We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Layer7 API Management 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 product is stable...The product is scalable."
"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 solution is robust."
"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."
"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."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"The administration interface (Policy Manager) is very easy to understand and use."
"It can be scaled as we need. And it can be used in different regions. We have different data centers in the U.S. and Beijing. We use it on-premise, on-cloud, and it can be hosted and used at any place and scaled across the regions."
"It's pretty easy to use, and once we have templating set up we can add new APIs, at least through the gateway, and apply the security to them; it takes a minute."
"We can create multiple orgs and set up policies and management. We can also integrate with an APM solution"
"It is a stable product."
"We definitely get good responses from the technical team and they are quite responsive."
"The solution fills our two most important concerns in seeking an API solution by providing a reliable gateway and security options."
"Ease of use."
"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."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"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."
"I would like the tool to improve its training."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"The security protocols in CA's product, for financial services, weren't as good as those in API Connect."
"we cannot add gateways on the fly because there are a lot of moving parts; endpoint connectivity is one of them. If we add more nodes then the rate-limiting feature is affected. This kind of gateway always has the scalability issue. But, I think CA is coming up with its Microgateway, which is in Beta. If they stabilize their Microgateway platform, we could do very well in terms of scalability."
"I would like to be able to see the publisher role be able to be organized within organizations, so somebody within that role can only manipulate their particular policies."
"We have experienced technical difficulties with the product in the past."
"There is room for improvement in terms of innovation and investment, especially when compared to other leading products in the market."
"The development portal could be improved."
"Broadcom's technical support team needs improvement."
"Increase tools for manipulation of JSON messages."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 8th in API Management with 26 reviews while Layer7 API Management is ranked 10th in API Management with 109 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Layer7 API Management is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Layer7 API Management writes "Has great drag-and-drop features and it requires minimal coding ". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, whereas Layer7 API Management is most compared with Apigee, Kong Gateway Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager and TIBCO Cloud API Management. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Layer7 API Management report.
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