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."What I like best about Amazon API Gateway is that it's simple to use, easy to set up, and you can quickly get it up and running. It's a very user-friendly solution. I also didn't experience any issues in terms of Amazon API Gateway interface, integration, or monitoring. The solution runs smoothly."
"The most valuable feature is it has lots of integration."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"The initial setup is pretty easy. Deployment only takes five minutes."
"It allows us to expose our APIs and provides tools for managing them."
"Amazon stack is easy to use in combination with other Amazon services, so it was a logical continuity."
"It's easy to integrate and provide support for existing AWS services if I use the AWS API gateway."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution is robust."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime."
"I like the tool's security. Also, all functionalities are integrated within on platform."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"A lower price would definitely be an improvement."
"Like most Amazon services, and this one's the same, you're expected to effectively do your own support, and any other support is by emails, so it's quite limited."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"There are certain restrictions that cannot be implemented without web access."
"It's hard to configure. There's a lot of options but it's very hard, it's very confusing."
"API Gateway lacks some governance features that MuleSoft offers, and there are additional features that could make it even better."
"When it comes to DDoS protection, I would like to see that become available at the API Gateway level."
"Amazon API Gateway needs to focus on minimizing latency."
"In the next release, I would like to see the product price reduced. It should be cheaper."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"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."
"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."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
Amazon API Gateway is ranked 3rd in API Management with 37 reviews while IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 8th in API Management with 26 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 "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". Amazon API Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Apigee, WSO2 API Manager and TIBCO Cloud API Management, whereas IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and Kong Gateway Enterprise. See our Amazon API Gateway vs. IBM DataPower Gateway report.
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