We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Oracle API Platform Cloud Service 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."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution is robust."
"Its initial setup was straightforward."
"The product's most valuable features are AAA policies and security features."
"Oracle's APIP CS is a platform capable for consistently covering the complete API Lifecycle from design to retirement, supporting an API-first approach."
"All API usage is now governed and tracked."
"The solution is stable."
"The Gateways are communicating with a Management Service, which lives in the Cloud, to send usage information or to fetch changes for the deployed APIs."
"Oracle API Platform Cloud Service's UI is quite user-friendly and supports a hybrid deployment model."
"I find the customizable dashboards convenient. When you have a privatized dashboard, it's easy to log in, get an immediate snapshot of what's happening, and quickly address any problems."
"The most valuable features are the easy integration with the Oracle cloud, and that it's easy to use."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"They should improve the solution's clustering features."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
"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."
"The solution's cost in terms of scaling could be better."
"There should be closer integration between the API Platform Cloud Service and the Identity Cloud Service to allow IDCS Applications, protecting backend systems, to be linked to the API Applications that consumers use to access APIs."
"In the next release, I would like to see more security policies and for it to include an on-cloud gateway."
"Even when an API is functioning correctly, there seems to be a glitch within OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)."
"I would like to see enhanced support for SOAP Service and the corresponding WS-Security policies."
"Oracle API Platform Cloud Service provides an API documentation tool, which is quite outdated."
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IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 8th in API Management with 26 reviews while Oracle API Platform Cloud Service is ranked 28th in API Management with 7 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Oracle API Platform Cloud Service is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle API Platform Cloud Service writes "An affordable solution that supports hybrid installation, but is quite heavy and unstable". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Oracle API Platform Cloud Service is most compared with Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway Enterprise and Apiary. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Oracle API Platform Cloud Service report.
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