We performed a comparison between Apigee vs IBM API Connect based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Apigee has an edge in this comparison because it received higher marks than IBM API Connect in the ease of deployment and support categories.
"Apigee has better scalability than WSA."
"The following features are most valuable: API Management, Analytics, Quota, and the Developer Portal."
"We can customize the dashboard."
"There are just a lot of security features in general."
"I think the most valuable features are the security features. Of course, the user access control is the same as the security. The other very important issue is the sandboxing capability of Apigee."
"One of the best parts of this solution is the implementation as we did not need to use code or out-of-box policies. When it comes to the cloud-based architecture, there is a high level of reliability."
"Apigee is very easy to use, and you can code in any language."
"I simply like how you can personalize your products and put them into product categories. That's what I like the most."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is very easy to use and is something that is easily configurable."
"The technical support is good. Whenever we need anything, we have our IT team work with IBM to change whatever requirement is needed."
"It offers enhanced security features to protect APIs, enforce access control, and secure sensitive data."
"The interface is very nice. It makes the solution easy to use and navigate."
"Using API Connect allows us to quickly create proxy APIs and saves time on end-to-end testing, which lets us deliver quickly to clients."
"The developer portal has been the most useful feature."
"Since it runs on top of Datapower, all Datapower based custom policies can be utilized and exported to API connect but its not straightforward/simple process."
"This is a very easy to use solution."
"They have an external developer platform that was a little bit painful."
"The Apigee cloud admin UI could be more user-friendly by adding a few more features."
"Google isn't enthusiastic about supporting older versions. Google is now trying to move all of its clients to X within the cloud."
"Apigee is not a solution compatible with public clouds, making it one of its shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Could be more user friendly."
"I have heard there maybe be some security issues that need to be addressed. If this is the situation I would encourage taking a look at the security matters."
"The technical support could be improved because their response time is slow."
"The initial setup is not straightforward, particularly for hybrid solutions."
"Possible improvement is mainly around having more of the cloud oriented architecture bringing stability in adding new capabilities around security."
"The documentation needs to be a bit better."
"We ran it on top of the Kubernetes cluster, so it wasn't a standalone service. In the worst-case scenario, API Connect couldn't stay online if all the containers went down. We had to restart all the services. We shut down all the containers automatically one by one."
"The installation was difficult with the IBM toolkit."
"Extracting the data could be improved."
"It is expensive within this class of products."
"The developmental process is not quite user-friendly."
"It would be helpful to have access monitoring."
Apigee is ranked 2nd in API Management with 82 reviews while IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews. Apigee is rated 8.2, while IBM API Connect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apigee writes "Has a robust community and outstanding performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Good speed and performance, but it's based on a bit dated architecture". Apigee is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, WSO2 API Manager, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Layer7 API Management, whereas IBM API Connect is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Amazon API Gateway and Kong Gateway Enterprise. See our Apigee vs. IBM API Connect report.
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Of those three: MuleSoft Anypoint. But, cost-friendly is another term, I would choose a different solution. We are happy with Gravitee.