We performed a comparison between IBM API Connect and MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager 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."The technical support is good. Whenever we need anything, we have our IT team work with IBM to change whatever requirement is needed."
"The solution is very stable."
"It has all of the tools that are needed for the specific mission."
"The interface is very nice. It makes the solution easy to use and navigate."
"It is easy to use and stable."
"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 management of the API and API portal is good."
"Easy to configure security and generate API keys."
"The solution has been very stable."
"MuleSoft has given the API solution a 3-tiered architecture. This means that there are multiple channels available in one application. The usability is very high."
"The most valuable features of the solution for securing APIs stem from the tool's ability to allow users to deploy policies."
"Whenever there was an issue, the support was excellent."
"MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is a great solution. I like it very much because of its speed of delivery and because it allows API-led integration."
"The documentation is great; it is always up to date and well-presented."
"Both the cloud and on-premises options are available. Customers can leverage the MuleSoft Cloud platform to deploy the applications or set up their own online infrastructure to deploy applications."
"This is a good API management product."
"The automation and the simplicity could be improved."
"We have asked IBM for scalability and for some other features that we wanted. We had a dialogue with them and in the end, they have agreed to provide us with features related to API setup and security."
"Improving the documentation would be beneficial as it currently presents navigation challenges. Incorporating a step-by-step guide could facilitate the integration or migration of various systems, including databases. The existing documentation only comprises plain text, hence incorporating more interactive instructions could enhance its usefulness."
"The administration of the user interface and the technical documentation are areas of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"The installation was difficult with the IBM toolkit."
"API Connect's analytics subsystem could be improved to make it easier to render content from the analytics system and offload it to an external database."
"There are some performance issues and issues related to asynchronous APIs."
"Our main pain points are in these two areas: creating a better developer portal and improving stability in terms of synchronization and monetization."
"There should be more pricing options or certain discounts for the education sector."
"The pricing is quite expensive. It should be adjusted to make it more affordable for users."
"The product's price should be available for public review since it is not currently available for others to see, making it one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings."
"One improvement is maybe to add a plugin in the API manager. Let's say an organisation is using SOAP services or legacy APIs. Maybe I don't want to migrate it to rest API, but my plugin should be able to convert Jason to XML. Basically, protocol transformation features in API Manager."
"Migrating any existing middleware platform to Mulesoft is difficult because of the transformation, conversion and integration involved. Better tools are needed to achieve quicker time to market."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"The solution's price is high."
"When discussing potential enhancements overall, it primarily involves making it more user-friendly and lowering the pricing. There are several aspects that could benefit from improvement, or perhaps a few other areas to consider."
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IBM API Connect is ranked 5th in API Management with 73 reviews while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is ranked 4th in API Management with 47 reviews. IBM API Connect is rated 8.0, while MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM API Connect writes "Good speed and performance, but it's based on a bit dated architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager writes "Responsive technical support, low tickets issued showing great stability, and limitless expansion". IBM API Connect is most compared with Apigee, IBM DataPower Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway and Kong Gateway Enterprise, whereas MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Layer7 API Management. See our IBM API Connect vs. MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager 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.