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while IBM Integration Bus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Security features meets compliance needs and offers MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) that simplifies integration efforts ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Integration Bus writes "Scalable solution with efficient integration features". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas IBM Integration Bus is most compared with Mule ESB, webMethods Integration Server, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Oracle Service Bus and Red Hat Fuse. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. IBM Integration Bus report.
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