We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Microsoft Azure 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."Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime."
"It is very easy to set up and configure, even for users with no prior experience."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"The solution is scalable, our customers are mostly South African banks and they handle mostly transactions with this solution."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"It’s easy to set up."
"It seems quite good so far. It handles our current workload well, and I'm optimistic it can scale effectively as our needs grow."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the integration of CI/CD with the API gateway."
"I have found this solution to be easy to configure, simple to use, and flexible."
"We use Microsoft due to the stability of the company."
"The ease of use of the solution is excellent."
"Allows the possibility of VPN technology to connect your gateway directly with on-prem services"
"The ability to easily connect back to Service Fabric is the most important for us."
"Making it more user-friendly would be an improvement."
"Its support services could be better."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"It is a costly product."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"In the next release, I would like to see the product price reduced. It should be cheaper."
"If I compare this solution to others I have used in other phases of my life, having APIM being an Azure resource, it is easy to configure and deploy. However, this conversely reduced the flexibility. The difficulty is how do we configure it in a manner that a larger enterprise would probably want it to be. This creates a bit more complexity, working around the constraints of the resource itself. If comparing it to other solutions, it is more of a legacy design with an older approach. The various level components are still around resembling an on-premise type of design similar to other solutions, such as Apigee or Mulesoft. They are still predominantly carrying some legacy design. Which might be suited for organizations where they have a more complex network layout. APIM is easy to deploy, but on the other side of that, it is constrained to how Azure has designed it to be."
"The integration with other API gateways is where they might try to improve."
"Microsoft Azure API Management could improve by having better integration with third-party solutions."
"Specific to API development, I think Microsoft is still far behind AWS. AWS has grown by leaps and bounds, and Microsoft is a close second. But in terms of features and other stuff they provide, Microsoft's compatibility with publicly available APIs is a little limited. So, that is a little bit of a constraint. But what they provide is good, it's just that they need to build more on their API suite. I think Google is doing a really good job at that."
"The scalability of this solution could be improved. The volume which the API Management task service can handle needs to be improved. Cost wise, this solution could be optimized."
"In the next release, Azure APIM should include deployment in various environments and CI/CD for deployment."
"Some of the DevOps stuff could be easier to work with. The migration paths are a little complicated, and moving code around could be more seamless. There should be less manual migration when several teams work together to publish code to the DevOps."
"The user interface needs improvement."
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IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 8th in API Management with 12 reviews while Microsoft Azure API Management is ranked 1st in API Management with 40 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure API Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "An out-of-the-box solution that's feature-rich, fast, and easy to integrate with other products". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure API Management writes "Easy to set up with good access control but support could be better". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Mule ESB, IBM Integration Bus and Amazon API Gateway, whereas Microsoft Azure API Management is most compared with Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager, Kong Enterprise and SwaggerHub. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Microsoft Azure API Management report.
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