We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway 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."It can look for the various security threats, productions, payload scanning, and perform routing based on the content type."
"The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"The product's most valuable features are AAA policies and security features."
"What I like most is the stability."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"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 performance is good. It's been very stable."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure API Management are the easy configuration and deployment with automation."
"The ability to easily connect back to Service Fabric is the most important for us."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the integration of CI/CD with the API gateway."
"It’s easy to set up."
"Access control is the most valuable aspect."
"What I like most about Microsoft Azure API Management is that it's flexible and user-friendly. The solution also has rich documentation and guides available, so users can configure and use it."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its importing and publishing."
"API Management does not take long to deploy."
"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."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"The product's cost for data appliances or hardware is quite high. It needs improvement."
"I would like the tool to improve its training."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"The external policies are impossible to look at and configure."
"The documentation could be improved for the customer."
"Technical support could be more flexible and try to meet the client's needs a bit more effectively."
"One of the most important improvements for us would be if it supported the HTTP/3 version and new protocol over a quick connection."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface and workflow for hosting APIs, especially third-party APIs."
"An area for improvement in Microsoft Azure API Management is deployment, in particular, the deployment of versions in Oryx. The development to production instance isn't adequate for me and needs to be improved. Microsoft Azure API Management lacks automation, which is another area for improvement."
"The hybrid part could be improved because API Management is entirely cloud-based, but some of our resources are on-prem, so formatting is an issue. Our goal is dual implementation."
"The API gateway can be very complex."
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IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in API Management with 27 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 68 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. 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 Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Efficiently manages and monetizes API ". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Mule ESB, IBM Integration Bus and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Gateway Enterprise and SwaggerHub. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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