We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Red Hat Fuse based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product's most valuable features are AAA policies and security features."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution is straightforward and for large organizations, it functions well."
"What I like most is the stability."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"We usually had used PowerCenter for master data integration (by replication). But in some cases, it was better to use Fuse for providing the master data online. It doesn't make it necessary to replicate data."
"This solution's adaptability to our use case has helped us integrate our systems seamlessly."
"We use it because it is easy to integrate with any other application...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution nine out of ten."
"What I like about Red Hat Fuse is that it's a well-established integration software. I find all aspects of the tool positive."
"Red Hat Fuse's best features are that it's very easy to set up and maintain."
"More than a feature, I would say that the reliability of the platform is the most valuable aspect."
"With a premium, one can get support 24 hours."
"The most valuable part of Fuse is the fact that it's based on Red Hat Apache Camel. It is really good that it already comes with so many different connectors. That makes it relatively easy to use. We use their XML definition to define the routes, making it really easy to define the routing."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"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."
"Additional documentation needs to be provided for complex automations."
"The programming language is only supported in XSLT and Gateway script."
"Scripting needs improvement. It's hard for our customers."
"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."
"IBM DataPower Gateway is quite big for smaller organizations, looking at different types of clients who are virtually assisted in this, I would say it's not really a good product for smaller firms."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"Our clients would like to see the user interface improved so that it is more user-friendly."
"The testing part, specifically when running it in the cloud, could be improved. It's a little bit complex, especially considering its cloud nature."
"There is definitely a bit of a learning curve."
"Red Hat is not easy to learn. You can learn it but you sometimes need external expertise to implement solutions."
"The solution will be discontinued in 2024."
"The pricing model could be adjusted. The price should be lower."
"It might help if, in the documentation, there were a comments section or some kind of community input. I might read a page of documentation and not fully understand everything, or it might not quite answer the question I had. If there were a section associated with it where people could discuss the same topic, that might be helpful because somebody else might have already asked the question that I had."
"The documentation for Fuse can be improved because, while it is very detailed and extensive, it is not too intuitive for someone that has to deliver some kind of troubleshooting services. In particular, for installation, re-installation, or upgrades, I find that the documentation can be improved."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 26 reviews while Red Hat Fuse is ranked 4th in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 23 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Red Hat Fuse 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 Red Hat Fuse writes "Configurable, doesn't require much coding, and has an automatic load balancing feature, but its development features need improvement". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Red Hat Fuse is most compared with Mule ESB, IBM Integration Bus, Oracle Service Bus, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator and IBM WebSphere Message Broker. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. Red Hat Fuse report.
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