We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Kong Gateway Enterprise 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 most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"The product's most valuable features are AAA policies and security features."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"What I like most is the stability."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"The route limiting feature is very valuable."
"In our buying companies' perspective, it was easier to use compared to other platforms. The markets were pretty familiar with the solutions."
"There are a few features that I like about Kong when it comes to authentication and authorization. Specifically, being able to use Kong for role-based access control (RBAC), and then further being able to integrate the RBAC mechanism with our enterprise directory, was very useful."
"This is a solid intrusion prevention system that combines a firewall and antivirus in a single solution."
"Kong Enterprise has excellent plugin support."
"The most valuable features of Kong Enterprise are the out-of-the-box open source easy functionality."
"The most valuable feature of Kong Enterprise is its capability to integrate with various security tools."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it seamlessly supports a vast number of tools."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"The programming language is only supported in XSLT and Gateway script."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"In the next release, I would like to see the product price reduced. It should be cheaper."
"It is a costly product."
"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."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"Kong Enterprise needs to improve its pricing, which starts at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Pricing should be based on API usage rather than monthly. It should improve its documentation as well."
"Kong Enterprise can improve the customization to be able to do the integration properly."
"The OS upgrades are not as frequent as they should be and they are bulky."
"We are facing issues with the solution's features like reports and traffic analysis."
"Understanding the configurations and knowing what needs to be done can be a bit difficult initially."
"The developer portal needs to be improved."
"It becomes difficult if you try to scale it up to multiple clusters."
"The technical support team's response time needs to be improved."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 8th in API Management with 26 reviews while Kong Gateway Enterprise is ranked 6th in API Management with 18 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Kong Gateway Enterprise is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kong Gateway Enterprise writes "Provides role-based access control and can be easily customized with Lua script". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and Layer7 API Management, whereas Kong Gateway Enterprise is most compared with Microsoft Azure API Management, WSO2 API Manager, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and Traefik Enterprise. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Kong Gateway Enterprise report.
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