We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and webMethods Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features for our business include the ability to monitor and log data transactions and handle multiple request at an enterprise level."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"The product's most valuable features are AAA policies and security features."
"The solution is robust."
"They are the building blocks of EAI in SAG products, and they offer a very good platform."
"It is a bundled product stack for A2A and B2B usage. It is one of the best products which I have used during my integration career."
"From a user perspective, the feature which I like the most about Integration Server is its designer."
"We can arrange data caching and look at the solid state. Also, the API gateway is a very good component that can handle relevant cachings and integrations, as well as and also load permitting."
"The development is very fast. If you know what you're doing, you can develop something very easily and very fast."
"What I found most valuable in webMethods Integration Server is that it's a strong ESB. It also has strong API modules and portals."
"The Software AG Designer has been great. It's very intuitive."
"The product is very stable."
"For the workloads that are not too high, appliance is a little bit expensive."
"We are always looking for more features wherein it could be easily integrated with cloud applications. We are looking for either a cloud solution or a cloud integration option."
"Making it more user-friendly would be an improvement."
"The user interface or the application development perspective and customization of the tool could be a little better."
"In the next release, I would like to see the product price reduced. It should be cheaper."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"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 patching of infrastructure is not very smooth and improved authentication should be added in the next feature."
"Large file handling is pretty hard comparatively to other middleware tools."
"The price should be reduced to make it more affordable."
"webMethods Integration Server could improve on the version control. I'm not sure if Web Method has some kind of inbuilt integration with Bitbucket or GitHub or some kind of version control system. However, that's one area where they can improve."
"We got the product via a reseller, and the support from the reseller has been less than desirable."
"The UI for the admin console is very old. It hasn't been updated for years and is pretty much the same one that we started with. This is something that could be refreshed and made more modern."
"The solution has big instances when deployed under microservices or in a containerized platform. They need to improve that so that it is competitive with other integration solutions, like Redis and Kafka. Deployments under microservices with those solutions are much more lightweight, in the size of the runtime itself, compared with Software AG."
"On the monitoring side of things, the UI for monitoring could be improved. It's a bit cumbersome to work with."
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IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 5th in ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) with 26 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) with 60 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while webMethods Integration Server 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 webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM WebSphere Message Broker, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with webMethods.io Integration, IBM Integration Bus, Mule ESB, TIBCO BusinessWorks and Oracle Service Bus. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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