We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Microsoft System Center 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."What I like most is the stability."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"I like the tool's security. Also, all functionalities are integrated within on platform."
"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."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure)."
"The detail in the alarms is great."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ease of configuration and the easy discovery of the environment."
"System Center helps to create the basis for ITIL alignment."
"Managment Packs for Microsoft-specific products, help us implement the best practices for each product."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"We like Microsoft System Center's Operations Manager. That is primarily why we use it."
"The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"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."
"They should improve the solution's clustering features."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
"Its support services could be better."
"It is a costly product."
"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 platform performance and responsiveness need improvement. It still demands high computing resources."
"Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement."
"Less server consumption would help, as would better, more flexible reports."
"Most of the documentation is online, however, there are some gaps there. The product documentation still refers back to the 2012 Server. We're pretty much in 2022. There's a ten-year gap there."
"The solution's dashboard needs improvement."
"In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
"System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in Application Infrastructure with 26 reviews while Microsoft System Center is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 17 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Microsoft System Center 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 Microsoft System Center writes "Good review of configurations, effective antivirus administration, and has weekly reports". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Microsoft System Center report.
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