We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Windows Process Activation Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."Support for PCA and non-PCA services is valuable."
"It can look for the various security threats, productions, payload scanning, and perform routing based on the content type."
"The product is stable...The product is scalable."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"The solution is robust."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"The product's most valuable features are AAA policies and security features."
"I like the tool's security. Also, all functionalities are integrated within on platform."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the central console, that allows you to see all of the activated and deactivated computers."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"Its support services could be better."
"Some pre-packaged connectors for integration with various applications, such as SaaS offerings, would be a useful addition."
"The product should be more adapted to the DevOps process."
"The solution requires a lot of training manuals in order to get to know it better and to be able to use it effectively."
"It is a costly product."
"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."
"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."
"The stability of the solution needs improvement."
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IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in Application Infrastructure with 26 reviews while Windows Process Activation Services is ranked 23rd in Application Infrastructure. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Windows Process Activation Services is rated 4.0. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Easy to use, plenty of functionality, but expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Process Activation Services writes "Central console enables us to see all of the activated and deactivated computers but it has poor alerts and frustrating technical support". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Windows Process Activation Services is most compared with Microsoft .NET Framework and IIS.
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