We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and IIS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"Its initial setup was straightforward."
"My company has a good impression of IBM DataPower Gateway. What I like about it is that because it's an appliance, it's a turnkey solution that's very fast and out of the box. Compared to other gateways, I also like that IBM DataPower Gateway is function-rich. For example, for one of the projects, there was a need for specific transformation and security features available in IBM DataPower Gateway out of the box, so my team just needed to configure the appliance. There was no need for separate development, and I found it quite neat. Another valuable feature of IBM DataPower Gateway is that it's easy to integrate with other products."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"The solution is robust."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"What I like most is the stability."
"What I like the most is that it is easy to use."
"We use the solution for our customer's web applications."
"The solution is very easy to use and offers a quick deployment."
"It helps scan and mitigates our vulnerabilities using the best protocols to secure our environment."
"IIS is easy to configure in terms of websites and other solutions."
"Windows Server IIS is stable."
"When you are working with Microsoft solutions, you will see that the integration with the operating system, and implementing some security features, are easier in IIS than when using another solution."
"The solution is easy to use, easy to maintain and isn't too technical."
"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."
"Its support services could be better."
"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 solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"The solution is slow and could have better performance."
"If Microsoft IIS could work well with AppOptics or things like PHP, Python, and other custom languages that run on the webserver, it would be ideal. I think there are cases where people need to use Apache instead of IIS when IIS doesn't work well with other web languages."
"Performance-wise, certain improvements in IIS are needed...IIS is not scalable. Its scalability is less."
"This solution needs to be easier for cases where you want to have an IIS cluster."
"Occasionally, we encounter performance issues with IIS where it becomes unresponsive and requires a solution restart."
"Finding different settings can be difficult if you don't know where to look."
"IIS could improve the error logging. There are times we are not able to see the errors. More details would be helpful. Additionally, the configuring of the IIS should be allowed through coding instead of the classic view."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 26 reviews while IIS is ranked 1st in Application Infrastructure with 53 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while IIS 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 IIS writes " A simple and easy-to-use solution but not recommended for public apps". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas IIS is most compared with NGINX Plus, Apache Web Server, Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server and JBoss. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. IIS report.
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