We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and Windows Server AppFabric based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."It's high-speed and it can be remotely administered via an API."
"The solution is very easy to work with."
"It can look for the various security threats, productions, payload scanning, and perform routing based on the content type."
"I like all of the features in this product and it does what it's supposed to do."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"I like the tool's security. Also, all functionalities are integrated within on platform."
"I like that it is very stable, and we never experience any downtime."
"The API Connect gateway service and the SQL injection feature is good."
"The most valuable feature is AppFabric's hosting solution, which is what we need for running workflows."
"It is very usable and easy to understand. Antivirus and VPN are the main features being used now. It allows my clients to access the network from home, which was very crucial because of the pandemic."
"The product's deployment phase was very easy."
"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 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."
"They should improve the solution's clustering features."
"The programming language is only supported in XSLT and Gateway script."
"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 product's cost for data appliances or hardware is quite high. It needs improvement."
"Making it more user-friendly would be an improvement."
"Its price and licensing policy can be improved. It could be a little cheaper. Licensing is sometimes confusing. There are so many different options. It is difficult to find out what to buy or what to choose for my necessity."
"Microsoft will stop supporting the product next year, and we can't run unsupported programs in our systems."
"The product is unable to connect with different cloud services."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 7th in Application Infrastructure with 26 reviews while Windows Server AppFabric is ranked 18th in Application Infrastructure with 3 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while Windows Server AppFabric 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 Windows Server AppFabric writes "Offers good monitoring capabilities and ease of setup". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM Integration Bus, whereas Windows Server AppFabric is most compared with IIS.
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