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 very easy to work with."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"I like the tool's security. Also, all functionalities are integrated within on platform."
"You don't have to have a separate DMC proxy because DataPower Gateway is an appliance and will take care of a lot of security features. These include data validations, encryption, as well as XML or any type of scripting or security threats that are present."
"The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution."
"The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"What I like most is the stability."
"I found all features valuable. There are a lot of connectors."
"The most valuable feature is the API integration."
"The message queue, like, message queue connectors. Then they have a built in connectors for most of the systems, like SAP, oracle database, and this Civil connector is there. Of course, we have this SQL database connector So those built in connectors are there. For the almost most of the systems, we have built in connectors. And second thing is that it is a stateless Integration, so it doesn't maintain a state of the integration. Bus the Stitches Integration makes it very fast."
"The product is usually very easy to deploy."
"IBM Integration Bus has been effective in facilitating our messaging and service-oriented architecture (SOA) or bus architecture. So, we're already utilizing it to transform the data from the source it's sending. It converts the data from the format the source sends it into the format the destination system requires. So we are transforming the messages, which are required by the destination system; that's the one way."
"It is one of the most stable products which I have seen in the market."
"IBM Integration Bus is a very strong tool."
"I consider the solution to be one of the most stable in the market."
"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."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"An area for improvement in IBM DataPower Gateway is its price point because it's a relatively expensive product. Sometimes, when the customer use case is just a very small subset of what's being offered in IBM DataPower Gateway, then the product can be expensive, making my company lose some of the opportunities because of the expensive pricing. A lower price point for IBM DataPower Gateway, even if that results in a less feature-rich version, would be appreciated. In terms of additional features that I'd like to see in the next release of IBM DataPower Gateway, nothing specific comes to mind because IBM constantly improves its standards and provides quarterly updates to the product, so it's quite fine."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"We are always looking for more features wherein it could be easily integrated with cloud applications. We are looking for either a cloud solution or a cloud integration option."
"In the next release, I would like to see the product price reduced. It should be cheaper."
"IBM could improve its connectivity."
"There are a couple of things I want improved, but I think they have already touched upon all those things in the most recent version. I'm not using the most recent version—I use a version older than the most recent—but I'm sure that if I looked into and explored it, I would see more support on the CI/CD and more support for unit testing automation. I've read that they released all these things in the new version of App Connect. Once I explore the new version of this tool, I'll probably have a better idea of suggested improvements."
"IBM Integration Bus isn't particularly user-friendly and has a big learning curve."
"Licensing is too high. It is quite expensive."
"Migrating to this solution is complex and it would be helpful if they had a way to convert existing integrations."
"IBM doesn't really have a very strong community surrounding the product. Most of its direct competitors are open source solutions, and those have an excellent and well-developed community around the tech to help users navigate the ins and outs of the product. IBM is lacking in this area."
"The solution is complex and there is a need for more resources and greatly improved quality."
"Current aggregation implementation should be deprecated. MQ independent, as well as an intuitive solution, should be proposed."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 26 reviews while IBM Integration Bus is ranked 1st in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 63 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while IBM Integration Bus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". 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, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Oracle Service Bus, webMethods Integration Server and Red Hat Fuse. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. IBM Integration Bus report.
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