We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Oracle Hotspot based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"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."
"Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"The solution is robust."
"The most valuable feature is the security appliance, it's very secure."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"What I like most is the stability."
"The product is quite user-friendly."
"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."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"One area that could be improved is the integration with Postgres and SQL databases. Currently, IBM DataPower Gateway only integrates with Oracle databases."
"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 two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"Making it more user-friendly would be an improvement."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"There are some bugs in the solution that lead to breakdowns."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in Application Infrastructure with 26 reviews while Oracle Hotspot is ranked 17th in Application Infrastructure with 1 review. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Oracle Hotspot is rated 8.0. 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 Hotspot writes "A scalable and user-friendly product that is useful for tracking leads for inbound marketing". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Oracle Hotspot is most compared with Azul Zulu and Azul Zing.
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